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I ASTORIA. OREGON
TUESDAY
MARCH 1, 1SS1
.CMKKLAI.
ftlitor.
Arctic Exploration.
The many unsuccesssful attempt
made during the present century
to roach the north pole have each
contributed to intensify the desire
en the part of the scientific world
to unravel its mysteries. Knell
sacrifice of human life has inspired
men to brave the greater riskb that
hare been disclosed as the object
of search has been neared. Any
call for volunteers to ofiicer and
man an exploring ship is responded
to with alacrity, and the nly
trouble is to repress the multitude
who are willing to perform this
hazardous service. Jt caw never
be told in advance what practical
results will flow from scientific re
search, and none can say now what
pecuniary benefit will come to the
world from all of the study that is
being given to Arctic exploration.
The abstract studies of the astron
omers have enabled the modern
navigator to traverse the ocean
-with as much exactness as though
he were at some vast elevation,
and could look down upon the
.seas and the continents and ob
serve the position of his vefetel in
reference to them. The midnight
studies of the alchemists were the
forerunners of the chemists of our
time, and their discoveries have
almost infinitely advanced the wel
fare and comfort of the human
race. Every line of scientific study
that was at first pursued for its
wn sake has resulted in giving to
the world something of great and
abiding value. Perhaps there is
no more striking illustration than
the earlier researches in electricity m
We have the best ot reasons.
therefore, for the belief that the
ultimate outcome of Arctic re
search will be of Mime value to
civilization, though in what par
ticular way cannot be surmised,
because the secrets of the frozen
Tvorld have not yet been revealed.
Anxiety has been expressed in
many quarters, about the fate of
the exploring vessel that started
on her journey two years ago, but
we can see no reason for any of
the theories of disaster. Jf the
relief vessel sent a year ago had
found the explorer, she would
kave accomplished in oue year
wfeat had been planned for two;
the fact that no tidings were ob
.tained is one f the strong argu
ments in favor of the success of the
expedition. But the plea in be
half of sending a relief steamer
is sound for other reasons. It is
possible that there has been disas
ter in those, remote, frozen regions,
because their perils are known to
be great, and the equipment of an
auxiliary expedition should have
been provided before the original
voyage of exploration was com
meHced. Jf a similar safeguard
had been provided on former occa
sions, many valuable lives would
have been saved, and the store of
knowledge concerning the Arctic
would have been the larger. There
is no enterprise more worthy the
attention of the government, and
its costs is so tnvai, wnen tne
national wealth is considered, that
none should object from motives
of economy. The Mediterranean
squadron might be dropped for a
year, and the pleasure trips of its
officers deferred for a season. The
country owes something to abstract
science, and its obligation cannot
be more appropriately acknowl
edged than by doing all that is
necessary to enable explorers to
solve the mysteries of the Arctic.
A correspondent of the Yamhill
Reporter, writing from Sheridan, says:
"A man was here last week, seeking
information about the general lay of
the country between Grand llonde
atid Tillamook bay, as he claimed, for
the purpose of making a survey in the
spring, from Grand llonde to Astoria,
to see whether it was a practical route
for a railroad. As surprising as :t
may seem to some, a man can go from
Sheridan via Grand Konde to Tilla
laook bay, without at any time being
two hundred feet higher than this
town. I know whereof I speak."
Interoccanic Commnnication.
The March number of the Cali
fornia u comes freighted with an
unusual quantity of valuable liter
ary matter. To the mercantile
and producing classes the most
important article is "Interoccanic
Communication," from the pen of
Captain William Lawrence Merry,
who, almost single handed, has for
months past ably sustained the
cause of the Nicaragua canal pro
ject. That the people oi tins coast
are blind to their own interest has
been evident for a long time, and
nothing can better prove this to
be the case than the indifference
displayed at the late meeting of
the Grangers, when the subject of
an interoceauic canal was present
ed to them. To arouse the people
of this coat from their lethargy,
Captain Merry has worked inde
fatigablv and with marked ability.
His latest article gives in detail
the reasons why the Nicaragua
route should be preferred to that
serving the two continents at the
Isthmus of Panama. Laying
aside the political considerations,
which are f great importance, the
figures presented in his article,
showing the saving in first cost
and in time, are sufficient, it would
seem, to convert any who now
lean toward the Panama scheme,
while the engineering problems
which must be solved by M De
Lessep. are infinitely more diffi
cult than airy presented to the
engineers of the Nicaragua line.
