The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-09

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Der OF the ladies werc out yesterday in
new and natty wheeling costumes,
A large diamond ring on the hands OF
well known Astoria business man yes
terday afternoon. made Commercial
street appear as u two suns wore shin
ing,
A man working on tho roadway In
/ Uppertown yesterday. almost met with q
serious accident the electric ear did not
quite run over him-it stopped lust In
time,
Mrs. Carrie Ray. Test and Business
medium. Readings daily In English,
Scandinavian and German, Rooms and
I 10, The oriel, Commercial street Read
ings 50 cents,
| Listen TO snatches OF street convcrsa-
: tion--the men are talking OF dollars. the
I women OF dress After ALL II resolves
into practically tho same thing. one
means the other. always,
/ II you are rich, yon have eccentricitles
or peculiarities and are, nevertheless, a
. good fellow; but II YOU are poor these
T same eccentricities are down right bad
habits and you are bOor,
The largest sailing ship aiioat has tust
been completed at Bremen. She is called
the "PotOsi.' IA a fNe-master, 81 feet
long. 80 feet broad. with a draucht of IS
feet. and a carrying capacity Of $50 tons.
The following Portlanders were at the
| Occident yesterday; VIM. Tarrlut. y,
| Posten, T. u. Honeyman, ], NJ Turney.
| Thos X Muir. S. H. Brown. ir.. VIM.
Church. Jr., NJ. NJ. Koren and o. u.
| Wolfe,
! The Knights OF Labor leader Mr. Sow
| ereign. called on the Fishermen's Union
/ yesterday afternoon. He was intrnluc-
ed and shook hands all around, and in
/ vited everybody to hear his lecture at
/ Fishers tonight.
Mr.. Emil schacht. the architect. has
| completed the plans for the Alderbrook
depot. The building will be very hand
! some structure and will contain comrno-
dious rooms for the transaction OF all
the business at that point
large number OF people yesterday
took advantage OF the fine weather
ana WdIhEu GOWN 10 LUf 1NlUA hlN
bridge, where they were much Interested
in seeing the iron work hauled up from
the barge and placed In position on the
draw rest.
Three ladies and a baby buggy block |
AIDED the sidewalk on Commercial street |
yesterday afternoon for about twenty /
minutes while the fond mother was ex-
patiatlng upon the good points Of her
captivating little one. Pedestrians, how
ever, had to walk in the roadway.
The Sisters Of the Holy Name, OF Port
land. who purchased the Taylor property
the other day, will return about the first
OF June and commence the work OF ft-
ting up the building for the new semi
nary. II is the intention to open the
school in the fall. at the time other
schools open. There Is a good field for
private schools in Astoria.
Bicycle riding on the sidewalks Is not
only inconvenient to pedertrians, but al
so somewhat dangerous. A gentleman
yesterday who was surprised by n
wheelman coming up behind him, who
objected 10 the foot passenger changing
from one side Of the walk 20 the other
said that II hcyclists would only give
the grass the next time.
The FISH market men are still COM
planning that Mr.. Seney the mikman
from Young's river, is selling salmon
and shad from his wagon to families
and II is not fair for him 70 do business
in that way and undersell those who are
compelled to pay high rent. They claim
that II he wants to carry on that kind
Of business he should take out ped
dler's license. as others have to do
Sheriff Hare left last evening for Port
land on the Telephone, to arrest Thomas
Freshet who should have appeared sew
eral days ago in the Justices court, and
who was yesterday surrendered by his
bondsmen. The facts were yesterday |
communicated to Chief Mimic who
promptly had the man placed In custody
and wired Mr. Hare to come on for him
The case will probably come up on Non
day next.
NJ. ]. Kinney and wife yesterday trans
ferred to Theodore Bracker and A. G.
spexarth Lot 2, Block 81, McClure's As
toria. The consideration vas 1880. The
property adjoins the city hall on the
east. Stuart Brothers yesterday closed
up a big deal, whereby they transferred
to a syndicate OF twenty capitalists 1872
lots on the west side Of the bay The
consideration and second parties were
not made public.
Referring to the telegram In ycster-
days Oregonian concerning the abandon
ment Of certain custom houses in differ
ent parts Of the United States, including
one in Astoria, Postmaster Wise explain
ed last night to an Astorian representa-
tive, that this simply meant that Uncle
Sam wanted to get rid Of n lot Of dead
property. The property to be disposed
Of in Astoria Is the old customhouse
building In Uppertown. Their eis little
danger Of the government abandoning
It's customhouse at a port like Astoria.
Mr. Samuel Brown, Of Boston, and L. |
B. Seeley and J. NJ. Turney. Of Portland,
arrived yesterday on the Gatzert, and
brought with them the architects plans
'or the new hotel at Flavel. 'rhe draw
ng Of the front elevation Of the building
was placed on exhibition in the windows
Jf the Columbia Harbor Land Company
md attracted much attention during the
afternoon. Favorable comments were
leard on all sides, and the building, II
ERECTED on these plans will certainly he
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