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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-10-20

the responsibility it has to assume
for the indebtedness of the Cali
fornia and Oregon. Here is a
grand total of nearly S25O,OOO,OOO
of stock and bonds. OF course
the dividends on the Oregon and
Transcontinental are paid by re-
handling the dividends of the other
companies; but deducting s4O.-
OOO, 900 from the total on that ac-
count, it leaves $210,O00,OOO, a
fair rate of interest upon which
must be paid out of the profits OF
the business, II the huge structure
of credit which Mr.. Willard has
raised is to be unshaken. The net
earnings of the system must be
from S12,O0O,000 to s15,00o,OOO
every wear from this time on. 1t
remains to be seen whether these
expectations will be realized. Mr..
Willard is hopeful. He calculates
on dividends of ten per cent. on
the stock of the Railway and
Navigation company and of
eight per cent. on the preferred
stock-about half of the total
stock of the Northern Pacific.
This would be an unusual business
for a new railroad system to do
even for system having as many
r strings to its bow as has the North
| ern Pacific. There is no likelihood
that there will be any enormou:
crash, or that the control OF the
e system will be acquired by Goulc
or any other persons other than th'
present holders; but that the stocl
: speculators of New York do no
II believe the Transcontinental Cal
g continue to pay six per cent. divi
5. dends is shown by the decline o
is the stock, which last year stood a
e par and Yesterday sold at 37!.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-10-20

THE extraordinary decline IN
the Willard stocks recalls to mind
the fact that Immediately after the
completion of the Central and
Union Pacific railroads, nearly ff,
teen years ago, the stock Of those
companies experienced a similal
shrinkage in values.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-10-20
Stockholders Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ annual meeting of the stockholders ol
the Washington Packing Co. will be held on
Wednesday. Nov. ., 1855. at 10 O'Clock, A. H.
al their cannery near Astoria, for the plr-
nose of electinC five directors. and 10 trans
act such other business aS may legally come
before them. ..,,.,,.,.
Attest j. W. GEAkHAhl,
FRANK NOLBERG. Pres.
Sec'y.
Astoria. Oct. C, 1888. O-'Od
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-10-20
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the undersigned. executor of the last
will and testament Of Henry Miller, de
ceased. has filed his final account aS such
executor in the County Court of the State Oi
Oregon for CiatsOp county. and the same
has been set for hearing on Monday. Janu-
airy 9Th, 1854. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon;
and all persons interested may then anu
there appear and he heard I'm relation
thereto. -
d5w JOHN HOBS0N.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-10-20
For Rent,

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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
EASTERN.

ST. PAUL, March 10.-The worst wind storm of the season prevails along the line of the Northern Pacific, aLd freight business west of Fargo is entirely sus- pended. All passenger trains are run with difficulty. Grafton, Dakota, has suffered the most; business was entirely suspended during the day.
 WASHINGTON. March lO-The storm of great energy which first appeared at midnight on the North Carolina coast has pursued a northeasterly track, and IS now near the Delaware breakwater. Dangerous northeast winds are anticI- pated today and tonight on the New England coast, followed tomorrow by clear weather and westerly winds
 HALIFAX, March 1U.-Wind west, mod crate: cloudy. thermometer 24.
 QUEBEC, March 10.-Dull, mild. light east wind
 MONTREAL, March 10-Dull, mild wind.
 OTTAWA, Ont, March 10. Cloudv, light snow, very little wind.
 TORONTO, March 10.-Cloudy, mild. DO wind.
 LONDON, March To- Showing heavily; mild.
 OTTAWA, March l0.-The weather yes terday was spring like. In an interview to-day, Wiggins said: "There seemed to be a general misunderstanding as to the time the great storm would begin. I say 1t will be first felt in the Northern Pacific on the tenth, and will strike this continent from the southwest on the afternoon of Saturday, the 10th. It will cross the continent from east to west. south of parallel 45to-morrow afternoon, and, being detiected by the Rocky Noun tains, will pass down the great Cana dian lakes towards the east on Sunday morning.
 LONDON, March 10.-Parnell states that he does not know where Egan IS, but the balance of the Land League fund, f25,0OO, is quite safe.
 HALIFAX, March 10.-A genuine feel ing of fear of Wiggins storm exists among a great many outside the city. Not single fisherman will leave for the fishing grounds. 4 local prophet says a heavy storm IS near at hand, but only of the violence usual at this season.
 HALIFAX, l a. m., March lO.-The HA-AAA @AoT ouAAANAA- NnhuEtu kO tue southwest and began to blow quite a breeze. The sky IS overcast; murky and 6 very light snow storm.
 NEW YORK, ? a. m., March I0.-Very cloudy. Boston reports a similar con dltiOn. The barometer IS falling.
 WAsHISGTOS, D. C., March 12.-Sen- atOr Edmunds proposes to go with his | family to the Pacific coast, and will prob ] ably remain with his family in Caliior- ! ma the gre tier part of the summer
 NEW YORK, March l2.-The Times l. says Of the gathering at the funeral yes !. terday of Elliott, the dead pugilist: ''So ' such crowd ever gathered in New York before. The rufians of every grade ! from pilferers up to murderers un- hanged were abundant. The police | clubbed everybody within reach when l ever the crowd grew unruly. Some ink |
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
The Other Side.
Linden tif d.


