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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1882)
CO mmn oftfftti. . - Vol. xvn. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 25, 1882 No. 125. THE NEW NORTHWEST. , To-day thousands of families are on the various railways, westward bound, in quest of new lands, upon which to make new homes, and I other thousands are wending their j way across the great plains and! mountain chains, having for their j destination the Pacific coast. "Whatj stories have been told them, whatj fancies kindled, we may never! know. The fairest tales, and won ders of this great part of our greater and grander country that have warmed their imaginations and decided their action perhaps for all time will only be disclosed piecemeal, as the history of our limes shall be written on the land marks down the bioad way of an unknown generation. As you catch the glances of their bright eyes, anxious and sometimes cau tious expressions at the car win dows, or from the end of the prai rie schooner on the mountain side, the wilderness or the treeless plain, '0u cannot fail to discover that the determination, so peculiarly char acteristic of that innumerable army who, having subdued the for ests, driven back the cunning red skins, and bound the mightiest of rivers with iron bands, having now gathered to their fathers, and we trust constitute no insignificant company among the exalted on the celestial plains. Multitudes that no man can number have looked out from their prison homes in eastern lands, suburban towns, villages and cit ies, with heart-crushing anxiety for a better land; have climbed mountains, hope-inspired, thinking that somewhere a land was fair where perpetual summer, and In dian skies, fruits and flowers would greet the ej-e, that they can betake themselves to and call the land home. In the silent night watch when hope was well nigh gone, when life was but a span, and the grim terror beckoned from "just across the river," we have heard the wish, "Oh, that 1 was there; where, where can mortal fly, where go, and be free from anxious care." "When evening gathers around our lonely door, or morning sunlight gilds the mountain land that wish comes to all hearts that we might, be elsewhere. Place us in the midst of paradise, make every tree and plant to chant in praise; make the heavens to reflect back our glory, and all hearts sing our own excellence, still we would not be happy. We live at a time when railroads are too slow; when animal locomotion is as the snail's pace, lind nothing short of telegraphic and telephonic connection answers us; we are lead to inquire where can we plow, sow reap and mow the same clay, find market for the fruit of our toil, and where secure the greatest and best returns for 'its results. What land, that is fair, whose gentle winds shall woo us to rest, whose life-giving suubeains thrill our life, and make us once again as when we wandered care less and thoughtless along the banks and braes 01 Bonnie Doon, or meadows fair of New England, or a little nearer the sunset land, awaits our coming, to blossom as the rose? " Not to the valley of the Red river, the Rio Grande nor the Colorado, nor among the numer ous glens of the high mountain chains do we find the coming armv. The tinkle of the bell arising from the flock feeding among the wooded slopes; the lowing herd and shrill bark of the shepherd dog awakens the stillness of moun . tain or boundless prairie; the fast nesses of the wilderness reverberate the wild bird's note, "while from the cold and icy summits of surround ing mountains arises the signal of alarm from the straggling Indian who impatiently notes the ag gressor upon his hunting ground. But winding on on ceaseless as the flood of Niagara, irresistible as its forces, up and down patient ly, month after month, until they see the golden flash of the great ocean bathed in its golden even ing light, that sends new life through every frame andcontemp - latien of its vastness and mystery, leads to reverie, and reverie to sadness, and that awful feeling home sickness creeps on apace, and we sigh for home, which stat ties and restore us to a tealiza tion of the purpose that has forced us out from the old home and all its