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(n il Ix&tQxittn. Vol xiv. Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Morning. March 22. 1881. No. 68. GENERAL EASTERN XEWS. IV MAIL A-D TF tCKAIfT. The No:"iern Pacilir. Chicago, Marcli UK The Tri bune's New York special &ys thai Mr. Billings is not at all disturbed b3' reports that Mr. Villard 1ms bought a majority of the stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad com pany, and that he has ito fears that the enterprise of which Ik? is the head will ever ie sufeortlimtte to the Oregon Railway aaid Naviga tion company. This statement of course is made by Billmgfc, but the fact remains that it is believed by some Northern Pacific officials that Villard has secured control of the stock as telegraphed to the Tri bune labt Saturday, and this being the case, the interest he represents will be likely to do s they see fit when the time comes. A Rminnxa .W:in Contrllitslloii. Nkw York, March 10. J. "W. Mackey gave 2r.OM to lite Gnnt fund. now Mnnii at JHlwat".er Mn.WArKKK, March 19. The storm of to-day is the woisl of the entire season. A verv higli wind prevails and snow is very heavy. All railroad tnuns are blockaded, street car lines and business gener ally suspended. . Mormons in Arizona. Pita-nix Gazette. Thirty families of Mormons en camped on the Grand Canal, four miles above town, Tuesday night. They were all from Nauvoo, Utah territory, and had considerable live stock. For the past year the im migration of this people to the valleys of the Salt and Gila rivers has been rapidly increasing, and several large settlements have been made, the principal of which are Jonesville and Mesa city, all in the neighborhood of PIhcjmx. It is reported that Mormon representa tives have succeeded iij obtaining control of the rich lands at Gila Bend, and that several hundred families will soon arrive to occupy them. Ifori fulueat'nii. hi something written we have an indistinct recollection of having miule reference to a genera) disjHXiition among Iwrs in their teens, as well as boys "of iimturer years, U enlighten and ties the world with their pro found knowledge of the Iiorc atid his hi&nn-y. Oar hooks and newspiHjr arc full f this kind of literature, and it varies in yle front J lie production of the child at scIhmI. comutciteiug with: Tiii lunue has four legs and a tail; up to the eloquent tribute of the scholar M'lien he quote from Jolt : That his nock is eiothed with thunder Mid the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He snteiieth the lmttle alar off, the thunder of the captains ud tlte shouting, lietweezi tlieae two ex tremes of the child at his first m&ooI contjtositiGii, and the profeiMiiU literature, we have every grade of pre tention, and each professing to have mustered the whole suhject. As we approach the close of this nineteenth century, we begin to look for some thing better in this department of Jaiowledgc from those who assume to instruct." And it is to be found in Kendalls Treatise on the horse, sent by mail to any person for tivciity-iivc cents, postage paid. Applj to Thk Atokia office, or address D. C. Ire land, Astoria, Oregon. Uy a recent postal decision men can actually make money by getting their bills and statements of accounts printed. Statements of accounts and bills of sale when made out on paper having printed headings, can be sent by mail for one cent, if the envelope is left unsealed; whereas, if it is made out on unprinted paper, it will cost three cents. Thu s by patronizing Tii e A8TOi:iak two cents can be saved on ei'ery bill or statement that is sent out throng1 the mail. Amongst the new goods just open ing at Adler's is a splendid assortment of Japanese ware, now so much used for ornamenting, which he is selling rcry reasonable. Gray's wood yard is .now fitted up oa the wharf foot of B'enton street, and prepared to deliver wood to any part of the city sawed to any length, and full measure. -Fresh, vegetables, parsley, greens, etc., for table U3e, fresh from the gardens, can be had cheaply at Mrs. Gallou's, Squemoqhe street. LOST AT SEA. Wreck of an Italian Vassal But oe Survivor Ii9ft of Fogrteen- Njcw Yokk, March 4. Plctro Wallace, an Italian sailor, is in the house of