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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1881)
O) glxe gaUB g.sto.v.ttm. I ASTORIA. OREGON: -SUNDAY FEB. 27, 18S1 .C. IRELAM Editor. Canal or Railway. It is unfortunate for the frieiuK of inter-oceanic navigation that divisions should arise as to winch route shall he selected. In most sases, without doubt, these divi sions arise from an honest desire to select the best. So far :is this coast is concerned, any practicable route will be satisfactory. If Capt. 32ads5 ship railway project were nt so enthely e.perinierital, pub lic opinion would undoubtedly set tle upon that as the best that is offered. But while theie is a very general opinion that a ship railway is feasible, it is still only an experi ment. There are canals in work- . ing order, but no ship railways. A recent article in the New York Jlerald intimates that the move ment in congres-5 in favor of Capt. Eads' ship railway is not made in good faith. In fact, the intimation is that railroad interests, are play ing one route against another, -ivith a view to prevent the con struction of a canal railway at all. The Herald refers to the ship rail way as "a wild impracticable scheme," but omits to give any grounds for its opinion. A pro ject which has secured theindorse went of the best engineers in the country, can scarcely be brushed aside on the sav-so of an unprofessional. The propo sition is plain with our present knowledge of engineering, compared to almost any of the various great discoveries which have been reduced to practice -within the last fifty years. Still, as we have said, it is an experi ment, and as such, there will be a difficulty in raising the $75,000,000 which the project calls for. The Nicaragua canal project is com paratively plain sailing. There is no question but money and ordi nary engineering skill will make that project a success. At least, it will accomplish the work it is designed to do, whether it proves a profitable financial venture or not, and there is no reasonable doubt of its financial success. The business of this coast demands an interoceanic canal, or a ship rail waj that serves the purpose of a canal, and is not inclined to cavil at the selection of Nicaragua or Tehuantepec. There is considerable interest taken in trade circles of New York over the report that Messrs. Win. Pickardtt & Kuttroff, of that city, have applied for a patent for a process to manufacture sulphate of quinine from coal tar. It is stated that the firm have been interested with a chemist to ac complish this for several years, and with favorable lesults. Of course, if quinine can be manufactured from coal tar, the fact will revolu tionize a large and prosperous trade. During the year 1871), as much as 82,000,000 worth of Pe ruvian bark, from which quinine Is made, was impoited, and though the duty was abolished some time ago, yet the principal manufac tures, who have had the trade almost entirely in their own hands, will be loth to have their business ruined by such invention as this. Something to take the place of quinine has long been sought after, especially as little has been done to cultivate the cinchona. The prophesies of that mythical character "Mether Shipton" aided b 4he astute and profound observations of scientists and the conjunction of the planets have tilled some minds with indistinct drend and awe of that solemn and an f til momont when this earth shonld be "rolled together in a scroll."' On last JVlonday night a famliy of Seattle, having become satis fied that the final crash would take place that night, ami wishing to sve as much of the fun as possible staid up all night long in a condition of .harrowing suspense. After all the r expectation and trouble they must Iiave folt very much disgusted to wit ness ihe awakening of the following anormng attended by no unusual physical disturbances. The World's Exhibits . Possibly it would be well to wait and see whether the projected world's fair is to come off at New York city in 1SS3, before making extensive preparations, for the matter is not reduced to a cer tainty yet. The committee on the selection of a site consumed so long a time before they made a choice, that public interest in the fair in the meantime partially died out, and it will require to be again stimulated before much progress will be effected. Several states, taking it for granted that the fair will be held, are making prepara tions to become exhibitors. A writer