associations in search of a new. These reflections press us on to actien: we look over the maps, listen to all the enticing stories of the richness of the valleys of the Golden Gate, go forth across them only to be disappointed, their un likcness to the agricultural actions of the east, want of trees, fences and dwellings, with surrounding embellishments fail to attract. And the great tide of emigration moves on. "Northward as well as westward ho," has become the signal. And, centering to the New Northwest, the white covers of the patient, slow-moving cara an is found dotting the plains. v valleys and mountains of Oregon and Washington territory. The great reservations upon which the noble ledmau lords in thriftless indolence are no longer his execu tive domain, the plow and seedman arc working revolution. These vast prairies clothed with bunch grass a re not dotted with houses; long lines of fences mark the boundaries of each claimant's domain. An industrious people have come into the land where but a few years since roamed im mense bands of cattle. We see green fields, and much that indi cates comfort, while here and there the thoughtful parents have planted the school house and placed with- in its walls a teacher, where nil .-. -. mav acquire the loumlntion ol a thorough education. New villages spring into r.is tence in a night; newcounties are born between the seasons, while railways send their stream of life to the remotest parts as each day rolls on. Were you to ask these pilgrims why they seek this country known as the New Northwest, for answer they would say the seasons resem ble those of Xew York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and all the other eastern states. When winter comes they have winter, and following it spring presents its blessings. Summer is a continu ation of warmth, fragrance and premise: while autumn crowns the year with its blessings. In that season rain refreshes the thirsty earth, purifies the air, and enrich es the perfume of ever' flower, while the earth gives of her wealth to all who seek her hidden trcas uses. Neighborhoods become communities of friends, and peace and prosperity pervade all. Life in the New Northwest means more than a bare existence, each hillside refreshes the sense with its verdure, flocks and herds while from each val!c3T rises a mur mur of life and activity. All that is necessary for man or his com fort are there. The rivers of water are full of life, the lakes mirror back the firmament beneath whose glassy bosoms sport a multi tude of the finny tribe. Surely this must be the promised land. Nor should we blame the father of wrinkled brow and silver locks for enduring the. toil of such a journey. Like young men of ancient times to see Rome and die was their ambition. He longs to stand beside that noble stream whose name Columbia re- nlicfl. rlinr-r.,... rf m,.- Inmi. ' : see the beautiful expanse around him; think of the near time Jwhen the railroad engine Will send tortll, in ihcariu. The Mouiuch inffertfl with its alarm as it rushes bv his door; j rnroilio "! Mekne: tho IkuvHs .in soncral arc vo-tive, -o:nrtiin Silirr when life and animation fill up thej nntinjiwUli laxity; she hcail i troubled scene, and then sleep with his ' j !fafhprs. - &alc Post-IntelUfpncer. Ireland for the Irish. The Dublin l?eview, the most intellectual periodical published in Ireland, and strongly represent a tive of the Roman Catholic pre lacy, says of tlit Land Corporation of Ireland, the association gotten up to fight the Land League: "It may be briefly said that its pur pose is to buy up the land of Ire land, and then either to keep up the old possible rents or to col onize lrclancLby loyal farmers from other countries. In the end it will no more exterminate. Irishmen from the soil of Ireland than the ancestors of some of their land lords exterminated them in the days gone by. It will add a hun dred Told to the exasperation cf the present conflict. It will unite every clas of Irishmen (not land lords) by a sense of common dan ger. Nothing will better smooth out the divergence of opinion be tween uisiiop and Disnop than this declaration of war. The watchword of the new league is 'the old rents or extermination.' " A Wonderful Lake. Tim greatest wonder in