The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-22


The schooner Rebecca came in yester-
day from San Francisco, and was towed
over to Knappton to load lumber.
The British ship Forest Hall, Captain
Thurber, 1000 tons, left on Sunday for
Queenstown, fully laden with wheat.
During the next two weeks there will
be a large number of ships in port from
several foreign localities, and shipping
matters will be considerably more lively
than they were last fafl.
Nothing Hike the present run OF herring
has been seen on Cape Cod for years.
In nact, the catch has been too large
a g!utted market resulting. Prices nave
been knocked down to a ridiculously Tow
figure and earnings are small"
If ds reporked that negotiations are all
ready being made by San francisco par
ties with qoggers in lthe vicinity OF SteLCa
for another immense raft to be buEt
eaaCy next smting I'm the same cradle ais
was employed by Robertson and BaAnes
early this year.
News is received THAT the Norwegian
bark BreddabClk, Arnesen, master, foun-
dered near Uimpopo, just north OF Della
goa bay. South Africa, and three OF tine
crew were drowned. No date Is given
The vessel left Cardiff July 18th tor
DelagoaL bay. She and the captain were
well known alt this port
"A 7O-foot whace caused much uneasl-
ness on board the 1lttle sloop Startle
hast Saturday near the Isle Of Shoals
The rwthaGe was made angry by the at
benItlons of a "thrasher," which chung to
to its black. He followed the s.oop for
two miles, and uhen dis2ppeared to the
eastward.-FishiDg Gazette.
The Marine Journal of New York en-
tered upon the eighteenth year OF Its
existence with it's issue Of October 12th.
1t is one of the brightest maritime pa
pers published in the United States, has
good correspondents IN the principal sea-
ports on the Atlantic coast and Its news
can always be relied upon,
The bark Electra arrived from Alaska
last night minus one Of her crew. The
first day out one of the foremost hands
was sent a1oft to hep in unbending the
roretop- -gaLlantsatl. He missed his foot
ing, and falling to the deck below was
Instantly krred. Captain Verrey made a
thorough examination of ItGhe body, but
found life extinct. The body was buried
ait sea.
Ulndon w. Bates, Chicago engineer,
is now bnIilddng for THE government a
dredge to be used on the Mississippi
river, which, when completed, Will be
10 n
In the world. 1t has length of II feet
and beam of 40 feet, but these dimen-
siions scarcely give am idea of its power
and capacity. It's cost will probably ap-
proximate 100000.
The words ''stariboard" and '1arboard," /"
as used in THE nautical vocabulary, are
from THE Italian words questa borda,
meaning "tOnis sfde," and que.la borda,
'ittSat side" Abbreviated these two
pIlrtases appear as sta bordh and Ia borda,
and by the corruption of languages were
soon rendered "starboard" ami Tar
fbcand,' by the English sailors Years
ago ain order OF the admiralty discontin-
ued 1.-The use of "lagtboard" and substituted
port"
1.-Two of the oldest vessels in the mer-
chant service in the Uuited States were
recently moored almost side by side to
PIKE & CO.'S wharf In Calais, Me.-the
Polly built ait Amesbury, Mass, in 1905,
and schooner Hiram, buIft at Blddeford,
Me. The Polly has a history THAT few
vessels can boast of. Although but 81
feet long and of 4S tons burden, she cap
tured4 an English brig off Castine during
the war of 1919
The new american liner St. Louis
sailed from New York for England
on Wednesday, carrying the mails. Tn.e
trdp of the steamer inaMguTateS a postal
contract with THE United States govern
ment THAT Will net her owners $644, 500
q year for the ten years for which the
a9reetmenlt WIFI ho,1 good. These figures
were given on the basis Of one trip to
Europe each week by one of the COM
pany's steamers, the st. Louis, st. Paul,
PARTS or New York.
al visitor at Deal having been struck
with the hardy appearance Of the vet
eran boatnlen of the place, says the Pall
Man Gazette. ordered a prize for row.
ing unaJbcNi in which all competitors
should be over sixty years of age. The
result was a splendid race, in which
four totr--oared service galley6 competed.
The united ages of the twenty competi-
tors amounted to 1,446 years, the united
ages of THE winning boats crew peing
$40, ttl5e coxs,wadn's age being So.
The following item may prove inter-
eJUing to lboatmen: In raising a drowned
body a French Canadian proceeded in
this way: He supplied himself with
some glass gallon jars and quantity OF
urlsAacloed GSme and went in a boat to the
place where The man was seen ID go
doan One of the Jars was haff-fiflled
with lime and then filed with water and
tightay cora1ed. 1t was then dropped
overheard and soon afterward exploded
at the bottom Of the river with a 0oun
report. After the third trial, each time
ait different place, the body rose to the
surface.
The Heaune Post-Inteldngencer, in
noticing the return Of the u. s. 8. Pat
berson. saws. 'SThe Patterson also brings
am account Of how the Fort Simpson
Indians have approprfa ted the little tug
Portland, (which was wrecked, to their
own use. The tug, on a trip to the
Yes bay country, was hung upon a
sharp-podntAd rock, and her owners aban-
uopAi her there on the British coast.
The Gndsans in that locality belong to the
Salvation army, and. finding that the
vessel was consigned to the waves, they
removed nor from the rock and patched
up tine Leak, nd have now started to use
her on gospel errands. At her bow
waves the American nag, and at her
stern tbs British. At her masthead
floats the weu-known banner Of the Sal
walton Army. An observer remarks
THAT another flag would obscure the
boat entirely"
Cutting Packing Co.'S last e1rcu,ar con-
taans the following "SaSmon-The pack
fng and distribution Of this aEtlcie has,