The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-04-21

clear run, and their owners are good
riders. Most of the mail to upper
Astoria, over a mile away, IS carried
in that manner, and the Western Tn
ion Telegraph messenger boys deliver
messages the same way, and ] have
about concluded that nay education is
not yet complete until ! am able to
ride one of the CRITTERS, though it is
about as dangerous for a novice to
tackle one AS il is To attempt to ride
an mbroken cayuse.
Mr.. +. Z. keeler returned To the
city last evening, and is looking for a
place of business.
There appears TO be considerable
talk in the real estate market of As
toria Just now, but we hear Of only
few bona fde transactions.
All of the children in Mr.. $. T.
Mexican $ family have recently been
sick with malaria, in consequence Of
bad, and worse that bad, sewage on
that block.
The Oregon Cracker companys
representative, Mr.. Charles F. Speck,
is in the city. Charley viii give you
your moneys worth if you give him
your order.
-Recitations at the entertainment
tomorrow evening will be by Miss
Plummer, Miss Carpenter, and Miss
Edith Conn. The entertainment Will
be first class.
Regular convocation of Saints
John r.. 4. Chapter this Thursday
evening, at 7:3O O'Clock. Members
particularly requested to be present.
Sojourning companions cordially in
WED. 10y order 10. T..
The COW ordinance is the subject
still under consideration by Astorlans.
The fact is that the place is TOO big
for town and not quite big enough
for a city, and it is literally impossible
to please everybody in It.
The men ia a West Coast Pack
mg company's boat, drifting into the
breakers might before last, saved them
selves by cutting clear from the net.
Charles johnson, in one OF Booth X
Co. s boats. did the same thing.
Will the Grocer please give us
the name OF that prominent buyer
for the Chicago market" who IS back
ing the fraud Lusk! Some of our
cannerymen wish to give the fellow an
airing and hit of gratuitous adver-
tising.
Mr.. J. II. Roos, the celebrated
leader IN music at Portland, is in this
vicinity on a hunting and recreation
trip. We believe he went to Bear
river from Astoria. "When Johnny
comes home" let ms have a little
music.
That packer of eggs picked up on
Sand island on Easter Sunday be.
longed to Warren & Eaton-the boy:
eat 'em. Ii was intended to be
shipped across the bay, but was care.
lessly left on the slip and fioated off al
high tide.
Since the order for prohibiting
the sale OF liquor on Indian reserva
tions went into effect the soldiers a
fort Klamath have been in mourning
1t is reported that mysterious sources
of gin slings and rye straight have
been discovered just over the bound
airy line of the reservation.
Another FRAUD which Is being
practiced on the Columbia river sal
mon interest is exposed to-day in al
article we quote from the Grocer. Il
it possible that the perpetrator of thi
swindle is Bob Watson! Ii so he de
serves to be treated TO a coat of Ia
and feathers, and proves himself un
worthy of the sympathy which was ex
tended to him by our generous pdbli
during his last struggle here.
One Of the Occident Packin,
companys boats capsized Tuesda,
afternoon above Chinook beach durin
sudden squall. Gust Saigan AM
John Nelson, the occupants, manage,
to climb on the bottom of the boat
, and after remaining there over a
hour signaling for help, they wer
picked up by one of Joseph Hume
, boats. The net and boat were saved
Thirty 6sh and all the gear lost.