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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26
Built of Gold
Ieadville Democrat.


But few people are aware of the
fact that the facings of the high
school house are constructed OF gold
bearing stone, but it is an actual
truth that is testified to by Mr..
King, the architect, as well as
those who did the masonry. 1t
was obtained from mountain near
Granite, upon which several gold
mines have been operated with
much profit. In antiquity there
was extravaganza visible in all the
architectural efforts, but to witness
the repetition of those times in
this era, and in the carbonate me-
tropolis, is something indeed
startling. 1t is a fact, however,
that the facings of the institution
mentioned are made OF the gold
rock, and it can be proven. During
the work of erection, and when the
masons had the stone in hand and
were dressing it, this was dis
covered. Upon one occasion they
were saving a huge block of the
material in which a streak of gold
about the size of a knife blade was
discovered by the workmen. 1t
created quite a sensation at the
time, but nothing particular was
said of it on the outside, and the
work was continued. Our streets
are paved with silver, or Stag con-
tanning the mineral; and it is prob
able that a handful of dirt from
most any place would assay from
one 10 ten ounces. This report
was regarded as somewhat fabu-
lous, but when the fact goes out
that the school house is built of
gold, it will indeed provoke a
skeptical smile.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Commenting upon the purchase
by the Panama Canal company of
a majority Of the stock of the Pan
anna Railroad company; at the
rate Of $3.50 a share, but cstimat-
ing the assets of the road 10 be
retained by the company, the
actual price will reach $29j; the
Washington Post SAYS: "Should
the other shareholders sell on the
same terms as Mr.. Tenor w. Park,
the principal owner of the road,
the company, whose capital is only
S7,000,000, will get for their stock
in the aggregate about $20,G50,-
600. This trade shows that De
Lesseps and his associates have a
plenty Of money and a plenty of
confidence both, and if they never
build the canal, they will, at least,
have a railroad which has hitherto
been paying twenty per cent. div
dends. 1t will now be in order
for Senator Burnside to amend his
Monroe doctrine resolution so as to
cover railroads as we as canals"
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26
lO5TH ilNIIERSlRY
American independence
AS Il 9 X IA.
July 4, 1891.

l. SuuriSe-SaIutc of Is Guns:
,. "a. N.-Opcu Air Promenade
Concert by the Band:
;. 9:30 \. N.-Boat Race by
Whitehall and Other Row Boats;
/. 1OA. N.-Grand procession of
Pioneers, Military. Fircmen, So
cirtics. Invited Guests Liberty
Car, Sunday, Public and Private
Schools, Citizens on Foot, Horse
back and in Carriages, etc, ter
minatin@ at the Custom House
Square;
3. Reading Of the Declaration OF
Independence. followed by an
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

1t appears certain now that
TheophiIus French, auditor of rail-
road accounts, will be removed ON
account Of his letter to the presi-
dent of the Central Pacific railroad.
1t has become known that his let
ter was made use of for stock-iob-
bing purposes. Jerry Rusk of
Wisconsin will succeed him.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26
Gov. Shepherd.
Denver Republican.

The Washington Post, demo-
cratic, says: "This beautiful city
of Washington is a decoration GER
emony in itself" Yet The Post,
with every other democratic paper
in the country, has repeatedly
called Governor Shepherd thief
and a robber, for making Wash
ingtOn what it is, and cannot even
now allude to that gentleman with
out an insulting epithet.
Washington Post.
The Republican lies and lies
most stupidity. The Post has
never said an unkind word of Gov
ernor Shepherd. Rather, it has
praised him for his good work in
Washington, time and again. and
without stint always.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26
News and Notes.