 She sobbed as if her heart would break, and the kind-hearted neighbol who dropped in for friendly chat could not comfort her.
 Had she received bad news from any of her relations or friends? No.
 Were her children causing her troubles No.
 Difficulties in the church? No.
 Perhaps her husbands business was not prosperIng? But that was not It her husband had never been so fortunate m his business as now.
 Finally it came out that her husband had stopped drinking, and that was the source of her grief.
 He isso changed now, she explained. Prom lively, kind-hearted man he has become morose, cross and stingy. Why, when be was about half full he wHs one of the eheerfulest men you ever saw, and he never came home without remembering to bring something. Why, I've let him in many a time at or 3 o'clock in the morning, when be would feel so badly that he would drop right down in the parlor and go to sleep on the oilcloth, but could always depend oH finding a turkey, or a can of oysters, or a ham, or something lying alongside of him. Yes, he was a good man when he was drunk He was fuller'n goose when he bought the piano and my watch, and everything else that cost moro than fifteen cents. But that's all over with now, and 1 wish I was dead :" and she burst into fresh flood of tears and re- fused to be comforted.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18

THE Springfield Republican relates the following story, which, with its moral, is worth reading: "Ah," said one of the country lawyers who got into Congress; upon being introduced to Mir. Haskell of the Boston Herald al Washington, glad to see you, MT. Has kell You're down here, I suppose, picking up a few items for your paper? The Washington journalist was amused by this because they reckon Mir. Has kells income from his newspaper at ten or twenty times the Congressman 6. But it IS not the income of the man to whom this frequent remark is addressed which constitutes it's ofensiveness, but the prevalent assumption that the main errard in the life of journalist is to pick up few items Picking up items IS an honorable branch of the profession, and one which public men are often very grateful to have well done, but it does not define the scope of a journalists work much more accurately than 'hoss cases do the professional labors of aD average lawyer. This conception of the journalists work is about on par with that of another class of persons. old women of both sexes, who think the great anxiety of an editors life IS to get something to fill up his columns
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18

AND now they send the word out from Dublin, that one of Tucson's former citizens, had something to do with the Phoenix Park murders. Captain McCaf- ferty is hardly the kind of a man that would engage in such business, but if he did, We are in favor of turning him over to the British authorities to be tried &C., cording to the laws of that country, and if found guilty, let him be punished sc- cordingly. The United States of America furnishes an asylum for the oppressed of every land, but Is in no sense an asy- lum for murderers. The declaration of allegiance to the United States does not license men to go to foreign countries and cOm1t crimes, and then claim pro- tection oh the grounds of American citizenship. The people Of the United States are in favor Of law and order, and will not countenance, or protect such men. It is time such high-handed scheme, of murder and assassination by so-called American citizens, be effec- tually stamped out
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18

HE morals Of a new country, as a rule, are not upon so sound q basis, as in older settled communities. Why IS this SD. and why do people in the far west have such loose ideas of the acts of public officials and of men generally? Why do they say that "every man has his price" and if a lapse Is made why do they say 'Oh he IS good one, he Is smart, or 'he will do to travel" or some such slight remark? Did it ever occur to those men who are constantly repeating such sayings, as the above that they are h a large measure responsible for the acts of these delinquents? If you place confidence in a man, and by your ac- tions and manner convince him that you believe him Q be honest and true. he Is much more likely to prove SO, than when told be is looked upon as dis honest man, that all men are dis honest" and that the man "who will not hold on to all he can get is fool"
 Such false ideas of every day life should not be maintained in any com munIty. A few talking men or woman, who have nothing good to say of any one, who construe every act or motive to a bad end, can do more harm in a community than the good teachings of twice as many men can overcome. "When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do" is trite saying, but it is not one that should commend itself, If the Romans are doing wrong. We arc of the opinion that there are as many good honest people in Arizona as in other portions of the Union, in propor- ton to population; but the influences are often bad and good men are mis- led into doing things that their better judgment condemns, and which they regret when 1t is too late. Tell a man he is thief, treat him as thief, and If there IS any kiePtomania in him 1t will be very apt to come out. Debts of honor" among sporting men are held sacred and if possible they are always paid. Why is this so? Itis because they trust each other and are led to believe that 1t is honorable to pay such debts and that it IS dishonorable not to pay them. Let a community place confi- dence Iu men and they will be twice as apt to proSe true as they would if treat ed with distrust They tell us ''there is honor among thleves;' if SO they at least possess one redeeming trait, and though they may have sunk very low in the scale of morality, they are yet worth saving, aud may be reclaimed. If the people in a community would raise Its moral standing, they should elevate rather than degrade the character.of its people. There are more good people ID the world than there are bad ones. No man should be condemned without a hearing, and all should be considered homes. until they are proven to be Cuilty,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18