Life-saving Station, No. 37, on the eastern end of Coney island, to-night, tle sole survivor of a ship's crew of fifteen men. All of Thursday night the ocean raged against the Coney island !each. The iife-saving crew, under the command of Charles Bevenee, were usually vigilant all night. The first gn of disaster tliat they discovered was from the house of the Mercid boat club, a sliort distance cast of the Oriental hotel. It was about eight o'clock in the morning. During t lie night the sea hud beaten a jwissage through the beach and flooded the low laud back of it. The whiuf of the boat-house had been washed away, leaving tin building entirely Mir rouudod by water. Mm ray, the janitor, and his wife had become alMrmed, and signaled for relief. A ortioii of the life saving crew twk them oil" in a boat. On their way back from the boat-house the men descried an irregular black mass tossing on the waves some two or three miles from the shore. A sp3r-glass showed it to be a por tion of a wreck, and a man was seen clinging to it. The wrecker signalled to the man that aid was at hand. Then they ran their life-boats out into the breakers and pulled for the wreck. After a hard struggle they got alongside. The- found it to be a part of the poop-deck, with the binnacle and mainmast of a wreck. Tlie man was lashed to the binnacle. Two of the crew boarded the wreck, cut the lashing and lifted the man into the life boat. By this time the wreck had dritcd within about a mile of the Brighton beach hotel. "When the life-boat was beached the rescued man clambered out with the rest, and tried to shove the bqat ashore, lie shivered with the cold, and talked to himself word- uncomprehended by his rescuers. They knew he was an Italian, and troubled themselves to learn no more until they made him om for table in the station. lie was thoroughly chilled and greatly terrified. After leing rubbed and revived by the warmth, lie cemmunicated: he could speak hardly a word of English, and none of the crew knew Italian, so the information came slowly. lie wrote on a piece of wiper, first, the name of tlie vessel to which he belonged,the Ajace, then her port of clearance. Antwerp. He wrote the Captaiirs name, Morice, and gave the number of the crew as fifteen men. With little difficulty he made his rescuers understand that he had alone survived. lie indicated that the vessel had grounded, and that ten of his com panions had been swept overboard, lie fixed the time of the disaster at four a. m. The life-saving crew understood from him that he and the other four men hart climbed into the rigging of the mizzen mast. The. ship began to break up rapidly as soon as she struck She was ballasted with iron. When a fierce sea tore the deck from the vessel, Sallace's comrades were overcome with fear. In describing what followed, Sallace drew his knife, and alter making deprecatory gestures and shaking his head, to indicate that he had tried to dissuade his com rades from their purpose, he pulled the knife across his throat, at the same time uttering exclamations of horror. The life-saving crew knew from his expressive panto mine, and the few words of expla nation that tlie Italian could give, that the other four sailors had com mitted suicide in their despair. All day long Sallace was press ed for other details of the wreck. When asked if some others of the crew might not have escaped, be shook his head emphatically no. The other patrol watohed for tlie bodies from tlie wrecked vessel that might be washed asliore. and last night the relief force scanned tlie beach carefully, with the aid of huge reflectors, but no bodies were found. It is believed tliat tlie bodies went out with the tidc anil it was expected tlmt the high tide at eleven o'clock last night would lring thorn back. Captain Beuensec and his men were of the opinion that the bark went ashore off llockaway, perhaps further east. So far as they could make out from tlie surviving sailor, the captain of the Ajace did not know where he was, and the ves sel was being driven along in a northwesterly course. Sallace gave them to understand that the vessel ami her crew had suffered severely, ami that she went to pieces almost a soon as she struck. Ten men, accoiding to