The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-05
SHIPPING
Marine Matters, Here, There aid
Everywhere.

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The Curtis goes to sea on Thursday.
The schooner Leitia went out in tow
of the Escort yesterday.
The ship Rowena left up TOR Portland
on the tide yesterday.
TIT steamer Harrison came in from
the Siuslaw at midnight on Sunday.
TIL bark Anchencairn and the barken-
tine Ohehalis went to sea on Sunday.
The Steamer Blmore left out on Sum
day morning for TLranook and the Ne
falem.
The schooner Neptune arrived in from
San francisco in ballast yesterday morn
ing.
The Pilot scllooners Loyal and San Jose
came in yesterday. They go out again
this morning.
The George Curtis was fully laden yes
Iberday and pulled out into the stream
from the o. r. and N. dock during the
informing.
1t is understood that Health Officer Full
ton has complained to Collector Page
about the boarding of vessels on their ar
rival here, and before they have been in
spected, by butchers, runners and othee
unauthorized persons. Hereafter no boats
other than the custom house and health
officers boats will be permitted to make
faust to vessels or tow alongside until they
have been regularly inspected and dis
charged by DR.. Fulton.
The brigantine Pitcairn, Which left here
with "a party of Seventh-Day Adventists
about a YEAR ago, has been reported from
Nukualofa, Aonga. The Adventists had
Called at Tahiti, Rarotonga, Rurutu, Nue.
in the Savage Islands, and Pitcairn At
the latter place they landed a number of
the Islanders whohad been on a visit to
San Francisco, and at the other places
they distributed pamphlets and did their
best oward making conversational.
'TIhe Sd and Attn of December,' says
British Columbia Commercial Journal,
''wil settle the fate of seal skin prices
vi 'OhO PlCoSil yNA, 90 1dahpoOh . 6lCdL
sale is now a fixture for the firSt-men-
toned date, and the Hudson Bay Com
pany WIN hold their sales on the 4th.
AN interested in the industry await the
verdict with expectancy, as in the face
of 1.-THE light catch and the superior quail
fty OF this years skins, higher quota
tions are to be reasonably expected"
Peter Murphy, AN emp.oye of the o. r.
& N. at Riparia, was drowned last Satur-
day i'm Snake river, says the Statesman.
Murphy was working on a wharf boat,
and, ais the piCedrdver sent down the
plies and the men cut off the tops, he
would go about in a skiff and pick up the
ends for fuel. AS he was reaching for
one of the pieces of timber the boat went
from under him and ne fell into the
water. Not being a swimmer, he
drowned before the men could get to him.
Mmphy's body was recovered The follow
ing day. He leaves a wife and three
children.
The West Coast Trade says THE
Washington pilots who are going to do
business at the mouth of the Columbia
river this season are building a fine new
pilot schooner, the Tubaa Cain, and have
chartered the schooner Loyal and ship
Dovenby Hall. They promise to make
competition interesting for the Oregon
plots. The Washington pilots have done
considerable work lately and no one can
deny that they promise to make conn
petition interesting for the Oregon pilots.
If, in addition to the schooner Loyal
they have, as u contemporary states.
chartered tine British ship Dovenby Hall
as a pilot boat. Isn't there q mistake
somewhere?
In the San Francisco Bulletin of recent
date a communication signed Neptune"
appeared In which 1t was charged that the
schooner Moonlight, which sailed from
Seattle for Honolulu about a year ago.
carried as captain an illiterate hodcarrier
named Ted Simpson, whose whole
knowledge of navigation was gained es
dtthwasher on a coasting steamer. and
the writer, who 1t appears was che of
the crew, states that Simpson claimed to
some wonderful method Of naviga-
zion, wherein he used two sticks to deter
mine the vessels position. 1t Is also
stained that the terms used were any
thing but nautical, that Simpson
once Claimed to have seer an iceberg in
the region Of the Cuff of California. The
purpose OF the ar'ic,e is to protest against
THE employment o. unlicensed sailing off,
GERS and to favor a law providing q rem
edy, such as Is required for steamers.
The collector Of the port" saws the
Commercial News, us now in possess6on
of "a number of large, elegantly bound
official sealing log books Issued by line
government; the captain of any vessel
clearfng at the custom house on a seal
ing voyage can obtain one free of charge.
The following directions to masters an
pear in the beginning OF the book: The
log Shall be kept up from the time. of
leaving port until reaching port aglln at
the end of the cruise. Under the head
ing of 'Remarks' for each day you win
reord the Following facts: The direction
and force of any currents encountered:
the number OF seats seen during the dav
their habits ali the time, whether eleep-
ing, hnning or travelling; whether the
seas taken on this day were captured
whEe Sleeping. filming or travelling: in
cage tine day was unsuitable for scaling
note the fact and explain the reasons
therefor; explain, 50 far as possible. the
circumstances CONNECTED with any un-
successfm efforts to spear or shoot SEALS;
record any additional facts which you
consider interesting or important, whether
they ella to seats % not. After enter
tng port at the end OF cruise, and before
binding cargo. you viii mike oarh 10
the correctness Of the stetements en-
tered In this log. and de.ivek the log toll
20 the collector Of customs; you will also
answer undeg oath the fus,5-aati0n re-