The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-31


Vincent Giardina, brother of Joseph
Giardina, the 9th street barber, while en-
ployed yesterday afternoon cutting wood
narrowly escaped cutting the second fin
ger of his right hand off The hatchet was
dull and this reason alone saved him
from being minus a finger DIR. Estes
attended him and last evening the young
man was able to do his regular work.
Christensen & Co. took possession of
their new shop on 10th and Bond streets
yesterday, and have today the best ap-
pointed butcher shop in town; in fact,
there is nothing in town that will sur
pass 1t. 1t is fitted with the latest i'm
provements, the wood work being hard
finish, and the meat cooler on the i'm
proved plan of cold air forced by fan
through the cooler no ice being used,
as in the old coolers The corner is a
credit to the firm and city.
Mr.. H. Thing, of the firm of Sherman &
Thing, said last evening that no new de-
velopments had turned up concerning the
stolen twine found on Sand Island Mon
day afternoon. The twine he says, was
taken from the o. r. and N. wharf and
was missed by the watchman several
days ago. In company with a d5puty
sheriff he made visit last night to the
place where the boat and goods were
found but no clue could be obtained as to
VINO the guilty parties were.
Contractor Normile is busily at work
grading the county road near Peterson's.
He has a force Of sixteen men at work
and expects to be finished by the end Of
the week. AN the old planks from the
old county road are being taken up and
used in planking the new road. Mr.. Nor
miles contract on Bond and 42d streets
has been completed. The contractor
states in reference Ito the complaint from
Transfers that the right of way bridges
are weak, that each bridge is made out
of three and four foot tlmbers, and that
twenty tons could be hauled over them,
without any danger.
Bob Powers was before Judge Osburn
yesterday charged with being drunk. He
was sent to Jail for 10 days. He entered
a plea of guilty, expecting to be let off
with a light fine, and in his statement
to the court said That he had gone up the
river, and while there had been in
duced by his friends to lake more
than was good for him. He be-
NthihC lulOAlNdISu anu TO TOWN
continued the jamboree UNTIL run in by
the police. His name is a familiar one on
the docket, and his appearance as he sat
in the prisoners dock strongly showed
that the nights lodging had not yet So
bered him up. The court ordered that he
be sent below for 10 days or until he be-
came sober cough to attend to his bus
mess.
The present chief engineer of the fire
department, Edward Foster has decided
not to run for reelection, and has hand
ed in his declination as nominee Mr..
Fosters reason for not entering the race
Is that he intends soon to engage in busi-
ness that would prevent him if reelected
from giving the necessary time and at
tention that the position calls for. He
has been at the head of the department
for the past two years, during which
time he has never missed an alarm. He
has done great deal toward raising
the department to it's present high stand
ard of efficiency and has been one of the
youngest, If not the youngest chief en-
gineer on the coast. AS he steps down
and out he will have, among the fire.
men at least, the reputation of having
performed his duty faithfully and well.