tin slate of Iowa, and perhaps in any other slate, is what is called the Walled lake, in "VViight county, twelve miles north of Dubuque and Pacific railwa', and ISO miles west of Dubuque City The lake is two or three feet higher than the earth's surface, fn some places the wall is ten feet wide on top. Another fact is the size of the stone used in the construction, the whole of them varying- in weight ironi inrce lons l,own lo lw . ttmitnl: I liriA : m ilii iwlt iww ! .... ... of stones in njrut county. but surrounding the lake, to the extent of live or ten miles, there are none. No one ean form an idea of t lie means employed to bung them Jo the spot, or who constructed it. Around the entire lake is a belt of woodland half a mile in length, composed of oak. "With this exception, the country is a rolling prairie. The trees must have been planted there at the time of the building of the wall. In the spring of the year 18G-" there was a great storm, and the ico on the lake broke the wall J in several places, and the farmers in the vicinity were obliged to re pair the damages to prevent inun dation. The lake occupies a ground surface of "2,800 acres; depth of v ater as great as '-lo feet. The water is clear and cold, soil sandy and loamy. There are about 255,000,000, 000 feet of lumber in the nine states comprising the southern pine belt. At the present rate of con sumption it is estimated that there is enough to last 250 years. How ever, the rate will doubtless in crease. The demand for southern pine both for northern consump tion ami for export is iircreasing rapidly; and to this must be added the requirements ol all the region of country lying between the Mississippi river and the Rockies. New York Indicator. II Varied Performance. Mauj' wonder Low Parker's Gingor tonic can perform such varied cures, thinking it essence of ginger, when in fact it is made from many valuable medicines which act beneficially on every diseased organ. SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER. ini in tin- right -inv, un.ii-r .- rib, IlltrcaillS proSMIlv; comilllP j the nnin i5- on thf loft hU : tin- i.-uifM i I rarely aWc to Hi- the left Mdc: nu- tiuio the pain N fell under the riinuMcr ami i sometime inken for RI.euma.Wm wiiiirnin,ajoiiii! itji :aaf.iuii.hKivy sMinilon in the Ijjck part. Uicrel'stfiUT- nIlyii"onsldembllvof memory, aorom- named with a nninruij-circnion or Having left undone nmetliiiiK uiilrh ought to have Immmi done. A slizht, dry rough I sometimes attendant. The patient ciin pl:iln of weariness and dehility; he K csvMly startled ; his feet arc enld or Itiirn Ing, nnd he ooiuplains of a prickly jensa Cion of the skin; his spirit are low, and, although he l-s:ilNtlel llintexiTfle would Ikj beneilchil to him, yet he ean sean-ely Miinmon up foiriinde enough to try it. If you liat" anyof the nlovi! symptoms, vou ean ix'riainly Ive cured ly the use of ihe genuine Ilt. ' JWIiAXK'S LIVKIt J ILLS. When von lni ItlcLnnc'n Pills, insist oil having IK. . McT.ANirS Cm.K HKATKJ) IlTKni'ILLS,innde by Klein ing l'.rn., Pittsburgh, Va. Jf you can not get the genuine 1)11. C. .HcLANKAS I.IYKK l'll.LS. send us "." cent hy mail. and vc will semi them to you. i PMHUXti IH10S., Pittsburgh, Pa. A. M. JOHNSON, PEAt.Ki: IN SHIP CHANDLERY, ANIi Groceries, Provisions, Cheese, BUTTER, ECCSf ETC CANNED fiOODS OF ALL KIN OS. Blocks, Hemp and Manilla . Ropes. Salmon Net Twines, Drilling, Jib Hanks, Clew Irons, Thimbles, Mast Hoops, And all oilier things needed I lit nut eels of all Kinds. NEXT 1)0015 TO PYTHIAN HAM. Notice, mm: whakk oxce icxown as thi: JL X. 1. T. Co's.. and later as Hustler's wharf, will, together with the wharf now in piocew or eonstrudiou. he hereafter Known a the Alain Street Wharf. .!.;. HCSTU-i:, Agent. iW CELEBRATED iX 5 W STOMACH m &ITTEBS lloitellcrV Stomach Hitter.-: estimate? dr- ticnsin with greater certainty and ironuti- i tuue than any known remedy, anil i-i a mo-t genial invigonint, appetizer and aid to .-ecre- tion. 'lhco arc not empty a.ertion- as thousands of ourconntrymen and women who ! lmvo experienced its effect aro aware, but arc hacked tin ly irref arable proof?. 