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he ttttH if ,y JP Jv JyJUl' 11 ly Yol. xiv. Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 23, 1S81. No. 45. GENERAL EASTEKX XEWS. Itr MAIL AMI TKOttOKAl'll. tattle l.tins Colorado ft-oiii Cold. La Junta, Feb. 50. The ditches near Caddo w are dotted with dead cattle, on account of cold weather. Hem. miow Mnrm. XkwYork, Feb. 20 A driv inir mi"' storm, about the heaviest of the jscmsob, prevails here. I'lrc al s1It Cllj. Colorado. Sii.vkk City, Feb. 50. A fire broke out at noon in a saloon on Cliff street and destroyed a num ber of buildings; total loss, about ..-o.ooo. KigMilr r Corn. Si. Loci-, Feb. 51. One thou sand cars of corn, equal to a mil lion bushels, was sold to-day on the track at East .St. Louis for ship ment to Baltimere: price 3H cents, which is above the market. It rocs forward at cut rate. The Grave of Columbus. clmfcti" GolHHMton. It is jrenerally supposed that the bones of Christopher Colum bus, the great explorer, are at Havana, in the island of Cuba, but recent investigations have brought to light the fact that it was Columbus son who was re moved there. Let us go back to the first resting-place of Columbus, for death did not end his voyages. He died in 150G in Valladolid. north-central part ef Spain, where lie was buried. Then he was re moved farther south to Seville, and a handsome monument erect ed by Ferdinand and Isabella; on it were engraved these werds: To Castile and Leon Colon pave a new world." Columbus had made a request in his will that he should be buried in his beloved Hispaniola; and now this idea was brought forward and his remains deposited in the cathe dral of Santo Domingo, Hayti Here also his son Diego and grand son Luis were interred. At the close of the war between France and Spain, in 1 79", it was stipulated that Spain should cede to the French "all the Spanish part of the island of Sun to Do jningo,' or Ha-ti. Accordingly Columbus was once more as then thought exhumed and conveyed Ns, to Havana with great pomp and ceremony. And a slab which marks the plnee has engraved in Spanish, "Oil. KM inee. WUUSf f ti jSFrtU CmHt. J!lOltsMd eeMtttfl NWUKM gWMftfc-4 ill the lint. Ami m wMK'NttHawoe of ur mmUm!.' n 1SS, while men were working1 in the cathedral of San Domingo, thev found a metallic casket which held human remains; on the cover under the dust and dirt of three hundred years, were found the .words. ''Discoverer of Ameri ca. First Admiral, most illustrious and renowned personage Don Cris toval Colon.1' Every one who was present accepted this proof that the body of the great discoverer had not been taken away to Havana, but was oeiore their eyes, and Diego's had been removed by a mistake, oo, now, the matter rests in this wav. Learned scholars are thinking- of erecting a monument which should belong to the world, ami not limited to the gratification of local or national pride. But such things move slowly, and perhaps it will never be accomplished. Here is a funny item from the New York Pest: "A geutlemnii the other evening objected to playing cards with a lady, because, he said, she had such a winning way about her. We cannot print these side-splittuig witticisms very often. Many oi our subscribers have guns. Two cargoes of spruce limbs just received nt Gray's wood ynrd. bend in your orders in tune. LIVINGS AT LIMA. Some Curious Effects of the Protrac ted War with Chili. Inm the ew Yrk miu. A gentleman who has just arriv ed in this city from Lima told a Sun reporter yesterday of the curi ous effect that the war has produced upow the price of commodities in I'eru. The paper currency of the country has depreciated to such a degroe that it takes $11 of that liHMiey to buy one of gold; and many articles leing purchasable only with gold coin or its. equiva lent, their cost has been in conse quence enormously increasea. This is the case with all articles sold by the foreign merchants of the country, they have determined to conduct tleir business only upon a coin basis. A pair of slaves, for instance, will cost all the way from S2." to SCO or $?