The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-07-13

plat of Railroad addition to Ocean
Grove, on that part of lot No, 4, sec. 16,
T.6N. Il. w. A deed has been made
in accordance with the plat of 80 lots
for $4,000, and will be filed for record
to-day.
Recorder w. B. Ross yesterday received
$4,000, $4,000 for Mrs. G. Gratke, and
$4,000 for Mrs. H. Peurella, widows of
lately deceased members of Seaside
Lodge No. ID, A. D. U. W., an organiZa-
tion that provides promptly. and sub
stantially for the widow and the orphan.
J.R. Syron, of Polk county, is per-
haps the oldest man in Oregon. If he
should live until September 25th he will
be 100 years old. His hair is white as
snow. He is an early riser and retains a
surprising amount of vigor. He spends
his time generally in walking and read
ing.
Sup't. Jackson and twelve men are
busy surveying lines at Smiths Point,
and will soon begin plating the proper
ty into lots and blocks. AS soon as that
work is done a portion of the property
will be put on the market. An avenue
Id lCCl hlOO Il dluO1AS bhO plOJCSbCG Ah1
provements.
Col. Jas. TAYLOR and wife will next
Monday evening at their hospitabie resi-
dence celebrate their golden wedding
anniversary, fifty years of happy married
life. The event will be a notable one,
and will be doubtless an occasion OF con-
gratulations on the part of large num-
ber of citizens.
At North Beach one can only bathe. At
CIatsop is afforded bathing, fishing, clam
ming. moonlit groves, etc, and close by
is as good hunting as there is IN America.
Necanicum is the only place on the
northwest coast where one can catch
clans in the morning and shoot an elk
in the afternoon.
Geo. Noland Yesterday bought the fol-
lowing property from VIM. Hume: Lot
4, block ia, Shively's Astoria, lot z,
block SO, lot :, block 135, lot, 8 block 1O9,
lot 6, block 81, lot 4, block l29, lot Z, block
%, lot 6, block III. and lot 6, block l46,
McClure's, also twenty acres j. w.
Hume tract near Smiths Point, for
$l2,00
Since the Ist of the month Juan z.
Vial, Rasmus Rasmussen, Peter Ander-
son, Marin TOrnich. Jno. Johnson, Thom
Ekoos, Chas. Olson, Andrew Asp and
Harry Bell, have renounced all allegiance
to sundry European princes and poten-
tates, and paid this country the compli-
ment of declaring their intention to be-
come citizens thereof.
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the streams everywhere are lower than
ever known in the history of that section
sipce first settled by white men, at this
season of the year. Rogue river itself is
but a mere creek compared with its usual
June volume, while Bear creek Is we'll
nigh dry, and the lesser tributaries are
but "reminiscences of water courses.
The timber land in northwestern Ore
gon is being gobbled up at a very rapid
rate The TillamOok HEADLIGHT and Co
Iumbia MIST to hand this week have 200
timber notices: here are 90 solid sections,
and that is only drop i'll the bucket.
Thousands of dollars are being put into
this species of property, and i'll year or
two more, if it keeps on at the present
rate there will be very little left.
Word has been received saya the MIST,
that Mrs. L. A. Lamont, who is at llwaco
for her health, is III q critical condition,
Her foot Is no better, and the Astoria
doctors recommsud amputation, aS the
only means of savIIg her life, and an
other examination and consultation was
to take place this week, when decision
will be arrived at in her case. Captain
Lamont left Monday for Astoria to be
with Mrs. Lamont. who has been taken
to that place.
Under no circumstances should per
sonal warfare he waged in newspaper
columns. fhe public takes no interest
in private grievances, and their airing Is
generally to the injury of the paper.
Subscribers don't pay their money to read
how INSCRIPTIONS and mean cOntem-
porary is, and the papers that indulge IN
violent TRADES soon realize their error
in reduced subscription lists and de.
creased receipts. The paper that first
publishes the news in a condensed and
authentic form is the one that American
people want to read.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. j. o. Han
thorn was passing the Occident hotel
with an envelope containing $98.05 in his
hand, when a gust of wind struck him
and lifted his hat from his head. On
the impulse of the minute he raised his
hand to save his hat, when the envelope
containing the coin dropped and burst
the money rolling in all directions. He
managed to gather all but twenty dol
lar and five dollar piece, which went
through the cracks in the road into the
bay. Mr.. Hanthorn will give nice little
reward for the return of the coin.
The Astoria Real Estate company filed
articles of incorporation yesterday, j. II
ID. Gray, j. w. Gearhart and II. T. Prael
incorporators. The object and business
is to buy, sell, hold and lease real estate
and do a general collection, insurance
and commission business. The principa
Office is Astoria, Oregon, the amount Of
stock is $50, 900, divided into 200 shares Of
800 each. The duration of the corpo
ration is perpetual. The. company, oI
which Hon. j. H. ID. Gray is genera
manager, and Z. G. Lewis is secretary
has opened an Office in Cass street, ont
door aOnth of the Odd FelIous' huildinp