The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1883-11-17
Around the City.

NJ. ID. Kant discounts cash purchases
The Lillian is doing good business be-
tween here and Knappton.
JEFF has a fine display of game in
front of his restaurant.
Mrs. j. Ferrell. of Yakima CITY. is
visiting friends and relatives in the city.
The Kate and AI,aG came down yester-
terday and sails for Gaquina this morn
ing.
The week of prayer AZ the Young Mems
Christian Association rooms closes this
evening.
c. A. May has opened a fine stock OF
fruits, toys, etc., next door 10 the Empire
store; see ad.
The Oregon arrived ia yesterday; the
Willamette crossed out: the Columbia
sails to-day.
The Astoria Workingmen's Protective
Union will meet at Kniemeyer's hall next
Monday evening.
Carl Adler goes TO San Francisco on to-
days steamer TO purchase large stock
of holiday goods.
Charles Whitehead, of the NelcS, is
about TO start Republican daily paper
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Chinese residents are organizing a
theatrical association and propose start
ing in on the 1st prox.
The bill to establish 4 lighthouse at
Gray's harbor has passed the Washing
ton Territory legislature.
Taken from Life at Occidental Hall
next Monday. Reserved seats at Strauss
New York Novelty store.
Leave your orders to-day ut Frank FL
berson's for Boston brown bread and
baked beans foriSundsy's dinner.
4. C. Holden will have an auction sale
of furniture and household goods at his
rooms at IL o'clock this morning.
p. j. MCGOWAN is about to build cam
merry at Scarborough head. -Four traps
were in operation in that vicinity last
season.
The political pot begins to simmer.
Candidates decline getting into the hot
water in the pot which gently simmereth
as aforesaid.
A well selected stock of groceries and
provisions, crockery and glassware will
be found at Mrs. Rosa Quinn's, north
west corner Main and Squemoqua streets.
The cable on the military telegraph
line extending from Neah bay TO Tat
GOSH Island was successfully laid last
Thursday, under the supervision of Lieut.
Allen, Z. S. A.
The Portland papers are having their
customary spasm concerning Astoria
sSilor boarding houses. The head and
front of their offending is that they are
not located at Portland.
Would-be citizens are daily forswear-
ing allegiance to any foreign prince OF
potentate, and declaring adherence to the
laws of the United States. For its size
Astoria furnishes about as many annual
naturaliZations as any city in the Union.
The Standard says that there Is a
startled expression" in the eyes of the
Portland ladies as they gather their
draperies around them and dive off the
curbstone into the mud. Poor things
they should come to Astoria where there is
no mud.
The q. II. 4 n. dock is about the live.
liest Astoria locality at present. The lay
ing off" of hundreds of men all along
the line does not seem to affect the mum.
bers employed here. The frame is all up
and 1t is thought the roof will be com
pleted next week.
The columns of q newspaper resemble
in one sense a bill of fare. No man
would care to eat all he finds named IL
the slip before him when he sits down 10
breakfast or dine, yet it would be strange
indeed if he did not see something that
suited him. We all have different tastes
fortunately for mankind, and the iten
or paragraph that you turn from and
think uncalled for or unnecessary may
be Just what your neighbor at the mex
table wanted to see.