Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1883)
W& j .- 0-) gltc gtellB SttSXlVLXu ASTORIA, OREGON: SATURDAY MARCH 24, 1SS3 Plain Talk. Discussing the granting of 54:8,000,000 acres of public lands to corporations, the Chicago Tribune says the United States went on a land grant debauch in 18C2, which lasted ten years. It is now waking up to the inevitable headache of repentance and reform. Henry George and other com munistic spirits are preaching nationalization of land as a cue for English land monopoly, while this country but just "begins to realize what it has done in the demoralization of its domain. Too much of the wrong done is irremediable, but a great deal that has been lost may still be re captured. The practical Ameri can citizen, after reading the his tory of the land grants and indulg ing a full minute in the luxury of indignation, will want to know what is to be done about it. Several things: First The grants of 50,000,000 acres may still be revoked by con gress. Prominent among these is that of the Texas Pacific aggrega ting over 14,000,000 acres, worth 25,000,000. This road has never been built. The corporation to which the grant was made has obligated itself to another corporation not to build, so as to secure to the second corporation a monopoly. Large tracts may be recovered from the Southern Pacific and the Atlantic and Pacific, which passed into the hands of s'ndicates, swollen with wealth obtained b' a violation of all their duties as trustees of the government's bounty and common carriers of the people. Second The public lands which lie by the side of railroad lands and are now shut to the people because the railroads post poned their surveys, can be opened to settlement. The laws of congress make the roads pay the cost of surve3s; hence the roads call for them only as needed to sell their lands, and the bulk of their grants to-day are unsur veyed. (This applies to the Asto ria land grant.) As the public lands cannot be marked off until the railroad lands are defined, the practical consequence is that be sides the 100,000,000 acres of for feited land grants, about 100,000, 000 of adjoining lands are effectu ally, though not ostensibly, with drawn from public use. It is in tolerable that the public lands should be thus locked up for the accommodation of corporations, almost all of which are in default to the government. Third Millions of acres have been stolen outright. They can be recovered. "When Attornej' General Brewster has convicted the star route thieves he can take hold of the land grant thieves. Senator Van AYyck should remind him of this. Fourth That railroads should be made to pay taxes on their lands. By this juggle of not tak ing out formalities, they obtain b' the help of the supreme court, all the advantages of actual owner ship of 100,000,000 acres, without pa-ing a cent of taxes. The En glish aristocracy, bad as they are, pay taxes, though on the valua tions of 1G92; but our landed ar istocracy pay none at all. The constituents of the various mem bers of congres have until next December to give their directions on this point to the servant of the people. If the people have lost their lands they have, fortunately, not lost the power of taxing them Government Prollt on Coinage. Some curious facts relative to unredeemed obligations of the government have been collected by the New York Sun, which show a considerable source of profit to the United States govern ment. The amount of paper money and coin which is never presented lor redemption com prises a large sum. Much of this is destroyed by fire. Some of it is buried and hid in places known to no person alive. A large quantity of the coin is melted to make sterling silver. Considerable amounts of both paper money and coin are exported never to return. Not long ago a United States bond, issued about 1S10, was presented at the sub-treasury in this city. The interest on it had ceased oyer fifty years. It had come back from Europe