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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1882)
w g&c Sails wlfi'fiiaa. "aSTORIA.OKEUOJN: TUESDAY. MAY 16.UW! J.F lUlWItAN ..Elllor. Columbia River Scenery. Saturday afternoon found us on board the Fleetwood, with h few spare hours not likely to be broken in upon by the cry, of "copy." The afternoon ttes per fect, and due attention having been given to the commissary de partment, the scenery along the route engrossed our attention. "There is a tide in the aifairs of men that taken at the flood leads on to fortune; " there is a tide in the Columbia river that taken at the ebb holds back a steamboat. The rippling wive", that showed like molten silver in the slanting rays of sunlight, were sombered here and there by screat patches of cloud shadow, and those gather' ing masses of vapor rolled the:r stormy folds around the moun tains to the nortli and sent sudden showers" down that in turn threw rainbows in profusion to the east. The sails of the lisher fleet gleam ed brightly on ever- hand, and wood scows, log rafts and steam boats cave the practical side to this picture of busy industry. Rounding Tongue Point the seen ery to the northeast was surpass ingly grand. The trailing w realhs of mist swung into hidden ravines and left the skies above glowing with a warm light, the great forests in vivid emerald roe sloping to the far-off Cascades, that "seemed to recede afar in Time's remotest blue as we advanced. The gleams of gold and purple that fctreaked the green rnd shadowy entrance to the ncirer windings of the shore line shone brightby on th carpet of mos and wild flower nature's volumes, bo'iud in gti 11 and gold, and open to be retfi by every pasber-by. E ich turn of the river bring, new beauties in sight, and a the boat runs closer to the Territory side, many minor points of beauty show out from the bewildering wealth of gorgeous natural scenery. Some thirty miles above Astoria is a sight that, view ed as we saw it, from the deck of the Fleetwood below, is most im pre&ive. Like the buttresses of a phrantic tower rise great columns of basalt, gray and grim, gashed and seamed by the tiro and ice of rcons of long gone ages that wrought such visi ble desolation ; and yet the wounds are covered by nature with robes of blue and emerald that contrast strangely with the somber tints of these gipnt columns that tear their neada in sitely spires towaul the zenith. In a cleft aboe, a spark ling streamlet comes tossing on its way from loftier heights, and hounds from the eilge over the face of tho crags to tha shadowy gorge below. The effect is sublime. A crystal sheet at the start, it is dissi - pated into spray and rain and rain bow dust before it gets to the flower-set pool, around which the prismatic glow of purple and orange and violet are plavingas the softened sunlight falls upon it through the glancing needles of the pines. The air is filled with the music of the water; the low note of the sparkling cas cade as it bounds from thp edge of the cliff, alternating with the treble of the lighter spray as it patters into the rocky basin be low. Three hundred feet above, the leafy banners spring lightly from those Flauting