The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-05

A new locomotive for the govern
ment works at Fort Stevens arrived
down yesterday. She is named I'll
waco" This makes the fifth locomO-
tive in use at the jetty.
The greater part of the wreck of the
AncOn will be allowed to rust and rot
where the accident occurred, her ma
chinery being old and out of date, and
not worth the cost OF saving it and
bringing it thomc.
Sheriff Smith sold some logs and
personal property at Blind Slough
yesterday The logs about '4j0 NJ,
were bought by G. H. Page for $l27B
a thousand, and the cattle for S753.50
The skiif was bought by f. Carlson
for 5000.
Yesterday morning a man named
White while working in a logging
camp badly cut his right foot with an
axe. He was brought down on the
Telephone and placed under the care
of physician who fixed him up as
comfortable as possible.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, nobody in this of
nGc has an annual pass on the com
pany's boats. Might as we'll begin
mailing some of these lies. or those
that start them will begin to believe
them themselves afte.- awhile
DIR. Grant, city physician of Seattle,
has been making an active crusade
against diseased meat. Last Satur-
day he condemned a large consign-
ment of hams and bacon that came
from st. Paul, Mimi. A few days pre-
vious he condemned 5000 pounds of
Chicago hams.
On the occasion of his recent mar
riage Otto Heilborn and bride re-
ceived many beautiful presents,
among them came yesterday a mag
niticent carving set, with pearl
handles, as fine thing of the kind as
ever seen in this city, remembrance
from eastern friends.
Will L. Warren and Ed. w. Wright
have a neat Office fitted up in Man
sells new building and are ready for
business in their line See adv't.
They are both energetic young men
of good reputation, are financially re-
sponsible and deserve the success
they will, doubtless, achieve.
John Garnett, a British sailor. died
in the Seattle hospital last week. He
told his attendants that there was q
cache on Apple island, lying between
Vancouver island and the mainland,
that contained $4,000 In gold dust
that came from Fraser river. He had no
map to give the exact location, bnt the
island is small one.
The Oregon Transcontinental COM
pany Will hold meeting in Portland
to-day, to determine the proposition
to disincorporate the company in Ore
gon and incorporate it in some other
state. If it is decided to not disband,
then the question of reducing the cap
ital stock will be discussed. The cap
ital stock now is $40,000,000
The work of surveying for the line
of the Astoria & South Coast railroad
from the city terminus. westward
began yesterday. L. A. Granger
assistant engineer of the Astoria
South Coast railway company, begin.
ming from Kinney's cannery, west
ii &lNa 11no lnIY,rv 10 l,,1i11 l.,,o "A
trestle work to run westward, around
Smiths point to connect with the
trestle at Young's bay.
Yesterday afternoon as Grags
Bros team loaded with cord woo(
was standing on Second street oppo
site the National bank the horses tool
it into their heads to have alittle spir
on their own account, and were run
ming along at a rapid rate when Capt
Al Beard jumped onto the truck from
the rear and pluckily succeeded il
stopping the team, and prevented
what might have been a serious acci
dent.
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The cessation of the night boat
every evening except Tuesday-th
former schedule-occasions consider
able disarrangement of plans in thes
stirring days of land entry. Yesterda
the arrival of the Oregon helped on
man considerably. He proved up be
fore county clerk Trenchard on hi
pre-emption, then boarded the Oregon
Just in time, is witness in fna
proof at Oregon City to-day, and