through Baring Brothers. The outstand ing principal of the public debt of the United States last year was nearly two billions of dollars chiefly represented by bonds and treasury notes. It would be, of course, impossi ble to say how much of this will never be presented for redemp tion, but some idea maybe formed from the fact that$57,GG5of it was issued so long ago that the date was not recorded. It appears in the report as "old debt" that may be safely put down as profit. There is an item of $82,525 of treasury notes issued prior to 1846. Some of them were issued nearly fifty years 8go, and will not, in all probability, ever be presented for redemption. One thousand one hundred and four dollars of the Mexican indemnity has never been claimed. The last of the fractional currency was issued un der the act of June C, 1SG4, yet, although nearly twenty years have elapsed, $7,077,247 has not" been presented for redemption. Some of this is held as a curiosity. Some of it is still used by banks and merchants for transmitting small sums hy mail. Several New York banks have considerable sums of new fractional currency, which they distribute for the accommo dation of their customers. As to the coin, tho government derives a considerable profit from it. The silver dollars cost, on an average, about 8S03.75. The coin age of a silver dollar costs about 1$ cents. The total cost of one thousand silver dollars to the.jrov eminent is therefore 8816,25. Since the organization of the mint, in 1733, 127,190,618 silver dollars have been coined, on which the government has received a profit of over twenty-three millions of dollars. In the same period $122,75S,510 was coined into half dollars. At the same rate of cost lor coinage the government profited $19,395, 769 on these. The total silver coinage of the government since 1793 is $347,7GG,792. Estimating the profits on the .halves, quar ters, and subsidiary coins at tho same rates as on the dollars, the total profit received by the government on its silver coinage has been about sixty-four millions of dollars. In the coinage of five cent nickels the government reserved to itself the liberal profit of nearly 50 per cent. This gave to the government last year the handsome revenue of over $100,000 from nickels alone. The wide margin be tween the intrinsic value of the five cent nickles and its face value led to extreme counterfeiting. Sev eral years ago an assay was made of some of the counterfeit nickels, and it was discovered that the counterfeiters had put into their coins more valuable metal than the government uses in makiug the genuine coins. Pointers. The Brooklyn Eagle submits the startling information that General Grant has grown un commonly fat, and actually begins to waddle. It is suggested by the Cincin nati JVepcs that the St. Louis bar should take appropriate action on the death of the Bruiser, Jim Elliott. The Marquis of Lorno has sent an assignment of California quail to Inverary moors, Scotland, with a view o acclimatizing them in that latitude. A committee of the Tennessee legislatnre appointed to visit the home of Andrew Jackson find the hermitage in sad need of repair and fast going to decay. An ordinance of the municipal councils of Vienna forbids a mar ried man from taking a balloon voyage until he has secured the consent of his wife and children. The North Carolina legislature slighted its militia and the state board of health, but made liberal appropriations for the maintenance of graded schools. An English paper asserts that it costs as much to transport a bushel of wheat twelve miles on an Eng lish turnpike as from an American seaport to Liverpool. It is stated that the police have been ordered to confiscate all copies of Marshal Bazaine's forth coming history of the Franco Prussian war found in France. Missouri acorns are shipped to England in large quantities, where the are planted by societies for renewing and maintaining the oak forests of that country. Commander Cheyene is still intent upon his proposed balloon voyage to Fthe north pole, and Lieut. Schwalka has signified his willingness to accompany him. 3IAKXIED. In this citv, March 21st. by Rev. V. T Chapman, Albert W. Gates to Miss Ella Fen-ell. REGDUSAIICTIOJiSJLE -AT- Holden's Auction Rooms, Saturday. March 24th, 11. A. M. Second Itaml FurnKnre Sumlrics. nnd Also by order or Hip Adminis trator, a lot of tlio .Per sonal Effects of the late Thomas Jones, K. CIIOLDEV, -.