Sallace, were swept overboard almost in an instant. Capt. Morice was one of the five who climbed into the rigging of the mainmast. The captain put on a life preserver. The poor sailor evinced the greatest horror in describing how the four liad killed themselves when the Krtion of the wreck that they were on sliowed signs of breaking up. He described again and again his efforts to dissuade them from suicide, and at the con clusion each time sliook his head mournfully. To-day Captain Ben ensee will bring the sailor to the Italian consul in this city. TIkj Ajace sailed from Antwerp for this port on December 17, 1SS0, with a cargo of iron ami empty kerosene barrels. She was a bark ! of 5GG tons burthen, 14-i feet in length, 32 feet beam and 19 in depth. She was built in Voltri in 1S72, and was owned in Genoa. All the crew were Italians. Sal j lace is about forty-five years' old, J and has followed the sen all his life. Z3T What ileann u is in my one ticots ! i ii t it- firt place, it reiwve t hat iincaine wlik-h a iMrn feel front ueiieiuleuec ami I'SSijsu'uHt. lt,affrU pleasure to tlte creditor, ami therefore gratifies our xx-ial afiW-tion. It pro litotes that future confidence which Kx iHlerestimr to au ltoue-4 miml. It ohii a prospect of being relil Mipnital wild what you wanton future oceaioit. It Jeaves a ctMiM-nmite?vN of our virtue: aiat it is a measure we know to Ih right, both in Moint of justice ami sound econ omy. 1- itMlh . it i lite main support of simple refutation. Pm us. tlmt we hihv nayiJicrs. Marvel not that 1 saj unto you, ye must pay the printer. Whoaoover neglecteth to pay the printer, hath not eternal life aoi(tn( in him. Who hath sorrow, who hath woe, who hath the nightmare! They who forget to render unto the printer his just dues. If a man live many j-ears and jmyoth not for Thk Astokiax, Ih-IkM he shall iut die in peace till he liath re stored to the M-inter that which he lmth withheld. When you want a dish of nice Eastern Oysters done up a la mode, or a gowl steak, or a fragrant cup of eolfoe, call at Frank Fabres on thu roadway, and he will accommodate you. Ojxm at all hours. Since the Chinese started to brew "cheap San Francisco beer" there is little or no demand for that article any more. Call for the Columbia brewery beer, if you want something good. Never go shop)ui without con suiting the advertising columns of The Astokiax. They will tell vou where the best bargains are to le had, and just what merchants are alive and doing business. 329 spavins on Horses all cured by Kendall's Spavin Cure. Read their advertisement. Lawyers briefs printed in Sne style, at The Astokiax office. Warrantee deeds at The As tokiax office. Get your legal blanks at Thk Astokiax office. A full line of oyer two hundred styles. COMMBRCIAIi. It is thought that over 100,000, 000 feet of pitch-pine timber and lumber will be shipped from the port of Darien, Georgia, this year. A little over So,000.000 feet was shipped last year. The Oneida Community, iiaving given up plural marriages, is de voting itself to money making. Last year it netted in profits $0 1,000. During .January last it paid out 7,000 for labor. When the twelve million acres of the Florida Everglades arc drained and put into sugar planta tions, it is to be Iioped, says the Philadelphia IJeconl, that glucose will take a back seat. Chicago is soon to have another big elevator which will add greatly to the storage capacity in that city The Chicago and Pacific Elevator company has just purchased a lot 100x200 feet on the North Branch, which is to be occupied by an elevator of 1,000,000 bushels ca pacity. The building plans are now complete, and work is to be commenced at once. The foliewinv: is a statement of the 1'nited States currency out standing on this date: Old demand notcis, -$G0,C95; legal-tender notes. all issues, So40,GSl,01G; one-year notes of 1SG3, S46,05S; two-year notes of 18G3, $12,550; two-year coupon notes of 1SG3, 23,350; compound interest notes, 241,210; fractional currency, all issues, 15,520,352 25. Total, 3G2,5S5. 