The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-04

this evening.
r. Il. Marion has sold 100 acres Ct
his 12O acres, on the Walluski. tC
Salem parties. for $1,000.
Captain Whiscoinb Is still towing
rock doTm from The eaaTTy for use al
the jetty. All active operations fol
the season viii soon be discontinued
for few months.
Mex. Monday and Tuesday evenings
Dan Morris and Josey Morris Sulli-
van viii appear ~ Ross opera house in
their IRISH ,ausicai comedy entitled
Kitty E:,.l Cork"
County rlefE Trenc}.ard yesterday
telegraphed fDr Ten qnires more elec,
ton paper 20 secretary of state Nc.
Bride. 50 that there viii be plenty Oi
material for tickets for next Wednes.
days election.
In the Albapy ci:y election last
Tuesday the Republicans elected all
their nominees but MAYOR and marshal
In the Salem city election the same
day, the Republicans elected three
out or fOuT councilmen.
The county court did not levy the
tax at its session last Monday The
state authorities have not levied the
state fax yet: and till they DO, the
county commissioners will not be able
To determine the county rate.
Now thai Thanksgiving IS over, the
question of Christmas, and ifs accom-
panying gifts. comes 10 the trout
The pleaSantcst associations of the
Christmas time are connected with
the gifts tGeH received from friends
present anI absent
The United States grand jury al
Portland has returned a true bill in
the case Of James Turk. charged with
unlawfully boarding the ship LORD
Canning, and with harboring and
secreting John Walmer, a seaman be.
longing TO that ship.
Yesterday afternoon George, the
little child of Mrs. George Lambert
cut his right leg with a piece of glass.
A doctor was called in and large
piece OF glass taken out of the wOund.
and the little sufferer will be all right
again in a day az i've.
W. q. Jones, attorney general of
Washington, is in Washington. ID. G..
On the I4th he will appear before
the land commissioner In the hearing
as 20 the validity OF title held under
Valentine scrip, test case involving
title to lands worth many millions of
dollars on Puget sound.
There was a washout on the South
ern Pacific railroad near Delta last
Sunday morning, and an accident on
the north bound train. Engineer
Baxter was killed. His body was
fearfully mangled, being crushed to
pieces beneath the engine when If
left the rails and plunged down the
embankment.
In the Washington legislature last
Saturday, Representative Megler pre-
sented a memorial asking for suffi-
cient appropriation for the improve
ment of Gray's river, Deep river,
Crooked river and Skamania river. in
order that navigation and commerce
may be carried on uninterruptedly.
The memorial was adopted.
About a week ago a man named
Michael Ryan, living near Chadwell,
while going home, found buckskin
purse, lying in the road, about twelve
miles from town, and advertised for
the owner of it. The purse had two
bright twenty dollar pieces in it, and
yesterday the heart of G. w. Ehland
the owner, was made glad by the re-
covery of his property.
The cost of running street railways
by horsepower, as compared with the
cost of running them by electricity
has been a subject of a good deal o.
inquiry. The Electrical ReCie1C SAYS
that upon close calculation the cosi
Of line running fifty cars operated
with horses is S3OO.75 a day; operated
with electricity the cost is S69.5O
The difference is $4.62 per day on eacf
car.
A telegram was received yesterda!
by the o. r. & n. Co., says the Orego
7liG21, stating that the salmon and OF
and some of the Idaho's cargo would
be saved This was good news to /;
gentleman who called around to in
quire about the matter in which ht
WAS somewhat interested. as he hal