'Ihe i Hitter? nko f,lve a healthful ?tiuniln to the : urinary ors an?. ' J-'or sue by al' I)rii!3:M and Dealers : cnenillv. ! .llothern : Mother:: .llothi'i.! ! I Are you disturbed atniyht and broken of votir rest bv :i siel: chihl nirenn?r ami crying win: ine cxcntriauii!i pain of cut! ins tectli '. I f .-. "o at once ami I ... ct a bottle of Mrs. WinslowV. SooUuhk i byrtii). .it will renew lie ior liiiiw Mir-; ferer ininu'diately tlepeutl iiiion it;: there isiio mistake about it. There is, not a mother on eartli who has ever' used it, who will not t"ll ou at onee ' that it will regulate, the bowcl. ami j Kive rest to the mother, ami relief ami j iieauu iu i in; uiiiiii,iiiei.iiiii iiki inn.ie It is perfeetly xife to iw in all eases, ami iueas:int to the. tate, ami is the pre- scriplion of one ol the oldest anil bcit ieiuaie jmsieiaus ami nurses in uic United Stales. j$oM everywhere. 2T I cents a bottle. Xotliins Mbort r l.'iuui.vtnlviiblc ; Iteucflts Conferred upon lens of Hioiisrindsnf : DUIILll.1.1 LUlim 1II4IIU .11111 lllilllllillll the reputation which Avers .Saksapa i:ii.i..v enjoys. It is a componud ot the beat vegetable alterative.-, with tlie Iodides of Potassium ami Iron, and Is the most effectual of all remedies for scrofulous, mercurial, or blood disorders. Uniformly successful and certain in its remedial effects, it produces rapid ami complete cures of Scrofula. Sores, IJoils. Humors, Pimples. Eruptions. Skin Dis eases and all disorders rising from im imrity of the blood. 1). Its invigorating effects it always relieves and often cures Liver Complaints, Female Weaknesses and Irregularities, and is a uotent re newcr or vitality. For purifving the blood it has no equal. It tones up the system, restores and preserves the health, and imparts vigor and energy. For forty years it has been in extensive use. and is to-day the nio.st available medicine for the suffering sick, any where. For Sale bv all Dealers. ..-, ...: . :..:.. i ?...-.. Ss 553Sh 'mmsamM. ku RHjsECBBMQKgMfcAHaHflBBclMy I ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS mt J " 1 wvrer zsiioou. xl riirVVML" STKIIKT. ASTORIA. HP111-- L'XMiRSKSXKD IS PLEASED .TO jl"nounc ,n h.1p.il.1ie that ho ha on- Eating House, Ami fnnii"lip in lirM-plMv.tyl ovsri:;:-?. nor coffee tea, etc. HOT COFFEE AT TIIK Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, OIKNA.MI'S STKEET. PIp:im give me a call. UOSroE niXOX. Proprietor Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. Iron. Steel. Coal. Anchors. Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WKOi'dirr axi) rrr cai.vanizkd Anils. Copper Anils :iiiI It hits. Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packinq of alt Kinds. PROVISIONS, fi.ouk aai Mirx fkfi. Agent- fn: Salem Flouring IdilK. Corner Clienainus ami Hamilton Streets ASTORIA. OREGON. 13. B. i RANKLTN, UNDERTAKER,! Corner s-; and Sijirrinoqhe streets, A5T0KIA. --- - OHKC.OX nxAi.m: ix ! WALL PAPER I ANn WINDOW SHADES AXI) UXDKKTAKKItS GOODS. it. r. sri: j:vs. r. s. r.irowX CITY BOOK STORE. !'-r- ii ui'i find all Iho standard works , f,t !! d.ij. ami ;-.iiis!:uillycli:t!i.ulni: NtiM-k'of m-wliii", and tauex I uiiifh'S : we keep tin hi'M asMirt mentor ' ::riet wd in " tin : ! Pocket Books. Picture Frames, Sieroscopes, Mu sical Instruments, Sheet Music, Bijou terie. & Celluloid Goods, etc., etc. P. !.MKKNS&CO. Dressm gtlsJjtig , IMnln and Fimry ! SEWING OF ALL KINDS! Suns made ir- tin' le.t Mjle finm t.'i tw ,.". Satisfaction Guaranteed. J K S. G KO. I LLLj XJl'Zll. --..-. - Xiw. door tu W'eMon Houm-. ietl - TAILiORIlSIG, ; ClecmHl.o' Z RepCLl-Ting. i - - ' NEAT. CHEAP AXD QUICK. P.Y ;Kea: lovktt. Main Stniet. oeixisite X. IJiehV, a, B. PARKER, I ir..ii.r.i; i.- Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Gement and Sand Wood Delivered to Order, I Druying, Teaming and Express Business. Horsc3 ana Carriages for Hire. HKA1.KI1 IN WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FSKST C'JjASS Notice. "JVfKlTHKK TIIK CAPTAIN NOU THK 1 roiisluees of tlie British bark Janice (i. Bain will be responsible for any debt"? that may be contracted bv tho crew. C. F.. MOCKLER. Master. Astoria, Orogou, August 7, 1832. dtd PllllFlC MUTUAL LIFE Of OctllfOXXLlCi. A. 3rcKINNIE, Manager. For Oregon Washington and Idaho TerrltorlM. OFFIC'K 102 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND. OR. KefrreiiiTJ: UHAS. HODfiU.of