Nice, France, recently, at one
sitting.
The boom in stocks has increased
the value of the estate of the late
Asa Packer, Of Pennsylvania, to
S7,S46,055.
Nile. Sarah Bernhardt is to take
charge of an American photo
graphic tent, at a charity fete
which is shortly to be given in the
gardens Of the Tuileries.
The first female student who
ever made her way into the Uni
versity of Berlin is an American.
girl, and now attending the physi-
illogical lectures of Professor Vir-
chow. The irrepressiblc Yankee
knows no distinction Of sex.
When the excellence of rice as
diet is fully understood its use
will be more frequent and of daily
occurrence in every household.
1t may properly be classed as su-
periOr to any Of the cereals which
are in such general use for the
morning and mid day meals. No
other food is so easy Of digestion,
and at its present cost it is cheaper
than oatmeal or grain-grits of any
kind.
While the Emperor of Russia is
fortifying himself, and watching
for poison in his coffee or bomb
shells in his bedroom, that other
monarch, King Kalakaua, is on
the bounding pillows Of the Indian
ocean, heading towards Europe
and the United States for a years
frolic. Uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown" will hardly apply
to the royal ruler of the Sandwich
islands, excepting of a morning
now and then.
Why plant banners and lay
wreaths upon the grave of evey
soldier who, for one purpose or
another went out to fight the
south or the north, while Benjamin
Franklin lies unnoticed under the
weeds in a street graveyard, or
Thomas Jefferson is forgotten in
the old vault at Monticello? If
we are TO have a legalized day
for sentiment, let the sentiment
be widened. Let our children
not be taught that all the heroic
useful lives of Americans ended in
the civil war. Next year let all
our commemOrations embrace all
our heroes, both Of war and
peace.
There is clever medieant i'm
Paris. lie takes up position at
the entrances of the principal
churches, and button-h holes the
faithful after this fashion:
"Monsieur, hear me. / am a good
Catholic. have some Of the
virtues, but I have not all. have
faith. ! have hope. But helas,
AS regards charity, | have it rot
Will you give it me-" I am told
that his cool witticism has united
the purse-strings Of the gommeux.
la Paris, even a beggar must be
epigrammatic.
While an Italian barber at
Buenos Ayres was shaving a
customer recently a hot political
dispute arose between the shaver
and the shaved, the former being
Il republican and the latter an
ardent advocate of the temporal
power of the Pope. Words ran
high and at last the barber lost
his temper and with a ferocious
twist Of the razor cut off one of
the cheeks of his customer, who
was very fat and afforded a splen-
! did mark for the oDeratioD.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

What havoc would follow in the
wake of this business boom should
a reaction take place in the wild
speculations Of the past ten months
in railroad and other stocks. Such
dangers does exist. Great busi-
ness depression and many failures
would be certain to result. The
press of the east are discussing the
question very seriously. If the
reaction should set i'm before AS
toria gets railway connection with
the outer world, il would be many
years before another opportunity
like the present would be likely TO
occur.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Following is the customary greet
ing in midsummer: Fwed-"Haw:
what do you do with yourself tonight,
dear boyl" Algy Nothing, and
haw-pwecious little of that. Fact is,
these light days it gets SO awfully late
so awfully early"
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

The New York Evening Tele-
gram boasts of the wonderful
rapidity with which the success of
Iroquois in the Derby race was
flashed across the ocean 10 that
journal, and placed before the
public. The Telegram, which is
regarded as the evening edition Of
the New York Herald, had a tele
graph instrument on the grand
stand, and had made perfect ar
rangements for the rapid trans
mission of the result. How sue
cessfully this was done, the Tele-
gram sums up as follows: Horses
got away at 10:2l.5, New York
time. Iroquois passed the win
ming post at l0:23.55, New York
time. Result reached New York
at 1924 New York time. Time
occupied in transmission, ) Sec
onds." OF course the dispatch was
very brief, perhaps simply sending:
Iroquois winner. Nevertheless.
the feat was a marvellous one.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Mr.. Willard is now about to
organize the Oregon Trans-conti-
mental company; to acquire a ma
iority Of the stock of the Northern
Pacific and Oregon companys pro-
posed capital, fifty millions; of
which the proportion represented
by the purchases already made
shall be Immediately issued and
the remainder from time to time,
as required for additional purchase.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

They are having a deadly
scourge at Havana. Eleven deaths
from yellow fever, and twenty
from small pox, for the week end
ing on the Oath, are reported.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Any amount of new goods now
opening at AdlerS. He has brought
some very tasty articles this trip. Go and
see for yourself. Those birthday cards
just opened at Adlers book store are
immense
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Before purchasing your sewing ma
chimes, call and examine A. Van Dusen
& Co.'S stock. They have just received
new and elegant LOT, which they are
offering at bottom prices.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

j. III. ID. Gray is now selling Wheat,
Bran and Feed of all kinds at reduced
rates, and has also a fine lot Of Ash and
Vine Maple Wood on hand for sale.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Mamma" said a 1ive-year-Old. the
other day, Il wish you wouldn't leave
me 10 take care Of baby again. lie was
SO bad / had 10 eat all the candy YOU
bought at the Astoria Candy Factory to
amuSe him."
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Mrs. 5. Il. NcKean will soon be in
receipt of full assortment of Fourth Of
July ribbons. She has now a fine stock
of laces, dressing Jackets, white skirts,
and all kinds of ladies underwear. Give
her a call.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

Charles Gratke has always on hand
No. l XXX Premium Ale and first pre-
MUM Lager Beer from the Albany
brewery, San Francisco. al his saloon
on the Roadway.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

p. J. Goodman, on ChenamuS street,
has just received the latest and most
fashionable style of gents and ladies
hOOfc SbOpS pfc
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

The New Testament authorized
edition revised, for twenty-five cents at
Charles Stevens and Sons City Book
store
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26

The best Carter's Cape Ann oil
clothing, rubber boots, etc, sold at San
Francisco wholesale prices at the san
Francisco clothing store.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26
NEW TO-DAY.

lee cream at ROscOes oyster and re-
freShment saloon on Main street.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-26
@ II A I | ON
After which all are invited tn par
take 81 the Barbecue.

take 81 the Barbecue
Al ME>SES ORDERS * cos FLEASUEE
GEOI- -NuS,
Arrangements will br made for
those wishin" to have Basket
Picnic, location announced here
after, depending on the weather
:. l. u.-Nalional Salute of 3S
Guns;
:. ! =. Steamboat, Tug and
Yacht Races;
.. ? =. M.-Fishing Boats, Sleeps,
Scow and Schooner Races:
10. , =. N.-ByoicIe, Foot, and
other Races, until sunset:
l1.-Salutc of Is Guns:
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
Our Northern Boundary.

The northern boundary of the United
States is marked by stone cairns, iron pillars,
earth mounds and timber posts. A stone
cairn is Il by s feet, an earth mound I by IA
feet. an iron pillar 8 feet high, s inches square
at the bottom and 4 at the top, timber posts
5 feet high and s inches square. There are
$50 of these marks between the Lake of the
Woods and the base of the Rocky Mountains.
That portion OF the boundary line which lies
east and west of the Red River Valley is
marked by cast iron pillars at even mile i'll
~tervals. The British placed one every two
miles, and the United States one between
each British post. Our pillars or markers
were made at Detroit, Michigan. They are
hollow iron castings, : of an inch in thick
ness, in the form of d truncated pyramid s
feet high. S inches square al the bottom and
4 at the top, as before stated. They have at
the top a solid pyramidal cap, and at the bot
tom all octagoual flange l inch in thickness.
Upon the opposite faces are cast, in letters =
inches high, the inscriptions:
CONVENTION OF LONDON
OCTOBER 10Th, 1878"
These inscriptions begin 4 feet and e inches
from the base, and read upwards. The inte-
rior of the hollow posts are filled with we'll
seasoned cedar posts, sawed to fiji, and secure
ly spiked through spike holes cast in the pill
lars for the purpose. The average weight of
each pillar when completed is S. pounds.
The pillars are all set four feet in the ground
with their inscription faces to the north and
south, and the earth well settled and stamped
about them. Fer the wooden posts we'll sea
soned LOGS are selected, and the portion above
the ground painted red to prevent swelling
and shrinking. These posts do very well,
but the Indians cut them down for fuel, and
nothing but iron will last very long. Where
the line crosses LAKES, monuments of stone
have been built. NORTH Pacific Coast.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
Color Blindness.

1t has been estimated that in the popula-
ton of England one person in every eighteen
is afflicted with color blindness; the most
usual form of such imperfect vision is a def
cient perception of red, such persons making
no distinction between rose red and blush
green. In the spectrum they distinguish only
two ~colors, which they call yellow and blue,
and they include red, orange. yellow and
green under the name yellow, blue and violet
they call blue. There is no doubt that many
railroad accidents have been attributable to
this defect in sight, and it has been made the
subject of constantly repeated experiments.
In 1875 a French ~oculist, DR.. Favre, axam-
med one thousand and fifty railroad officials
of various grades and found ninety
eight of their number color blind-which
amounts to 9.33 per cent. In 1876 Professor
Holeneren, a Swedish ~oculist, examined the
men employed upon the Upsa-la-Gefe line of
rail, and found thirteen out of the total num-
Der of two hundred and sixty-siN persons col
or bind.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
The Problem Of Miners Wages

The question of miners wages still at
tracts no little attention from the leading
papers in Nevada, Utah and the southwestern
portion of Colorado, and the problem as to
whether it would be better for the country if
q 10" err rate of compensation than $4 per
day was instituted, is being discussed by the
press. Those in favor of reduction claim
that it would enable companies to employ a
greater number of men,, work ground that
will not pay to work at the present rate OF
waves and prospect new ground with the
possibility of striking bonanzas. These ad-
vocates of low wages seem to lose sight Of
the fact that mining is speculative and fuc-
tuati,lg, and that it is impossible to base the
rate of wages on the output of the mines.
The Owyhee Republican asks if wages are
small when the mines are paying, will they
be pruportionately increased when bonanzas
are struck?
The Ruby Hill, New, Mining Ne,rs replies !:
We think not, as We have yet to hear OF the
first instance of the kind. 1t is a we'll known
fact that the prosperity of a mining camp de-
ponds comparatively little on the output OF
The mines. and if such were not the case,
the wages paid miners constitute but a small
item in the expense of working mines. The
bulk of the cost is e nbraced in money paid
for timbers, powder and other supplies, to-
gether, in many cases, with extravagant sal
aries paid fgure-head superintendent and
officers to sit around stoves and tell what they
know about mining. We are unalterably in
favor of a high rate of compensation and the
employment of none but first-class workmen.
A good miner, by his superior Judgment in
breaking out ground, taking down and saw
ing ore, the judicious use of supplies, and
the greater amount of work he can accom-
plish, can more than save his salary to his
employer over the man who does not under
stand his business. The men who pass a
greater portion of their lives underground
and brave the daily dangers incident to the
extraction of the ore, are worthy Of ample
recOmpense.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
A Mine Seller on Pine Street.

He came down here to sell a mine. lie
said it was a "well-confined" ledge with por-
phyry for the hanging-wall and quartzlte on
the under side, with float running in a
straight streak from the foot of the canyon to
the summit of the hill. He had some chunks
of the rock in his pockets, which were covered
with fluff and tobacco dust. An Old gentle
man who had berded a stove in a Colnstock
saloon in 80. said the specks OF huti and to-
baceo we're sulphurets a German gentleman
who had pa ssed through Freiberg while on
his way to America, said they were ''lron by
riteso im~bresnated nit sulphurets of s%llfer; a
Comstock miner SAID the chunks entire were
bird's-eye porphyry, and a Pine stree STOCK
sbarp remarked that it looked like the rock
from the Ophir when the big cave showed up
the ore they sacked and sent over to London
ais this The mihe for sale ?" asked a man
whose coat would have made good material
for SOUP in the What Cheer restaurant.
aThat,s what Pm on" said the owner.
Inst then Prof. Price, the well-kpown met
allurgist, came along and pushed through THE
crowd.
"Professor, what doyou think OF this stuh'
said a man who could buy two or three mines
if he wanted to.
"Grindstone,' said the jolly professor.
The crowd sadly adjourned, and the mine
said this was no place for an honest mine
and he hoped he might be "condemned" tne'
yersion if he didn't go to New York, o
Bosting, or Philadelphia. where people knew
something about mines, and would AXE
mans word on a mine, pervidid' he showe
nm a map and an experts reports. F.,Cal
Stock Report.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
A Huge Cattle Ranch.

A recent Bismarck special to the Pioneer
Press says m. Ii. Cochrane, the great cat
tie %fancier. of Canada J. l. Wiser, member
of Parliament. and W. F. Lewis, a heavy
merchant, of Z sebec, are in town Ell route
for Fort Benton and the Northwest to found
a colossal cattle ranch. They will locate it in
the Gov River country, 300 miles northwest
of Fort Benton. They have with them sew
~enty-tive head of fine blooded mares and
stations and eighty imported bulls. They
have fifty more bulls in quarantine at Que
bee, which will follow in a few days, and
will purchase 5000 graded cows in Montana.
The land set aside for thisu use by the Cana
dian Government amounts to 100000 acres.
They propose making fine stock a specially,
believing that by the time they are able 10
supply the local demand the country will be
reached by one or more lines of railroad,
when the surplus can be shipped in refrige
ratOr cars"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
NEW YORK, july 11,-Dr, Frank III. HAM

NEW YORK, July 11.-Dr. Frank Fl. Ham,
ilton said this morning the latest symptoms
in the Presidents case indicate nothing but
gradual Improvement. Referring to Wash
ington. dispatches printed in the Evening
Post Saturday, in which the Presidents
symptoms were spoken of as more serious
than the public supposed, DR.. Hamilton said
the account was exaggerated. Garfield was
not a we'll man by any means, but the pres
eEt symptoms were not alarming to a sur
geon. There are more practical regulations
taken to prevent excitement in the case Of
the President than in an ordis airy case, and
these regulations are what may alarm laymen,
but the President is getting along we'll and
nature may be expected to do almost all that
remains to be done. There will be no neces-
sity for probing unless the healing of the
wound is not healthful and indicates internal
abscess or concealed suppuration. If the
healing of the wound seems to be natural
aud healthful, nothing need be done. DR..
Samue; D.. Weiss said this morning that a
good deal of Misrepresentation existed con-
corning the objects of his experiments upon
dead bodies in the dissecting room of the uni
versity or medical college. He did not fire
balls into bodies in order to'see if such balls
would make a mortal wound. All thaC he
desired was some notion of the penetrating
power of such a ball when DETECTED by a
DOLe. " COURSE IL is IHipoSSlute l N'o"
what kind of DETECTION the ball was given
by It's contact with Garield's tenth rib. The
chief object of his experiments was to find
out whether a ball of that size could enter
the body at a spot where Garfield was wound
ed and be DETECTED in such a way as not to
injure the ]peritoneum and liver. The con-
illusions reached were that such a thing was
perfectly possible. l have done with snch
experiments. Having accomplished all that
l set out to do, il was shown to the ~satisfac-
ton Of DR.. Hamilton and other surgeons that
it was possible for a ball to enter the body
between the tenth and eleventh ribs four
inches from the spinal column and yet pro-
duce no fatal il iary.
DR.. Carnachan said to day that nothing
could be more satisfactory than the way in
which the President is getting along. The
fact that his pulse and temperature sometimes
run up denote nothing unusual. So long as
the pulse does not rise higher than 40 there
is no reason for anxiety. He has passed the
critical period and is now on the high way to
recovery.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

Tn The Probate Court 10 and for the county OF
silver Bow, Territory of Montana. In the mat
Ter of the estate of George w. Moore, deceasea'
r a waterbury. the administrator of the es-
tate of Geo. w. Moore, deceased, having nled
his petition herein praying for an or9er oil SAFE ne
Of ali the placer mining ground belonging 10
he estate of said decedent for the purpose there
in setforth. 1t is therefore orderei by We Judge
OF said court, that all persons interested IN ahe
estate of said deceased appear before the saia
Probate Court on Thursday. the l4th Gay
of July, 1881, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon OF
said day, at the court room of said prooets
conrt al The eity of Butte, in the county OF SILVER
Row TO show cause why an order should not ne
granted to the said administia tor 10 sell sala
placer mining ground belonging TO the estate Oh
q sa;d daceased C. E. IRVINE,
2ijunew4 Tf1 : '""e"
Dated this 18th dayoi June =. 1851
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19

Smeiters are going upil over New Next
CO.
A Kansas paper says: The mines of New
Mexico are its chief source OF wealth. Its
broad plains may support immense focks and
herds, but upon the wealth Of its mines de
nends its hope Of material greatness. 1t is a
region of mountains, low-lying, irregular, de-
tached bald mountains, as barren of beauty
as can be we'll imagined, yet prolific in pre-
clous minerals.
Says the Albuquerque Jownal: The Naci-
lniento copper mines are probably the best in
New Mexico. The most valuable claims in
the district are owned by the Nacimiento
Mining Company. The Eureka mine is the
best developed of their claims, and has a
shaft 1872 feet deep. They are pow cutting
through the vein and have already gone eleven
feet. At a distance of two miles is an excel
lent bed of coal, and at a distance of ten
miles is a sulphur deposit, which will be val
liable in reducing the ore by the teaching pro-
cess.