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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16

The New York Times prints an
iDteYiew with Senator Miller, who
speaks of monetary affairs IN San
Francisco as follows: alt makes a
great difference whether the city is
drawing two or three millions a
month in dividends, as San Fran
cisco used to lie, or paying out q
million in assessments with no re-
turns. The failure of the Com
stock, however, has had one good
effect. 1t has resulted in almost
abolishipg stock gambling, which
has ruined so many Californisns.
There is no longer anything like
abe stock market in the old sense,
and people are not dealing in
stocks as recklessly as they used to.
We think We have got to bedrock
and that from this time we shall
20 on a surer basis. Our financial
methods will be improved by the
decsdence of stock gambling. or
course if a new mineral zone is
found on the Comstock stocks will
advance and gambling will be
great, but at present there is moth
ing to indicate any such discov-
cry. 1t is to agriculture that
California must lock primarily for
her prosperity as a state, and
when | left San Francisco her az
ricultural interests were flourish
lng."
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16
The Northeast Passage.

H. Struve publishes in the 81.
Petersburg Novoe Vremya a let
ter on the subject of future water
way between the Pacific and Arc
tic oceans. lie thinks that Eu-
rope and Siberia may be connect
ed by a surer route than that
indicated by Professor Nordensk-
jold, and that a way may be open
ed by which Siberian products
may reach the Pacific. He pro-
poses scheme for connecting the
Obi river with the SEA at point
to the west of Nova Zemhla. and
the connection of the Obi by a
canal with the Petchora and Yeni-
sci rivers, thus making a direct
waterway between Irkutsk and
the ports of the White sea. Con-
nectioR, too, could he made be-
tween the Yenisei and the river
system of eastern Siberia, and il
would then be possible to reach
Nelokan, only 40 miles from
Aiane, on the Pacific. N. Struve
argues this plan forcibly and at
length. Meanwhile, Professor
Nordenskjold is having vessel
built at the mouth of the Lena
river, in eastern Siberia, and will
set out in 1882 ON another voyage
Of discovery in the Arctic seas.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16
Postal Decision

The pOstoffice department was
recently informed of the loss of a
sum of money which was being
transported in a registered mail
package to Helens, Montana, and
asked If the contractor OF the coach
route where the loss occurred WIS
not responsible for it. The post
master general rendered a decis-
ion on the subject, in which be
says that the report Of the inspec-
tor for this department who made
an investigation would indicate
that the loss was accidental and
without fault OF the contractor.
but were il otherwise and it could
be shown that the loss was at
tributable to negligence OF even
fraud of the contractor, it is not
perceived that any right of action
would thereby accure to this de-
partment, nor does the loss OF mail
matter without fault on the part of
a contractor constitute ground OF
forfeiture as agreed upon. The
facts as presented do not afford
this department the means of re-
pairing the loss referred TO.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16
Dissolution Notice.
Assignee's Auction Sale.
On Monday, February 2lst. 1881.

I ann instructed to sell AT Public Auction
that TN0-STORf FRAME BUILDING
2iNJg. ON Water street, adjoining Huune's
Lumber yard. and auw occupied as q Chinese
SiOrr by Quan lce Tee & 60. The building
mus be removed from the lot on which IL i
situated ON or before the first day Of March
next. Terms Cash. Sale on the premises. at
II A. " r. e. HOLDEN.
AuctiOneer
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16
COMMERCIAL

