The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, May 07, 1882, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textw PCTiillWflPJl, gltc jPniltj &sla:ftm. ASTORIA. OREGON; SUNDAY MAY 7, 15S2 j. r. haixokax iMiior. An Old Complaint. 'The Simple Cobbler of Aga warn," in 1017, says: "My heart hatrrnaturaily detested four things the standing of the Apocrypha in thS'Bibleforeignere dwelling in my country to crowd our native subjects into the corner of the earth; alchemized coins; toleratiun of divers religions, or one religion in segregate shape." It is curious says the St Louis Globe-Democrat, to find tbo first generation born on the soil discussing the same problems that still torture us. The author is evidently sound on tho currency question, and likes good money. But if he felt crowded in 1017, what a pinch would there be now for him. Youn& America ha always been I'ond of s-nreadinir herself. But think of the airs put on by the 2,000 or 3,000 native-horn citizens, that they could not tolerate immi gration. The colonies were hardly in communication with eaeh other. Plymouth Colony wa- not yet fifty years old. Tht Indiaus hemmed them in k the very coast. They did not know the land as far as the great lakes, except through French report. The wholo white population of the land would have found abundant elbow room on Long Island. We have twen ty cities to-day that each one. out numbers the whole nation of that day or rather the common wealth-. Yet the people were intolerant of foreigners. We can easily imag ino the line of argument. Thre was little or no voting oxr-ept as pertained to town meeting.-. There couid t!.'Tfore Imvi- been little trouble about -ull'rag.. But tho moral eiuractt'r of thes-- interlop ers w.t's a v pry eriou affair. It is not to b.- supposed that tho jjuTr'-sons "t Puritans' wished to be contaminated with their second and third i'ot!in brought up in tho darkness of England and Hol land. Tim religious difficulty was oven moro serious for many of the new-comeri were QuakeiP, Catholic5, Anabaptists, and New Lights. Religion and morality being all one, it was a trial that overtasked even the pious Pottoti Mather to ondurn this frotli of the old countries Witi'hes and Quakers and Catholic, hid a hard time of it. some of tiu-m wut up in liery i:Jnrirs like- Elijah, others tl"l into the wilderness. Mortt betook tliemselvj-s m the chelicr of Lord Baltimore and William P-nn. We tu.iy suppose that the wage- question to have also interfered with the welcome of foreigners. If there were few to do tho work, tlieie was little work to do; and to have wages lowered then wis quite as serious an evil as in these time. Many, if not the majority, were adven turers who came over to bettor their fortunes in some way and then return to their own countries across tho eis. They did not bring their families, but came to live ofT tho land and exis-t as a threatagatnt pure morals and the honor of Puritan households. Who knew to what enormous propor tions this influx might extend? The crowded cities, the strong holds of crime would pour their tide upon the land to the utter overwhelming of its institutions. In those days the ancestors of Jamei G. Blaine, not hiving cotnn in the Mayfiower, were among tho dreaded new-rnmor?. The prophe cies of 4,The Cobbler'' and tho pathetic diatribes of Mather were fulfilled to the letter. New Eng land i now in the possession of foreigner:), lta farms a'nd factories are run by those "who crowd the native into the corners of the