- AtiPtiouocr LIBERTY HALL ! Tuesday, March 27th, 1883. o The Eloquent ami rojotfar Speaker. ANNA HI. L. POTTS M. D. Of tho Female Medical College of l'enn sjlvania, will commence her course of MEDICAL LECTURES xnsccssixn Physiology. Health, and Disease. The-e Lectures will treat of the Structures and Laws of Brain and Nerves, cause ami cure of Nervousness. Neuralgia, Sick Ueatl aclic. Catarrh, Effects of Alcohol and Nar cotics, the Eye, Ear and 1 migue, FOOD AND DIGESTION. How to cure and avoid Dyspepsia : the Liv er and its disease ; Hie Lunsnnd Consump tion ; Structure and Cure of the Skin ; the Muscles and their Wort. Illustrated hy a magnificent collection of AnafotiilealSpcrlKit-uvamtOiirjiintinzs The rnost accurate and beautiful in the world, containing many full length and life sized figures, which show all the organs of the body. ThU collection embraces Tcantl ftil Microscopic Views and Chemical Dia grams. It also includes interesting gioups of Historical Portraits. The Course Will Consist of ESPive Evening lectures to both Sees and four Afternoon Lectures to Ladies. The First Afternoon Lecture to Ladies only, will be delivered Wednesday Afternoon, ?riarch 28th. At ti:30 o'clock. FIIIST TWO LECTUKES F11E1L ESfAftunioon Lectures to Ladies only. i3T Evening lectures to both Sexes. FIEST GRAND Clearance A. JL JLI AT EMPIRE STOHS PRIOR TO STOCK TAKING. We offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS in our line of Dress Goods. Silks. Velvets, Plushes, Cashmeres ami Anmircs. Laces. Hosiery, Corsets. Cloaks, Dolmans. Etc.. etc. A FIXE ASSORTMENT OF FLANNEL COMFORTERS, Blankets, Etc. Stock Complete in Every Branch. Frael Brothers, To Let. atnE2XDAXD3RIFLOOi:S, 2ND FIX . ished in rooms : 3rd all In one, 4S x CO feet, unfinished. Also a tpnee of ground piled and capped, about ix 48 feet, front ing on Olney street. Lease gi en to respon sible parties for years. Location most desir able for a Restaurant and lodging House. For further particulars Inquire of . , n HAKTlIfc MEYERS. Astoria, Oregon, December 2S. 16S2. PILL SYMBTOMS nc a TORPID LIVE? Ixss of Appetite, Bowels costive, Pain in the Head, -with a dull sen sation in tho back part, Pain under the Shoulder blade, fullness after eating', -with a disinclination to ex ertion of body or mind. Irritability of temper, Iiow spirits, -with a feel imr of h&vinir neglected some duty, weariness. Dizziness, Fluttering ur the heart, Dots before tho eyes, "Ssl low Sidn, Headache generally o-rer the rjuht eye, Restlessness, wT fch. fit ful dreams, highly colored Urine, CONSTIPATiOH- TUTT'S PlljiS are especially adapted to scn caseg, ene close ef t?u V,1,a caR of reeling as to astonish, tlie snflcrer. tho body to Take on i'lesh, thus i Si fj-s-tcm Is nourished, ana br their Tonic Action on tho Digestive Orctmn, Itc ttlr StoolR&rcprodEccd. WWaceiiS. t US MnmiyXL.IV.Y. TUTT'SHAIBDYE, Gext Ruk oa 'Wkbsexs chance to a GLQsnr Black by a sJnglo application of this Drn. It I natural color. Actslnrtantaneona. -or- Sold by DroRirtsts, or seat by express uu receipt of...si.oorr .. --- Oi'ilCE, 38 XU8KAT ST., 3T.T. f r. TCTTS EUTXL tf TttetU Ufrnmfoa u H U B b 7s 2& ! ! MY GOOD LAflDLOBDS Arc Koins to improve my premises anil I MUST 1MVB ROOM ! ! For such improvement and for spring stock. EVEUY VARIETY OK Olioice Fancy Goods, SILVERWARE, Books, Stationery Etc.. Of excellent quality at reduced prices at Carl Adler's Bazaar and Fancy Emporium. IT PAYS TO TRADE WH M-B ! "WHO? FRANK ELBERSON, SeasitleBatery & Confectionery. WHY? Because