The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-02
CLIPPED AND CONDENSED.
News Items From all Over the Northwest.

The Tacoma NelCS proudly says that |
the city is out of debt and has money III |
its inside pocket.
Trains on the Southern Pacific have |
orders not to run over six miles an hour
when approaching switch.
The child recently born at Weston,
Or, without any eyes will be exhibited
as curiosity In dime museums.
The fishermen on Nehalem bay are sat
isfed, having made from $50 to 500
apiece in the last two months.
The Florence Canning Co. have put
up about 1900 cases which will net
them about $40, 600 clear profit.
The late rains have brought up the
Willamette about two feet. This will al
low the boats to run and start wheat to
| moving.
The total vote for congressman in
western Washington was 10,803 more
than in eastern Washington. Last
year it was only 4,7l5 more.
An Ottawa dispatch reports that the
| trans Pacific steamers between China,
Japan and British Columbia will be
withdrawn after November %.
The Siuslaw Sailing and Packing com
pany have put up about 5000 salmon or
about $50 barrels, making good seasons
work for the number that fished for that
company,
The expenses of maintaining the public
schools of Portland last year were Sl5l,-
931.18. The average daily attendance In
all the schools of the city during the year
was 3, 3,213.5.
Secretary Noble has allowed S7J6 of
the claim for 1921 made by Jos. L. Mer-
revale, of jackson county, Oregon, for
depredations made in 1855 by the Rogue
river and Cow creek Indians.
DIG. Brunger, the purser on the steam
er Cyclone, has been arrested at Portland
for perjury. 1t is charged that he testl-
fed falsely during a recent examination
into the collision which occurred between
! the steamers Alarm and Cyclone.
The Northern Pacific passenger train:
running west are heavily loaded. inns
road is coming money and its traffic !:
still increasing. There is perhaps, n6
transcontinental road making so much
money as is the Northern Pacific.
! Relatives and friends of A. Ensley and
fIF. w. Sever, two prosperous farmers
who mysteriously disappeared nea
Sprague, are still searching the country
Up to date no trace has been found. Both
are pioneers, we'll fixed and highly re
o spected.
There are a great many salmon beinl
' caught in the Columbia. One dealer
q Portland received over two tons las
Q Thursday, of the silverside variety, ant
!. parties are catching and salting them ol
!, the Cowlitz and other branches of tn
1 Columbia.
g 1t is said that C. w. Roby, postmaste
s at Portland, is now endeavoring to IN
y duce w. II. Hearst, of the San franclsc
E.cdniner, to put in a first class dall
d Democratic newspaper at Portland. !
o he succeeds, he will probably be the cd
itor-in-chief.
Last spring Daniel Gratehouse lei
y Brownsville, Linn county, for visit
his old home in Illinois, to be gone onl
two months, since which time his frienC
, there have not heard from him and {
q not know where his address is. He lie
y his trunk and some stock at Brownsville
The new steamer being built by Or
N way d Co. of Portland, to take tt
n place of the old Wonder, is to have
D. centre board in the bow. This Is Il
only steamer on the river that has tn
If feature. 1t is said to be of great u.
le when towing sideways against heaN
he current.
t. The problem of ridding the orchart
of Oregon of fruit pests is becoming
serious one. The fact that the app
crop of the state is nearly failure, CO
fronts the orchardists this year. Fr
quent spraying and the supplanting
the old moss grown orchards with your
healthy trees is the thing most needed.
We The reports received at the office
,w the revenue marine show that tine pre-
ence of the cutter Rush in Alaskan W
ters was productive of excellent result
is. SO far as the preservation of the seals
,t concerned. Captain Shepherd, of t
~ Rush, believes that no more than 100
skins were illegally captured, as again
n 10000 or 1000 several years ago.
IN The state of oregon has just receiv
III from the federal government forty 50
IL dies, forty brides, forty blankets, 4
ely sets of accoutrements, and l,30O e
t is slings for distribution among the diff
he ent organizations, cavalry and infantl
nm composing the state militia or natioI
~ guard. The 1000 sets of accoutremen
an comprising cartridge boxes, bayo1
Use scabhards, etc, and the gun slings We
at distributed among the three regimen
ov- and-the agricultural college at Corvall
ia The first regiment received 100 sets
he accoutrements and 80 gun slings;
0ta second regiment, 100 sets of accout
ments and AGO gun slings; the third re
ment, 100 sets of accoutrements and
gun slings, and the agricultural cole
100 sets of accoutrements and 100 G
slings. The equipments were. .purchas
Ibo ont of the anpropriatiOnS to the gene