earth." But this does not to-day eem a good reason for tndearor ing to stay immigration. We look with considerable pleasure and a good deal of hope to a vast increase of forigners in 1890. "We shall be-glad-if all the starving Europoans and religionists of all sects and no sects come, wo shall bo glad to welcome thorn. Tho more production tho more com fort. We have moved forward in spite of dangers. We are more free, more stable in our institutions than eTcr before. Unhappy Slaves. The system of selling convicts into servitude creates a most un happy class of slaves, for to their case tho care which anowner takes forthe preservation of his property does not apply. The interest of their master is solely to get as much work out of them as possi ble. The state of Kentucky has been trying the system of leasing out convicts, under stipulations which were intended to s-ecure proper treatment. A joint committee of the legislature have made an in vestigation of tho condition 'f several hundred convicts sent from the penitentiary iu .rune, 1880, under lease to contractors building the Big Sandy Railroad. TThev found that tho men slept twenty to a room, upon bunks ai- j ranged in two tiers. The only light came through a grated open-! ins eight inches wide and four feet long, and it was too dark to see anything distinctly. A half barrel of water and a tin basin to a room were the sole provision for cleanliness. While by law the convicts are only required to work ten hours a day from April 1 to Nov. 1, and eigiit hours a day the remainder of the year, the prac tice was to work them twelve hours a day, one gang going on at 6 in the morning, and not being relieved until (! at night, the gang going on then laboring until 0 in the morning, even on Sunday. Tho contractor? declared that iliy paid the men fur their extra time, but it was found that the amount allowed them was only 121 rents a day, paid iu orders on the ecu tractor's store. Moreover, all time consumed in waiting for blast-, to explode or lost by siek ness was deducted. The com mittee found men working in a tunnel, standing in mud and wa ter, in 'almost total darkness. Dinner vra brought to tlietni n tin cans, and they ato it without knife or fork, standing where they worked, chilly and with wet feet. The ccrniiiitteo m&v that tlie food was coarse and iusufriVi-nr in quantity. The commit!, v found the atmosphere ot the t-m- nels stifling, and so painful to the eyes and no.ie front tho smok. of giant powder, that they could not endure it more than a few min utes at a time. The men suffered a great deal from fevers and pneu monia, and the nick were neglected to such an extent that the mor tality amounted to twenty p'.-r" cent. Punishment was frequent, cruel, and often brutal. Men were driven by force into a sav ing tunnel, there to be maimed or killod by falling rocks. The dead were placed in boxes and laid where earth wa- dumped iu the course of building tho road. The committer instance the case of ono convict, too weak nd ill to labor, who, according to testimony, was beaten to the point of death. Any person in charge of a gang could inflict punishment at discretion, and tho swab stick used in blasting was tho favorite instrument for the purpose. The committee declare that tho testimony was an un broken record of cruelty, and con clude that civilization and human ity demand the immediate repeal of the law establishing the leas ing system. NEW TO-DAY. Notice. rilHE BUITtSII BAKK W.VNI.OCK IS aovr JLtoadinc on tho berth