walls that were never brushed save by the giddy sweep of the eagles' wing or the fall of some discrowned forest king to the swiftly rushing current below. Farther back arc beetling cliffs of crjmblmgrock with lateral crevasses in their frowning heights, with here and there transverse masses of brown rock bridging the heights to still loftier peaks above. Over the craggy ledge flowed a thin sheet of dancing,bubbling wa ter that swayed in the breeze and sparkled in the sunlight, and breaking into a thousand glittering drops rained in fragments of rain bow hue to the little lake that b.u..v.u ...W v jiquiu. ameinysi.- in the clear sunlight, encircled by the frtrtTrfkrl liln 1? ? J .t l- :.- lichon-cp vered rocks below. To rne south the Saddle Moun tain tood defined against the sap phire sky; back toward Astoria, "a silver streak of shining sea," our noble bay glittered in the level rays of the sinking sun; to the north, "lonely as God and white as the moon" the lovely Mount St. Helens reared its snow-crowned cono; great masses of orange col ored cloud went slowly sailing by, trailing white streamers in the sunny air from the hidden cloud factories on the mount above; the violet haze of sunset filled the river with a wine-colored light, and around and above was a trans parent hue of splendor borrowed from tho robes of heaven. So, onward wo sped to Portland, while tho billowy tides of gold and crimson licht faded into nuriih" and hazy gray, which, in ti:n.. ' gave place to the blue and silvei of the night. The prettiest hour of such a bright day is at its close, when each little star comes twink ling out from infinite azure; aud, answering " Here," to its name at God's eternal roll-call, it falls icto line for the silent procession of the night. Returning Sunday morning, we read Tom Merry's sketch on the first page of the Oregonian, and thought tho sniwts from Nevada .- a quartzite crags could find their counterpart on the wooded heights of till) the noblest river of thr- west. Fon the first time in the liMoiy of tho United States Government the Post office department is pay ing its own expenses, and after J ulv 1st. when the new mail con tracts go iuto effect it will begin to makf money. That will lx a good time to put IpU't postdge down from three cents to two, and inaugurate a new system of oheip money orders. Ax" enterprise of more than or dinary magnitude is projected in New York. It is proposed to utilize the power of Niagaia F.iJis to generate electricity which is to be conducted to all the prominent cities from Boston to Chicago as a motor for operative machinery. $1,000,000 have been subseribnd antUbe projectors are sanguine of success. The committee on Commerce has reported a bill appropriating 8250,000 for the "improvement" of the Sacramento and Feather riv er3,California. The Sacramento is shoaled 90 miles above San Fran cisco, and the Feather is simply a mountain stream with shallow bed nine months in the vear, hut it fares well in the matter of &ppt pri.itioii. DII'.D. At Kuinna. Oieiron. Mav 13. 