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Astoria, Okegox, Saturday Mobnixg, Jan. 31, 1874
No. 32.
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TUESDAY, THURSDAY AZC D SATURDAY
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CITY IffTSLI
Bear irnnindthc Auction salobv C.
si Wrrhir nf.rflinT7nlLiiPvt.Tiii..iiriu.l"uu-,u . 1JUV' " wm ui.- ayuib
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nlternoon, ax one g'ciocic. oee aavcruse
2iient
Astoria Kcrosune is that feeble fcr
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lazy), that it will not climb a lamp-wick
inorethaH. two half inches from the glebe,
-r rocsTocr, but our " benzine,? gets ibxr
iul high fcometiinei."
The rope thieves and garrolcrs nrc q
their route to the Penitentiary. Jo How
ard was nipped here and taken to Poitland
for trial. Spud Murphy will be transport
d in charge of Sheiitr Twilight v
Dan. J. ALalarkey " captured" a fine
"building lot in Astoria,, en his- visit here
this week, at nominal figures. Dan talks
sciibiblvon the export and impoit qua--tion.
lie is a clear headed, clever grocer,
;nd we are glad to hear that he is making
his. everlasting fortune.
The Oregon Pioneers expect to have a
'very interesting time in this city, on the
occasion of the annual meeting, February
22d, as set forth by the notice published in
.another column to-day. over the signature
of the President, Mr. IS. II. Smith, by the
Secretary, Mr. AY. II. Gray.
Persons who contemplate building any
kind of a structure for residence or busi-
llock Piver Paper Company's materials
of the Oregon agent, Mr. 11. C. Morrice,
Portland Oregon. See advertisement.
The Silver Wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
S. X. Arrigoni was celebrated at the Oc
cident hist evening. Surrounded by nu
merous friends, the past quarter century
was joyously reviewed, and with dancing,
music, and conversation, the time went
fleeting by until the small hours of morn
ing, when the hippy party dispersed to
their homes, with congratulations, and
-very many wishes for continued J03-S of
the couple whose silver anniversary they
had thuscommemo:ated.
" It was not the Shoo ily by a darned
sight," Capt. Harlow informs us, that had
the demurrage difficulty. The striking
similarity in the construction of the Shoo
ily and Dixie Thompson, or a defect in
the class through which we took the ob
servation, one or the other, caused that l
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jiivsi ujjiiuus atiu uiijjuiuuuuuiu uiuiiuui.
If an apology could rectify (good word),
or recompense, it would be cheerfully
made. P. S. Since the foregoing was
set up we have dropped on the reporter
who did the mischief, and he has been ig
iiomimously dismissed iroin our service.
The act was perpetrated maliciously,
and he deserves an excoriation at our
hands, but we forbear, out of respect for
his family. He will do penance however,
' for eight months, on "Whidby's Island.
Mr, Hames, a practical tanner ofr
seventeen years standing, who has for sev
eral years past conducted the business
at Scottsburg, Southern Oregon, has been
looking about Astoria of late with the
view of establishing here, and asnnvyle
supposed, has decided that no better loca
tion can be selected for such works. The
new work will be on a block purchased
of Gen. Adair, by Mr. H. this week. The
success of the Hemlock tannery of Messrs. i
liienenweber & Co., at upper towtfattest
the fact of the superiority ot Clatsop lea
ther. There is not a point of any note
along the routes of transportation In this
State or Washington territory but consume
more -or less of the "hemlock leather"
manufactured here, and this demand has
kept on increasing to such extent that it
lias become necessary for the company to
extend the facilities considerably recently.
'They are now engaged putting m eighteen
new double vats. Besides this, the late
breaking up of the combination between
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
.the overland Railroads, has had a tendency
to reduce the freight tariff to the extent
that it is now profitable to ship leather
eastward, and the demand must, and will,
greatly incrers, from this time on, for am
article such rs is produced here.