for London direct, l'orrrelelits and particulars, opplv to V.L.C1IERKV. (Oier Wells, F.tn:o & Co.) .iSTOUIl. May 6, 1S52. mj-T 2w Steuhans Varieties ! GRAND OPENIWQ. A LIVELY ESTRBTAIXMKXT Have a nw bonUng aUev. the largest cad best la town. Admlttanctree. rtjwijyj.iwjiajaTgxwiJtLaBJi.'gxjjta MISCELLANEOUS. GO 3?0 THE "BOSS" -IS Men's, Youths' and Boys' Clothing! Tin: boss i. CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS! TIIK BOSS IX mo Late-lSt)l(S HATS AND GAPS! Tin: iiiiss i. BOOTS AND SHOES! TUK BOSH I. Clolhs, Cassiioeres and TwbbBs! TUB JiGKS MERCHANT TAILOR! You will liml the Finest and Largest Abutment, the Host Quality, and tlie LO WESTof PRICES. M. D. 'KANT, The Clothier. CLOTIli4! MEW'S, YOUTHS' AND BOYS'. FINE DRESS SCITS. SXYUSH BUSINESS SUITS. SOF'J'l STJFE JUTS, In tti,' l.atc- ?tliv.. A! a rirw-f'lavi UlUi of CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS! The Ciiiiciiii jMart.ii. nt odihru r itic Nmiit lMltpriu in Tt:j:. I'A'jSl- jii:ki:s. Aoit.sint, n..-. -nit, n.ni : oidorlu the JLATr.vr m: vicic ! -.stuois D. A. Mcintosh Miuh.tnt Tuihr Clithici an J Hutiar, x;cioi:Nr iu.ock rjitvii t: iv New and Choice MILLINERY, Ilfslrc t.) call ttio att mlnn or the l.:idus cf .lsturla m tlio fact tlmt slio ims i.-prft'.! a largo assoitmont ot the L.tTKST STVLKS tV Hats. Bonnets. Trimmings, AM. Comer Mala and Aqujr.oq1ie Slref-K Notice. lilt. Iu K..Sr;UG IS XOW DLMVrillXG -" School Aicsiment HUinks for .School DKtrict So. l. lmles will please nil said Wanks and return t ihe imderalgned. In tf-n dajs after th-ir receipt. j.k.iil'.stm:k. May3,USZ. Clcrl; School DMi let Xo. l Notice. THE DELINQUENT TAX KOI.L I'Oli the j ear ISsl. together with a warrant from the County Court for the collection of the same, is In my hand-. Delinquent tax payers III pleasi- ett!e at once and sae cots. A.M. TWOJ1BLV. my- Sheriff. Valuable Lot for Sale at Auction, Tuctdny. May flth 11 a. in. UOR ACCOUNT OK WHOM IT MA X concern. I am instructed by the Trust ees of the ESTATE OK 31.. KINNKY. Esq., to sell at Public Auction, at mj sale- 1.NMU, lor accuuuioi wnoin u inav concelii : I-ot four (l), ig Block fortv-four(it) inMc Clurc's Astoria, as laid out byCjrus Olney, to the hli;licit bidder lor cash, raya-td i: C. IIOLDLX. Aiictionetr. Home Mutual Iusurauce Co, OF CALIFORNIA. J. r. tluL'imiox .. .. Chas. tr. Sroav....... Or.o. L Stov.. .... '.McMunf .Sccretarv .Agent for 0?on Capital paid up In C. 8. sold coin S S COO 10 I. TV. CASE, Agent, Caenanvcs street, Astoria, Oregon. i fgjw 9ssxiEvsjxfXMvaurjjuJi.ijmzJnuMJi.vsssBsi MISCELLANEOUS. en.H vi ' 7 I M'tXT.MOK TO I'ACE it A.K.N.) Wbirte-jiesiid relfdl dealer u P?avt$iOns, Glass and Plated Ware. iitot'iCAJ ANnnoMnnr FRUITS AND YEGErABLES. lljJ'fttliT Kith Vte.LipK.TotaMfllCiiiais -. . . 3 )n Ltrgt'tt anil aio,t ou:.'.'-ti. m.icIj e.i pol in ttieir line to bo found u. the lly. r.-riirr ..f Cue and !t.-)iiemoe,;l;e Sti. .?- .vsToitiA. oi:i:no.N. CLEAKIK& and REPAmifIG M:aT. IIK.W AMI li l i.. l: U.iili Stie.H. i -.!tf N Jj.'!."., .. . IS. SSfZT BC. liniHatoi ami Wiiiii-.r.le tii-.i -i m Cigars and Tobacco, Smoker's Ar ticles, Playing Cards, Cut lery, Etc., Etc , The l-ine-.r Mid nnet -iwk uf Mm rsrti.i.n.t a:iUAi!iiier);oia'. in uii'cuv. raiii-ai.u-Kl-teiition julii tn i nlus fr.'-iri H o-.itr ,m.l (".