1882. S. 13 Avars: born at Burton. Adams county. ins., jiarcn l, 1S3S. LUaiuornia papers pieaae copy.j MISCELLANEOUS. SPECIAL AUCTION SALE! Wednesday, May 17-11 a. m, I Five Bedroom Suits Complete! E.VCII COXSIbTIXO OF Bedstead, nrcisinc-biireau, AVash- ntand. Table, Towcl-rnrlt. it Chairs and a Hnrker, all ev and or tin? Latest Style. ALSO Spring Beds & Top Wool Mattrases AND A LOT OF EXTKA .EW CIIAItth. ALSO ZBCeevtlTig Stoves AND Two Sausage Machines. Also I ata inatnictod to suit ouc FINE POOL BILLIARD TABLE With Cuej and Ualls complete. E. 0, H0LDEOT, Auctioneer. rnj-H SET LOST. A BOUT xV. twino and 0 FATHOM; SEW LINES. rork. 44 tnftslip? flfipxi. ScotchXo. 40 12-ply tnlnc Lost the morn ing o the 12th tnt.. Just off Fort Stephens wnrf. A liberal reward will be paid for the same by JACOB KASK.at Union Packing Company's. mylldSt LETTER HEAD PAPER. P BETTED OK PLAIN, OF THE BE3I quality at Tee astosuk oSLjo. MISCELLANEOUS. DEMOCRATIC , Tor; Conches', V. D. 1'E.V TON, of y.un'ii!! county Ton (fOvsiHi'mt. JOS. S. SMITH, ot Multnomah county. Ton SCl'imME Jcege, D. SHATTUCK, of Washington Co. Foil Secsztapv or State, F. K. WEATHEfiroRD, of Linn Co. Ton State Tnnvsrnna, BYMAN ABRAHAM, of Douglas Co Ton Surr. or Prone Istri:ctiox, W.L. WORTH INOTO. of Wasco Co. Tor Statf Pruirrrn. WILBUR F. CORNELL, of Marion Co. i'ci: Feosecctivo Atioi.m:y, V". K. STRODE, of Multnomah. Clat3op County Nomination's Fei: Joint bEK.vaoi:, (rir Clamor1, Columbia anil Tillamook,) A. C. KINNEY. rou Joim Rxriirsi-siAiiw:, (For CIatop and Tillamook,) JOHN HOBSON. ron cou:tv Jcdoe. S.D. ADAIR. I'Oi: COIHfTY COMSllSSIOMTS O. LKINEXWEisr.lt. R. J. MORRI SON. Tei: Cocxtv Clerk, C. J. TREXCHARD Ton Siinuirr, A.M.TWOMRLY. Ton AFsr5on. L. W. POOLE. For. Tnmscnrr:, ISAAC BERGMAN. Fei: School ScrmivrrefDiisT, W. B. ADAIR. Tore Scnvroi S. W. TALLMAN. Fon conosri:, B. B. FRANKLIN. KEPUBLICAN itate Ticket, Vfc --&., For Cool:cs- M.C G FORGE, of Multnomah rounly. Fon CovntNoi:. V.. F. MOODY, of Wasco comili. Fon burin Mr. Ji dok, W. P. LORD, of Maiion coanlj Fei: Sh p.itakv or bTATr, R. I'.'EARHAUT.ofMultPoiiMh ooimty For. hr.WL. Trci:EB, F.DWAF.U HIIlscH, of Mai ion oe: nty For. Scit. or 1'ciiLic Ii.stxsl-ctio.v, E. B. McELROY, of Denton comity. Fei: Stati: PnisTr'i, W. II. BYAR?, of Dot:lfs county. Fom-tli IVixlurt IVoiuinttlnii-. Fon PisoTctTiNo ai-toi:m:v, .!. F. CAVLES,of Miainomalirnuntv. Clatsop County Nominations. Fon .TOIM T vri. Sj;n toh, (foi Clstsop, Columbia ami Tillruu'-ok.) T. C.RCED, of Clatsop count. For. Joint Kt i-nrsv NTTivr, (lor Clatiop ami Till.imoo!:,) JAM'EU SMITH, of Tillnniiuk coanty I'onCoiMY Junor, C.A. McOETRE. Fei: Cousiv Clm:k, R. R. SPEDDEV. Fon biifiBirr. J AS. W. WELCH. ofc Coumv TnrAsunEE, CHARLES HElLIJOIJy. For. Coovtv Cojjitisioxn:?, HENRY F. ribHER; D. E. TEASE Fei: Asr;son, W. W. PARKER. Ton Sur.vr.voi:. GELO PARKER. FQK SCUOOt. SUrKRITTEMr.Kr, II. SLOOP. Fon Coi:ori:. DR. S. KIX.SEY. The Spisndid New Ship "ADOLF OBEIG!" 1448 Tons Register, Duilt under Special Survey and Classed A 1 for Fifteen wis, i:VEKETT STAIfii:, Starter. WILL I'OAD FOK LIVERPOOL DIUDOT. l and Immus thcbulKof licrcirKen gaKed. will be quickly dispatched. A limited iiuantlty of salmon can bj taken, on ieaon ablc terms, in lots to suit bliippcrs. 