The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-02

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ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
There was no increase in the rum o
FISH yesterday.
The Potter made her first Sunday tril
down the river on the S0th.
The bark Coloma left up the rive
on Sunday in tow of the Oklahoma.
Over dozen fish boats are now unde
way at the various boat building estab
lishments in the city.
Three carloads of salmon were shippet
up the river by the o. r. & N. Co. las
night, averaging 500 cases to the car
load.
The Chittagong left out at noon yester
dhy for Yokohama and Hong Konk viz
Victoria, b. C. She had aboard 1900 toni
of flour.
+. C. Davidge, general agent for tn
new Columbia River-China line, CANT
down the river on the Chittagong as tht
guest Of the captain.
Al decision in the Lurline-Harves
Queen controversy will probably be mad
public by Inspectors Edwards and Nc
Dermott on Friday.
Captain Archie Pease, contrary to pre-
vlous reports, is still attending to hi
plotting work and will not take a posi-
tion on the Ocean Wave.
The loading of the British ship Rath
down will probably be completed toda!
and her captain expects to get away
on Saturday for Liverpool.
The lumber schooner Annie G.. arrived
In from San Francisco yesterday morn
ing. She will go up the river to Portland
to load lumber for Oakland, Cal.
The Waldport correspondent of tht
Yaquina Bay News says that the
schooner Mary Gilbert is coming towards
the bay at the rate of about 200 feet a
day.
Graham 2 Mays launch FAnchon is OF
the beae' at the Astoria Iron Works
She h' d her old gas engine removed
from y and a new engine of mucf
greater power Is being shipped aboard.
The American ship Alameda came dowI
the river in tow of the Ocl1lahama las
evening and anchored opposite Flavel;
dock She will leave out on tine 4tl
for Port Angeles for orders, going up Il
the Sound In ballast. Captain j. 7. Hal
crow was mate Of the vessel when sht
came in but her owners, recognizing tht
skill with which he handled her at ses
after the death Of Captain Otis, appoint
ed him to fill the place of the dead com
mander.
The Bailey Gatzert will be down from
Portland this morning on her first nigh
trip and will leave up the river again al
7 "a. m. The following is her list OF Off
GERS: Master, Crang; pilot, Johnson
engineer Paupeau; second engineer
Blackwood; purser, Donohoe; freighi
clerk, Pierce; night clerk, Hood; Stew
ard, Twinaham. The Telephones new
list of officers Is as follows: Master
Larkins; pilot, Shaver; mate, McCuiloch
engineer, Evans; second engineer, Hell
lett; purser, Scott; freight clerk, Oil
phant; steward, McGillis; night clerk
Tuttle.
When the steamer Pasadena was taken
out on the marine railway the other
day a curious discovery was made, says
the Humboldt Times. A sword fish had
evidently mistaken the vessel for whale
and had given 1t what to the cetacear
would have been a death blow. The mis-.
take of the marine swordsman must have
startled and Jared him somewhat from
the suddenness with which he hat
been placed hors de combat, for he left
a foot of his weapon sticking In the side
of the vessel. The sword was found
sticking from the port side of the ves-
sci about three feet above the keel In
the run at the stern of the vessel, and
the force OF the blow was apparent by
the fact that the bony weapon had gone
through four inches of planlxing between
the timbers. The weapon was cut out
by the carpenters and Captain Hamilton
will keep 1t as a memento of the tint
when his vessel was stabbed without hi.
knowing 1t.
The body of Mrs. Yung Ah Ho, wife ot
the late Hong Chong, of this city, was
shipped to China yesterday on the Chit
tagong by the friends of the deceased
The corpse was sent aboard in her
sealed casket and Is consigned
to firm of merchants In the city OF
Hong Kong. From there 1t will be taker
to Canton, and thence to Kong Chez Win,
a small native village in the heart of the
Sun Ing district of Southern
China--a journey altogether of nearly
six thousand miles. The bones of Hong
Chong were deposited in the same Village
lest October. The young child of the fam
lily, boy ten years old, will remain in
this city for five years under care Of two
guardians appointed in Hong Chong 4
will, and will receive a liberal American
education. When he reaches the age OF
twenty years, he will inherit between
S40, 900 and $4,000, the balance of his faith
er's property going to relatives In Hong
Kong.
The American ship James Drummond,
l479 tons, Captain A. NJ. Curtis. arrived
In on Sunday afternoon after a passage
Of 156 days from New York. She is con-
signed to Sutton & Beebe, and has aboard
a cargo of 1000 tons Of general merchan-
disc. In the vicinity of 80 south the ves-
sci ran into a series of heavy gales. Her
topmast backstays blew away, and she
lost two sails but no damage was done
to her masts. She left New York on Jam
uary 18th and had light variable winds
to the equator, with no northeast trade
winds. She crossed the line % days out
and after a series of light northerly
winds reached the River Platte. From
"a south latitude to Diego Ramirez and
thence to 80 south violent storms and
heavy seas were encountered, with gales
Of great force at short intervals from
northwest to south southwest. In the
South Pacific she got a moderate south
east trade winds till past 25 north, where
she caught northeast breeze and carried
It to 81 north. From 36 50 north, she met
with light variable winds and continued
fog till her arrival in port. She left up
the river yesterday in tow Of the Ochla-
hama. The Drummond, in command Of
Captain Curtis. made her first trip TO
Astoria five years ago, since which time
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