in the Galveston News argues that Tcxa will be benefited ns much, if not more, than any other slate by a full display of her products at the fair, and urges the legislature to make a liberal appro priation for that purpose. This is a conclusion which will apply also to ever' state and territory in need of immigration. If the fair is held at all, it must be attractive in ordi-r to subserve the object intended. State Pnde Netada TnbiiHe. .Ihuhmia J"!. The Sacramento Bee thinks Nevada should be returned to a territorial condition, and the Bee is right. A state government such as that ol Nevada is a farce. The census gives us W,000 population, though it may run two or three thousand over that, as the enum eration was very carelessly and in completely made. The prospects are that, instead of increasing, our population will greatly diminish within the next few years. The Comstock is nearly exhausted, and our stock ranges are nearly all grazed out, and there is nothing in the state to attract an increase of population. We are conducting a state government more elaborate than that of the state of New York; our sources of revenue are shrink ing ever day; heavy taxes are coming directly on the shoulders of the people, and unless there should be a miraculous change for the better, it will not be long till the only profitable industry in the state will be office-holding, and all the people will be working to sup port the officers. Man' of the Nevada papers ridicule the Bee's proposition to return this state to a territorial condition. They are actuated by what they are pleased to term state pride. "Pride goeth before a fall." Killed by Spirits. The quantity of alcoholic liquor that is sufficient to kill, if taken at a single draught, i.sbeino; deter mined .satisfactorily by actual experiment. The other day an ajred colored man in Texas drank three pints of whisky and fell dead. A German paper now tells of a woman who has made a similar experiment in a tavern in the vil lage of AYirrwitz, near Breslau, where he and her husband, being engaged jointly as traveling ven ders of lampblack a business that is a recognized specialty in Germ any had put up for the night. The feat was occasioned by a boast made b' her in the course of conversation with a number of tavern loungers, that she could drink a pint of brandy at a single draught if any one of her heaiers had the ability to pay for it. The offer was taken up and she stowed the brand' away as proposed without winking. Then, however, she &at down and covered her face with her hands, and when, after some time, her husband, becoming alarmed, tried to arouse her, it was discovered that she was dead. A "Wliole Town Likely to Sink. Poton Herald. A very singular trouble has overtaken the producers of salt in Cheshire count, England. It seems that for some time past, instead of digging out the salt from the mines, the salt men have allowed large quantities of fresh water to run into the pits, and when it became briue have pumped it out and crystalized it. This was in one way a dangerous operation, a the ground underneath the town of Norwich was honeycombed with J wines, and the water gradually sapped away the foundations, i However, the process was a slow one, and it would have been years before it produced bad results. But, a few weeks ago, a tall and heavy chimney fell to the ground with a sufficient jar to crack open a gap in the brook that -supplied the mine with water, anil into this opening the water flowed until the mines were whom niieu. 1 ne fear now is, and it is well founded, that, as the water will eat away the salt supports, the wliole town will sink, demolishing all the build ings that it contains. NEW TO-DAY. Sealed Proposals. SKAI.KU PKOJ-OSM WII.l. Ml RK-Ht-l U the iitiilryjnHit at his laker. iiHwrii) Main ami iihiimi1h Mtvets. mi !iiT)turMla. Mairlrjt. lvl.sl o'efoek ij M.. f- the iiHitnuiiilit f a tn str fmntc ltHiMiitg corner Oh and Court 'streets. I'laMsathl SH-iiM1lJHtN jhm l,fi?ii at hit Rakcrx. The ncht Au reject an or all ld KIkivIh rwnrtl. id im is kirchhoff. Sealed Proposals. (2KAI.K1 PKOlllSALS AVI I.I. I IE RE- kJ ifnttl Uv the iiiHleiMnfril at the office of tlit (Htut Clerk, for NuUtlimaml i-oiiiidcl-h;:a tONtor fraiiuylinfldh;' on the corner d W est-etehth am' Water streets. Flans and ieik,atio!iatt,inia hands for in-pec-tion. IIMn w ill Ik mucd at 2 o'clock, v. m iHeMisn. .iaivn jmikhj. menxnito re jcci am ami an wii 3. lndf islietrliy reencl .IAS. W WIZIXII. Last