1ST For Hales of freight aiulothei particular;, apply to SIBSOM, CHURCH &. CO., Portland. Oregon. imlitf Take Wotice. John Rogers, Central Market, ILis reeeii cd a I.irc Invoice of BAltitELS AND HALF EA1HIELS of tho bdt quality. And Is now ready to supply Butchers Can. nerles aad all others, cheap for cash. ai?i jxmsx..jjs.vi MISCELLANEOUS. 'A If A?IP m. bRM.i: 10 tack a .ul!.) i Wholesale nni irtrtl .le.ilrr lr PfOvigfoifSj, Glass and Piaieii Ware, TKOI'tCAf ANJJ 110M!Tlf FRUITS AND VEGEfABLES. Toother wlili Willis, Lips, TliliaccfllCiBB Hip l..rgf-iL r.ml :iost poihiiI-ib t.:: of (rfid1? in tlieir line to he fo'in Itii t,c -"Ity. ror:ior of r.iii r.n 1 Soa.-morilif1 - uppIi. AbTOKIA. OREGON. CLOTHING! HEN'S, YOUTHS' AKJB SOYS'. r IKE SRESS SUITS. STYLISH EUSINJ3SS SUITS. SOFTl STIFF JhflTS, .in tl.e 1 jlrst h'.jlPi. AM .: 1 lijt-i la-.-. I.mc CEHTS" FURNISHIKG GOODS! lhc Ciistosi Dtpartmuit n msrices Hie :eui-.t l'.illeriH m IIMH-, CAS--I Ml'itl.s, AOKSir.I)s. !(. n.ti lsiKde 10 CidiT in tl.e IjATKST M'.K'YCRK FASsilOAS B. A. Mcintosh. Merchant Tailor Clothier ami Matte--, OCCIDENT HI.OCK BDGHSDH1& & iiBfors ARE THE BEST. Ail cost no more tlrm oilier biands ; aud If the Jlercliant with whom jon trade doe not keivt our Goods.lt is beeause it pus bettertose.lap.Urof Hoots orhliocs every n.otiuontlis tlian 'every four or live. vi: yuAUAXTnc lvi;uy paiu vl jiake All Jleicli mts In good credit can pioouTe tliee Goodi at our Wareiioujes in Portland or ban FranLlsce. Try our "HERCULES" Patent Boots HECKT BROS. & CO. Net Found. 4 bout C01 fathoms of ueb in s pieces. V iJL 12-ply aud so 10-ply, lj iuches deep without lines Applvto O. KIXSIXOAliRIE. mjOtf A. r. C'o.'-j Cannery. County Treasurer's Notice. Titr.itE is jioxny ix thr codxtv Treasiuv to pnj all Cn.int Orders pre sented prior to February 1. 1SS2. All inch orders will cease to draw interest after this date. CIIAS.llCII.nOliX, Count Treasurer. Astoria, May 11. 1SS2 mj 11 dliv The British Iron Bark Wanlock fs XOw on the Uertli for LONDON DIRECT. For Treight and raitleiikiu Apply to P. L. CHERRY, (Oicr Wells, 1'arso A. Vo.'t Ileo.) .imorln, Mnj C, IS8J. f. my T2w Assessment Papers. MR. L. E. SELIG WILL COMMEJfCT. collectinjr assessment pipers for School Dhtrlct No.louand after Munday, May 15. 1SS2. J. O. UUSILElt, Clen:. SOOTS AMI) SHOES ffl (11 $W 4$ I U1 JJ'J l : iti - MISCELLANEOUS. Qn W WW! Wholesale and Retail Deafer, GHOaEBIESJ Provisions. Lumber. ETC.. ETC.. ETC.:, ' s,t: . ....,.,-..r. .,.! '.,,., ,,.,- SUPPLIES A PPECIALTT. AGENT EOF. THE San Jose Frtiii Pacliing Company. AND THE San Francisco Ohemical ASTORIA - - - OREGON. M.vitTiK ro m. J. ,T. STORKS, F0AE3 & STOKES, Wluili v Jo and r"ta.l tlealcis In Wood uad Willow-ware, GROCERIES. Tobacco. Cigars. Wines and Liquors ii-.i:F.ii:NSV,'"i,'HTir Fruits and I'djciublrs, COUNT! !Y PIKM)UCE. General Gonrniisfion Kcrchants I A'FlitIA. 5i!'