The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-07-02
WARRENTON

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WARRENTON
L. WIN he held IN Rescue parlors at
> o'clock this afternoon. \ cordial In !
vitation is extended to all strangers,
City Surveyor Bell is busy locating
the road which win connect with the .
approaches to the ferry on this side Of
Young's river for the new Lewis and
Clarke road.
Taxpayers who have not received
their detailed lists from the assessor
should call at the assessors office and
have their blanks made out without
further delay,
The launch Claude h. Hanthorn yes
terday brought down twenty tons Of
fine salmon from the Cascades, All
canneries reported that the fish are
running better,
An intoxicated man. resisting arrest.
made a lively scene at the corner OF
Tenth and Commercial about o'clock
last evening. officer oberg, however,
secured his man.
Recorder-elect Williams win assume
the duties OF his office next Monday,
but Assessor Gibbons will not. as has
been reported. retire until the frst
Monday in January next.
The day mail arrived last evening
about 6 o'clock 1t is probable that the
steamboat companies will so adjust
matters that the mail service will be
a little better in the future.
II was rumored that the entire court
and jury will make a trip from Port
land to Goble TO investigate the dis
pute at that point between the Astoria
road and the Northern Pacific.
II you want a Tooth Brush, Nail
Brush. Cloth Brush. Hair Brush. Hat
Brush. Shoe Brush, Nursing Bottle
Brush. or Nursing Bottle Tube Brush,
go to Rogers, 45s Commercial street.
Mr. W. E. Niles, the genial travelling
freight agent iof the Union Pacific,
headquarters at Portland. spent yes
terday in the city He reports that
there is a very large crop Of wool in
Eastern Oregon ready for shipment.
Another, big raft OF piles will arrive
this morning for the railroad dock at
Flavel Contractor Corey Will leave for
that point today to superintend the
work. and also to look after the I'LL
which is being made for the Y at War
renton.
There seems to have been no agree
ment reached for the closing OF busi-
ness houses on the Fouth OF July.
Butcher shops will certainly be open
all day, There is no possible reason
why every business house in town
should not be closed.
A number OF passengers on the Tele-
phone dock last night, feared that they
would not secure a boat to Portland,
but the Potter, after loading at her
own dock, according to schedule, back
ed down to the Telephone dock and
took of the waiting passengers.
For the next ten days we will have
a special sale Of velvet, silk. and cloth
wraps at wholesale prices, the hand
soonest and best fitting shirt waists,
and a large line Of duck suits, and
wrappers at way down prices. l. Cohen,
Low Price Store. 49l Bond street. cor
| ner Eleventh.
II was reported last evening that
Mr. Jacob Kann says that he is pre-
pared to run the Lprline and Undine
in opposition to the combine steamers
for all there is in 1t, II he can't get
one dollar from a passenger he will
take fifty cents, and IL he can't get
co ha ,trfII
nothing. He simply proposes to do the
| business.
The officials Of the railroad company
are much encouraged over the report
made by Captain Curd OF the Narcis-
sus, that he had sighted the Fulwood
OFF the Horn. This vessel is loaded
with rails for the Astoria road, and
while two or three others are on the
way, she will probably be the first one
to arrive. AS she left England two
days ahead Of the Narciussus, her ar
rival ought to be reported very soon.
The report that has been circulated
as to the unaccountable disappearance
Of Mr.. H. ]. Weeks, Is believed by his
friends to have done that gentleman
great injustice. Those who are in a
position to know, say that he left here
with an invalid wife, and that his de-
tention in San Francisco is due to the
necessity for his constant attendance
at her bedside. His sister, who is maxi
ing her home temporarily with Mrs.
c. r. Thomson, resents very strongly
the imputation that Mr. Weeks abb
sence is due to any sinister cause Of
purpose.
Mr.. Freeman, one Of the proprietors
Of the Columbia Iron Works, is very
proud Of his new automatic bolt-head-
ing machine. He has contract for
manufacturing a large number Of bolts