The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-04-16
OUR ILWACO LETTER.
Newsy Items From the City by the Bay.

The worst storm of the season has
been raging here off and on during
the past three days. The pile drivers
are holding pretty well and not sc
much damage has been done to that
kind of shipping as usual during
spring storms. Your correspondent
found on the beach hundreds of pref
ty, jelly-like fish that he has never
before seen here. They are exactly
like the nautilus, and he thinks they
must be young nautilus, called by
the sailors Portuguese men-of-war."
Wild geese are flying in greater
numbers than last spring. Chester
Stout shot one recently that weighed
35 pounds before being dressed, and
just 25 pounds when dressed.
The I. r. & N. Co. are pushing
work and laying track just as fast as
material can be furnished. At pres
ent there is about fifteen miles OF
track laid.
For some time there was a petition
in circulation here for the purpose Of
having Ilwaco incorporated as a
town, and it received large number
of signatures. Not long after the
aforesaid had been forwarded to the
proper authorities, another petition
in the form of remonstrance was in
circulation, duly signed by many and
also forwarded. No returns thus far.
It's a real pleasure to read in THE
Historian that lumber can be pur-
chased at the West Shore Mills at
five and nine dollars a thousand less
than it can here. When a man must
pay 800 or more, never any less, for
a building lot, it pays to look outside
Of the village limits for some lumber.
It's just five feet from !he front
door of our public school house to a
hog pen and chicken yard. When
our people can afford to buy another
school house and lot, or ever pay for
what they have perhaps they can
afford to support some town officers,
build q jail, water tanks for the fire
department, and other evidences of
civilized prosperity and advancement.
Arbor Day was not observed here.
Many OF our citizens we're anxious to
plant some new trap stakes, but the
bad weather prevented.
The nwaco Mill Go. are removing
their plant to the north end of
Whealdon's lake and quite near the
/. R. & N. track where they will have
better facilities for receiving logs,
and shipping lumber. They will
soon be in running order.
II Sand Island continues to come
over this way it will soon be en-
croaching on the water front claimed
by some Of us old settlers.
Fishing is not very brisk at present,
business booming here though.
There is some talk of starting X. of
P, lodge here.
Lindsy Stone is the fattest boy in
Ilwaco, when seen yesterday he
measured over forty inches round
the waist.
The Republican county primary
election takes place Wednesday.
Considerable objection is being
made against incorporating our enter
prising town.
Mr.. s. Calhoun and VIM. Hall are
building two handsome new resi-
dences.
Quite number of lots in Ocean
Park have been sold the last few
days on account of the railroad being
built to that point.
The I. r. N. Co. have commenced d
suit against B. A. Seaborg to gain
possession OF the terminal grounds
east of Ocean Park. Mr.. Seaborg
claims to have bought the property
for his own benefit,
On the first OF May, Abe Watson
and A. Markham will run 100 yard
foot race, for 800 a side. Consider
able interest is being manifested in
the race as both are good.
On the 30th of this month Ilwaco
Lodge No. 120. A. o. U. W. will cele-
brate their first annual anniversary
with a grand literary entertainment
concluding with grand ball in the
evening. All the lodges in the
jurisdiction have been invited to at
tend.
DR.. D. J. McFall, for many years a
practicing physician, here leaves to-
day for Sprague, W. T. DR. Z. H.
Parks, of Portland will take DR..
McFalIs Office and practice medicine.
A report is in circulation here,
that David Davis, of Astoria and
a gentleman from st. Helens
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