.OA'. Xf t to Orison i:i!Iini s. Xav. to's Deck dii. M. D. KANT, THE "BOSS" Men's, Youths' and Boys' "S I S O lil&l WTTi VVi 1'U.v. noi, l GENTS' FURHISHIKG GOODS! Tr. itoss s.V the Latfotbtjle? HATS AMD CAPS! Till; BOSH IN BOOTS AND SHOES! THE ItOSS IS h,Mm is! MERCHANT TAILOR! You Mill find tha 1'inest ami Largest Assortment, tlie IJ-jt (liralitj, ami the LO WF8T of PRICES. J. D. KANT, The GIotMer, I CLEAWIKG and REPAIRIFJG j miii-CTjrj I Open air concert e erj c enms ; perfonn NEAT, CHEAP AXD QUICK, SY aneo commcisciiu at R; entrance to tlicatro ! on llentnn "street ; prUate boe? on Chena UEOJ JE. id VETT. j ,aw street. ' Main street, opposite :;. Lnefs. Look out for Our Stars. J' - L-'jt- : rttfVRTtfTA .Qiv C K XA tlt U(J?fo fe. rtei. Ql r -x.gr-? & OUR PARTNSE1 Havins: 3Y LSF.SS7ATJOW, WE PREFERRING "SQSN" BATHER THAN " REPAGKING." - CLOTHING; KATS, Will be Sold musTRT crvftits hi. iJ.5i.SF. b:: Grini:i accordikuiy. LCxrtTaosr GILXi'nPQL3$X& BTQTL'B, Opposite P. O., Astoria, Oregon. TheBcssCoJffee and Tea Pot t ' -m, nB ii rV'0 DOOKS EAST OF OCCIDEKT, 5I1SCELI AXEOUS. Barbour no. 40 rs-Piy SALMON TWINE ! COSE ASD LfiilD LIKES, S E J N T?i T, WI N S S A Fllll StOCk NOW On Hm, HENRY DOYLE & CO.. .111 3Ir.rI.otStivol.Kan I'raueUco Sole Ajrrnts for the I'.icillc Coast HILL'S VARIETIES. GEO.niU.. -"WAI.Tni: PARKS, - rr.orninrei: TAcr: ?iANAGr.i: ,T . . . . Hew binrs iti Knptii ohcccsuoii 1 Enremcrt T KISS KTOA EART.S, THE QUErX OF SOXR .VXD IU.NCE! Upcn nil lhe lear, S'er'orsnanrc Kfry Mglit. Fnlirc tlinnse or Vro. sraimne Ourc a VI eel;. Coroprnlng all the latent SONGS, DANCES AND ACTS. Wc give the Best Variety Entertainment J In the West. The theatre is erontlctl ntelitly. and all ' who have witnessed the cntcitahn.ient pro-l uounec it to Le equal to any given cNcul ere. 3Ir. Hill as a caterer tor the public's amusement can not in: excelled. Anjnoav wkhins ti spend :i pleasant cpmns and see sparMn.i: wit and Peautv without inl Kanty, shoulit improve the opportunity and come. The company comprises lhe follomns well Uuor.n Artitt- JIisi I'Assir. Walto.v. Mis Louise Cook. JIk. Charles Kom.i:c. Mis. JOHN" Cook. Jin. Josrrn Pettv, Mr. Waltlu Tasks. Ml or which ill appear nightly in thtlr dJf- l i0Mlt w-m- fgpSE. R.HAWES Cti'l XUc'- A"ont for lhe crtebra:o(l S lttifltN Sntni Coolt Store KJ4 - V Oeas ARE INSTRUCTED ! :o: - BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., at Actual Cost, :e: Ijocatien: .MAY BE HAD OK MBDALLI0K RANGE, bll-VM riTriVfiS A prECIALTY. Nonf but tl'e bp' workmen emplojed Ml n ot J;mraiitPeilr.no;char?e. jl w .- - ASTOEIA,. OREGON MISCELLANEOUS. Wilson & Fisher, iSHIP CHANDLERS. IlllALKKS IX ! ron, Steel, Coal, Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, ,rain axd c - Xai!.,. Copper fails nnrt Buris, ! Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils nubbrr.and Hemp Packinq of all Kinds. PROVISIONS, 1 rr.ouit AXI MItl. TEED ! Agent? for Salem nounns Mill?. Cnrnrr Clieiiannis and Hamilton Streets ASTOIIIA. OUEGOX. BOOK STORE. i We are constantly rccchlug new addition? to ojr stock and have the finest and 1 ' 1 "Rest aMortmcnt ot variety , Wd? In the city. . Pnml,c Rnnchoc WUIIIUU, ."ouu Stationery, Frames Celluloid Goods. All Gur goods arc marked in plain figures Call and examine quality and note prices. CIIAS. STEVENS &SOX !T . , P n , Lemenweber & Co., i C. LI.INEKTTri'.ER. n, ncowx rTAELISUED 1S53. ASTORIA. OREGON, TAMERS AM CMIERS, .Manufacturcn and Importers ot A LL KtSVS OF :33j2lt:b::e2:o. AND FINDINGS Wholesale Dealers In OIL AND TALLOW. eu-llishest cash price paid for Hides an Tallow. BILL HEAD PAPER, 01' EVERY ORAOE AND COLOR, PRCf eJ or plain, at Jweat rate:, at The Astoeux oQca