The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-29


Chow Chow, Catsup. and vinegar In
KEYS, to he closed out Pacific Commis'
sion Co
Sal Get OF the f,rm OF sam Lung Sing
Company, accompanied by his family.
win leave on the next stcamcr for n visit
TO his home In China, Sal IL NJ, j.,
Kinney's Chinese foreman. and IL quite
( AmcricaniRed,
Business men, II you want 10 flN up
/ your oftce for the coming year. with the
best OF letter heads bill heads, state
mentS etc. call at the Astorisn Job ot,ire
/ where YOU will ind the best OF stock
and material
Yesterday afternoon Splro pragollch, a
| tcn.year-old hoy. had n narrow escape
/ from drowning While playing near the
| Clatsop Mills with several companions,
/ he fell into the river. hut was rescued,
with much dliilculty. ny his playmates,
From reports received by the COM
mlttec, the solicitors who are making an
cfgort TO secure contributions fer Clat'
sop county's proportion 10 the suosorip-
ton for the memorial 90 be rendered 20
the battle ship oregon, are making good
headway with the work
Go TO Elmore. Sanborn's once and see
their new and handsome twlne testing
machine. Take along some OF the twlnes
"as good rs Marshall's," In your pocket
and test them. Then see how much more
Marshalls viii stand. It's money In your
pocket and fish In your net to md out.
II Is pcrhaus not generally known that
during December last there were two full
moons Any one who Is good at figures
will discover that this Is possible only
once In a great while Yes. very great
while. for the last time there were two
full moons In one month was the year
Christ was born. or eighteen hundred and
ninety-tlve years ago.
The Young Peoples Society OF the NJ, +.
church. known as the Epworth League,
has recently elected new officers, Mr.. l.,
II. Peterson being the new president. A
new roll OF members was made last Sab
bath evening. when twenty-five volunta-
rily signed the roll with the understand
ing that they were ready to enter more
heartily into earnest church work.
Contractor Burke. OF the water works.
yesterday came down from Portland and
visited the tunnel He reports that the
laying OF the stave pipe through the tun-
mel commenced yesterday. and that Il
would probably take two weeks TO finish
the work. He also stated that experts
would arrive from Portland about Thurs
day this week. and make measurements
OF the concrete work done in the tunnel.
Yesterday Mayor Taylor. apTopos OF a
promise made during the recent city elec-
tion campaign, donated Block u. Taylor's
Astoria. TO the city for school purposes.
A school house I'm Uniontown Is an imme-
diate necessity, and the donation Is most
timely. At present there Is but single
school room In this portion OF the city.
a primary grade. and pupils further adj
vanced must attend the Franklin avenue
school
Most so-calied salmon twtneS" are col
ored with acids. The acids rot the fibre !
and render the material useless. In the |
Office OF Elmore, Sanborn & Co is an OBJ I
ject lesson that ought 10 ha examined by !
all fishermen. II is the whole OF the ma /
terial used In the manufacture OF Mar |,
shalrs twine-from start to finish. 90 I
there and examine the color right i
through. You will see then why Mar /
shalrs Is called the best in the world.
The Astoria Street Railway Company is !
now having two OF its street cars length I
ened The length OF the car Is at present |
about sixteen feet. but when enlarged /
win be thirty feet. As soon as the two
now being enlarged are completed they
will be put in service and two more cars
will go through the same process. This
viii greatly improve the appearance OF
he cars. besides making transportation
much more comfortable. as the cars at
present are just long enough TO jump
nicely.
Fifty-pound sacks Rye. Graham. and
Whole Wheat Flour. 75c Pacific COM
mission Co.
The high school students have fine
reat in store for their many friends
IN Tuesday evening, February II. DR..
Roland ID. Grant. OF Portland Will give
n this city his lecture on the Yellow
tone Park. II will be illustrated with
'ver 100 large stereopticon views, many
4 them in color true to nature. 1t Is
'ossible also that on Wednesday even
ng. February u. DIR. Grant will give his
Illustrated lecture on Rome. This will
q a rare treat to the Astoria people. !
nd those who have seen these views say
hey are beautiful beyond descriptions
Yesterday afternoon a gentleman con-
ected with Corey Brothers. the railroad
received n letter from the
Inion Pacific office In Portland, in an
wer to one which he had written to
abroad official In Ogden, Utah, askinr
Or a rate on his household goods from
hat city to Astoria. II seems that n I
stter passed through the hands OF the 1 {
Pacific railroad in some un-
manner. and was referred by
hat line to the Union Pacific. The tenor
Z the letter received yesterday. rather
ook the gentleman TO task for not hav-
x FIRST made his application to the {
'nion Pacific. which the recipient some
that resented. az being unwarrantable
Interference In his own business.
Mr.. W. o. Wheeler. agent OF the Katie \
utnam Company. Will arrive In Astoria l
MS morning to close n contract with q
Beggs for the appearance OF s
nat troupe in this city. The production Z
'hich this company will put on the
cards Of the Fisher opera house is
nown az the "Old Lime Kiln" a new
lay written especially for Miss Tr'ram.
is particularly adapted to her special :
ttainments as an actress and has drawn d
-owded houses wherever she has ap-
cared. II any entertainment which has
YER appeared In Astoria deserved a fun
ouse, this one should have the sign
room only" at the front doors. ]
ne thing is certain: Judging from the
,ports spread abroad by the agents OF
le companies which have appeared here
the past. Astorians must more liber- Z
ly patroniZe entertainments or first
ass companies will not come here at all.
he reports Of poor houses in Astoria
ave gone abroad, and 1t has been due
lly to the most strenuous efforts on the U
art Of Manager Beggs that the Putnam
ompany would consider an engagement
ere.