How a Cyclone Looks.
From the Fhiladciidtm Press.
The recent terrible cylclone in
Macoupin county, Illinois, is thus
described by Engineer Cutter, of
the Chicago ami Alton express
train, which was running at full
speed, and met the tempest at
Carlinsville. Mr. Cutter saw out
on the prairie what he supposed
to be a straw or haystack on fire.
As he approached it he saw that it
moved rapidly toward the track,
and then realized that it was a
cyclone of the most appalling
character. It was a' dark, funnel
shaped cloud, reaching from the
ground high into the air, where it
disappeared into the clouds. It
was black and dangerous-looking,
and whirled with terrible velocity.
Its voice, heard even in the dis
tance above the rumble and roar
of th.e train, was frightful in the
extreme. The cyclone seemed to
travel at the rate of twenty miles
an hour, and was so fast approach
ing that the moving train must in
a moment inevitably strike it. Mr.
Cutter shut nil his engine and ap
plied his air brake jusC in time:
for despite the precaution, the
train touched the ej-clone's outer
6dge. Mr. Cutter describes the
sijjht as the most horrible he ever
saw. The air was lurid and dark
and hot. as if coming from an
oven. Everything in the pathway
of the storm was demoralized and
crushed and annihilated. Barns,
fences, sheds, telegraph poles, and
everything at all fragile was swept
up. Mr. Cutter and his fireman
crouched down in the tender, and
for a moment feared that the train
would be overturned. The cars
were only held on the track by
their safety-chains. The passen
gers, who first wondered at the
stop, with blanched cheeks and
terrified countenances viewed the
terrible monster of the air in its
work.
NEW TO-DAY.
Proposals.
SEAI.E
ceix ei
-S WILL BE KE-
L. H. Bdin.kCo., un
i Friday, March -Uli.
i two story building,
will be furnished b
til iSoVIih
lKhl.for tl
I'laiisiuiil
the undersign
."iO-td
V. II. BAIN & CO.
Sealed Proposals.
SEALED ntOl'OSALS WILL BE RE
eeiveil b the undersigned at his laker-.
coriH'rot Mam and S4nemoilK4 streets un
tirilinrMlax. March l. lKSt.at -z oclok v,
Jt.. for tne eiHistmctiiHi of a two storv frame
iHiiblin Conor Olney and CHirt streets.
1'lausaiHl steiMir:uhHisina besMii at w
Ibikery. 11k- riht to reject an or all tmls
Wlierebj reseninl.
tL LOI'IS KIMCHJIOKK.
Sealed Proposals.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE KE
eHveil bv the Hiidersfcnieil at the flloe of
the County Cleik. for bHAdiuaiHl etiiMidet
iiiK a two stor' f raiae building on tin- comer
of Wot-etehtk aol Water streets, nans
and ecilMaitioareln my hands for ins pec
tion. BUN will be oencd at 2 ot4ock. p. m.,
Tnesilay. Mnrch 1st, isi. Tbe right to re
ject an j and a'l tods, is hetebv reser'Hl.
2t. JAS5. TV. WELCH.
5eate
v iMtarosAi
ithesopof
k,i.,sliVii.o
VcUoIVh ;
'XllCltlltis
et
NEW TO-DAY.
v AVor
Sale.
LAND IN CLATSOP
fronting on the Columbia
1 COlHl0ed oi No. 1
Mim&iuu make excellent laniis.
for-i nrt class frog
etc.. inquire of
A. Jl. TWOMBLY.
Last Call.
fllll TAX l'AVKKS OK SCHOOL DMrkl
JL No. ! : Yhi xn hereby notified llutt Ike
TxIM Hill remain in m hand until the 7th
n .MMtra. aii iiititMMi wve- on una tay win
be returned to tin Count Clerk lelin
lUcni.MMt ctwtswill sicvmc.
U nler of the Board of Directors.
w-i.i .i.(;.nrsTi.Ei:,cierK.
Annual School Meeting Notice.