JOAQUIN MILLER Is writing some re- hections on the evils of accumulated millions, which will convince anyone that he has kept his eyes open, and that his reflections upon the abuses that have grown up in this country, are in the main well taken. He tells us of a forgotten legend in Washington that
 existed long time ago and which he fears has been forgotten. Tt is the granite corner stone of this great country which has been covered up by the dirt and debris of hundred years and is en- tirely lost sight of in the nations capital.
 He would have this legend in perma- nent form over the doors of the capital, in every department in Washington, and on the coins of the country, instead of the sacrilegious precept "In God we trust" The lost legend he refers to Is i've, the people of the United States" He then goes on to show in a very strik- ing manner, how nearly this legend has been obliterated from the memory of the present generation in Washington, and that instead of i've, the people of the Uuited States" it is now "The peo- pie for We, or in other words, those who were formerly looked upon as the ser wants of the people. now look upon the people as SO many cattle who are only fit to be governed by, and with a rod of hickory in the hands of some accidental pom pOus chief clerk. or head of some depart ment, who recognizes no allegiance to the people, and who acts as though the commoner was entitled to no considera- ton whatever. He shows how utterly impossible it IS for a common man-one of the owners of those great public buildings to even pass through them without being insulted by some pom pOus individuals who seem to imagine the buildings their own prIvate proper ty and treat you accordingly.
 Mir Miller makes out strong case against the 'kingly style" of the servants of this republic, where all men are sup posed to be placed on an equality with equal rights. He may have overdrawn somewhat the weaknesses of those men who, after all, are only the peoples ser wants. But there is no doubt they have for years been walking about on stilts and every now and then setting the pegs a notch higher. If MT. Miller succeeds in knocking the stills from under them he will have done good service to the country, and performed an act that must sooner or later be attended to.
 These gentlemen must be taught that brief authority does not constitute hered- itary title. and that the United States is only a republic, and that the commonest son of the land may at any time be made chief among them.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
FOREIGN.

WATERLOO, Ont, March 12.-The seyersst storm known for years IS Tn progress. The snow began falling yes terday afternoon and continued un- abated through the night. The wind was blowing gale all day. Between 10 and II o'clock this morning two distinct shocks of earthquake was felt.
 OTTAWA. March 12.-This evening a crowd collected in front of Prof. Wig gins residence and began 10 clamor for his appearance. As the doors and win dows remained firmly closed, cries of fraud and humbug filed the air and an attack upon the house was only avsrted by the arrival of the police, who quelled the impending disturbance and assured the mob that Wiggins WAS not at home.
 Baden Baden, March 12-Prines GOrtschakoff, Ex-Chancellor of the Rus sian empire, IS dead.
 Sf. JOIN, \. B., March l2.-The storm which prevailed last night subsided at three this morning. The storm would attract no attention but for WIggins' prediction.
 DUBLIN, March 13.-It is stated that before Egan omitted Ireland he handed the Land League funds and documents tO Parnell, Bigger and Mccarthy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
IRRIGATION.
What the Good Old Jesuit Fathers Did
 Hundred Years 4 go.

I Eos
 The San Diego Union gives an account | of an old dam in the San Diego rIyel
 which was built by the Mission Fathers | over a century agu Co raise the level of a [ stream in order to obtain water for irrl- ! gatiOn. An engIneer Is now m the vl- ! cinity, making an inspection to deter II inc the practicabilIty Of doing what the founders Of the Mission accomplished a century ago. The correspondent Of the Union says: "I venture t0 say taat that work, and the conduit of masonry for over SIX miles from 1t, as well as the engineering skill displayed m the de- slgn and execution of these works, would call forth the admiration of engi- neers of modern days. More than that, without pretending to auy engineering knowledge, l believe 1t Will be found that more water can be stored by adopt ing the plan Ot the Mission Fathers tLan any other that can be conceived.
 The dam Is stretched across the river bed at probably the point of greatest vantage for breaking the water, being where the hills. seen from the old Mis- sion, gradually dip into the Caion. it IS as sOlld a structure to-day as when 1t was built, except that the hoOd-gate, which was no doubt built of wood. has long since disappeared. The very grooves in winch the tioOd-gats worked are per feet. The dam Is huilt of stone and brick, cemented together with marvel Ous cement, which IS SO durable that it outlasts stone or brick itself, and the making of which IS said to be lost art. The dam IS probab ' four feet wide, and was originally r. 10 lj feet high"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
Death Of"Rabe,, ErnMeII.

