The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-03

llVn SNShp luIfneyS p0uHyt lWnlle ofnef3 may
dine on pork a week from now, when
Mr.. utzingGr VIII rattle Ofsp pig. There
IRE no hses on Al. .5f.s.r aa-ifa ~ or
!. Large numbers ofspeople p5fyesserday
were much interested In ther dlhotosraph
iDNGrlfin A. Reeds store ct 1900 kids"
being q wonderfully Clever photograph OF
Japanese babies in all concetySole post
ticnn. Tie picture WAS made by Eeaki,
Toxic, and is u work of art.
It was said yesterday on good authority
that the telephone line from Tn.armook
Rosk WAS completed In to Fort Stevens.
and that by tomorrow 1t win be in work
ing order. Hereafter Astoria will be In
direct communication with the Tight house
and much valuable time saved to an in
tereJted in ~seafaring indoters.
There was a lunar rainbow seen Friday
evening, between 6 and Z O'Clock, by a
URGE number of interested spectators. The
north end rested on the CtatSop Mill
dock, the bow extending southward. The
scsa.t was a most beautiful and unusual
one. The prssmatic coLocs were not very
bright but were perfectly d~iscernible.
Yesterday C.sc moon bids We're opened
by City Auditor Os'rlrn for the improve
ment of Eighteenth street between Ex-
change Street and GRAND avenue. The
bids were as follows: Clinton and Sons,
$2,33S.76; L. Uebeck, $2,SS2.96; Fred Wick
man, &,918.08. Clinton & Son being the
lowest Bidders, were awarded the con-
tract.
Contractors Burke and Lucas yester-
day pafd the workmen on the water
works. e week the power house wih
be ready for the carpenters to put on
the roof and the stone work on the reser-
vo5r win soon be completed. Astoria can
soon boast of the possession of the finest
system of water works on the Northwest
coast.
Mr.. r. A. Hawkins and wife, of Eiwa-
co, passed through Astoria yesterday on
their way from Portland. Mrs. Hawkins
is the daughter of Mrs. Seaborg, and has
just returned from a trip to Europe.
While in Germany She met Miss Young,
the daughter of Benz. Young, ESQ, who
is completing her educational course and
reports that young lady to be in good
health and making good progress in her
work.
A.de1'brook school,, with two teachers in
charge, has so far this year enrolled 81
pupiiS-44 boys and 40 giras-four more
THAN for THE whole OF last year. The aver
age attendance for the month ending
November / was To-, sickness materially
decreasing the attendance. Most of the
pup2s are EARNEST in their enleavors to
learn, and several expect to complete
the grammar course this year. The lit
e;tary exercises on Friday afternoons are
always interesting and profitable.
Until further notice the steamer Lur-
limo viii take the run of the r. r. Thomp-
son IN the Astoria Portland route, Geav-
ing Astoria from the O.. r. and N. dock
at 6A5 a. m. daily, except Sunday, and
Portland from Ash street dock at 8 p. i'm.
daily, except Saturday. The Lurline win
take freight and passengers both from
HER ctwn wharf and the o. r. and N. in
this city and Portland. Tickets issued
by the o. r. and N. Co. or Vancouver
Transportation Co. are good on boats OF
either company.
A large audience was present at the
Rescue Club last night, with President
Estes In the chair and Miss Busey at
the piano. The exesGJent program was
as follows: Devotional exercises, Rev. l..
]. Trum5buii; recitation, ."Dare to Do
Right" Master Harry Susman; humorous
r~eaIIIng, The Lawyers and the Cat"
TIhos. Irwin; recitation, THE Gossip"
Miss Nanette Adams; recitation, "Only
Sixteen" Miss Minnie Bullock; instru-
mental music, Miss Nellie Busey; an able
and interesting address on Narcotics"
by DR.. ]. S. Bishop. TIN committee on
program for next week. is Mrs. Hutchins,
Miss Mamie Smith, and Mr.. Sllas B.
Smith.
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"A we'll known lawyer yesterday told
in q gathering of congenials of his ex-
p~erlence in the South with a colored CHI
emit: A coiored man was 0rTaigned in the
common pleas court Ito he tried for grand
larceny. After 1.-THE. witnesses for the
prosecution had been heard the attorney
approached his client and said: They've
got a dead case against you, and l think
you had better enter a Plea Of guilty"
The cccored MAN reflected a moment and
said: "WeCE, boss, Use done paid you to
try This case, and 1 guess you'd better go
on The diseharitened attorney followed
the wish of his ebony-hued c,lent, making
as good an argument after the evldence
had been adyfucei as he could under the
circumstances In charging the jury the
Judge reviewed an the evidence, n In
cOndlls.on eaid: NEW, gentlemen, IL there
is THE erast bit OF doubt In your minds
about the guilt of the prisoner, you will
bring in a verdict of not guilty" The
jury retired and in a short time came
In with a verdict Of not guilty. ITS no
wondah vhe penitenttary is full," said
the co!ored man as he Joined his waiting
friends and left the courtroom.