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M?gler-&Iewett, ct' Brookfield, have
signified their di-p-itkm to donate a strip
of land, rtxtsr lectin width, to the ililltjy
tcnt of their claim, for the purposes of a
read, leading te the settlement on (jiivys
Uivcr. The road will be petitioned Jo rat
and the Grays river pple will get out by
this route, to steamboat connection with
Astoria and Portland a thing greatly
chaired, and which ha. Ven prcver.red for
eichter nine year- mi1-!, thwucli the in-
j terference of the War Department, when
Gen, Alvord sent a detachment of troops
t drive the writer of this paragraph away
I from his clshn, in 18G3 -'H.
.
j. J,C ttotericua Spud Murphy lias at
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last come to grief, and will oe transpoi ted
I for the term of three years to work on the
c, . . . , . . . . n ..
' 'Sfeu 'PcloyrCM having been iound guilty
yw, Jt is decidedly the best place for
et h."Cen3T "d -Multnomah consxera-
ble money, the past two or three years.
and by right ought to have gone to Salem
j loig ago. Il;.s last "appearance" in this
I nlncc was f-n-more nicturesoue than nre-
posing, a some one had erected an im
mense tra'.isom over his eyes, and finished
olT his figure head in a manner resembling
a cemetery fence of French pattern.
The snow fall in. the valley of Grays
"river was about twelve inches. Some
damage was done to roofs of barns and
thed,but no stock was injured so far as we
could learn. A few head of young cattle
were caught in the fall of a 1 oof at the barn
of Charles Shoebe, a structure, 30 by 61
feet. lion. S. E. Barr's barn, about 30
by 30 feet, and several smaller buildings,
were entirely -demolished. Some hay was
damaged. It played hob with the Epsiice,
alder and hemlock timber.
Planking was commenced for the
new wharf at "Upper Astoria on Tuesday
last, on the contract of Mr. G, W. "War
ren, and Mr. Headington began the con
struction of the buildings on the following
day. These improvements are for the new
cannery of John Badollct & Co., and aro
to be completed within sixty days, for the
reception of the machinery.
The top-sail schooner Oregonian, from
San Francisco, came into the Columbia
river Tuesday morning sixty hours
from port to anchorage. This is the quick
est trip we think that has ever been made
by any sailing vessel on this route. The
Oregonian is loaded with ballast from
Valparaiso, and put into San Francisco
on her way up. The Alta, ct the 24, says
she will discharge her ballast at Mission
street wharf. Gue-s not
The Empire Minstrel troupe returned
to the Cape yesterday, after having given
two entertainments at Spiritual Hall, in
this city, to crowded audiences. Every
body was delighted with the performances
and the boys have made decidedly favora
ble impressions here, amongst the fun
loving portion of community.
The sale of the Knappton works of
the Columbia Piver Manufacturing Com
pany, were sold by Sheriff Whitcomb, at
Oysterville on the 26th, according to
pre-bid-
vious announcement. Tho snr.f.pssfnl
dors were Messrs. Henry L. Davis and D.
W. C. Thompson, and the price paid was
323,000, gross.
" The time has nearly come about
again to purchase garden, field, and flower
seeds," ought to be inserted in McCor
mick's Almanac for these davs; with this
additien: "and the place to"buy them is
at Hanson & Aiken's Seed Depot, Port
land Central Market;" see advertisement.
We regret to hear that our old-time
friend, that popular salesman and partner
with Corbett, Failing & Co., Mr. Marsh
Millard, of Portland, is quite ill. His
numerous friends will be glad to hear of
his recovery soon. w
The Oregonian- makes considerable
ado about a collision in this harbor,
between the Loyal Sam and Portland.
We know how 1b is ourselves, thosb report
ers must fill a ceitain space every day
even at the expense of truth'.
By the Ajax, on Thursday,' we receiv
ed San Francisco papers of the 27th 48
hours from bar to bar was the report
Astoria only two days' from San Francis
co !
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Mr. Wm.Pfunder, Druggist and
Apothecary, corner First and Oak streets,
Portland, Oregon.
Three hundred tons of rotting wheat
-were'leftat Mionteviedo. by the damaged
ship Confidence, hence for Liverpool. .She
left Monteviedo' about a month ago. ' .
