The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-07-20

floating two days he was picked up by a
Russian vessel and carried around the
world.
Private Joseph Martin, Troop !. 2nd
Cav, Fort Sherman has been transferred
to the hospital corps, with station al
Fort Canby. Private c. A. Steward
hospital corps, Fort Spokane, has also
been ordered to Candy, which with Twlgg
makes three ordered there within two
weeks.
Every merchant believes in show
window. Every merchant doing business
in Astoria has daily Typographical show
window in The AsTORIAN IN displaying
his wares TO the buying public. 1t you
want to show what you have to sell, an
advertisement in TIE AsroEIAN Will do IT.
effectually.
The Cathlamet Gazette says Greek 10y
the name of Manual Brown was found
fishing Saturday night on the river be-
tween Cathlamet and Skamokawa. de
was arrested and tried before Judge Ora
ham. He plead guilty, and the Judge i'm.
posed a fine of $50 and costs, the total
amount being $3.50.
The fate of the green 2-cent postage
stamp has been settled by postmaster
general Wanamaker. Ii must go, and MS
place must be taken by stamp either
carmine or metallic red in color. 1t Is
proposed also to reduce the size of the
stamps, making them about one-third
smaller than those now in use.
Yesterday Noland q Thomson sold III
railroad addition to Ocean Grove lots
and TO, blk 8, to w. II. Smith, for 500
lots and 2, blk to Miss Dora BadOllet
for $500: lots and Z. blk 3 to Catharine
Foot, $500: lots IL, l.. Is and II TO A
Nasburg, 81 ,0C0: lot 6. blk 6, to ii. e.
Thompson and j. L. Ross, $3.50.
From nearly every part of Oregon ano
Washington comes reports OF fires, doing
damage to timber, grain land, etc, II
addition to the terrible Seattle, Ellens
burg and Vancouver fires. In eastern
Oregon whole tracts of grain and pas
ture land, and in the Willamette valley
a large area of timber land are reported
burned.
Capt. Bailey informed an AsToRIAN
reporter yesterday that the steamer:
Gen. Miles, Alliance and Dolphin would
DIV between Portland, Astoria, Shoalwa
ter bay and Gray's harbor on account OF
the fast increasing trade between these
points, and after this shippers would
have no cause for complaint on account
of the service.
The Fashionable Summer Resort
Gracious Emptyhead. you don't intend
to attend the dance in that flannel shirt
flannel trousers. and canvas Shoes
"Why nOt?" We'll, it amt exactly re
spectful TO the ladies'" ''Oh, dom
bother about that. They'll think me {
duke or some other b!arsted swell, anC
I'll get all the attention" And he does
too,
There is young girl in walla Walli
who is destined to make her mark
Some one gave her ten cents one day
She bought yard of calico, made 1t into
a sunbonnet and sold the bonnet for forty
cents. She invested the forty cents IL
more calico, made more bonnetS, solo
them, and pretty soon had so. Will
this $40 she bought potatoes, planted
them, and came ont with 4 clear profit o.
$40.
The man intending to do business mus
| first prepare himself to suit customers
| next, that he must let every possible o.
probable customer know that he is 81
prepared. In a very small place he ma,
tell all the people what he can do. In
village printed handbill, poster or cir
cular, properly distributed, will be effica
cious, but whoever is in place larg
| enough to support newspaper will flint
! that its columns are the cheapest nedi
um through which to address the public
A new manner of preparing potatoe
/ for the table make what is known a
Saratoga chips. The pototoes are pre-
pared by machinery. The eyes an
imperfect spots are then removed b
hand and the potatoes thorough,
washed. The tuber is then sliced as thil
as n wafer by machinery. The potatoe
are then cooked and prepared for market
| A factory has Just been put up at Port
land for making these chips which EN-
ploys a dozen hands, and consume
daily 1000 pounds of potatoes.
4 -
The Mist says that three Michiga
men, two by the name of Brown and on
by the name of Reed, have secured 81
acres for mill site at the mouth of Roc
Icreek, and work upon the building
shortly to commence. and the machiner
has been ordered. For the present
small steam mill will be put in and ru
until the demand iustifies the putting i
of larger mill. The location selected
the best that could be had, being at th
junction of Rock creek with the NehaleI
river. Logs can be brought down eithe
Iriver.
Yesterday the Oregon brought up fy
sailors from San Francisco for the Britis
bark Edinburgh that has been anchore
at Sand Island waiting for a crew for tb
last two weeks. When near No. G buo,
the tug Escort went alongside the Or'eqo
to take the sailors off and place them O
the ship so as to take her to sea at one
; Three of the men went on the tug will
out any trouble but the fourth had to I
forcibly put on the tug: the fifth stowe
himself away on the Oregon. Search W;
instituted for the man but at last a
counts he had not been caught.
SklpanOn EplScOpal services.
Bishop Morris will hold service
the Skipanon school house on Sunda
the 21st, at IL o'clock.
The elegance and taste of the supp
3 at the Vienna restaurant last night w
2 gratifying to those fortunate enough
r share the SumptuOus spread.