my Goods are the Best, and Always Fresh. Calces Candies etc., ftiniilic-.i for V.'eililinjr panics, on Miort nonce, ami Kunnintet-u io give perlocr satisfaction. Cake ornamenting a .;jecialty. Opposite, ii. IV. Ifiimf't. ASTORIA SAIL LOFT. A. M. JOHNSON & CO.. PRGPR'S. HAVING CONSIDERA1JIA' INVI'KASKD our facilities forinoeting tiietk-inimd of increase in loats this year c would re-IK-ctrull cull the attention of CANNERY MEN And all othere needing iil5. to till fact. Prices Same as Last Year. WORK STILL BETTER. Drilling and Best Quality of Rope on Hand. Our S"ork has Given Satisfaction for Eight Years, And shall be made to do so while we are in the business. Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DEAT.KKS IN Iron. Steel, Coal. Anchors. Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WKOUOllT AND CUT GALVANIZED IVuII.s. Copjior H'nil ami Ujirr. Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packinq of all Kinds. FLoi'ii asi xiiix. FEi:n. Agents for Salem Flouring Mills. Corner Chenainus mulllninilton Streets ASTOKIA, OKEGON. &EAM CLEAM CE SALE! to make room for more Hardware ant Ship CMlerj A. VAN DUSEN & GO. "Will sell at cost their entire Mock of HATS AMD CAPS A'D BOOTS AND SHOES. These poods must 6c disposed of as we are soon to receive another large lot of Hardware and Ship Chandlery And must hate room to store it. CROCKERY! CROCKERY! Just rcccivcil at A. M. JOHNSON & CO'S Another large shipment of Consisting of Dinner nnd Tea Sets. Clas Sri, Water Sets, Toilet Set-, Kar Glasses and Bottle oral! tilntN CisarLIshtcrs, Table Cutlery. Plain, and Plated Castors, Ornamental Hand Lamp, Patent Sc-cxtlb?iilsliiii: lamp Burners, LaCastcc tamp C'hlmiirv.i, all sizes, Lamp KedHcer, Lamp Shades, pa- pcrand porcelain and illuminators Bcaa Tots, aad Flower Pots. Stone Jars, all Sixes. CROCKERY Of all kinds and descriptions. It will pay you to call and examine, The largest steek ot GttOCKERY In.tewn NATURE'S REMEDY. Liver, Kidney, and Skin Diseases Malaria, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Pains in the Back and Loins, Pimples and Blotches on the Skin, Whether Uerediterv. Or Catued by Weakness, or Kxees-.es Can Only be Cured by the Use of Largest Sale and Most Satisfaction Of an Medi in en tl e Coat. Sold by ali Diuggkts and medicine Defers. J3I.CD per Kolilc a. for J?.'.CO. HILL'S nRIBTIBS. GRO.IIII.L. --- PllOPIilETOK WAJ.TKK PAICKS, - STAGE .MAXAG Eli Engagement of an entire SEW TRQTFPi: MISS HELENA RICHMAN, The German Nightingale. HISS SUSIE LEE, Sons; and Dance Artlt. MISS VilNNIE WILLIAMS. Serio-comic Queen. MISS KITTY FRANKLIN. Soubrette.- Also 3IR. GEO. HENDERSON, Etliiojilan Comedian. Together with a new Tiider the management of PliOF. CIIAliI.ES KIPKARDS. All the Old Favorites Retained. Oneit all the Year Performance livery Night Entire Change of Programme E'.ery Night. Comprbiu? SONCS, DANCES AKD ACTS. We give the Best Variety Entertainment In the West. Tim theatre is crowded nislitly, and all who have wit nox-d the entertainment pro nounce it to be e'liial to any ghen elsewhere. Mr. Hill n a caterer for die public's amusement can not he fcclltl. Anjbod wishing to sihim1 a leus.i!it evening anil see .sparkSint: wit and beauty without jul garity, !lMiultl improve tlw opportunity and come. The company comprises the following well known Artists : Mips Kaxnik Wai.tox. 31 im 3fAjiiK Gooiikici:. 21 u. Waivtkic Pauks. Mj:. Chas. 1'.ai:kov.3. ?.!. Wm. 3Ioj:to. All of which will appear nightly in their dlf, ferent sieclaltie. Open air concert every evening ; perform ance commencing at 8 ; entrance to theatre on Benton street , priVA'e boxes on Chcna mits street Noiv Stnrn iu Ra'piil Snccossion ! wFTER T0MEH0NLY,Y0UNS0R0LD, "77n0 are sunVrlns from Nravocs DnraT y rrr, j-st Vitvutt. Lv. k op Xehve Fouck ad Yiooa, Wxsnfo Weaknesses, and alt those ilisiase ot a 1cssoxax. J Airnn rc-f-attlns frrni AcrsES and Other Cacses. Kpoedy relief and complcto retoratUn of HEALTH, VlOOti and MAS.IOOD GfMNTEEH. Tho prantlest Ulscovoo'of the Xlnotocntk Ceatury. Snilatonccforniustratellam jletfrcc. Address Y0LTA1C BEIT CO.. MARSHALL, MICH. Hantaan aii Slip Clanilery. A. VAN DUSEN & CO.. iieai lots t:r Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binnacle Oil. Cotton Canvas.. Hemp Sail Twine. Cotton Sail Twine. Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes. Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing Iflacliiiio, Paiut.s ami Oils, Crocories, etc. Barbour's No. 40 I2-Ply SALMON TWINE! CORK Mi) LEAD LINES. SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY BOYLE & CO., 511 market Street, 8an Francisco. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. ASK FOll- Union India Buboer Co's rure r.ira Gum CRACK PROOF RUBBER BOOTS. BEffAKE Or 13UT.VTIOXS ! Be sure tho Boots are stamped CRACK PROOF on the heels, and have the PURE GUM SPRIXGS on the foot and instep, which prevent their cracking or breaking. We are now making them with RUBBER AXD ASBESTOS Soles which will make them last more than twice as long as any Kubber boots made. FOlt SiYLK BY ALT, DEAT.ERS. ALL KLXDS liUBUEU BELTING. PACK ING, IIOSE.SPBINGS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES. Etc COODYEAR RUBBER CO. U.H. PEASE. Jr. f Accnts. S. M, RUNYON, f San Erancisco. apiOT !l dr. m H i -AT- CALIEORMA STOEE ! BIOHBAYS, WEDNESDAYS, I SATURDAYS, At & selak P M mi 7 tfotook P M. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. SALE PEREMPTORY. Auctioneer. 7SS&V& S-o! CITY BOOK STOEE. The Best Store in the City to get your Money's Worth. Alliums, Antoraiih anilPltotosrapk all Sizes and. Prices. Books from a Dime Novel to "Wbscrs Unabridged ; Cents' Jewelry and Cutlery ; "Writing Desks of all sizes ; Mark Tw .fin's Scrap Books ; Bibles, Prayer Books and Hymnals, Also the Key to Heaven. Opera an Marine Glasses ; Draughting Instruments from 40 cents.to 30.00 a set Blank Books, And everj- tiling you could want In our line. Examine our goods and prices before goln chew here. B. F. STEVENS & Co., City Book Store. TEU apply to the Captain, or to A PUrLIi 5TOCK Two doors east of Occident Hotel, THE NEW MODEL (SUCCESSOR TO JACK1NS & MONTGOMERY.) Era iitsya'ssaSrfa PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms. CliE-tAAL'S STREET. -Vcxt to C. Iu Parser's Store. jawSax.. CHAS- HEILBORN, ATANUFACTURER OF I'TJBNITTJRE Ss BEDDING AND DEALER IN Carpets, Oil Cloth, Wall Paper, Mirrors, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Picture Frames and Mouldings WINDOW CORNICES AND CURTAIN POLES Complete in every branch. MARTIN OLSEN DEALER IN 85 fu:r:nttuke s bedding Corner 3Xoin and Squcmoqnn. Streets. Astoria, Oregon. WINDOW SHADES AHD TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPER ETC. A Complete Stock. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL 'AFFORD. ATX lilXBS OF "PUBSITUUE REPAIRED AISD-VARKISHED. J. H. D. &EAY, Vbo'.esale and retail dealer in. gX0X2RU ALL KTXDS OF FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms, Jboot of Benton street. Astoria Oregon. I (. IiE ! STEAMEK m CLARA PARKER, Eben P. Parker, Master. For TOWING, FItEIGHT orCHAE ST. B. PAKKEIl. RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORLV ONLY OF E, R, HAWES, AGENT CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOU WILL BE PLEASED. E. R. nAWES is also agent for the Brt patent CooiiEf Stove And other first-class stoves. Furnaco Workt Stoam Pit tings, etc., a specialty ALWAYS ON HAND. ASTORIA, OREGON. C AIAVAftligvttn'VNi f 9 DEALER I Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A General Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents for Magee Stoves and Ranges The Best in the market. Pitimblng goods of all kinds on hand. Job work done in a workmanlike manner. OREGON. SOLID GOLD JEWELRY, Scarf Pins, Chains, Watches, silverware, Of every description. The finest stock ot Jewelry in Astoria. E-AU goods warranted as represented. GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER.