The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-05-23

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The Seattle P9st.InteWgshcer now
appears every day IN the year.
The Western Amateur band gave
the senators a serenade last evening.
Jno. \. Montgomery has some saw
mill machinery for sale at low cash
figure
The schooner Dare sailed from
Knappton for San Francisco loaded
with lumber yesterday.
The steamer Nichigan arrived
down from Portland yesterday and
immediately sailed for San Francisco.
The .HanzQnita went to Tillamook
rock Yesterday, and landed e tons
coal She will 60 to the rock this
morning.
The British steamer DaH1sde ar
rived down form Portland last even
ing, and after taking on a bar pilot
proceeded to sea.
The clever editor OF the Tacoma
Gl0be has finished a very readable
series of interesting articles on the
yiSscheritudes of a Bohemian's life.
The British bark ASSG5e, ID. NJ
Ritchie master, 81 days from San Pedro
arrived Yesterday. This is the first
vessel arriving under the new pilot.
age and towage law, tug Escort tow.
ing with Thos Doig pilot
The Bonita came down from Port
land last evening in place of the Iele-
phone, which was detained in Port
land having her boilers tested, rs &C,
cording to law they must be tested
once 4 year However she will he
here as usual to day.
4 mining friend on Pine ST, San
Francisco, who has heard of the silver
bearing quartz on Rock Creek in this
county, sends offers of a TO stamp
mill, an arastra and a pulyerizer. Ii
he will send n Mexican and a burro
the outfit can be utilized.
Adolph johnson OF Deep Rrivel
was yesterday brought before Judge
Winter Of the probate court for Wah.
kiakum county at Cathlamet for ex-
animation as to his sanity. After
hearing the testimony Of DIR. W. D.
Baker and Johnson's wife and daugh,
ter, the court pronounced him insane
and directed that he be placed in the
territorial asylum
Last evening Charles Z. Reade, OF
Lewiston, Maine, sergeant-at arms OF
the United States senate, purchased
of the New York Novelty Store two
oil paintings of Mt. Hood and Mt
st. Helens, painted by Mrs. James A
Davidson. Mr.. Reade pronounced the
paintings the finest work of the kind
seen on his travels; and the lady car
feel proud Of her work.
At a meeting of the board of pilot
commissioners, yesterday, present
Commissioners Montgomery, Brown
and Wilson, and acting secretary Geo
W. LounsberTy, the branch of Eric
Johnson, as Oregon bar pilot was ex
tended, and he and Pilot Geo. Wood
attached 10 tug Escort The appli
cation Of Capt Howes' was deferred
till the meeting of the board on Jun'
10Th.
The marine reporter of this family
journal disclains any supposition o
being a worm, but he was caught
by an early bird yesterday morning il
the shape of tatterdemaliOn on Fla
yel's dock, who struck him for {
quarter on the strength Of being al
alleged survivor Of the ALASKAN
His inability to give the name of tn
captain or the first officer confrmet
the locals belief that he was a fraud
There is more business to tn
square inch in Astoria than in an
town in Oregon We have seen vet.
said Hon. Jno. NJ Thurston. the al
torney of the Union Pacific, to Il re
porter last evening. 81 shall com
here and invest in city pror
erty, which [ think goo
buy" said the same far SEE
ing gentleman. Mr. Thurston wa
the temporary chairman of the COZ
vention that nominated Harrison, an
made rafting good speech on tbs
occasion.
DIR. Abbott, of Trenton, is Il war;
admirer of the catfish, not so muc
on account OF its culinary eXcellenc
as because the females of the tribe al
good mothers. He has studied IL
habits of the fish long and CAREFUL,
and he knows this to be a fact. Z
says that on one occasion he capture
an entire brood of little catfish in
hand net, letting their mother, WI
was swimming with them, escap
She would not leave the spot wheI
she had been bereayed, and when IL
doctor put the fry into Il glass lar an
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