; the term ot Court to be held at (Jyr-teryille
no.xt avooK- TM. K fii Aria-lit. oit.f rmhlir-
spirilcdnessv. Brookfield will be a low.i,
unng -ub-cubcrs. ol highw&y ivltery on the streets ot this
"" ' . ' ' : L--r j city, at the dead hour of night In this
IG22HGS. 1 WA'S od by " o,ie-cycd jLelly," and
I tlie Isttcr will accomnfinv Snwl fnr twn
A Te'cgrrajjli to Astoria.
A "tclegi-aph from Astoria to Portland is
VGl"y greatly needed, and at the risk of be
io g accused of harping upon one string we
must refer to the subject again. One of
the most serious difficulties experienced
by ship masters in loading at Poitland, is
the lack of facilities for speedy communi
cation with their agents. For instance: a
ship lighters-down the river, but finds that
it is short a fosv tons. The Captain is in
haste to complete cargo and get to sea. A
telegram would bring the deficient amount
in a few hours, but there is no means of
sending word by lightning, so the vessel
must wait here two or three days for the
tardy tri-weekly mail to cany the letters,
or sail without the freight.
Again: The steamship leaves San Fran
cisco for Portland, and her departure is at
ipnco telegraphed to Poitlanci. There is
pernaps as mucn anxiety, anci necessity to
know of her safe arrival in the Columbia
river, at the earliest possible moment, as
there was of her sailing, but, without the
telegraph, friends and merchants are com
pelled to linger in suspense from twelve to
thiitj' hours after the vessel is in the river
before they can hear of the fact. The
steamship Ajax reached this port last
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, from
San Francisco, but for want of a sufficient
depth of water on the shoals above this
city, had to remain at her berth in Astoria
until nine o'clock yesterday morning,
when she started with favorable tides, and
probably reached Portland hist evening,
where a telegram could inform San Fran
cisco people of the fact this morning.
Still another circumstance may bo re
lated, showing the necessity of telegraphic
communication with Astoria. The steam
ship OriflammcleftPortlaiubfor SanFran
cisco on Tuesday, and of course was so
telegraphed. But she did not leave here
until yesterday, and San Francisco cannot
get the news before to-morrow a long
time, certainly, for people below to be
anxiously awaiting her arrivaV, in "Stormy
weather such as this has been.
jSow, who is to take the initiatory step
in this matter of a telegraph to Astoria?
Solve that question, and the work is more
than half performed. The expense has
been variously estimated at, from 8,000
to 10,000. It is reported that Mr. Ben
Holladay has said that he would give 3,
000; Capt. John West, and other parties
along the river, 300 each. .Now, if the
Oregon Steam Navigation Company, and
the mercantile community of Portland.
j could be made to see that it would be to
their interest to take stock in it, Astoria
would help along, and we see no reason
why the matter should be delayed any
longer. Let some one make a move, and
see how much can be raised for this great
necessity.
We are in receipt of copies of the
Directory for Odd Fellow's and Masons of
Oregon and Washington territory, pub
lished by Mr. II. C. Morrice, containing
the time of meeting of every Lodge in
the jurisdiction, and the price list of rega
lia, etc., furnished at his .Regalia House in
Portland. These Directories are handy
things to have in the Lodge room, ancl
Mr. M. has distributed about fifteen hun
dred copies of each among the fraternity.
Being the only Pegalia furnishing house
north of San Francisco, and having- every
facility for fitting out orders for au kinds
of goods in that line, should be remem
bered, when such ai tides are wanted.
Hotel Arrivals.
OCCIDENT, ARRIGONPS."
T B Morrison, A Clutrio and wife, JA Pack
ard, C 11 Dexter, Clatsop; J P Camby, USA;
E It Freeman, Chas E J mid, E Bickloman, G
Bleton, lion W V Upton, J B Waldo, P K
Strong, Geo 1L Durham, W Lair Hill wife and
child, iMi?s LSpoks, C A Dolph, Col A P Den
nison, M Seller, Sam Loweftstcin, P Selling,
M Koshland, J C Pox, W K Badger, Portland;
E L Hastings, S F; J G Meglor, 11 Stoop, J K
Wirt,. Brookfield; Geo W Hume, Eagle Cliff;
B P Shepherd, .J Morgan, Geo M Owens, Wm
Davis, Cant .1 ohn ltofcd, Westpert: J P Ban
nan, Manhattan; J B Knapp, Andrew Wilson
Chas Landgreu', Knappton; S Miller, Chinook
Lmpiro Minstrels Cape; Ghas H Braclye Fort
Stevens; J P Holland, Frank Abernethy. A
McGraw, Oak 1 oint;-John Poggs, P 0 Malley
S F; T V Slump Iowa; J H Dyson, Jules For
ney, Youngs river.