(). The gentleman who imparted this infor mation said that the passage for himself and his wife, from Callao to New York, cost 8,000 in Peru vian currency. Ordinarily the pas sage would cost In gold, for two persons, something over 700. With the price of native product-., however, and with the wages of labor, rents, and hotel and res taurant charges, the case is differ ent. "While these have advanced somewhat, the increase has been more trifling in comparison with the depreciation In the currency. Board at the best hotels is not over S-i a day in paper, restaurant charges are the same in propor tion, and rents have advanced but sliirhtlv. The result of this singu lar disturbance in the equilibrium of prices is a condition of things decidedly favorable to the for eign mercantile community and to strangers well provided with coin. A shopkeeper will sell a hat for 0 in paper, and get two weeks board for the same amount at a good hotel, or he will seil a 50 watch for "5), and pay a year's rent of a good house with it. The experience of a party of oflicers of the United States war vessel Lackawanna, who took an excellent dinner shortly after their arrival at the best restaurant in Lima, was mentioned in illustra tion of this peculiar discrepancy. There were six in the party, and j they had, besides a very good din ner, several bottles of wine. The bill for the wliolc entertainment was 00 p"er, which they ettled by aying less tlian $0 in gold. The wine alone would liave cost more than tliat in New York. The native jmpulation are com pelled to yield to the necessity of the situation, and accept the pa per currency without changing their prices in proportion to the market value of the money, but tlie foreign population refuse to do so. A foreigner going to Lima now with little gold could live comfortably for a small outlay. He could board at a first-class lotel for thirty-five cents a day, hire a horse for the same amount, a servant for that much a week, and rent a house for $3 to 4 a month. The Peruvian bouse owners who remain in Lima can get along for the present, since if their rents are cut down so is the cost of food and service; but those who have tjuit the country in con sequence of the Chilian invasion dn not fare so well, with their in come, reckoned by the gold standard, reduced to about one- tenth of whnt they were a vear or two ajo. Atteutton every one! Hnve you hoard of KeiidnHs Spavin Cure! See advertisement. For a first-cinss ovster stew, frv, P1-;n-'J-i!K m Alain street, nniroitt r . Lonb Pamilito supplied by the hundred the sack, opened or "in the shell. A CLEVSR SCHEME. How a Detective Persuaded a Fash ionable Girl to Quit the Stage. St. IxmK hiMican. Miss Susie 1? was desirous of becoming an acttcs. Tliough not over seventeen summers, she had for years jmst been or opinion that she possessed histrionic talent slightly inferior only to that of the illustrious Bernhardt. About a year ago she applied to Manager for a then vacant situation, deemed by the profes sion to be scarcely above that of a dresser. Tlie manager at first en deavored to dissuade her from en tering a stage career, but subse quently, at the opening of the present season, gave her a posi tion, the arduous duties of which, he imagined, would create in Miss Susie's mind a distaste for the theatrical life. In this the clever manager was mistaken. The young lady's ambi tion was proof against the call boy's sneers, and the super's jokes. "With her talent was its own fruition. She had neither the mental or physical ability to quali fy her for any prominent role, but out of the ineffable courtesy the manager allowed her to retain her situation some six or seven weeks. By this time the jokes of the dif ferent members of the stock com pany and tlni gibes of the under lings had become so intolerable that the