The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-19

the mill, very early resulting in his
death. With great presence Of mind ana
promptnezs Mr.. Tom Trullinger jumped
into the water and pulled the little fell
low out as ne was coming up for the
third time. 1t Is thought the lad will
entirely recover
There were no cases in the police court
ye~steTday-not even a Sunday drunk.
Astoria Is getting in line with the
besr-in fact is equal to amy city on the
coast IN this respect. When there are
not enough occupants of the city Jail
TO csean the streets things are surely get
ting on q moral plane. So remarked sew.
eTtaA byStanders yesterday who heard the
record of the court.
1t has been reported by several differ
ent parties that THE transfers hauling
the stone from the dock up to the water
works are IN the habit of numerically
beating their horses. 1t was thought that
'the wagons were sometimes overloaded,
particularly during the wet weather and
that another cause of the horses inability
to pull was that they were shod with
SHOES having no coCks.
The railroad iron to be used on the
tramway in the construction of the rail-
o grade above Tongue Point, some, %
tons, arrived on the Gatzert Sunday and
was shipped by barge yesterday to the
point where work is dn progress. Addi-
tlonal men are being employed as need
en- AMID tine weather will not stop the
work. The barge ds expected today with
a lot of the cedar piling for the bridge.
Some complaints have been made By
various parties Of the dirty condition of
Commercial and 18th streets. Superin-
tendent Chadwick says that while this Is
urue OF a number of the streets, there
are certain taxpayers who object to
The expense of street celanang, both on
uhe ground of economy and because The
planking of the streets wears longer If
tnere is a coating over 1t as well as the
ract that 1t Is easier on vehicles not to
run ON the bare planks.
A very pleasant party was given ait the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorvald Fred
erickson In Upper Asotrla Saturday even
Ing. Those present were: The Misses
Hilda Lrrnd, Ida Anderson, Lena Hess,
bmiiie MuncE1arrsen, Marie Lauritzson,
Antonio johnson, Mail Frednickeon,
MesiJrs. Sofus Jensen, Fred johnson, Pc
der Wade, Lorentz Hanson, Lars Bel
nanndn Christ. ~JohanSon, Andrew Bang,
Harry Bru.ln, Hams Frdiericldson, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorwald ,Frederickson.
Inc evening was spent In games m mu-
sic. A nice supper was serevd later.
Bob" May, the well known traveller
Tor Mason, Ehrman & Co., was in town
SATURDAY evening visiting old friends.
Bob always has a good story for the
boys. and among the grlst was the fol-
lowing, oh ON himself: On one CT his
recent trips in a small town he attended
a performance of "Enoda Arden" with a
customer. 1t was in THE scene where
Enodh, the poor castaway on the desert
isand, kneeling under tlhle palm tree, anx-
iously scans the horizon for a Ship, that
uhe audience hung spellbound on the
words of the actor: mo sail from day
to day" At this point Bob nudged his
friend, and In a whisper, audible Through
out The lower portion of the house, said:
That's Dixie my boss. He's looking for
me. and I'm bet HE is saying, No sale
from day to day" Those who heard this
bit OF wjtticism were convulsed
with laughter. The scene was spoiled,
but Bob sod a big bill ON the strength
OF it.
Yesterday afternoon a reporter han
pened to strike Captain Jack Crawford
THE Parker House while he was writ
Ing a reply to "a letter received here from
MS little e~feven-year-old daughter. The
young iady's letter stated that she was
tust going to water the cattle ON the
rome farm in New Mexico, and was writ
ten ON Ia typewriter in very good form.
The document closed with "a double row
OF signs which She called 'kisl,es," and
expressed the hope that dear pap would
he nome fer Christmas. The captain
said he was going to try ITO ''get THERE
In the course of conversation told
something CT [hhs experience as spsciai
agent of the judicial department under
HarNSon's administration. He SAID that
lmong other Things he arrested 81 men
or sdilng liquor ito Indians, and HAD
everyone OF them convicted. He also
tated that the c gathering of the
J. A. r. at Louisville YVES the largest
md grandest event of the kind that had
'ver occurred I'm the United States, tad
urned Kentucky to a Republican state.
had done more ITO bind the North
South together than any other event
hat had ever taken place.