PAHKEIt HOUSE
CaptByder bark Mariano; A K Barrows
Knappa; S ltussell W J Franalin J Hess II
Gearhart Wm Carlton 11 M Low L W Poolo
Mr Clayton Clatsep: P Morse FHobson Frank
Ternian A W Gray H B Parker KX Carnahan
city; John Murphy WPGray and wife FB
Binkleman "Wm McCabo Chas Shay JMcDon
ald Wm Wilson John French J M Richards C
Tharp Portland; J WMinnaker, M M Kim
ball It P Knapp J II Felt C Saunders A Wil
son C Starr S G Spear E C Jeffers J Blight Wm
Lattie, Capt J West Jos West S W Tallhian
Clatsop county; G W Hume Eagle Cliff; JMai
loy C M Stark Jas Yaughn J Laraley C Upton
,1) Upton JSl Berry Deep River; J M &ico
Brookfield; D J Malarkoy Portland John Fry
San Francisco. . , , , u ., , , .
II03IE SEWS.
Tbsre i&but one stream emptying
into the Sound between Olympiu and
Seattle, and the bluffs are not settled
because a thousand acres would not
support a grass-hopper.
Cot Tomas B. Morris, Chief Engi
neer of the Seattle and Walla Walla
Railroad, is engaged in mapping and
estimating a narrow guage road from
Seattle to Walla Walla.
3Tesmith is joked a good deal about
coming down from the Senate to the
House, but he says it is all a mistake,
that he has been promoted, for
where he once represented half the
State he now represents it all.
Geo. L. DcPrans, well and favora
bly known in Oregon, has accepted
a lucrative position as traveling
salesman for a firm in San Francisco.
Mr. DePrans is at present in Victoria,
and will probably be in this city soon.
The editor of the Mountaineer has
gone carefully through the acts of
the Legislatvie Assembly of Oregon
at the session of 1S72, and tabulated
the appropriations made by that
body. The total amounted to $755,
497. -
Krumbien cfc Gilbert are engaged
in drafting plans for a new and ele
gant brick residence, to be erected
by Judge Mosher, at Eoseburg. It
will be one of the most handsome,
substantial and costly buildings in
Southern Oregon.
A panting deer, chased by hounds,
came up to a woodman working near
the Umpqua bridge last week, and
after he had driven the dogs off, the
deer remained with him all day,
allowing him to foundle it, and ap
pearing to feel a lively sense of grat
itude for the man's interference i,n
its behalf.
Steamers ply the waters of the
Sound daily; fare anywhere, SI.
Leaving Olympia in the morning,
you reach Steilacoom in about two
hours run. Thus far the traveler can
easily fancy himself on the Columbia
river. The banks are the same wood
ed bluff, and excepting the endenta
tion of the shore, where arms, bays
and coves recede from the hills, it is
about the same width.
A gentleman who resides near
Oswego, has presented the Oregonian
with a few specimens of what ap
pears to be old iron pipe, which has
become soft and can be reduced to
sand by the slight application of a
hammer. The curisoities were pick
ed up in the canal at the above place,
and what they were, or how they
came there, is for Mr. Condon, or some
other person who takes an interest
in such matters, to determine.
Secretary Chadwick explains how
it came about that the Capitol Com
missioners send to the Atlantic States
for the roof girders: "Thdy are
fifty-four feet long. There is but
four foundries in the United States
where they can be had. There is
none on this coast. This will explain
the action of the Board. If the gir
ders could be had here they would
not have sent away for them.,)
The Secretary of the Xavy has
been pleased to forward a dispatch
from Washington, addressed to Hon.
