The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-25

Preparatory to the coming battle OF
ballots, County Clerk Dunbar and dep
uties are busy supplying outlying pre-
cincts with election paraphernalia,
F. ]. Schofeld is an expert at flower
and general landscape gardening, and
offers his services for such work at a
reasonable rate. Leave word at Asto-
rian office.
The funeral services over :he re-
mains OF Thos. Simmons, Of Uuiontowu,
will be conducted by Rev. ]. J. Walter
at Pohrs Undertaking Room at 10
O'Clock today.
The quarterly love feast at the NJ. F..
church will be in charge Of L. II. Pc
dersen in the absence OF Rev. Mr.. Wal
ter. who will be in charge of the funeral
services at Pohrs.
The run Of salmon in the last few
days has been very light and it is not
probable that the canneries packing
fall fish will continue in operation q
great length OF time,
II you want drugs or druggists sun
dries, so to Rogers, 459 Commercial
street. He carries a full assortment in
his line and sells at the lowest cash
price. Call and examine goods and
prices.
Mr.. c. E. Balm will commence this
week to grade his lot from the corner
18th street and Grand avenue, by hy-
draullc power, washing the dirt through
fiume onto a low lot on Franklin
avenue,
A. NJ. Gibson, VIM. Wallace, Boston;
J. ". Cook. Cecil Bauer. Judge Raleigh
Stott, Spencer Sulliger, Portland; D. B.
Hansen, San Francisco; B. A. Seaborg,
nwaeo, were guests at the occident
yesterday.
The biggest campaign celebration in
Oregon will be that of next Saturday
evening in Portland Thousands viii
be in line. and it is the intention Of
the Republicans to make it an unpre-
cedented event in the politics of the
state.
Mr. Fred Fox has accepted a position
on the steamship Elder and left last
evening for Portland on his way to San
Francisco. He Wsss accompanied by
his wife, who will make an extended
visit during the winter with friends in
California,
The Columbia HarbOr Land Company
is selling warrenton lots and a num-
Der of home purchasers are preparing
to build residences in that suburb. Evil
IDENTIFY they have confidence that sound
money principles will prevail week
from Tuesday.
The Chinaman who night after night
stands behind the telegraph post near
the Salvation Army headquarters and
halls the passers-by with the words,
say! say!r' while inoffensive, is very
liable to frighten ladies walking the
streets unaccompanied by escort.
A man Of business looking for a
good investment will not fail to secure
one Of those magnificent lots in War
renton now being offered by the Column
bia Harbor Land Company at special
prices only until the first Of the year.
The lots are the greatest bargains on
the market today.
Eight hundred orders for portraits
were sent from this city to Chicago this
summer, all Of which should have been
made at home. Snodgrass would like
to have the patrons of Cheap John
agents bring their portraits in and com
pare them with the work he Is doing.
When all others fail try him.
The new parsonage for the Scandina-
vian Lutheran church in Uppertown,
will be commenced in Uppertown this
week. This, with the Uppertown drug
store Of Estes & Conn, now under con-
struction, and several other buildings
also under way, will add largely to the
Improvement Of East Astoria
Miss Jessie Jewett, who returned yes
terday from Portland reports that pol
itics in the metropolis are red hot. The
torchlight parades are magnificent. The
new zouave company, $50 strong in
their handsome red silk Turkish cos
tunes, are unique feature Of every
procession out in the interests Of Nc
Kinley.
John Bunke, Theo. Christians, NJ. Ry-
an, Wallush; John Leahy and wife,
Olney; Olof Olsen, Lewis and Clarke;
James Thompson, w. H. Wilder, NJ.
Sorenson, North Shore; John Casey, Ar
vid Carlson, Mrs Johnson, YOung's
River; ]. Johnson, Miss Normand, Oh
ney; Miss Lindholm, Greenwood, ].
Chisholm, G. Crandall, L. w. Wright,
Walluski; we're among the visitors
from the country yesterday.
The wife and child Of Mr.. f. y. Bur-
leigh, the well known manager Of Ross,
Higgins &c Co.'S UppertOwn store, ar
rived yesterday from Luverne, Mime
sofa. Mrs. Burleigh made her spending
the winter in Astoria conditional upon
her husbands voting for Mckinley and
sound money. It is mOoted question