lady amateur expressed her complaints. They were re ceived in a becoming spirit by the power that is. ami remedied by an intimation that owing to the dul ness of the season the complaint's services would be no longer re quired. Had the matter ended here ail would have been well, but as he saw a small rivulet coursing down the girl's face the manager added he would probably be able to employ her again in a short time. The maiden wiped her eyes, picked up her skirts and left. For a month no one heard of her. At the end of the month she tripped into the manager's office and reminded him of his promise. That functionary was busy, and rashly told her to call again. To his great consternation and the in- s- tense amusement of his friends, she did call again. iut twice only. ii,t- fiiir.nt tKtf. tituAt i.i! rA i v.,.v, ....v ...,, ,v-i several weeks. She became a ventablo I;urboMr. lc haunted the stage and bored the aetoi-s. She was the otic great, constant trouble of the manager's life. Some days ng a gentleman, who had become somewhat familiar with tle situation, suggested to Chief Mf-Dotfougli the advisability of- detailing a detective to deter mine whether the lady was not mentally unbalanced. The detec tive reported a mania for the stage,. and encouraged by liope of reward, laid a plan to cure the patient. He spent much time in forming the lady's acquaintance. lie gained het confidciiee. Jle told her tales of the French drama, where he had figured as the detective of the play, and told her of the stage beauties and leadinjr artistes with out number. He told her of girls that had aspired to histrionic fame and who, because not possessing such wealth of talent as she was endowed with, had drifted to a lower social josition. lie enlisted her sympathy in behalf of these dramatic wrecks, and undertook to show her tlie life of those whom the stage, as he said, had made members of the under world. He' took her to .several variety per- foriuances, the better mes first, the worst ones last, and thou by etsy gnidntiows Jw reached house where the srirls were deddediy ?.',.,, or' disreputable. At each plnee tbey we toUl by j girls, who liad been previously s thoroughly drilled by the detec tive, sad stories of their fall from grace, due to their pitssiou for the tinsel ami glare of the stage. The ruse was successful. As the de tective led her out of the last Ikhisc, the girl with eyes full of tears tremulously but earnestly framed her renunciation of all de sire to be an actress or a star. As tlai blaze of the footlights burned dimmer she saw higher the light of iKine. She resolved not to be her own temptation, and determined to lead a humble if necessary, but at all hazards a pure life. The detective's report concludes with a statement that although to effect his task he had wrongfully slander ed the stage in general, he had re lieved the theatre of a serious bore, and perhaps saYed the virtue of a freakish girl. The Peruvian s-yruu lia cured tliou shiuI who wereMinVrnii; from dyiciH in.U'lilit. liver complaint. boil, humor-, female coniiilaiitt. etc. Pamph lets free to anj address. Scfh V. Fowle fc Sons. Boston. .MISCELLANEOUS. Machinist Wanted. 1 PPLV AT Tills OFFICE. 1 Dissolution Notice. aUIE PAKTNEKSIIIPHEKETOFOKE EX . Wins between tin uiHlerKmrd i thi day uitMHveuliyiHUtHHi wnwnt. AH tleW' due the late firm uill Itc jmiil to A. Uindor. who hxkwe uHtlinricd to collect nd reeeit fortheNUHe. A. ('IXI)Kl'. .T.J. KILEV. .Worm. Feb. Hth. lsl. 580 Reward. mWENTY OOI.I.AKS WILL KK PAID X for the recover of chcIi of tla ImhIUt nrfoiirChiiiuineii drowned mCohtiiilHH rier nenr I'.rooklield on Wcdnevlnv lat. while gohtg Imih Hilar riM-k to Kntoktk'hl. Om ;! txn:nt-4ne enr of axe.aiHl ImhI oi hi peroti at the time a iIkh-K of ;naiMl M.veH dollars in iler. T)m- mihuI .f tweiit -three eai old ami had a pMolawl m en dollars in Mhcr. Tliethinlwas twenty ftHir ears old and lmd tlirve twent tlollars gold piece", a twentx-Rveeeiit jHece.aiol a sllverwatch. Tlie fourth wa; twenU-cight enw:land hndsl". hi - 1e av.i reward will be paiil b tin undersigned. MIX CHUXG & C(.. OrCHIX LUNG. Portland. Oregon. Atoria. Oregon. 