Call. mo TAX PAYERS OF SCHOOL Dim net JL No. 1 : You an herehv notified that the Tax IK Hill remain in m hands until the 7th ot March. All imimld taxes on that d:n will Ik returned to the Count. Clerk adHiu litem. ami cotHiil aerrne. lty order of the Hoard of Director. Md .1. G. HrSTLF.i:. HerK. Annual School Meeting Notice. AN ANNUAL .MEETIN'C; OF THE lepil otcrs of School District No. 1 uill lie held at the school house on .Alain -tree!, in Astoria. CtatMiji county, Oregon, mi Muud.u cettiH. March T. ISM. at 7 o'clock i. .v4. for the purpose of Hecni:uie Director fiC- three eHri aiitl me I lerk for one xeal il.....l..i. .. ,... ........... . t. i ... i. v .W"f t n Jk rt il tif 'iltrjwill .1 " llimi ll'l lilt" enMiins ear 111 v;dd district, and also n tax to a interest and incidental ejH-ne of Mild tllMncl. and to tnuisad such other luM ueNMsma pniiierl cowe Itcfnn tlieraeet n. It order of the PhhidI of Director. r.t:. iirsTi.iiir.nerk. Aima. FHi. 2. InSI. 4MiI Notice. ALL I'AKTIKS AKEIIEKEItY NOTIFIED not to credit an rtit-MirdeniKr In the itaiHe ol lln- Ntemiier OuickMep. unless ae eomHiel h aHonIerlntHtheunderiiiel. All accounts due t-aMier Ouickstei mut 1m pahl toi;-o. . lliiuie. ortonie. as no other iwrtie areaHlhorieil to collect said hill. 47-tn JOSEPH HIME School Taxes. L. TAI DIE SCHOOL DISriUCT " No. lNClatsoiieiHmt.itiieucu dNttict) mum lit pahl lwfore Felmian 2ih. to .iwud ... .v..u.. 1 0L-VllTII -H-td Clerk llMnrt No. ;.M TTi Dissolution Notice. mHEl'AirTNEILSHIFHEKETOFOUEEX JL istlHslM'tween the iiuderMKncd l tlas da dKoedI mutual consent. All dehts due Uh late linn v ill lie (lafdtu A. Cinder, who isxloneautluHied to colleetaud receipt for the -same. A. OINDEK. i..i.i:ile. Astona. Feb. nth, l.sl. 580 Reward. TWENTY DOI.I.AltS WII.l. UK PAID fortherecowry of each of the hodies of four Chinamen drowned in Columbia rier near llrookfield on Wedjiedav last, while goin? from Pillar rock to Brookficld. One was tweiit-one jears of aj;rand liad on hi perou at the time a check of 5'jO)and even dollars in silver. The second was twent -three j ears old and had a jiLstol and se en dollars in siU er. The thinl was twenty fourj ears old and had three twenty dollars sold nieces, a twenty-necent piece, and a silver watch. The fourth was twenty-eteht years old and had $133 in sold. The aboc rewards willheiiaid li the undersigned. I.VX CHUNG &. CO., OrCHIX 1.1'Mi. Poitland.Oresou. Astoria. Oregon. Ji.dtwlm WAR IS 1KCI,AKKI WITHOUT hTRTHKK XOTICK And Juo terms of ieace until eerynian iuAstona has a new suit of clothe .1IAIK BY .1IEAXY. Look at the prices . Pants to order from PanLs. Genuine Trench Cassiniere Suits from - - - - sj oo 12 CO 25 00 The finest line of samples on the cna-st to select from. P. . I. MEAN Y, Merchant Tailor. Iarker House. A-stona. SODA WATER, "SKr Sparkling Wines and CarlHmated lk- erases. Apparatus, for 3IakiHr. Hottlinjr, and DiHpeuHlnx. Comilete Outfits, Materials and Supplies. Established S j ears. HI unrated and -Priced C:itaIosue sent toau addressouapplicatinn. Send our onlcrs dit'eet to .IOIIX .irATTIIKIVS. First Avenue, 2ah .t ilth Ms., New York. :sO-diw.lni THE ASTORIA Pliotograpli Gallery OAKI SlK I'HOTOt'KAPIIS. sti .-JO 1'er Dozen. CABIXETSIZt: I'll OTO;itA PUS S4 OO L'r Dozen. K"SHfial nites for families. DRESS MAKING. .A! US. K. W. U.I.nI.KY, - MAIN STISKET. In .Mmhi- IhhIHibk. " t Jxr to lr.Drbii Is now inhircd to do FIRST CLASS DRESS MAKING PLAIN SEWING OF ALL KINDS. IjhIk'siH' VMoriaare rrHftfnll Mdh-ited for a -4iare irf their imtnmasc. JVrmk- for IhitSneks Patlein-. MAGNUS C. CROSBY. mi.Ki: in Stoves, Tinware, and House Furnishing Coods. Hardware, Brass Goods, Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Engineers Supplies, Sheet Lead. Iron Copper, Brass and Zinc. 1114 lftdtb-M DSCELLANEOUS ' " G iHl XjLXXSnLJEb Wholesale and Retail Dealer GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, LUMBER. ETC., ETC., ETC., TIN PLATE IJLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD, SEAMING COPPERS, SOLDERING COPPERS, ' SALMON TWINE, COTTON TWINE, NET LINES, MANILLA ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, ANCHORS, OARS, FLOATS, .MAULS, HANDLES, MURIATIC ACID, LACQUER, VARNISH, TURPENTINE. IJENZINE, COAL OIL, GUM BOOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC., IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT. ASTORIA. - - ORECSOX, MRS. DERBY SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK OK MILLINERY GOODS AT COST. Dr. Warner's Health CORSET Ciii onl he purchased in AMuna at .11 RS. DERBY'S. Ma-umk-Hall Kuildiu. cor ner of Main ami Squcuiohe treet . Barbour's IRISH" FLAX THREADS Salmon Net Twine. Cotton Seine Twine, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton Netting, ail sizes. Seines Made to Order, Flax and Cotton Twine, Fishing Tackle, etc. barbourTrothers, ."SI 1 market Street. San FranrLo HENRY DOYLE & Co.. -Manars. Chas. Stevens & Son CITY BOOK STORK. BROWN'S BUILDING opixtsite the BELL TOWER, In room lately n-cupicd by Schmeer's Confectionery, Largest ail Best Assortment Of novelties in the stationary line UMialli found lu a first-class book story. consisting of BOOKS. FINE STATIONEKY, (.OLD TEN GOODS, ALliraiS. CHKOMOS. FKA3IES. STEKEOSCOrES. DIAKIES All of tvhich u!l be oId at prices which DEFY COMPETITION. 1. S. The latest Eastern and California Kriodlcals coutantlv on hand. f'HAS.STEVENS Jt SOX. WILLIAM EDGAR, Comer Main and Cbecamus Street, ASTORIA OREGON. OfULEK LI CIGARS AND TOBACCO, AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOLM and uther Encli'h Cutlery. &XATI02S;ER.TrrX FAIRCKILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc, A fine -took of IVntelie and Jewelry. 3Iuzzle aud Ureeeh l.ondinr Sliot C'uns and ftllle-t, Kcvolvero. lMntolx, and Arumuuitioii. JIAKI.VC (iLANSES. I.sO FINK Asvirtiiicnt of tine srECTA( LLS and EYE GUSM5S. SHIPPING TAGS THE BEST QUALITY, HILLEEbOLD by the hundred, or by the fcx, primed tr plain, to suit customer., st The Asfk'AS efice. i , tR THE DAILT AND WEEKLY ' jA S T 0 H I A Mt "DESPECTED AND COM3IENDED BY ALL FOR ITS Impartiality, Ability, Fairness and Reliability. THE PAPER FOR THE COMMERCIAL MAN, FOR THE FARMER, FOR THE MECHANIC, FOR THE MERCHANT, FOR EVERY PERSON. TEItaiS: BY 3IA.IT.. (ost:b fkkk to au. suiimi:ii:ii.) DAILY. ONE COPY ONE YEAR DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR 3IGNTHS WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS Btr Postmasters are autnorued to act as agents for Thk AsruutAX THE 'ASTORIAJsr STEAM PRINTING HOUSE HAS THE FASTEST AXD HEST PRESSES, AND TYPE OF TUP. LATE&l STYLES. fttr We purchase Paper, Cards, luk. and other materials of the manufacturers AT LOWEST T.IYIA; RATES. Ami can therefore afford to use. as we alas do. the best articles, w hile cnariu" Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads. THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL. K. R. H E, R. HAWES, TYO DOUHS EAST OF OCCIDENT, - - ASTORIA. OREGON, .MISCELLANEOUS. TRBNCH1RH-& DPSHBR DEALERS IN MII 6HANDLEM PROVISIONS, Z0yV, STEL. GOAL, Builders General! HAnWAEE, PAINTS. OILS, ETC. AGENCY OF THE Imperial Mills Flour and Feed. Chenamus Street, Near Olney, A5TORIA. OREGON PETER I-tOT-JETS. ASTORIA. OREGON, BRICK LAYER PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL ToUIA FJs,IEKV PLASTEREKf T rr p, 7?,, " " Orders if fr at the Occident Hotel, or at mv Var"hoe. foot of Benton Street, rompUS attended to. TIME, SAND, BRICK, PLASTERC LATH, - Tement, and all materials hi mv line, furnished to order. B"Spec2aI attention iaid to Fnrnee ork and Ranges, extern w ork arnuited gooil or no pay. STAt:ent San Jean and New Taconia Lime. 59 00 . 3 00 . 2 00 . 1 00 - , AWES, Dtaler in Cannery Supplies of all Kinds. Aicrnt for the celehratedj UEDALLIOiY MSGE, Ilish Closets. Low i'losets. ant Plain ltnnses. IRON PIPES AND FITHNGS OF ALL KINDS. Brass Goods, Hose, Etc., Water Closets, Bath Tubs, Etc. ALL WORK WARRANTED MISCELLANEOUS. ViRiiisMDJlPMS THE UNDEiaiGNEl) OFFERS FOR sale on hand and to arm e direct from New York English Lustre Black Varnish, IN BARRELS. Turpentine Aspheltum Varnish, IX BARRELS Benzine Aspheltum Varnish, IX BARRELS. No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels, Brown Japan, in Barrels, No. 1 Coach, in Barrels, White Damar, in Barrels, Coach Varnishes, in Cases. AL.M1 smdc Almniiate Paillt; FOR IRON AM) WOOD WORK. JAMES LA1DLAW & CO., 1G X Front Sreet. Portland. ARNDT & FEECHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Only 3Iachine Sliop Ami the ht st BIACKS3I1TII SHOP In the city. All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AXIl STEAMBOAT WORK I'mtiiptly attended to. A specialty made of reiiairinj' CANNERY DIES, d. tl. U. UrXiA.X, VholeBiIe and retail dealer in. ALL KI2?IS OP FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. General storage alid "VVharfase on reason aDli terms, toot of Benton street. Astoria .Oregon. Jx i 'ArfflflhJi r, -tf ,mtiiii'fciife.7llL jfUtev. tai.