The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-05

WEDNESDAY NORM
10 take its turn AT tho pumps, Il was
joyful hour whom We sighted lho 0oldo
! Gate can tell YOU"
Tho Wachusett will 40 Go the dry docl
after dlschargmg her cargo OF coal
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sTArG NEWS
Interesting Items Cullcd From urcgonf
Lcadlng Newspapers
orcgon has S;Sli gorolgn'bMp rsidcnts
which Is lNG per cent ot the states pop"
l0,lou,
THEW are now ~ incorriglhlc yo0th
confined in tho state reform school a
Solom and it costs the state SA1M Il
maintain this Institution and Nrnisl
electric ltghts for the Young ascNlS
Placer mincrs arc husy getting rcadN
Tor the spring run They have an as
surapcc ~ plenty or water and many
predict that the season viii coNmcnC,
\ rull month earlier than usual this year
--Bekcr Democrat
Captain W. w Saunders, who was sent
TO the pcui,cn,larv tor life rrom Linn
county for tho knitting OF ChaS, Campbell
and par,lopcd by Governor rennoycr last
january, has been appointed assistant
district attorney ot spokane and viii ht
married on March "a to Miss Minnie Ait
sun 81 jt ia reported
Parties who came up from Cascade
/ locks saturday say they can see "a rca-
( son why the locks should not ec opened
by March l. Tho construction work Ia
SO nearly completed that the contractors
/ have been able 10 dispense with about
I 10 hands that have been employed ON the
work--rtmcs-M -Mountalnccr
Wednesday ye editor dropped Ia TO ace
Grandma Burnett at her comfortable
homo on South q street and was pleased
to find her IN very gpod health. though
suffering from q slight cold she contract
cd just after her return from Salem Jam
uary Sth, To busy herself grandma has
been malSlng w number ~ towels, ana
she kindly presented VA with one, Val
ley Transcript
Mr.. James H. Miller brother OF the
famous peet joaquin, IS IN the city today,
Mr., Miller h one of The piouCrrs Ot
Eastern Orcror. having settled In the
Och0Co country when Indians were
thicker than iackrohh.ts, and when the
settlers life ami property wcrr continue
ally In danrcr re retains Jhr costume
OF tho frontcrsman. ana presents tho ap-
pearance OF haylpg btlongcd TO genera
tion ot, the past-paNcs Timcs- Mount
alneer
\ tramp printer and an round sneak
thief who was given couple Of days
work by The Plainjealer and also by the
Review, departed this morning for parts
unknown Previous 20 his departure D.
hurgled valsc and several other gytIclrs
from the Review office. and coat. hat
and umbrella from the plRindrAlcr, and
perhaps other articles OF value not yet
missed. some of the plumber was sold
TO the secondhand stores and has been
recovered. II captured be- VIII bc made |
an example f.-Plainjealcr
An output OF gold from the Bonanza
mine arrived In the city last evening IN I
charge OF sup, rlutcndcnt Gclscr The /
amount was not asccrtalnrj. The sus-
piciuus actions of Superintendent Nc.
Nally yesterday gave grounds tor the re-
port that the old Virtue had sent IN ant
other big gold cleanup and the Demo-
crat thinks the report e true. Nothing
definite could De- learned, however, as
Baker county mine sIperiuteudents are
H..fF. IHs z
times put ON a hook as wise as a wharf
rat when interrugStei for any news IN
which the public Is interested.
That the Virtue is q good mine. and de-
serves all the good things that can be
,ald about "a. does not Justify the follow
ng from an exchange; An lS-lnch
'treak OF quartz In The Virtue mine. near
Baker City. Is 50 Dtgr pure gold that San
Francisco jewellers I,y 81 an ounce for IL
Is Il comes from the mine The gold Is ,
20 thick that Il viii not 50 through the
Greens In the stamp MILL which has 10
,e stopped tn order that The gold may be
.oured out" The Democrat agrees with /
he San Francisco Mining Press when Il
ays such silly lies should bo lef TO bal
Don promoters OF wildcat schemes. No
miners would take any stock In such
tufl
The Roseburs piaindealer takes rather
peculiar stand on the Lloyd Mont !
emery hanging which tho following :
'ould indicate: The Albany papers are /
all OF the sckeuing deiniis o' the cXecu- /
on OF Lloyd Montgomery. tho parriridc. :
iatricide and homicide. yesterday at 5.iG
m. While this boy murderer In :
endlsh way. killed his father. mother !
nd Dan McKercher and IN all probabl- ,
y sent them 10 hell ~ the popular idea /,
correcD. be- has swung on to glory NJ h
lie end OF the hangmans rope. His i
urderous act was the means Of his sal
alton. FOR, had ne not murdered any L.
lc, he would probably have lived and n
ed In sin and been eternally lost \
Last "wednesday George Martin and the r.
oudon boys We're slashlng brush on Mr. !,
awards place About 20 o'clock they
ID n number OF trees ready to fall. says u
e' AumsyIlle Resord When the tree ii
at the men were working on started
fall Air. Martin stepped 20 one side O. T.
We another tree push, when one 4,
'ung around AMI struck him IN The side 4.
rowing him i,e or siN feet in the afr oi
ID breaking three ribs. TWO on tHc lr''
l. ard one on the right side s. r.
I -. W. Lou1on brought him porr
Il called DR.. Ransom. who dressed the
"nds and set the ribs As we 80 ~ f,
pa we learn that Mr. Martin is do'~r ..
nicely as could be expected under the ..
COUNTY COURT d.
he county cot t uag In session ycster- VI
Y, Judge Gray. Commis sloners Peterson ~
! Wooden, Clerk Dunbar, and Sheriff ~,