-.el's. l'hi':unia slrcct, .t4i.t. . s- IIIEO. l!l:. l.fi:, M:m.i,ir BUOKIKfiHilffl iiEl'li'i -AXD- SS? pngacgff?y, ARE THE BEST. And eo-t no more than otliu- hian.l , :md if the Merchant with whom jou trade does not Keep our Good', it is bteauo it pav beltrrtost-Ilapalrof l!oot- orsi-ocs eury ttto niontlu than eierv four 01 fiw. AVE fiUAK.VXTlX EVEKV I'AIl! WE MAKi:. Ail Merchants In gooil credit ran procure these Goods at our Warehouses iu Portland or San Francisco. Try our "HERCULES'' Patent Boots HECHT BROS. & CO. THE ANNUAL WEETiNG OF THE Pioxr.i:u ANDiiisroiticAi. mjoicty dOrCKOU vill bo held at the Hill f.t Krseue Kngine Co. Xo. 2 on TIHTRSDAY. the lltli ilav cf May, lSJ,commeneiiKat a o'clock P.M. for the purpoxeof i.e..iiug reports of oflieers, coinmunleiitioiis addres e". etc.. :md for the election of oilicers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of -uch other buIne-s as inav pioperly come before the society. All arc respectfully in lted to attend. S. T. McICuw. .Sec'. Astoria, April 29. 1S3. id L. li. HOHL, Pli tCl'IC.lT. TTATCnUlKi:!: xxn JEHX.r.r.R. Si;. I'aing penaanenlly located &ij.l-J Jfi "i the city, would solicit the iSiv? jX? general patronage t the 3isJbiK'e public. Repairinq Watches, Clocks unci Jewelry A Sl'ECIALn. CD-ALL WORK WARHANILD.-en On S'niemocqha Street, west of UcUTourr W.XU IN IEC'1j.K1 WtTIHH'T rniTiiii!: sothk ,pd no tenns of peace unsi! man In Astoria has a i.ew uf clothf 'ss.jSrn 3i.vf: v jjtii.w. I -ii-.-i' JSl' -: r i Ixok3t tl'n inlrei - I'.ints to order from si to 12 50 23C0 ranis, uenume x reach ca?-.tmi' Suits from .... The finest lino of sample on the coast to select from. V. J. MEAN V, Cass street, nest to Hansen's Jewelry store Jt yX gjjajf.AUUj JIISCELLANEOUF. eo.W.Mnme; itSf Wholesale and Retail Dealer i IN i GROCERIES, ! Provisions, Lumber, KTC., ETC.. E'IC.1 i- ,. .. i . , i r LSIit.'I'lIH'lJS WWW .-WWVA"$ s o r p l i m A St'ECIALTI . tiKNT VOW THE San Juse Fruit Packing Company. anl thi: San Fniijcisco Ohwnical ast(ji:ia - - - onr.ooi MA1C1IN I)Vt:i J.. i. ,toki:s F0AE1) & STOKES, I V hyl. -:il. :i.il i-ui i!tl.Kr-. m Wood and Willow-ware, G H 0 G E R 1 E S. Tfibacco, Citjars. Vinea,and Liquors no:r.ir,. lh i)Mr-Hi Fruits and 'uiiehihlcs. COfJXTliY itoni.'CE. Gcneral Gommissiou Merchants Asror.i.v, t:Kaiv. New t . 0:i-.m !:aiiw;i a: Xav. ( o's Dock Asm Oamiery - Supplies i Inip.iited and forsdebv AMDUIA, - - oBECOS. ' Sim- lniipt't. 1 r.ixTjH.o! suit. Isgcs Oai, etc. Ajieiit fur HjrluCkN Soldcnrg jtfacli.as; (ihiiitonN lmpimed Soldering apparatus; lotarv t.-Jle ir srilderins net anafs. -eai.n : Wood's LObYB & GO. joi;i;i.i:s in WINES, LXQUO&B, .M) OIG-ARS. a;i:xts run the Bost San'Francisoo Houses and Eastern Distillories. I2T-AI1 s..nd? sold at San rranclvo I'rices. MAIN brnnri. Opiiosllf TaiKcr House, Astoria, Oresnti. J. 5. D. GrKAX V.ho'.es:le and leLill d.nlei in, FLOUR, all jcrxns or feud, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. tleneral storage and Wharfajro on reason able tenns. hvottd ISentonMreet. Astoria, Oregon. A. G. STiNSON & CO., BLACKSllllTHING, At Capt. RoKew old stand, corner of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery v.-oil:. Horseshoelncr. Unions made and repaired, (lood work cnaranteed. HANSEN BROTHERS, Architects and Builders, All Kind nt House irork done nt Mliortest not lee. Shop Corner of Cass and Astor Street, ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON v3--P-''2v vAMS, .T.r--jr --a ".JS g&z&f , jf3i"S? SP-FK" - T - I " iiB.!Pt iSSligMIr 1MK.1SOI.S. VTorth. I'rlcc. Large size, all silk Parasols, - - - $3 00 $1 25 Large size, all silk, fancy border, - - 5 00 3 00 Large size, all silk, 3 5 r5 Medium size, all silk, twilled, - - - 3 00 1 25 Medium size, cotton, suitable for children, 1 00 50 CLOAKS. Misses light-colored school coats, - - 7 00 Misses' dark-colored school coats, - - 7 00 Misses' plush school coats, - - - 10 00 These arc Spring Styles, and all wool. aiiscETXAxrous. Marseilles Spreads, large size, All-linen Towels, " " Ladies' Hose, all colors Ladies' Balmoral Skirts, - Unbleached Table Linen, per Unbleached Table Linen,cxtra wide.p'r y'd, 50 Ladies' Corsets, all sizes, .... 