25S 25. Inquiry was made in the British house of commons recently, if an means were being taken to protect butter producers in that country from the effects of the increased imp6ftation of imitation butter from the United States. The presi dent of the board of trade replied that in a majority of cases it ap pcared that these manufactured butters were not unwholesome, and he doubted if their importa tion could be prohibited. In case of their beiug sold as butter, the adulteration act would afford a remedv. MISCELLANEOUS. 580 Reward. mVKXTY I)OI.l.Ai:. WII.I. 1K rum JL lr lh rcrowry t varit of Jhr; lli,-s of fHtr Chilian!! -Inwit- in Cfmii,'u river near lSrookfieM hi Weiii'-V-;i la!. :!: Kiuu fnKii illlar nc! U UotokrirM. (hie a tvttjy-.mf u af. :ml ha. I I. UK ihtmim a !he I intra ehrrk -r rjuuantl -,-! dollars in m!. r. The -etiiii .-s t n -tit -1 hive -.-ar-. onl aii hal a 4i-i an-l nc en h4lars in Mirer. Tlwt hint was twettt four years !-! .oxl la.l three twenty ilullar eoM !-.. a I went -ntv rent ntee.-. and a oilTT waleh. Th" fourth -aa-. twinlj-richt years old and had iw in -real, 'file ainne rewards will Ite ai.l i ih,- undeisisnetl. i nix F.r.v;. At WH CKe4 i'arkuiu ".. Astoria. )rgou. r-iUw int THE LARCEST Printing Office in the World ! ! H1STOKY OK THK Government Printing Office. AT WASHINGTON. P.C.. KtMlHaeittK many 1 itterv-t ltjr IneWenl ami l"enlN in ihe V.'prfcings of ihts Oreai K- taMNttttett. with mtmerHis llhtstra- rhmi. Svt. atuMU !3ioi.'9)iae. rrte: In IImht Covets. ; i. iter cony ; in Cloth. 51M VXOtsS OF fOXTEXT.- : Chaitki: I. I. llrief HMor- of lullie rrinliii from l7- to lsi ; i Su-nulen.l-entof ruhlir rritttiti-; fnmi l.sieto 1 ; :. Chief Clcrk fnni l.sie l Ifrsl : t. Foremen ami Amatt Kori'metiof rnutim;and Itind insfnmt l-;l to l-l ; .". Pn-eiit Orsa:iit lUm of tlte ORiee. v.. Duties of 11m- I'ltlHie I'rinter. etc- CiiaitkuII. Tlk- i'tintinr Dritaritm-Mt : 1. Tlie )iK-iiit'Hl Koom : . TIk- .lob Kihhh ; 3. Tlie n Koom : 4. The Patent Oinre SiMH'ifimtitMt l!MHit : .".. TIk FohUitK Koihii : (. The CuHxrevsitmal Het-onl Itoom. wltn a brief aUttioii to tlie earlv tiuhlk-atioti of the Debato of Con-rev ; 7. 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The manuxrript has liecn prepared withjireat care ; the very be-t soun-es of in formation consulted ; the mot intcrestinp featttre of the establishment described, aud everything passible done to make th book readable and reliable. larties desiring copies of this work should address 'lthout delay. K. W. KEKIU Goyernment Printlus Offlce. Wa-hhigtort. I). C. O-t'iw.im BANKING ASD INSURANCE. BANKING ANDINSURAI1CE. BROKER, BANKER AND INSURANCE AGENT. ASTORIA, - OREGON OFFICE HOURS: FROM S O'CLOCK A. 21. UNTIL 4 k0CLOCK P. M. Hoi Iitnal Iwance Co., OF CALIFORNIA. .1. F. IIOl'IITON. CltAS. It. Stokv.. ..I'reident ......... Secretary Asem for 0tm (KO. Ifc STOKV Cai4tMl jM up in U. S. old coin s S00 000 M I. AV. CASi:. Agent, ChensiHiis street. Astoria. Oregon. $67,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL AND LOHON AND GLOBE, NORTH I5RITISII AND "MERCAN TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Kej.re anting a capital of SfJ7.000.000. A. VAN DL'SEN. Agent. IIOTEIJ? AND RESTAURANTS. a..i. mk;lki e.s. wnir.iiT occni:.vr hotel. .MEGLEP. & WRIGHT, Proprieton. Astoria, Oregon. rniIE PROPRIETORS ARE IIAPPY TO X auumince that the altovc hotel has been repainted and refurnished, adding grently to the comfort of itsguestsandlsnowthe best hotel north of San Francisco. C. V. KXOWLES. At. ZIEBKI Cr.AltE"VDOV HOTEL. PORTLAND, - - - - OREGON ZIEBER & KN0WLES, Proprietors. Free coach to ami from the house. ftBTiiK Daily Aktokian ! on file at tlte Claremlon Hotel reading room. Pioneer Restaurant Hotel. .MAIN STREET. - ASTORIA ."lies. S. V. Arrisoui, Proprietor milK TRAVELING PURLIC WILT. FIND SL tlte I'KHteer Hrt class in all reject.aHd a hare of their jwtnmage Is reaiectfnlly soliHted. 3r-Rjanl ana hHldiigby the day or week. The New York Oyster Saloon Will mtw to titeir customer from tliK ate a follow- : TEA. COFFEE. CHOCOLATE. Kn-tern Oyster- Always on JCanil. Ami will Ite kept a.a first c-Ias-. Oxster Sa loon, in Utst ela th pt aa first c-Ias-. Oxster ria titJitst elastle. DANIEL GRANT, "tlattaper. Fair Wind Coiibi- Saloon - VM c h: o. i-xoijs e WATER STKKET. ASTORIA. N-t ! r to Dr. Kuiv. Cofl'et. Tea anil Chocolate, with t'alce, lO rent-. CItej- Cooked to Ortler. Fine 1"i ine-. Z.uiitor- anil Cisirs Of the be-t brands. llnviti" int iimiu.I ttu. -ilxki.. .t-.iiat. mem e eonliaSly invite mr friends and the wnbik' jreiM-rally to snve it- a trial. -tt FOAKI) & EY ANSON. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon. ,jQ 1IAIN STKKET. ASTORIA. milK UNDERSIGNED IS PLILVSED TO jl announce to me Ladies' and Gentlemen of this City That he N imw Mvpnreit to fnrtibSt f- them. in nr-t ets, -ty ie. aiKl every st le. OYSTERS. H r COFFEE. TEA. 1TC. AT THK Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon. MAIN STREET. 11eae g,ve me a caU. ROaCOE DIXON. Proprietor C. H. STOCKTON. Eraxxss, sxesas - -AND CARRIAGE PAINTER,- PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING A SPECIALTY. GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. BtTShrm rirt 1ii-kr tt Acrnptnti maiaa s Shiister's building. TIN PLATE, BLOCK TIN For sale ex "Warehouse at Astoria or Portland by EALPOVB.GCTHRIKACo.. W-tf Portland, O.iinn BUSINESS CARDS. Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAY. ChemimHs Street. - ASTOltfA. OREGON ,p XT. Fl'LTOX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTOKIA - - - OKEGON Oftlee tver Pape & Allen's store, Cass street T XV. ItOHIi, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTOKIA ... - OKEGON Office over Warren & Eaton's Astru 5Iar ket, opitosite the OeeHlent Hotel. "P C IIOLDKX. NOTARY rUBLIC, AUCTIONEEK. CO.M.MISSION AND IN SL'KANCE AGENT. A VAN DUSEN. NOTARY PUBLIC. CheiiaintLs Street,.near Occident Hwtel, ASTORIA, OREGON. Agent 'Wel!, Fargo & Co. "O P. IIICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - 2 - OREGON; Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, come of Cus-snud Siemoc(he streets. jQK. 31. I). AEXXISiSS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Graduate University of Virginia. 1868. I Iiystciait to Kay View hospital, Baltimore ( itv. 1S0B-T0. OKKH-K-In P;ige & Al!en IwSIding, up stairs. Astoria. tay Tinrri.i.' ii i J i physician and surgeon, ; itti:t.jKT me u inie nouse store. $ Kksidexce N'ext door to Mrs. Munsoa'a . iiv.uuiiio House, vucuamus street, Astort VJICUU1I. T C. OKClIAJU, DENTIST, Dental Rooms. SHCsTEK'S Pliotograplt Building, Q a. arcixTosn. 3LERCHAT TAILOR, Occident Hotel Building. ASTORIA .-- OEEGOK" C. H. BAIIY fc CO.. PR.M.KK IX Doors, IVintlowy, ISlinds, Trxt Moms. Lnniher. Ete. All kinds of Oak Lumber. Glass, Boat Ma"" terial, ete. Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gen evive and Astor streets. J G. FALttFOWL & SON, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS S$h Portland and Astoria, Oregon. Refer by pennirsion to Rosors. Meyers Jfc Co. Allen & Lciris.Corbitt JcMacleay, Portland. Oroson. yii. riii.i:xiiAT. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon AS fORI.V- OREGON. Hot, 'oII, fthciy, Steam ami Sulphur BATHS. 3.pectal attention given toladies'aad hihlrett's hair rutting. Private EntratKv for Ladic s. yyiTsTAATIl FRY PRACTICAL BOOT AXI) SHOE MAKER. Ciikxamus Strrkt. op)Obite Adler's Book store, - Astokia, OlthGOX. 3"r- Perfect Bt jnuiranteed. AH worlc warra:itel. Gie me a trtal. All orders IWHiiptly BI5e:. rviusic Lessons. T. F. CULLEM and C E. BARNES? TK.VCHKRS OF VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR NET AND BANJO, Would like a few pupils on either or the alHive instrument'. Term Eight leons for five dollars. S-Ortlers left at Stevens & Sons book store will Ik promptly attended to- J. T. B0RCHERS, COXCOJILY STREET. ASTORIA, 3Ianufacturer and Paeker of CAVIAR, SFhQKED SALMON. Cash paid for freh BLACK STURGEON SPAWN. Smoked Sturgeon, and smoked Salmon put up in tins to ship to an part of the world. Alo. trout bait (salmon ejrss) put up in cans ami warranted to keep anv lengtit of time Depot at Rogers Central .Market, corner Cas-and Cheuaniu streets. Astoria. To-Xiyht. To-XighU GRAND BALL, AT MUSIC HALL, THIS EVEXIXG. S3. jSl. c$TJj:jsn$rm dealer in FAUILY GROCERIES. aAILS, BIItL FEEI A"VI HAY Cash paid for country produce. SmaJL proflts on cash sale-;. Astoria. Oreaon, car tier of Main and Squemocahe streets. s&iiii 1 JjijMfTff '"6 m. OPILES. The undersigned Ls prepared to furnlalr a larse number of Spiles and Spars as his place on short notice, at reasonable rates. Apply to C. G. CAPLES, Columbia.Cily , w -bOV...