The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-17

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City aEld COunty Official Papfr.
Election ofoffcers at Temple Lodge
this evening.
Last Wednesdays election cost 81
vote for every vote polled.
In the Justice court yesterday VIM.
Glover arrested for Illegal voting was
discharged.
The Scandinavian Benevolent So
cIety will have ball at their hall on
the 26th inst.
Less than two weeks more to nav
up on school taxes in District No. One:
delinquent on the 30th.
Frank Stevens aud J. T. Abercrom-
Die have opened a real estate office
next to Carnahan 4 Co.'S.
IIllamook county has received the
$IO,OO0 voted 10y the state legislature
Tor the construction of the Nehalem
and NestUcca road.
Christmas trees are beginning to
arrive. The Christmas tree is a won
derful tree for fruit that is soon ripe,
and Is readily picked
The wires were badly mixed last
night, but TIE Historian comes I'D
smiling with It's regular dispatches
this morning, Just the same.
Warren & Wright have got out a
neat folder, with some facts and fig
ures about this neck o woods, and are
sending ont 10000 of them.
On the 9Th, a city LOT was sold by a
real estate agent; last Saturday it was
resold for $1,000, and yesterday the
purchaser refused 81, 200 for it.
County court yesterday. VIM Hob
son, Chas. Sanders, and NJ. Ahone
were admitted to citizenship, and
court adjourned til December 26th.
In the absence OF Capt. j. Fl. d.
Gray, II. Z. Prael is on the committee
OF arrangements for the I. o. o. F.
social party next Thursday evening
Sunday night a raft OF 250,GOO feet
OF logs went adrift from the West
Shore mills. The employees of the
mill succeeded in recovering all but
10000 feet.
Emanuel Lukovila. resident Of
Uni OntOwn, while cutting wood with
an ak yesterday, inflicted a frightful
cash on one OF his hands, nearly cut
ting 1t of.
An employe at W. I. McGregor's s
mill, named GuStin. met with a Sc
rioUS accident yesterday morning, a
log rolling or ihe carriage, and crush
ing his left heel.
People from Salem say things are
booming in the capital city: over one
hundred residences are going up, and
fine brick structures are replacing
former wooden ones.
A large lot OF railroad construction
material was brought up from Skipa-
non on the Electric Yesterday, and To-
Gated on the q. W. Rich for camp
No ., on Lewis and Clarke's.
The county court was yesterday I'M
able to make any tax levy. The wires
were down between here and Portland,
and it was impossible to ascertain
what the state levy WAS, if such levy
has been made.
Regarding deeds for the transfer of
property two things should be borne
In mind: first. that the deed needs the
signature OF the wife Of the grantor,
and that It should be filed for record
as quickly as possible.
Floating ice is reported along the
banks of the Columbia river between
Vancouver and the Willamette. the
fan tail of the government steamer
CGSc0deS being covered with ice
yesterday on her way down from the
quarry.
At the session OF the circuit court
held at Hillsboro Saturday last the
right OF way cases were amicably set
tied. so as the HillsborO and Astoria
railroad company could continue their
good work. Seven miles of the road
has already been built.
Some funny things are seen in the
street and elsewhere from IL P. NJ, to
1:30 A. NJ, and if midnight scribes in
their rounds through the town were
to give away half what they see, the
local columns would contain some
mighty interesting items that charity
ignores.
The increase in the real estate trans
fer business is exemplifed in the
county clerks Office. In addition-to
the regular force. first one, then two
and now three ladies are busy copying
deeds in record books, and the more
retired precincts of the county court
room has been placed at their disposal