1 25 A!m a few more l.cniaaiits Dress iremr in'oer. tlic-se Bargains ire Limited in Quantity, so come early and secure then.. CAI.IFOUXIA bl OltE, V. 1). B. 21?. TheBossGofiee and Tea Pot gsL . &Zx au &&. & TWO DOOUS EAST OF OCCIDENT, AirSCELIAXEOUS. 9Ci s RsiHi hmimwg Sr -'&5s2SiESSJ Wo. 40 J2-Ply J DL'ALKHS IN vSALMON TWINE ! I rcn' Sleel- Coa! Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, BOHR MI) LEiliS L!iES,pm,CCi,IT AND c" ca-jzeo SEINE TJWII N E S I " cppcp h, ana b, Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils A Fllll StOCk NOW 011 Hand.l ?&& and IkmpPackinq of all Kinds. PROVJSlONS HENRY DOYLE & CO.. rtoim axd miix feed. Sit aini-Uet Street, Sau I'rancNro , Agents for Salem nomin? Mills. Solo Agents for the Pacific Coast. j Corn(,r chcnamiu and Hamilton Street ASTORIA, OREGOX. MIL'S lAR I E T IB S. G1.0.IIILL, -WALTER TALKS - TKOI'filETOK STACK MANAOER Now Stars in Rnpia Succrsslon 1 1 Engagement cf SUSS I-JITA EARLE. , run Qi'F.nx of soxg and dance i. Opcu :i!l Hie i'enr, 1'crlnrnianec i:itj . Mslil. Cutiro Clinnse or Pro- srmiinic Once, n Week. f onjprising all tho latest SOKCS, DANCES AND ACTS., We give the Best . Variety Entertainment la the West. The thcatv. 1-, crowded nightly, and all nounre It to be euual to any KU en elscw here. Mr. Hill as a caterer for Ihe public's amusement cm not be excelled. Ambodvi uMilupc to spend a pleasant cieuinp: and Ss-ipusiSrft The company eompri-cs ihe following well " laiqwn ArtUts-. MM I'VSME ffALTOX. I Mis I.ouisr. Cook, i I Mi:. Cn vr.Lrs KottLn;. ' Mi:. Jolts Cook,' Mi:. .Ioski'JI rrrrrr, me. Wai.tek Parks, j ' All of w hich will pppcar nightly in (heir dif- , lorent specialties. ' ! Open air concert every evening: perform - ance coiniaencin at 8 ; cntianee to uieaire ; Slwet : ,,rlVate 'mCS U " ' T .i, ,, fn, ty ciorn IiDOK OUt lor Our btars, .aggp - S!S5 - lT - tlr aiged: ?? 3 00 3 50 5 00 - - 3 50 37 25 1 5 2 00 25 10 1 00 25 35 75 yard, 40 Goods at 10 and 20 cents a yard. Corner opposite rostoulce, Astoria, Oregon. MAY BE HAD OF AIm. Aent for the celebrated iliti'UN latfut Cook Ntorr. IKDAIiLI0N RiLGrE, sn:AM iTTTixas- a spkclvlty. None but tho be?t worlvmen employed. AH worKltiranteed'ornoIcharse.- ASTORIA, OREGOJS' 3IISCELLANEOTJS. Wilsox & Fisher. : j roscoevs first class oyster saloon, vtA' CnENAMIS STREET, ASTORIA. miiE fNDcnsioxEi) 13 rL&iEi to A announce to the public that lie Is mar ine; the Boston Crystal Ice Cream ! The finest Ice Cream ever dished up to the American public. Try It, and be convinced. He also funiWics, in ilrst-class stjle, OYSTERS, HOT COITEE TEA, ETC. AT THE Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, CIIEXAMUS STREET. TMimci mio men eflil. 1 KOSCOK DIXON, Proprietor Leinenweber & Co., I,.T,...,rPt,r,. If. BKOWT. CSTAELlSnCD 1303. ASTORIA, OREGON, yiriBig AID CDBBIKRS, Manufacturers and Importers ot IX KINDS OF LEATHER AND FINDINGS Wholesale Dealers in OIL AND TALLOW. j ea'HI ftaHIghest cash price paid for Hides end i niumr. LETTERHEAD PAPER. PRINTED OR PLAIN, OH THE BEST JT quaUryat Tdb AaroRiAKoffico. i T -.. S!-"