The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-01-06

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Judge K. Stott, Of the Circuit
court, gave US a pleasant call yester-
day.
-Sts. John Chapter No. IA. RAN,
will install officers this Thursday
evening.
The Scandinavian Packing COM
pany will carry on business at the late
stand of Watson Brothers.
The Mary Taylor has taken the
Harley's place, we understand as a
tender to Tillamook rock lighthouse.
Temple lodge No. Z, AF.AM.,
have changed their night of meeting
to the first and third Tuesday even
ings of each month.
The tone of the wheat market in
Portland is somewhat improved. Some
little business was done Tuesday after
noon on a basis of 81 40 per GENITAL.
Chase the forger, showed up in
time to stand his trial The fellow
undoubtedly made the best posi- DE
effort to get away, bat was caught
and brought back on Tuesday evening.
Mr.. n. Kimball has received the
contract for constructing the two new
buildings for Mr.. John Hobson, ON
the roadway below Mr.. Geo. w.
Humes store. The buildings will be
two stories, ffty feet front by forty
feet deep. Work has begun.
Mrs. S. W. Oakley, author Of
Some Old Letters IN Scribner, will
have one or two papers in early num-
bers of the same magazine, entitled
RecollectiOns of American Society, in
which we have glImpses If Lafayette,
Daniel Webster, and other nobilities
The music which is to perform at
the complimentary ball this evening
will consist of four pieces, piano, vio-
lin, clarionette, and cornet, in the
able hands of Profs. Ross, Francis,
Mcintosh, and Sedlack. Astoria has
beat every town in Oregon ON enter
tainments this winter, and this one is
to be none the least among them all.
The steamer Harley got into port
al right yesterday. She provisioned
the people at Tillamook rock OH
Christmas day since which time she
has drifted here and there everywhere,
from the rock to Granville, but right
side up all the time. Capt. Dodge
is no doubt glad to be in port once
more. We are glad to see him here
Mr.. II. p. Ahlberg, of Grays
river settlement, has left at our office
a sample of very choice raspberry
wine of his own home production. 1t
is not distilled, but is pure juice and
sugar fermented, free from all alco-
hOlic or adulterated ingredients. He
could furnish some of it for sale if
there was any demand for the pure
stuff
Boats made the trip on Thursday
from Blalock's to Umatilla, thus re-
Stunning through navigation after FIVE
days suspension. The Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation company sold
tickets and received freight for all
points ON their line. The thermome-
ter was lowest at Umatilla, 40 degrees;
at other points from AZ to A.
"A remarkable anonymous article
on the London theaters in Scrihner