The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-28
POT POURRI
Chit Chat in General of Interest
to AstOrians.
WHAT THE RAILROAD MEN DO.
The Smuggling Trial is Beginning
to Prove Interesting to Great
Many People.

Special Correspondence Of the Astorian.
Portland Or, June 26th, 1S94.-The
flood is now Off the streets of Portland
as far as regards the level Of the river.
although the vile puddles and small
lakes Of contamination are to be met
with by the hundred all over the dis
trict that has been inundated. have
found 1t impossible yet to compute the
promised list Of men who have lost over
$5, 900 each Through the calamity, and
your >saders must walt a day or two
longer for this information. The street
cleaning department has completed
about one fiftieth of the work IL has to
do, and beyond a dozen little heaps of
nlth piled up here and there, and the
l.eyidences Of broom machines in one or
two places, there is no perceptlble
change in this regard. People residing
In the north end district are beginning
to do a little disinfecting, but most Of
them seem to prefer to risk anything
that comes along than take steps to
fend off disease. All drug store win
dows are filed with every kind of dis
injecting fluid and powder. but 1t has
very little sale, and the street cleaning
authorities seem to prefer plnnihg their
faith to day labor and half dozen
shovels.
The weather since Sunday has been
considerably cooler with light showers,
and is welcome relief after the great
heat of last week. The weather OBJ
servers state that the river will fall very
fast for the next FIVE days. and that
within a week 1t may be expected to
be down to it's ordinary level.
Captain Fisher and Frank Cook went
down home last night. On account Of
the smuggling trials the jurymen not
chosen on the panel were granted a
weeks leave OF absence, and the two
historians skipped onto the Thompson
like schoolboys out for a holiday. Away
by the sounding sea where the sun
tipped" ETC., etc, they will playfully
gambol about for seven days without
being in peril of the deadly frown OF
Judge Bellinger, or hearing his stem
torian tones proclaim, IF that gentle
man doesn't respect the dignity Of the
court he will be committed for con-
tempt" BY the way, the Judge was
severe a couple OF days ago
on one poor old sinner who had been
brought down from the country to
serve OF the jury for the term. He had
been around visiting old-time friends,
and what with glass here and a glass
there, had managed to tangle up his
intellect and his legs very considerably
by the time he tumbled into the court
room on Friday morning to hear
case. The evidence for the prosecution
was well under way before Judge Bel
linger noticed that one Of the twelve en-
Iightened and respectable gentlemen In
the jury box was fast asleep and snoring
like hog Cook and Fisher were both
there, trembling violently for the safety
Of their comrade. The Judge committed
him to the care Of the marshal, and
what his fate win be Is not yet known.
The Telephone left the Jefferson
street wharf on Sunday afternoon, and.
for the first time since the flood began,
went back to her own dock at the foot
Of Alder street with the intention Of
leaving from there yesterday morning.
She was taken alongside very carefully.
but so frail was the dock that. at the
first touch Of the steamer, 1t broke COM
Dletely down and the boat was COM
pelled TO seek new wharfage room. She
now leaves from the dock between
Salmon and Taylor. These constant
,hanges Of course necessitate the shift
ng OF the Office. and for the last two
weeks Mr.. seeley and the Office furni-
-ure have been bobbing around like
shuttlecbcks from one loca-
Ion TO another.
Government Engineer Haskell told me
.oday that the dyllng works down the
liver were badly damaged but that It
was impossible at present to give any
dea Of the full extent OF the loss.
Nothing VIII be done to ascertain this or