The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-28

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The Astoria cricket team lost their
game with othe Port1andersoI yesterday.
The score was: NJ. "A. "A. G. 16S; Astoria,
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The attention of agents or organizers
10 directed to the local advertisement Of
the Independent Order OF Foresters In
another column
The Klnsle Brothers, OF Fort Candy,
will play q friendly contest game OF
tennis this week with Messrs. Wllkin-
son and Astbury of the Astoria clubs.
The city council has set Wednesday,
August Z, as the time when 1t will con-
slider any objections from property hold
ers to the proposed Improvements on 18th
street.
The Regular Army and Navy Union, OF
Fort Candy and Ilwaco, gave an excursion
to Fort Stevens yesterday. A large num-
Der attended and the day was pleasantly
spent.
Mr.. G. Wingate returned from South
ern Oregon yesterday and reports the
weather as hundred In the shade In that
country and says that he is glad to get
back to Astoria
Services at Grace church today as
usual. Morning prayer at II; Sunday
school at 1870; evening prayer at 1880;
evening prayer at Holy Innocents' Chap
ell, Uppertown at $3.50.
Thomas Boyle, the unfortunate logger
whose foot was badly cut Friday after
noon, is getting along nicely at the hos
pltal, though 1t will be some time before
he will be able to walk around.
A meeting Of the board Of fire delegates
will be held at the hook and ladder rooms
tomorrow evening. Judges and clerks
for the firemen's election which takes
place In few weeks, will be appointed.
On Wednesday August 18th, the sewing
society of the Norwegian Evangelical
| Lutheran church Of Upper Astoria, will
give a bazaar In which fancy articles Of
various descriptions will be disposed Of.
General Agent Finlayson, Of the Can
adian Pacific, was very busily engaged
| yesterday in entertaining a large party
| Of Canadian Pacific officials, whose move
ments are somewhat mysterious. Astoria
is surely on boom.
A small child while playing on the
steps which lead to one of the canneries
| in Uniontown last evening made mis-
step and fell to the under roadway,
distance of eight or ten feet. Fortunately
| tha child iniured n great
extent.
The run for places" by aspirants for
the Astoria hose team will not take place
| In front of No. rs engine house, as at
first intended. Some Of the boys are a
| little tfmid about the public seeing them
so they have decided to run In private.
| Bids will be opened next Tuesday for
the building of an addition to the court
street school house. The new improve
ment consists OF three rooms that will be
constructed on the south side Of the build
ing. The cost wlil be In the nelghbor
hood Of 5000.
Mr.. Steve Gragg, Of Nehalem,w In the
city yesterday He brought in about 1000
pounds OF honey and reports affairs very
prosperous in his section. He produced
so much hay that after filling his two
large barns he had to let the rest of his
ranch to be cut on shares.
The committee on streets and public
ways together with the street assessors,
win meet abSthe city hall Wednesday,
afternoon, August 7th, for the purpose of
reviewing and equalizing the assessment
for the new 18th street sewer and the
42 street alleyway improvement
Great clouds of smoke arose from
brush fire on the hills in the southern |
portion Of the city yesterday afternoon.
1t looked as II the fire was dangerously |
near the outskirts Of the town, but an
investigation proved that 1t was in the |
vicinity Of the Hustler & Aiken addi- |
tlon.
First N. q. Church. Preaching at II a. |
m. and D. m. by Rev. j. w. Bushong, |
d. d. Subject at II a. M, ''The Secret of |
Mans Shame and OF His Glory" At 8
p m, "A Woman's Matchless Song Of |
Triumps; by whom. and why" All most |
cordially invited. Seats free. ]. W. |
Buahong.
Travelling Auditor Anderson, Of the Can
duldl WIS III the City yesterday
on one of his flying trips. He said he was |
sorry that Agent Flnlayson did not owe
the company anything Yesterday was
Mr.. Anderson's birthday and he wired |
his twin sister in Montreal as follows: |
II am thirty, how old are you?"
Night Operator ID. w. Kyle, Of this city |
and Leon Fabre, employed In the Western |
Union, at Portland, did some very fast |
work Friday night sending the Astorian's |
salmon report to the Associated Press.
The average time for ten consecutive
minutes sent by Mr. Kyle, was 40 words,
within three words OF equaling Pollock,
of Hartford, Conn.,, who holds the worlds
record. Mr.. Fabre copied the matter
with a typewriter.
Two boys, both under age and belonging
to respectable families Of this city, were
run in by the police at an early hour yes
terday morning. They were roaming
about the burnt district In a drunken con-
dltion, when Captain HaAock noticed
them and made the arrest. Yesterday
afternoon Judge Osburn administered a
severe lecture to the young bloods, warn
ing them III ever again caught in a drunk
en- condition they would be sent to the
reform school. Upon promising never to
repeat the act hey were allowed to go.
An investigation will be made by the off,
GERS with view to finding out who sold
them the lntoxfcants.
Brigadler General Beebe, %. N. G., and
Lieutenant jackson, U. S. A., accom-
panied by Colonel Tuttle and Majors
Mel. Wood and Moore. arrived In AS
toria yesterday morning. On the same
steamer also arrived Colonel Summers,
Majors Gantanbien and Gaus, Lieutenant
Colonel Everett and Lieutenants Crowne,
White and Knapp. These officials, with
the exception OF Lieutenant Jackson, are
all members OF the Oregon National
Guard. and are on tour of inspection Of
the camps stationed at Gearhart and
Long Beach. The first named party vis-
ited Camp Summers at Long Beach yes
terday and last evening left for Camp
Gearhart. The other party visited Gear
hart in the morning and today will be at
Long Beach.