On yesterday morning in camp on this side of Agua Fra, occurred the death of Henry krowell, an old and well known ArizOnAn familiarly called Babe Krowell. He has been a resident of the Territory for upward of twelve years, and in 1879 was dOorkeeper of the Coun- cil and in 1881 was Sergeant at Arms for the same body. For number of years Tucson has been his headquarters, but he spent much of his time ID other DOT tions of the Territory. At the time Of his death he was travelling with a team from Prescott, making bis way toward Tucson. He has been in Prescott dur ing the term of the Legislature and was an unsuccessful candidate for Sergeant at Arms of the Council He is said to have been both an Odd Fellow and Ma son. but no one knowing anything of the matter, he was buried by his friends here. The funeral took place this after noon at 2 o'clock from the undertaking establishment of $. E. Patton.-Phenix Herald.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
\ Faded Lily.

A fancy photograph seller here says: "The Jersey Lily seems to have fallen overheard in the sea of popular regard .r
 How IS that?'
 "The demand for her pictures has al- most entirely ceased. We don't sell half q dozen in a week.
 What has caused this falling Ofs'
 "Oh the scandal that appears to sur- round her. It invariably proves true that when professional woman permits a man who Is not her husband to run af- ter her, the people lose all desire to have her picture in theIr homes. One of the chief causes of the large sale of Mary AndersOn's pOtraits IS the fact that she bears an unsullied reputation
 Have not your sales of Ls1gtry's pie turas been gOod?
 "Oh, yes, very good; but they might have been much better If more attractive pictures had been made. When she came to this country she had a lot of excellent English photographs of her, which went of like hot cakes The American pictures were good enough in quality, but they lacked attractiveness. Mrs. Langtry appeares too plain and commonplace in them. The people want something rather dsshing."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
HE czoAkEss WERE MISTAKEN.

Not long sIuce the croakers gave olt
 that the countI. Was on the eve of an
 other financial crisis ;''- that "too many
 railroads had been built" consequently
 our surplus capital had nearly been
 swallowed up. But it does not appear
 that tLeir warnings have had much ef-
 feet ip preveuting the construction of
 railroads this year, for already there are more miles of railroad under way to be completed during the present year than were constructed during the entire year of 1882. There are two sides to the question of railroad building. While it IS a fact that so much money must be l put Tn their construction and equipment, It is also fact that the same mGney Is still Tn the country, and has only been taken out of the pockets of the capital ists and put into the haQds of the own CTS Of iron mills, and paid out for ties and for labor in constructing roadbeds The money which goes into railroads has not vanished from the country, nor has it been destroyed The railroad com panies have created debts, but they have their roads to show for it, and the iron men and laborers have the cash for sup plies and work done.
 Financial troubles are not brought about by expending money in public improvements, but by withholding it. When capital becomes tirnid and is locked up in the vaults of safe deposit companies and banks, then We may look out for financial crisis. The invest ment of few millions in the Northern Pacific Railroad in lS7O-1 and '72 did not cause the financial crash of 1873. but simply brought on day of reckoning. Everybody was in debt, and many hope lessly so. They were in this condition when Jay Cooke failed, and for a year or two befote he failed; and his failure only brought about day of settlement
 The country is not now in the cOndi- tion 1t was ten years ago. Credits and business were not thoroughly re-estab- lished throughout the country until 1877 or IS; consequently the regular busi- ness of the country has been going on only since that date, or about five years. In former times 1t took about ten years to bring about day of settlement. In lS36-7, lS47, 1857, the day came around, with marked regularity; but the enor- nous expenditures of money during the war, partially brigded over its time Iu 1867, but we were hopelessly involved in 1873, and by no means could we have held out till the next day of squaring ac- counts, which in the regular order Of things, would have been five years later, in 1877. But our last settlement, while 1t began in 1873, was not closed up until | IS. So that we may not be un,asy | about hard times until about 1887 or '35.
 Formerly our imports continually ex- ceeded our exports; so that there was always balance against us. But for the past three years, owing chiefly to our good crops of cereals, the balance has been iE our favor, and had it not been for the construction of so many | new miles of railroad it would have been for our people to have in- vested their surplus money. The finan cial bugaboo has disappeared, at least for the present, and possibly may not come again for years.