Hodge, Davis & Co. .lAM&SSTEKL. Caller First .National P.:uik. .I,A. STKOWllRIDtJK, Wholesale Leather' and findings. ! C. A. DOLI'll, of IMpIi, llronaiiKh. Polnh Jfc Simon, Col. J. McCRAKF.X.of J..Mct'rakcn &Co. 1- C. HEXIilCHSKX. or Ilcnrlehsen & Oreenliersr. i Dr. (K E. NOTTACE. M. 1., Examiner and' Physician. z w fa M H O l o to S m Z III r n if Os ?2 I P to o o O iMiscp:llaneou?. S. AltNDT & FERCHEN, ASTOKIA. - OUKCON. The Pioneer Machine Shop j BLAOKSMIT.. JfegLs snepmmmm: & VjfiL Boiler Shop K AUkimNof THHXTttt? A WUfDV XlH Via t, triLn a XlXX, X , STEAMBOAT WORK A NiH-elalty made or repairing i a rTnxT -ww- -. C A NTVETi V XW KS Xx-Lx --'-- -"'O, FOOrOF I VFVYITTF SYKKlT ASTORIA IRON WORKS. llKvros-Sriri.KT, Nui:I'i:kkk Hoi-.sk. ASTOIMA. -:OKKUW. T.W TL'TTIiE, 31. D. GENERAL MACHINISTS AN0;J fhibioiab asd smmnw. irnn ' OKKicK-Over the TVlilte Home Store. BOILER MAKERS. KiDKNCK-OverHbewon's Bakery, op- uuiut.il himixuiiu. poUp narlh & Myer3, Saloon i i. rrirox. m. i. LiKBiMABIBBMBS,LFlcSrvn Boiler Work, Steamboat Work !. KoomijieMwHowe. lT7l P. 111CKM. and Cannery Work a specialty. hentist fl A JStfTTrra-gl- iASTOltlA, - - - ORKQON. Of nil OrneriptionM iiimt' to Order at Hhort Xotire. A. D. Wash, President. .1. 0. Hl"3tlkr, Secretary. I.W. Cask, Treasurer. JOH.V iox. Superintendent, WILLIAM EDGAR, i w. T bfrstbt, Corner Main and Chenamus Streota. ( ATl'OBXEY AT LtW. ASToKtA OP.EGON abe found at tho Court House. duue ix r) II. BAIN A CO., CIGARS AND TOBACCO,' - K- rteCcKbrated '"r"- "L.10WH, BUJ4.. Trtt kokr, Luiber, Etc JOSEPH RODCERS & SONS All kinds or Oak Lumber, Glass, Boat Ma - GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Turning and Bracket Work AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0Lm Rmmtffll Co, eJ arU other Kngliea Cutlery. j evive and Astur streets. STATIONERY! , FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Heershaum Pipes, etc, j A fine stock of lVatehew ami Jewelry. IfHzxle and Hreeeh IoaillUK Ntiut (juiim nuil KiHeH, Hevftlverx, PfMtolH. and. Ammunition .HAKIXK UliASNKH vw AI-SO A HI Assortment of fine-SI'FrTACLES and KYE C.IiASSES. Notice. fllHE DELINQUENT TAX KOLL FOK JL the year 18dI,to;ellier with a warnmt from the County Conn for the collection of the same, is in my hands. Delinquent tax payer will please settle at once nnd sae costs. A. AI. TWOMBLY, my3 Sheriff. mm. IlWME COMPiNl. KelVreBeM: 1. S. 11UU1JELL. or Knapp. BuxreU & Co. W. W. SPAULDIXn, Packer and Cattle- Dealer. AXDKKW ROIIEIITS, of FIshel & Robert. .UHIX CILVX. or John Cran & Co. C. l. Vlberg, Boots and Shoes. JOS. M'UKH AJtD.TJurkhard Sfjauldlng. J. K. OUJ.. or J. K. QUI SCO StaUonew. FJtAXK ZANOVICIT. or Zan Brotneri Each or the above men haft SiOW Insur ance In this Company. ot1 2 CD Hhrt o Z 51 8'i BUSINESS CARDS. E.c HOLDRSI, NOTARY PUBLIC, I Al'CTlONEKlC, COMMISSION AND SU1LVNCK AOEN1. JD' K. J. V. KHAITKK, ' rHYSKJA.V RHd gCBGC.. itVlTTLMIVP in71 1 lirteaHO ertheThreataMyeclaltjr. Offlce over Conn's Drug Store. (1 KI.O F. P.IKKK8. SURVEYOR OF I Wataop ,i3,. city f Arto onlce . .chenamw street. Y. M. C. A. Lall. 'jJoomKo.P. I J. - ",,!BOB- I At,eL ior the Knniburj:-BremeaFlro Ins. Co. ' of Hamburg. (icrmany. and ot the Xrav- . rie ure and Accident las. Co., of Hart- ford. Conn. I "vfflp in l'ythian Building. UoomslI, tr. Attorney and Counselor at Law. H(iromce In l' llilan Unlldtag. Uoonvs U. I?. 'Ah-rOKIA. --- - OKKUON. Kooiuh in Allen's building up stairs, comer of Cass and Sqemocqlie streets. I Q. A. BOWLBY. i . ATTOBNEY AT LAAV." j CIleiIJMmw strcet. . ASToiaA. OBKOOti HEADQUARTERB Fos er's Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Asttria c Fireworks! Flags! mr -r uwin M titlm mwmmmn wm Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. I FOSTER'S CORNER, O R k IHKJK Assessment Notice. NOTlL't. IS lltKEBl UlVJUi TIIAi &!i St? J n.'muint nf flftv ifrPAnt nn thn mbIIK -j . - - ..-... -.i.- JJi aessmi'nt of fifty per cent, on the eaaliS tat stock of the Odd Fellows Land and 8oB4-" 1 ins Association or Astoria, Oreson. has ttM?, day been levied, payable within thirty da- ironi uaie ai me otnce or the secretary, erj utiici not wi uvti.ucu uciiuuucul. j. -, Bv onlcr of the Board of lllrectora. -32 A.J.MEQLKB, secretary. Astoria, August 2, 1882 yW ' fl