The Baltimore Gazette says:
The south is on the highway TO
prosperity, sure enough. Six mil
lion bales of cotton l. the estimate
for this years crop, which is almost
a million IN advance of last year,
and msre than a million greater
than the crop Of 1879.
Several days ago the Grand
Canon Coal company struck oil at
depth Of l,445 feet. near Canon
city. Boring had TO be stopped
until pump could toe put in.
The well now yields from five to
eight barrels OF oil per day. and it
il though, that by boring it deeper
1t will yield a greatly increasing
volume.
The qsiuine production of the
world Is estimated at from 100000
to 100000 pounds per wear, a. fol-
lows: Germany, 5000; Italy,
$4,000: France, 5000; England,
200; America, $1,000; India,
1850. Efforts are being made to
acclimatize the cinchona in Italy.
Its successful culture in India and
Ceylon encourages the belief that
it will grow wherever the soil is
dry, the rainfall large and the
climate temperate.
Ali the prominent butter dealers
and commission merchants in South
Water street, Chicago, have signed
an agreement not to sell or deal In
any imitation OF butter, either as
butter OF It's real name. This ac-
ton became necessary, as some
firms doing the largest export
trade ~ butter IN the country,
have found that reports of adulter-
alton and fraudulent butter were
having a marked Injurious effect
upon their foreign trade.
The total liabilities of the coffee
trade failares now amount To more
than s5,0O0,OOO. All the houses
that have gone down were rich and
strong SIX months ago. They got
terribly squeezed in their attempts
To squeeze the public. Legitimate
business cannot be- conducted sue
ccssfullv un the methods uf the
stock gamblers. and it would he a
blessed g"od thing for the country
!. the wheat syndicate. pork syndi-
cate, sugar syndicate and all the
rest. endeavoring To- make corners
to rob the people, should meet a
like fate. They would obtain po
public sympathy, and would de-
serve none.-Chicago Grocer.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16

The seventeen-year locusts, ac-
cording to Prof Riley, will abound
IN portions of the United States
next June. 1t seems there are
two breeds of these periodical
locusts, one appearing once in
seventeen years and the other
once in thirteen years. Both
broods will appear this year, but
not in the same localities. The
professor says the thirteen-year
brood will probably be seen in
southern Illinois, in all of Missouri
except the northwest corner, in
Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian terri
tory, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina. The
two kinds of locusts differ very lit
tie in appearance. The earliest
appearance of the seventeen-year
locust IN this country, SO far as the
records go, was in 1854. at Ply
mouth, Massachusetts, and they
have not failed to appear once in
seventeen years since. No men
ton is made that Nebraska will be
visited by these winged pests, and
we hope the professor has made
no mistake on this point. They
have had their share of this kind OF
iHfiction in former years, and de-
serves to be given the go-by on
this occasion.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-16

There is good authority for the
assertion that Gould has purchased
the Montreal Telegraph company.
With this purchase and a system
now organizing for Mexico, he is
autocrat of the wires of the CONT
nent.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11

the irans-A Mississippi roads The Csica- go. Ss. Louis and New Orleans which connects S4 Louis and Chicago with New Orleans The Mobile and Ohio, which frzverses Western Tennessee and Eastern Mississippi, and terminating sl Mobile. There Is the Cole system. which iclades the:Eas. Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, the Memphis and Charleston and Selma and Dalton, the Selma and Meridian, the Macon and Brunswick and the Georxia Central. The Richmond and D1nyiIle combination controls lines extending from Richmond to Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta The Chesapeake and Ohio will soon reach from the seacoast to the Mississippi river, interesting every line running southward east of the Mississippi. The Louisville and Sashyille's w5lereach- ing system connects between Louisville and New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola, Atlanta and St Louis with perfected northeastern connections In addition there are numerous small lines either completed or in course Of construction. which are of great importance.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
IRE LITTLE FOLKS.
what Became of Solomon TeaStBx the
 Bear-The Three Kittens xf Dinner.

Af&I EM.
 Uncle Reuben xas farmer, and he had great many cattle, sheep, horses. pigs. geese and turkeys, all of which, ysu know, gre usually found on a large farm; and. besides thexe, he had one animal not usually found on farm, and that was tame bear. He Rired large boy to do the chores as the easy part of farm work Is called. and this boys name was Solomon SgurtevanL
 Now, although the bear was Y -se. ne was kept chained. for there was no tell ing what mischief even . tame bear take a notion to find out how a nIce tender pig would taste.
 Solomon though. it fine sport 10 tease the bear, and there was one way of doing it more amusing than any othe-. and thai was peiting him with green chestnut burs.
 Chestnut burs, yoa know. are covered with sharp thorns, and yet the bear, being very fond of chestnuls, would try to get al the nuts which he knew were in them-snarling and whining, and making up very c0mical faces, because the bnrs pricked his month.
 Solomon would stand and watch him, and think it fine fun. But he came near doIDg it once too often, for one day, when he had carried the bear a capful of burs, intending to have good laugh at hlm, the chain that held the bear was not fastened as firmly as usual. After trying two or three burs, the bca- made g spring toward Solomon, got loose from his chain, and started affer him ID earnest.
 Solomon was not long in deciding that hehad something to do usaf time besides laughing, and started in hurry 10 get out of the bears way. Now there was ladder leaning against the side of the barn close by, and Solomon thought that if he went upon the barn-roof he would be all right.
 No such thing. The bear went right up the ladder zffer hIm. Then Solomon ran up the roof to the ridge; but the bear followed. Solomon ran down the other side Of the rr,of. and So did the bear. Solomon jumped down 10 the cow-house, and still the bear followed him. Then solomon jumped on to shed that was close by the oow-house, and the bear jumped too,
 solomon now began to think that his time had come. He gave one more jump from the shed to the ground. Thus WAS too much of jump for the bear to take, and So Solomon made good his escape.
 do not remember how the bear goi down: but l am sure, that, when he aid, solomon did not care 10 feed him any more with green chestnut-burs. think solomon was tco glad to escape bug. ging to try it very soon again.
 This is true story.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11

ried at Isass one year, thai they had lived quietly and lovingly together. and that tbey were deserving the promised prize The verdict being delivered. the happy couple. standing near the church door. made q declaration, received the fitch, and were chaired in procession through the town The lords If the manor by degrees declined to offer the tempting bo2aus, and the clergy viewed unfayorabIy some of the incidents ac- comp2aying the pr0ceeiings- Twenty or thirty vears ago 8 few literary men re- yived the cereuaony at tbeir own ex- pense. more as 8 whimsical joke for that one occasion than as permanent cns- tom. From time to time the local jour nals record an observGnee of the cere- mony- There is reason to believe however, that speculative trade Is mainly concernG here, the fitch being provid- cd by some fsverner interested in bring ing together large assemblage of thirsty souls
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
Another Pool Pedestrian.
S.Y.Eun.


 Vim. Gale, who is attempting to walk 5000 quarter miles in 5000 consecutive periods of ten minutes each, completed his eleventh day last night.
 At first the outlook for 8 successful enterprise in a money point of view was very slim. Heis walking in the rear of a beer garden on Eighty-seventh street and Madison avenue. in 8 neighborhood sparsely inhabitel For the frst few days the rouehs seemed likely to mon opolize and break up the walk. The police were but little exercised, because the duty of protecting the pedestrian 0e. volyed upon the proprietor of the saloon. Two days ago, however, the part of the garden containing the track was parti- Iioned of from the rest Of the grounds, and the captain of the precInct now sup plies force sufficient to keep order.
 Regardless of all surroundings Gale keeps at his work. He has the ideal build of a pedesirsn He IS short, we'll built. and lean as a greyhound. Below the chin he looks like Weston. His legs are planted like those of table wide apart. Having thirty years Of pe- des,rianism behind him, he acts, walks and looks like a machine He talks like a Cockney. To the few people who have come to see him he has declared himself certain of great popularity to- ward the end of his walk.
 He shows some of his visitors a tre- mendous belt oi sealskin with heavy tablets of silver riveted tbereupon. that Sir John Astley gave him in the name Of the nobility and gentry of Arltain" for the successful performance at Iillie Bridge and in Agricultural hall of feais similar to that which he is now attempt ing. The policeman on duty at his tent last night hefted the belt and immedi- ately advised Gale to send it to a place where ii would be safer.
 Gale walks in ihe open air on a l-2 mile track, in which bis feet hollowed out furrow. The pebbles and the hot ground have made him limp already. He makes bis average quarter in two minutes and fifty seconds. Turning into bis tent at the end of each qlarier mile he is received by his attendants, who swing him into position on his sofa cot, where he lies on his back with q pillow under his head and a roll of bed clothing under his knees. His attendant says that he | sn't actually slept more than thirty minutes during the last ten days. When it rains an attendant shields him with an umbrella.
 Gale has dreams of wealth. He ranks in the first class of English pedestrians, and was a famous walker when Powell was running on tow path. He was invited to come here before Powell achieved his great success, but he re- fused.
 He hopes now to make his own sue cess equally as great, but he says that experience has taught him to expect but little notice during the first month or six weeks walk.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
asnufaesnres in Sen Francisco.

The foundries and factories of San Francisco seem to be all doing well. Our merchants and manufacturers are alive to the necessity Of reaching out sfter trade, and gre supplying the neighbor- ing tates and territories with goods of all descriptions. There is s hopeful out look for manufacturing enterprises. Besides the enlargement of the facilities Of some established concerns, new ones are being started. The Golden Gate Woolen Manufacturing Company has been re-organized and re endowed with capital, and its future promises to be prosperous. It employs only white Is- bor. The old Mission Woolen Mills building IS said to be partly secured for an industry which will be backed by abundant cspital--supyosed 10 be another fruit cannery. $. H. Taylor d Co, Of San Francisco. have established cream of farter factory al St. Helena, Nspa county, and the indications are that ii will prosper. The Oakland papers re- cord the success of the California Hosiery Company, which has been in operziisn less than one year, and Is already fur nishing New York and Chicago markets with it's goods. IL has lately filled q large order from the government
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
Viper Men and Women.

At Guadalajara there exists an indi- vidual having a scaly skln exactly like that of viper, even tO the green color. He has, besides, the viper habit of changing or shedding his skin every year. The skin comes of in a single piece, and not, as might be supposed, in parts. On the mans head there is not a single hair. A sister of this man who died short time ago manifested the same phenomenon, and toward the close of her life began slowly to grow blind, owing 10 the yiper's skin eneroaching on the eyes to such an extent that she could only see through narrow aperture at each eye. The same thing is now happening to the brother. He can scarcely see any object. and the head presents the repulsive aspect of a viper. In Cuautia these unhappy beings have been known as the viper man and woman and the phenomenon IS attribut. ed to the fact that their mother ate an excess of viper's meat 10 cure disease of the blood. In Cuba il is a common practice for people to eat viper's meat as Q remedy for blood diseases.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
Fair somnambulist.
Chicago Trlrupe.

Sadie Lord, of Clinton, Me, a bright little lady Of sixteen years Of age, recent ly had an exciting adventure.
 Mss Lord is an active young body and sometimes the events of waking hours So crowd into her dreams that she commits strange freaks of somnambn- llsm. Her father is dead and she lives with her mother and brother on a iarm. On the night in question mother and daughter went to bed early, and were soon asleep. The young man came in soon afterward ard retired to his cham Der over his mothers apartment.
 About 9.30 Mrs. Lord awoke. She was horrified to find her daughter gone. The mother listened moment, and then heard something moving in an adjoining room- She al once proceeded to the spot, and found Sadie p1tting on her clothes, and fast asleep. She called her name softly. not wishing to rudely awaken the dreamer. The moment the mother spoke, the girl gr2sped shawl and half clothed, as she was, ran out doors like s startled deer. Mrs. Lord tried 10 follow her, and could discern the outlines ofher 1.-the form bastening toward the railroad track IL was time for the Pullman train from Bangor. The mother could hear the shrill whistle m the distance. What if her darling should be crushed beneath the cruel wheels? She saw the moving lantern of one Of the section men. and shouted to him 10 intercept the fugitive but he did not hear her.
 The train drew nearer and nearer. The great headlight of the locomotive threw dazzling path of light adoNn the track. The girl, unconscious of her danger crossed right in front sf the engine and narrowly escaped the jaws of death. Heaving great sigh of relief that her darling was free from imminent peril the mother returned to the house and called up her son. He hastily dressed and continued the search for about an hour, when he aroused the neighbo- hood to assist him. The church bell was rung and the entire community turned out,
 A little sfler midnight the wanderer was found She had crawled under g barn belonging to Charles Baker, about one-third oi mile from her home. and had nestled beside great ox-cart, where she was slumbering as peacefully as il she was in her own comfortable bed. She was gently awakened and taken to her home.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
The Flitch of Eacen.
ChAmler Journal.


 The custom of the finch of ba- con at Dunmow is not the least euri- ous among these which rural parishes present. Far back in the old days, when there was priory in Dunmow, in Es- sex, the monks made promise of a fitch of bacon to any married couple who could take oath that they had never quarreled or regretted their union. Whether the bachelor monks only in tended to encourage conjugal harmony, or whether they satirically believed that married folks never do live together l2 months without discord, we can guess as best we may. At any rate, the successful applicants for the fitch were few and far between. The priory was suppressed at the Reformation. but the old custom survived, the fitch being given by the lord of the manor. In the last century the ceremony was conducted with much parade. The couple appeared at court Baron; a jury of unmarried persons heard the ayerments, and, if the results were satisfactory, verdict was given, to the effect that the couple had been mar
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
JOHN T. BURCH.

Agent for the corbin Banking Co, New York, Attorney at Laag and General ClaiBs Aosgaf.
 LAND AND MINING LAWS A SPECIALITY.
 o4ce Rooms, s. Cloud Building. P. O. Box 5ss waShinE1on D. C.
 Ten years osselAl experience in the Interior Department and General Land O1aees. and sev- eral years as practitioner, peculiarly qualities ms l give ny personal attention: l Arguing al kinds of Contested Land and Nine Gases 2 Rendering opinions on land questions as guides t9 parties to procure tile tO any kinds of public lands in any peculiar status 8. Congressional Bushes 4 Prosecuting applications for mineral and agricultural patents. 2. All kinds of Land Scrip bought and sold (. Large i0s of additional homesssad and other scrips on hand COLLECT CLAIMS for Pension, Puze Money Bounty and ArreAT Of Pay due Ofcers. soldiers and sailors or their Heir. ot1ce-s Accounts settled SEND FOR CIECTrAR
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11

You are asked every day through the col umns Of newspapers and by your Druggist to use something for your Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that you know Rothing about. you get discouraged spending money with but little success. Now to give you satisfactory proof that GEEEs's AuepsI FLowER will cure you of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with all it's effects, such as sour stomach, Sick Headache, HabituAl Costiveness, P4lpitation of the Heart, Heart burn, WateF-brash, Fullness al the pit oi the Stomach, Yellow Skin. Coated Tongue Indigestion, swimming of the head, low spirits, etc, we ask you to go to your Drug gist and get Sample Bottle of GREEs': AUsUsT FLOWER for 10 cents and try #, or s regular size for $ cents. Two doses will relieve you
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
Railway Development in ,he south.
 Banker and Broker.


 The extension of railroad facilities in the South and Southeast is going on at a rapid rate yet, with the full promise of success and profit. The field of rail- road enterprise has for the time being been transferred from the Northwest to the Southeast, and the latter justities the extensive operations now proceeding even more than ever did the former. How vast are the enterprises now de- veloping in the Southern States it is im- possible to clearly show, except in 8 series Of articles 10 come. The Louis vile Post, with it's wanted 2 al for home enterprises, has. in twO-cOiumn article, given most interesting account of the different systems which are now being completed in that section. These sys- tems embrace the Cincinnati Southern, with a direct line from Cincinnati to Chattanooga. and connections through ont the Southeast The Alabama and Great Southern, which trayerses Ala lama and Mississippi, and connects with
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
Farm Notes.

Those wbo wish to keep insects in cheek must have no proGastination in the programme, but must act promptly, as soon as the eggs, chrysahs or yermin m any state are seen. Destroy the first lot, and it is rare there IS much trouble afterwards
 In the vicinity of Augsburg, Bavar.a, snails are raised, fed and sold as food. They are said to be highly nutritious, and are recommended Tn Europe as food for comsumptiyes. II is said that in the vicinity of Augsburg there are 2,0ooacres of land devoted to the raising of snails rtnua
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-08-11
Important

When you visit or leave New York city save baggage and expresssge and carriage hire, and step ss the Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the Grand Central Depot 450 elegant rooms, single and in suits. fitted up at an expense of one million dollars Rooms reduced to sl and upwards per dsy, on European plan. Elevators. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and elevated railroad 70 all depots.