Wm. Peid, United States Vice Con
sul, Dundee, Scotland, acknowledging
that gentleman'&services in connec
tion with the Polaris Expedition
which arrived at his Consulate .last
fall. This is the same gentleman who
has been, and is now, attending to
the interests of Oregon in Great
Britain, in directing capital and emi
gration to our shores. It was he who
originated the Oregon and Washing
ton Trust Investment Company, of
which he is Secretary at Dundee.
Governor Gibbs and Col. McCraken,
Esq., of Portland, have- been
appointed the Local Directors, and
Hon. A. G. Cook, of Vancouver, the'
Agent. .He .has the interests of the
great Northwest; at 1 heart andh as
m ! 1. ... . ...'11!-, ltU'G t. d ,
written a long pamphlet upon it of
thirty columns, and by his own ef
forts has secured the circulation of
35,000 copies, free of charge, in Great
Britain. Mr. Peid has consented to
become the Oregonian's correspon
dent in Great Britain.
The sum of $15,000 recommended by
Major Robert for the improvement
of the Wallamet above Oregon City,
is a very insignificant sum with
which to accomplish a work so exten
sive. The counties of Benton and
Polk most seriously feel the need of
these improvements. They have no
other means of transportation than
the river, and simple justice demands
that its navigation be improved along
their borders. -
Of the 38,400,000 acres of land in
Eastern Oregon, not to exceed 100,
000 have been plowed. The Moun
taineer says: "After making rea
sonable deductions for lands appur
tenant to homesteads, it is within
bounds to place the capacity of this
land at one animal to every ten acres,
or, in other words, 3,S40,000 animals
can be reared and kept in fine condi
tion in Eastern Oregon. To thus
stock the grazing land of Eastern
Oregon, in addition to the present -
amou it, 3,000,000 head of animals L
must be added." w-
Seattle is said to be the bestappeaixjj
ing town on Puget Sound. Vidi,
writing to the Oregonian says the v"
place "is well laid out, compactly -7'
built, rising not too abruptly as you f
go back from the shore, with a back
ground of high mountains, good side
walks, streets covered with sawdust
(and snow at the present writing),
lit with gas, a daily evening paper,
and a half dozen projected railroads.
Who could not be happy.. here?, .I
have not learned much yet of the
people. I have mastered the details
of several projected railroad systems,
and when I get them so as to keep
up my part of the conversation iiv,
society, I may mingle with the citi
zens and learn more of their way.
We fully endorse the following ex
tract from the Salem Daily Statesman
on this subject : '-What the pdbple
need now, far more tfran to quarrel
over old political issues, is to secure
their awn prosperity in the most
substantial manner. They need to
select men for their representatives
who can be thoroughly relied on and
who are possessed of the natural abil
ity to push the interests of their
constituents. This matter of improv
ing the Wallamet is of more impor
tance than building a breakwater at ' &
Port Orford, which is to cost several w
million dollars."
The old woman of poetical renown
who lived in a shoe found some diffi
culty in subsisting her numerous
family, in fact she had to resort to
the unpleasant expedient of finish
ing out their supper with a thrashing.
When will the people who live bottled
up in Eastern Oregon be forced to a
similar expedient, says the Mountain
eer, iu order to quiet the ravings' of
their hungry children. " Hard
times comes a knocking at our doors."
Xotices to debtors are common, and
the day may not be far distant when
hungry creditors will be scourged b'
the law and sent supperless to bed,
there to reflect how easy they could .
have paid thir debts if they could
only have 'driven their produce to
market on a wagon road'.
-The Captain' of the tug C. J. Bren-
ham, of Coos Bay, reported a schooner
ashore about 15 miles south, of Qoos Bay,
"u-ior to the sailing of the Emma Augusta
on the 17th;
A letter for Mrs. Hepburn,- Glen Ella,
Oregon, is held for postage in. the San
Francisco office. Glen EJla is in Wahki
acum county, Washington Tenilory.
The steamer Emma Haywaixl lias.,
been laid up for repairs in Portland 4
y GrassHslfjrowi'ng icely hereabout. . . -.
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