AN ANNUAL MKETINC OF THK h-gal
voters of SciMMd DM net No. 1 will be
held at the-ehoo! hotiM'on Mjuii vtrret. in
A-tona. CbUH eonnt , rron. m Monday
evening. March 7. 1H. at 7 o'clock i m.,
lr Ute nrwoe of clec.iiutone Dirwtor ftr
three wrs ami ime (Vrk fr rr.
AIm in le a lax Jo Miiiootf a M-hotd for the
enduing ear in aM dMrk-t. ami Im a tax
to pay interest and incidental epen" of
safe! tlKjrirt. ami to transact stch other Im-i-Hess
as may proferlv eotne lefre the met't
ine. Ily nler of the Board of Directors.
LH. IllSTLER.Oerfc.
Atna. Feb. -l. 1-M. -W-td
Notice.
1AKTIKS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
i 1.1.
JUL
nC it eretltt any imrus ordcrim; in the
hmmh f ih- earner Quickstep, unless -eiHMNMtiet
by an rUer I row t lie undersigned.
All aeeonnt.s du -leanier Jiik-Wep must be
paM to Ceo. W. Hume, or to Jne. as n Kher
(artk-s are authorized to collect said bills.
47-lH .lOSEI'il l.CME
Dissolution Notice.
THEl'ARTXERSHU'HEREToFOREEX
istinicletHeiii the uiMlerMgited i this
day dissolelby mutnaleiHtsent. All debts
due the late firm will Ik (mid to A. Cinder,
who isaktwe antnorized to odk-ct and rceiH
fortkesaHH'. a. tJIXDER.
1..I. KI1.EY.
AMona, Feb. Hlh, lI.
$80 Reward.
T EN
tor
ENTY DOLItAUS WILL BE l'AID
lor the recover of each of the liodies
of four Chinamen drowned in Columbia river
j war BntokfcM on Wcduesda last, while
geut: from Illlar rock to Brooktk-ld. One
was twenty-one -ars f ape. and had on
his person at the time a check of $vJ aiiil
seven doUars in silver. Thr second was
twenty-three years bl awl had a pistol .uid
seven dollars in stiver. The third wxs tweiity
rir years oM and had three twenty dollars
jokl nieces, a twenty-five cent jrteiv. and a
siUcrwatch. The fourth was twenty-eiht
year, obi ami had 1-Vi in Z(M. The hIhiw
rewards will bcpakl b thcundersu-iicd.
LUUttlliNtTTTTO..
OrCHIN UNO. tirtmiid.imou.
AMiuia. Oregon.
-T.iU.wJui"
WAK IS lKi'LAKKI lVITIIOL'T
FntTJIKK XOTIC'K
Ami no terms of peace until
every mau in Astoria has a uew
Miilof eiotlHrs
.1IAIK BY .tlKA.VV.
IHd t tle recs :
l'.-uits loonier from - - is w
rants.CeHHineKrem'nt'asHtmere - 1 So
Suits fnm - - - - - - St w
Tlie Hm-sl lim of samtdes mm ue coast to
select from. F..I. ME.VNY.
Men-ltant Tailor. Farker Hmise. Astoria.
SODA WATER, "SKiT
SjwrkliHj; WiiksuimI CarlxMiated Beverages.
.ppniattiH for TlaLin. Kottliux,
and IMnpennliix.
CHH4cte Outlits. Materials and Suiiplies.
Kstaltlisbed -is y ears. I Hust rated ami 1 'need
CatabHno M-iif to an aldressonailic:itioii.
Send vmir order dn,et to
.IOII.V MATTHHU'K.
First Ateuue. -ia h . Tth St.. New Yoik.
30-dtw.lM
First Class Saloon.
CHICAGO BREWERY DEPOT,
Om the Boadway. opposite the Oregon Kail
wa ami Navigation Co's wharf.
New Bagatelle Table,
The Chinese must ;(0
The choicest brands of foreign and dom-stic
WIX'KS. LiqUOKS AXD CI U AILS.
content Chlcaso Beer.-
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
A.J.MKCI.KK.
occidi:.t
as. wki;iit
HOTEL.
MEGLER VTRWHT. PrepiictoK.
Atiorio, Oregon.
fllHH l'KOriUETOKS ARE HAPPY TO
JL announce that the above hotel ha been
repainted and refurnished, adding greatlv to
the comfort of its guests- and is now the first
hotel north of San Francisco.
C. W. K.NOWLRJ.
Cr.AItEXDO'
PORTLAND. - -
AL.Z1KKKK.
FIOTKr..
- - OREGON
ZIEBER & KNOWLES, Proprietors.
Free coach to and from the lioue.
a-TiiK I) n.v Astokiax is on lie at the
Clarendon Hotel reading room.
Pioneer Restaurant Hotel.
.MAIN STREET. - - ASTORIA
Jlr. S. X. Arrljjoni. Proprietor
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC WILL FIND
the Pioneer first c!as in all repects.and
a share of tlnsr patronage is respectfully
solicited.
wSrlmn and lotlginsby the day or week.
Post-office Restaurant.
MAIN STREET,
ASTORIA..
.s. propj:.
r-SS RESTAVR.VNT
ilan. Presli ovs-
ter in er stjii
ain treet. b4ilwt-ii
imnifliiN miu rn
Kclie.
ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS
Oyster Saloon.
MAIN STREET. ASTORIA.
THE INDERSICXED IS PLEASED TO
announce to tbe
Ladies' and Gentlemen of this City
That lie is how nreiwircd to furnish for them,
m first class style, and every tyk
OVSTERs. HOT COFFEE, TEV, ETf.
AT THE
Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon.
MAIN STREET.
ntse give Me a out.
XUSCOK DIXON, rrotrletor.
ftnn&t
mer, moVf siV
timber laiidVomV
vrw VKMUJ.
anil x link' MilbU
rawrti. For liui il
if. x
mlMXm
iivmil
7v y
.losErn jrATTiiy
millS ISAFlRSTC:
Jt- Keinor. iner.oQpa
'1X1
3I1SCELLAXE0US
G. W. HUME
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
GKOCBBIES,
PR8VISI0iS. LII3IBBR.
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
TIN PLATE
15LOCK TIN, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPERS,
SOLDEHLNG COPPEKS,
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES,
MANILLA HOPE,
SAIL CLOTH,
ANCHORS,
OAKS, FLOATS,
MAU1S, HANDLES,
MUK1ATIG ACID,
LACQUER, VARNISH,
TURPENTINE. 1IENZINE,
COAL OIL,
GUM BOOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC.,
IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
ASTORIA. - - OREUUX.
MRS. DERBY
SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK
OK
MILLINERY GOODS
AX COST.
Dr. Warner's Health
CORSET
ICalt
nily le purchased in
Astoria at
.11 RS. DERBY'S.
'."$ j 3Ias.mk-HaH liiiiWine.cor
' y I nerof Jlain ami StueiMhe
Barboiu''s
IRISH FLAX THREADS
Salmon Net Twine.
Cotton Seine Twine,
Cork and Lead Lines,
Cotton Netting, all sizes.
Seines Made to Order,
Flax and Cotton Twine,
Fishing Tackle, etc.
barbourTrothers,
51 1 Market Street. San Kraueb.ro
HENRY DOYLE L Co.. Managers.
Chas. Stevens & Son
CITY BOOK STORK.
BROWN'S BUILDING
o)iosite the
BELL TOWEFfc,
In room lately cciiiHed by
S'hnieers Confectionery,
Largest aii Best Assortment
Of novelties in the stationari" line usually
found in a Mrst-cla-ss book store. con'titUiig of
BOOKS. FINE STATIONERY,
COLD PEN COODS, ALBUMS.
CHROMOS. FRAMES.
STEREOSCOPES. DIARIES.
AH of which w H be sold at prices which
DEFY- COMPETITION.
P. S. The latest Eastern and California
periodicals constantly on hand.
f'HAS.STEVENS & SON.
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Corner Main and Chenamus Streets,
ASTORIA OREGON.
DKALEr. 1.1
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
AND THE . GENUINE WOSTENHOLM
and other English Cutlery.
STATXOKTERY!
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc.
A line stock of
Watch? and Jewelry. Iuzr.Ie and
Breeeh Loading Shot Gun and
K I ties, Itevolvers. 1'istols.
and
Ammunition.
MA It INK
;iiASSKS.
I.sO A KINK
Assortment or tine SPECTACLES and EYE
GI.ASSES.
" SHIPPING TAGS
rpHE BEST QUALITY, WILL BE SOLD
j JL .by the bnndred. or by the box, printed or
i plain, to sail customers, at
I The Astorus oSce.
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
AS
I f 0
f-l -
"D KSPECTKD AND COJLMENDED BY ALL FOR ITS '
Impartiality, Ability, Famiess and Reliability.
THE PAPER FOR THE COMMERCIAL 31 AN,
FOR THE FARMER,
FOR THE MERCHANT,
TE1MIS: BY 31 .1 IT..
O'OsTAOK FltKK TO ALL SUIIsflClltKILS-.)
DAILY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR
DAILY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS.
"WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE
"WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS
eij-PostniRtrs are authorized to act as agents forTiiKAbroiaAK
THE ASTOBIAN"
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE
HAS THE
FASTEST AND BEST PRESSES
AND TYPE OF 'ML LATEST. STYLES.
e-5- We iHrehas'iPajKr. Cards, ink. and other materials ot the mMHfactHrers
AT LOWEST LIVIAC; RATES.
And -aii therefore atTord to use. as ue always do. the best articles, while charging
03STIj"3r 3WC033DE2t-,3?EI PRICES.
Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads.
THE EVERY DAY WANTS OE THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE
WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN
NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL.
E. R. H
fflillp
E. R. HA WES,
TWO DOOiiS EAST OF OCCIDENT,
MISCELLANEOUS.
tREKCHIRD & HPSlll!HftKISM iJiPS
DEALEKS IN
SHIP CHANDLER
PROVISIONS,
mow,
STEEL,
COAL,
Builders General
HARDWARE,
TAIIjS,
PAINTS. OILS, ETC.!
AtJEXCY OF THE
Imperial Mills Flour and Feed.
Chenamus Street, Wear Olney,
ASTORIA. ORFCOX
peter isxnNTEnr,
STORIA, ORECOX,
BRICK
LAYER
l'LAIX AND ORX'.UIEXTAL
Onlerv left at tlie Occident Hotel, or at mv
Warehouse, foot of Benton Street, nromntly
attended to.
TIME, SAXD, BKICkTi'LVSTEK. LATH,
- Cement, and all materials In my line,
funi Wietl to onler.
eorspeflal attention imld to Furnace work
and Itanges. Citem work warnuited cood
or no pay.
eA'4ent San Juan and NewTacomaLime.
H I J
FOR THE MECHANIC,
FOR EVERY PERSON.
..... -59 CO
3 00
2 00
1 00
AWES
Dealer in
Cannery Supplies of all Kinds.
Agent for tlie celebrated,
MEDALLIOX RAATGE,
Ilish Closets. Low 'Iosets. and.
Plain Jt a n sew.
IRON PIPKS ANDFITHNGS OF
ALL KINDS.
Brass Goods, Hose, Etc.,
Water Closets, Bath Tubs, Etc.
ALL WORK "WARRANTED
ASTORIA, OREGON.
-MISCELLANEOUS.
THE IXDEKSIGNED OFFEKS FOR
ale on hand and to arrie direct from
New York
English Lustre Black Varnish,
IX BAKIIEI.S.
Turpentine Aspheltum Varnish,
in i:ahi;eis
Benzine Aspheltum Varnish,
IX BAI.'KELS.
No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels,
Brown Japan, in Barrels,
i No. 1 Coach, in Barrels,
White Damar, in Barrels,
Coach Varnishes, in Cases.
jc;n.lV ,ZZ, P-,.f
FOK IKON AXD WtHM) WORK.
JAMES LAIDLAW & CO.,
1G X 'ront Street, Portland.
IAKNDT & FERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OICECOX.
The Only Jladiine Sliop
And the best,
BLACKSMITH
SKOPM
In the city.
AH kinds of S5Tj
tyr-.'
ttrf
ENGINE, CANNERY,
STEAMBOAT WORK
rromjitly attemled to.
A specialty made of repairing.
CANNERY DIES,
ilACHIXE SHOP. XEAR KIXXEY'S AS
TORIA FISHERY
J. H. D. GRAY,
Wholesale and retail dealer in.
ALL KIXjDS OF F12ED,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
General storage and Wharfage on reason
able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria?
Oregon.
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