The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-19
CLIPPED AND CONDENSED.
News Items From all Over the Northwest.

oUoOO 4OSIoldIuro Will meet NOV. I'd.
The people of Seattle are organiz-
ing steamboat company of their
own.
The Southern Pacific will fence
their railroad lines in Oregon at an
expense of $168OOO.
The Port Townsend Merchants
bank has sold out to Messrs. Ladd &
Tlton, Of Portland.
The Puget Sound & Gray's Har-
Dor railroad has been completed to its
terminus, Montesano.
The East Oregonion calculates the
loss to Umatilla county by the partial
failure of crops at 81, 100000.
Steve Bailey, formerly of Coos bay,
and lately proprietor of the Windsor
hotel IN Spokane, has purchased the
Gilman house in Portland.
On and after November 26th, trans
Pacific steamers of the Canadian Pa
cifc will sail only once month, in
stead of fortnightly, as heretofore.
Another steamer, the FaralIon, has
been chartered by the Oregon Devel-
opement company, and placed on the
Yaquina and San Francisco route,
taking the place of the wrecked va
q,tinG Bag.
The members of the Eugene branch
OF the Minneapolis Building and Loan
association have passed resolutions
asking the return of their money paid
In, as the association has failed to do
anything it promised.
The Indian school will be removed
to Pendleton, and in the language of
the East OregOniGql. yesterday, forty
dark-skinned girls and boys-the ma
iority of whom have the blood OF the
pale face as well the Indian coursing
through their veins-are among us.
A "Young Mems Investment COM
pany." with capital stock of $4,000,
has been incorporated at Salem. 1t
is composed of twenty young men
who propose to invest their coin in
real estate instead of in faro banks,
horse races, and "the girl of the pc
Rod"
The Jail at Coeur d. Alene city was
destroyed by fire last Sunday, and
p. J. Breen, the only inmate was
burned to death. A coroner's jury
brought In q verdict that he came to
his death while attempting to burn
his way out of Jail. Breen might
make different statement if he could
make any.
An employe of Staver. & Walker at
La Grande wore corduroy pants. A
few nights since he attempted to burg
larize the money drawer, getting down
on his knees to work his tools. The
imprint of the corduroy in the dust on
the floor gave him away. The man.
ager accused him of the crime, and he
skipped the town to avoid arrest.
A big white owl was shot near Sa-
lem the other day. The Statesmen
says: 1t is of snowy whiteness and of
rare beauty, the plumage being soft
as velvet. The wings measured four
feet from tip to tip. The bird is
thought to have come from Alaska.
On its back and the top of its head
are a few small black spots, and its
feet are protected by white down.
It is said in Portland that the scare
ity Of apples has caused a sharp ad-
vance in prices. A lot was sold TO
ship to Sitka at $1.25 per box, and a
lot for shipment to China was sold at
the same price. According to the Al
bany Herald, one dealer said he sold
a lot of choice Baldwins at $1.50 per
box, and Tewksburys, which usually
sell for 40 cents per box, are now
/ worth from 81 to S1.15.
They were talking about expert
bookkeeping. "Tll tell you where we
needed an expert bookkeeper," said
Judge Russell, shat was up at Rose
burg in the early days. The boys
sent down word to send up a dozen
barrels of whisky, marked coal oil,
and the shipping clerk with delight
full ingeniousness, billed the barrels
whisky, marked coal OIL Ii required
an expert bookkeeper to make things
harmonic"
A big boom is reported at Yaquina.
The Oregon Pacific proposes next
summer to build a large hotel on
South Beach and make the place
the Saratoga of the northwest coast.
A motor line is to be built from va
quina City across the upper end of
the bay to South Beach, and some eX-
tensive improvements made there.
The Herald says: The Oregon Pa
cifc is buying up all the land on
South Beach at $175 per acre.
This is the dog-gondest town on
record, says the Vale Atlas. Last
Monday night some one took our
rooster and one hen from the roost.
As the most likely strangers in town,
Judge Olmsted and John Harris were
promptly accused; the judge claims
to be able to prove an alibi, but would
hate to, while John says he was fall
ing down the corral ladder about that
time. Judge Courtney, also here, is
above suspicion, OF course. 1t is a
great source of thankfulness that
they overlooked Pete, the turkey, fur
ther along the roost, and the pig in
the annex.
Charles Pratt of the Standard Oil
company, when in Portland a short
time since on the occasion of the mar
riage of his son to daughter OF w.
s. Ladd, looked over the property of
the Willamette Falls Electric Light
company at Oregon City, and was SO
: well pleased with the prospects of the
| company that after his return home
he sent out and bought all the re.
naming stock 81 the company, to the
amount of S163,000. The company
has contract for lighting the city OF
Portland, and intends to supply power
for running all kinds of machinery
there.
Friday, says the Statesman, in the
Office OF the recorder of Marion county
the special iquidator of a Scottish
session court filed a quitclaim deed
conveying to Andrew X. Deyenter, the