The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-17

and his partner are victims of circum,
stances and that the thief has not yet
been arrested.
Said well-known lawyer the other day,
II delight once in little while to stum-
BILE upon a bit of gorgeous rhetoric which
makes me think of a sunset and con-
lagration and a blizzard combined. One
of the little Southern newspapers crows
in this charming way about the EXPOSE
tion at Atlanta: And while we watch
the hundreds of incandescents that dia-
dem the dark as If the javelin of some
god had made so many gllttering pune
lures in the black robe of night serpent
of flame winds itself about the white
tower of the lake, the water shares the
dazzling aspect of the land and the bed
Of Clara Nicer seems strewn with dia-
monds."
The water commission held its regular
meeting last night at which the usual
routine business was transacted. A report
was filed that one of the big fills, on the
pipe line about a mile and half from
the reservoir, had gone out during the
recent heavy storms and that 1t would be
necessary to make heavy repairs. 1t was
reported to the commission that the Paci-
flc Bridge Company was delaying the
work on the tunnel, because of the wa
ter which is flowing through it, from
some springs, and which 1t GAINS that
the commission should remove. The Off
GERS of the water company and members
of the commission cannot see wherein
they have anything to do with the matter
and feel greatly provoked that such un-
called for delays at this critical season
should be caused by any unnecessary
squabbling over technicalities on the part
of the Pacific Bridge Company. One OF
the members was heard to remark that
"the Pacific Bridge Company had taken
the contract to finish the tunnel from the
point where it was left by Benin and
Hamshaw, and no provision was nade in
regard to water. They were to build the
tunnel and are not doing 1t as rapidly as
it should be done. The tine is coming
in the immediate future when we will
want water and can't get it. I for one
think that we should not be treated in
this manner and believe that proper steps
ought to be taken at once to crowd mat
ters."
There is no reason why the people of
Astoria should go to Portland, San Fran
cisco, or any other place for toilet arti-
SlVS, uIuBSlStS ouHuTleSg Ut uTuBS.
carry as complete an assortment of each
as any retail house west of the Rocky
Mountains. I have just received IS dozen
tooth brushes, from direct Eastern i'm,
porters to sell from cents to 75 cents;
also Prophylactic and Dental Plate tooth
brushes; 20 dozen hair brushes from 15c
to 81 each Cloth brushes from 10c to 81 50
each; lather brushes from 1Oc to 81 each,
and shoe brushes at all prices; dressing
combs from sc to $1.25: so different hand
kerchief extracts in bulk, and large as
sortment of bottled goods in choicest
odors of imported and domestic manu-
factures, also some very handsome cut
glass bottles filled for holiday presents.
In fact carry everything gene, ally fornn
in first-class drug store and at the low
est prices l would like every one to call
and examine these goods, whether you
want to buy or rot. We will take great
pleasure in showing them
CHAS ROGERS.