27.diw Im IV A It IS IECIiAi:KD without FI'RTlir.K XOTICK a -Vf- " And no teme. of rn'JK'c until &1$L j2i eer limn lu.Vtona haaiM-H "Mill of clothes )IAIK IIV 3IKAXY. IjhiK at tlie price : Pant o nler frMii -Pant. ( tcmiine Fn-nch ( "aiHere -Suit fnn. .--.. soo 1-' 50 i W Tlie iut Iiih id mihiiiW on iht- etwt to seh'rt fmiH. P..I. MEAXY. Men-ham Tailor. Parker Hue. Atna. SUM VATEB, "SI Mineral Water, Ginger Ale, sparkling Yim-aiid (arNHi.ilini !8-er.ige. Apparatus for ninKiitzr. t'ottlin. mid Ili.spciioingr. cmijHCt. Oiilht. Manr.il and m.nhe. Kui.nin-.Ui.:r. iiiiiime.i ..ml !ihv.i j Catalogue -n: manx ali!-..iua-litv.tii. -i.ii.iir ,riM'rA'"rj.1 '; .JOIIX .1IATT"U.1V. l"ir5 A.i- im-. :Mh. Tin -r.. i w Yrk. .T-dtW.l!ll WlLSOX & P ISHEF ibAi.i:i:- in LUBRICATING OILS, COAL OIL, PAINTS AND OILS. Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared Rubber Packing. PROVISIONS, MILL FEED, GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED. Which will he exelinnseil for eoHntry nro duee or M sit lowet pnee. Corner Cneiiaiuu and Hamilton streets ASTORIA. OREGON. THE ASTORIA Photograph Gallery CAKh SIZK PHOTOI-RAPIIS. jv.2 ."( Per Dozen. CAItlXKTSIZK PHOTOGRAPHS S OO P-r Dozen. E3"-Sleeial rate for faniihe. DRESS MAKING. .MK. K.W.I LLSLK. - MAINTKKET, In 3aoatc Iniddiac. next duor to Mr-.D-rby's I nun jirei:mil 1o d FIRST CLASS DRESS MAKING AMI PLAIN SEWING OF ALL KINDS. IHiiesof Ator.aare n-i-ctfiill olk-ltel for a share of tln-ir ntnrti:ure. CtTAsenev for Knttnek Katteni. MACNUS C. CROSBY. UKVI.K): i 'Stoves, Tinware, and 1 House Furnishing Goods. ' Hardware, Erass Goods. Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings. r r t , Engineers Supplies, Sheet Lead. Iron Copper. Brass and Ziyi. S'i Iff kjft Tt? BANKING AND INSURANCE. BANKING AHDJNSURAHCE. BROKER, BANKER' -AMI- INSURANCE AGENT. ASTORIA, --- OREGON OFFICE HOURS: FROM S O'CLOCK A. 3L UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK P. .M. Home Mutual Insurance Co., OF CALIFORNIA, .1. F. IIOl'KIITON. Clt AS. K. STOK ... Uho. I Sto-icv- . ...President .......Secretary .Agent tor 0"tson Capital Hkl H in I. S. gold coin S AX) 000 W) I IV CASK. Agent, Clteiihiiuis street, Astoria. Oregon. 67,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL AND LO:rON AND GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Roprcicntins a capital of S07.000.000. A. VAN DUSEN. Agent. j HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. A..I.MKCI.F.K. C.S. WRIOHT OCCIDKAT HOTEL. MEGLEK : WRIGUT. Proprietors. Astoria, Oregon.' milE rKOI'KIETOKS AKE HAPPY TO JL announce Unit the aboe hotel ha been reimintedand refnntidied, adding greativ to the comfort of iUguots ami is now tlie Gest liotel north of San Fnuicbco. i W. KOWLK. AL ZIKUKK. CL1RE.I)0. HOTEL. P0KTLAXD. - - - - OKEGON ZIEBER & KN0WLES, Proprietors. Free couch to and from the house. utThk Daily Astoiua. ia on Ah- at the Clarendon ilotel reading room. Pioneer Restaurant Hotel. .MAIN STKEET. - -3Iri. !S. X. Arx-Isoui. - ASTOKIA Proprietors THETKAVELINO I'L'KLIC WILL FIND the Pioneer first class in all respect. and a lmre of their patronage I respectfully solicited. ST'IJ'Hinl and Iwlinghi thedaj or week. Post-office Restaurant. MAIN STKEET. - - ASTOKIA., .IOSEPII MATTHEW.-. PKOPK. mills ISA FIRST CLASS KESTAIKAXT JL keK ihi tin- European plan. Fn-shos-ter in eer th- Main street. Ieteen ClteiiiiiiMis and .qiH"iiHeo.iie. ROSCOE'S FIRSf CLASS Oyster Saloon. -- MAIN STKEirr. ASTOKIA. TZ1 mi ie t iki:sic.ni:i is plmvsew to JL announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City That he i now if jMired to fnrnih for tlH-m, ; in Brt ela style, ami eer stjk-,". OYSTKKS. HtiT COFFEE. TEA, ETC. AT TlIHl Ladies" and Gent's Oyster Saloon, MAIN STKEET. Ilese sh e ine a call." KOsCOE DIXOX, Proprk-tor The New York Oyster Saloon Will erve to tiK-ir customers frotuj'this ate as fotwws : TEA. COFFEE. CHOCOLATE. IIaterii Oy-ter AIavuj on Hand. Ami Hill lekcpt as a firt cla 0ter Sa lHHi.in lirst ci.is t j Ie. DANIEL OK NT. Manajrer. PIKE & STOCKTON. -CARHIACE PAINTERS,- PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING A Sl-friALTI. GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. BP9-lwii m-ict dMir t Atorian Otliee, in Shnster's building. First Class Saloon, CHICAGO BREWERY DEPOT, On the KtKtdway. opposite the On-;oii Kail hj aiMl XaMjT.ition Co's wharf. Xew Bagatelle Table, iTIie Chiin-M- imit so.i Tlie elMih-est Itrand of forvijjn ami domestic wixFW. hiroiihA.n ciai:s. Rrllet hicao Bver.vn BUSINESS CARDS. J.A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAAV. Chennmiis Street. - ASTOKIA. OKEGOS1 ri XV. FUIiTOX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTOKIA - - - OKBGON Orttce over Page & Allen's store, Cs5 street t xv. nou it. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTOKIA ... - OREGON Office over Warren & Eaton's Afcrki Mar ket, opposite tlie Occident Hotel. Tj V. IIOMKX. NOTARY PUBLIC", ACCTIONEEK. COMMISSION AND 1N Sl'KANCE AGENT. A VAN DUSEN. NOTARY PUBLIC. Chennmiis Street, near Occident Hotel, ASTOKIA, OKEGON'. Agent Well.-,, Fargo & Co. PENTIST, ASTOKIA. - OKEGOK- Koom. in Allen'.s buililtiitr tin stairs, coma of C;i and S(emociIie street. TK. 31. I. JEXXIX. PHYSICIAN AXD SUKGEON. Gnuluate University of Virginia. 1868. PhyIcian to Kay View hospital, Baltimore Citv, 1SO-T0. Of kick In Page & Allen's huildinz, up tair, Vstoria. TAY TUTTJLE. 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Okkice Over the "White House Store. Kksidknck Xet door to Mrs. Munson's Iioarding hoitse, Chenauuis street, Astoria Oregon T C. OKCIIAKD. DENTIST. Dental Itoomx. SIIl'.sTKi:'t Photograpli Building TT A. 3reIXTSH. 3IERCHANT TAILOR, Occident Hotel KuildiHg. ASTORLV - - - OREG05- C. if. baix tt co.. DEAI.KIt IN Dooi-m, IViudowM. rtliudx, Traa. somi. Lnnihor. Etc. All kinds of Oak Luniher. Glass, Boat Ma terial, etc. Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Oea evle and Astor streets. "I G. FAIRFOWL & SON, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS Portland and Astoria, Oregon. Kefer by permL-sion to Kogew, Meyers Jk Co, Allen Jc Lewis, Corbitt & Madear, Portland. Oreson. y3I. rilLKXIIART. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon ASTOKIA - OKEOOX. Hot. ilil, Mnmer, Mcaiu and sulphur BATHS. Sliecial attention t:ien tMadtes'an rliildren' liair cultiii;. Prnate Entrance for L.idn.v Willi.di nt. PKACTICAL BOOT AJ) SIIOK MAKEK, Chknami's Stkekt. opiM.ite Adler's Boot store. - Astokia, Ouk;ox. tsr Perfect fits guaranteed. AH work warranted. One ine a trial. All orders nromptly Hlied. J. T. B0RCHERS, CONC03ILY STREET. ASTOKIA. Manufacturer and Packer of CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON. C;uh paid for freh JJLACK STUHGEO' SPATV2T. Smoked Stnnjeon, and inoked Salmon put up in tins to ship to an) jwrt of tlie world. ALo, trout lhiit (salmon egjts) pnt up in cara ami warranted to keep an lenstli of time. Depot at lingers Centnil iiarket. comer C:u.s and Ciienniuus streets. Atona. Music Lessons. T. F. CULLEN and C E. BARNES TEAC HEKS OF VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR . NET AND BANJO, Would like a few pupils on either of the alMve instrument.. Terms Eiqlit lesions for fh e ilolkirs. vr-Orders left at Steens & Sons book store will be promptly attended to- 3E3. A.. XJIKTJSr- dealer in FAMILY 'KOC'i:ttIES. SAIIJS. Mil.!. FEED XXJ II AX Cash iaid for country produce. SmalL profits on c:lsi sides. Atona. Oregon, cor ner of Main and SqiieiiMcu.he streets. qPILES. Tlie uiiderstgned Ls prepared to furnish a htrze nutnher oi Sjrfles and Spurs at hi ptaeeouslnirt notice, at rensonnme rates. Awdy to C. . CAPLES, Cotiunhia City BLAXK JOOKS FtlTEIi AND DOU.ND TO A i alZfi,. and ruled t any order, at Pk Astwas effice Mt "se.