The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-07

THE DAILY ASrORlAN, A
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closed the entertainment. The meeting
was largely attended by an appreciative
! audience Next Friday night tho club
will give a Stereoptlcon exhibition at
which an admission OF ten cents will he
charged
A slight accident occurred at Alder
brook when the Potter attemptcd to land
a lot OF cattle yesterday afternoon A
part OF the not.over,strong dock gave
way and nearly drowned the animals
Mrs, shelley lecturcd Thursday evening
IN Cppertown on phrcnology before a
/ tlons were given. the subject under con-
siderStion being, Marriage is not a
Failure"
Don't let the photographer Induce YOU
to pose In any but natural position,
The human snake business is all right.
on the stage. but Il viii probably make
YOU seem strange to friends unaccuStom-
ell to such contortions
The markets arr now full OF fine, fresh
Vegetables, received on the last steamer
from California. What pity that with
all the magniacent black loan soil In
Clatsop county. nine-tenths OF the vege.
tables must come from California
Messrs Fink RrOthers o( BrrOkneld.
are running their staVe factory steadily,
and most Of the time on turn and a
half The demand for their goods Is
very largo This speaks well for the
enterprise OF the Brookteld manufacture
ers,
Or, Stephenson. OF the Vancouver. Wp,.
barracks, arrived yesterday TO relieve DR.
Brooke. at Fort Candy. who Is quite seA
iously m and has been assisted during
the past fed days by Or, Walker, DIR.
Walker was enabled TO return to the city
last evening.
Collectors for the Aslorian will wait on
all city subscribers once each week. and
| considering the low price OF the paper,
| and the large territory which must be
| covered. It Is expected that the price
OF each weekly subscription. only ten
cents, will be paid promptly when called
| for.
The election OF delegates TO the Dem
ocraic county convention will take
place today. The polls viii be open from
noon to 5 O'Clock Much interest Is
manifested and IL Is thought q large
vote will be cast. The money question
Il Is said, will figure prominently in the
election.
A ship captain who was here few
days ago. presented a silver piece at one
OF the banks which In Mexico was equal
In value TO S in gold. but which. accord
ing our standard OF values. was worth on
ly a fraction over s. In Japan and China
the piece has the same value as In Mex
ico and st!ll the cry Is heard for free
silver.
Mr.. Emil schaeht. the well known Port
land architect. arrived In the city yes
terday. He anticipated opening bids for
the construction OF Kopp's new brewery.
but the past bad weather made Il i'm
possible TO print all the plans: hence. the
receiving OF bids will be postponed. An
nouncement will be made later In regard
TO the matter.
President Curtis, OF the Northwest Con-
struction Company. referring TO the tel
egram" from ClatskRnie concerning rail-
road work going on there. said that there
was small piece OF special work TO be
done OF which Engineer Root has charge.
and possibly employs eight or a dozen
men. which was OF 50 little Importance
that II was hardly worth mentioning.
The office OF the Asotria Land and In
vestment Company was ornamented with
another Irish addition TO Astoria. A free
hand pen and ink sketch OF the bay. AS
toria and Warrenton. was executed by
Secretary Smith showing in green certain
tracts OF land across the bay For It's
size II is one OF the most artistic pieces
OF work yet seen in any company's Of
flee.
Some people seem never TO be salts
fled. A heavy owner OF Astoria realty
was yesterday passing r. l. Boyle 4
Co.'S office on Commercial street, and
noticed that they had n cheap farm for
sale on their bulletin board. Apparently.
for fear someone else would get the farm.
he deliberately backed up against the
board. and carried the farm away with
him.
The annual meeting OF the Ten For Ten
mis- was held last evening at the residence
OF the Misses Sickerson and the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year IItSlttuls MISS NOTA NlChtfhOus
vice-president. Miss Pauline Mexican:
secretary. Miss Lou Rice; treasurer.
Miss Sue Elmore The club intend to
improve their grounds and contemplate
a very successful season OF tennis.
The japanese begin building their
houses on the top. The roof Is first built
and elevated on a skeleton frame Then
II affords shelter to the workmen from
the storms. The idea is a good one and
might possibly be used to advantage in
Asotria. II has been suggested that the
railroad company build the depot In that
manner and perhaps the ground for the
foundations would be placed under itI
later-ten years later.
In discussing the matter Of lighting the
city yesterday. well known councilman
said that he should work for the estab-
lishment Of the city's own plant as soon
as possible. He claims that a saving OF
nearly one-half the expense TO taxpayers
Will be made by utilizing the power at
the waterworks to run the city's own
plant II is estimated that the power will
be sufficient to furnish all the lights ne
cessary at present and for some time to
come.
Messrs. II. N. Lane. John Berg. and
VIM. Newsrum. Of Roslyn. Wash. are
in the city. guests at the Parker House.
The gentlemen are partners in business
and are looking for an opening In As
toria- Mr.. Berg says that business Is
very dull in Roslyn. The large coal mines
there are running only about two days
a week. their sales being very largely
hampered bSS prohibitive railroad rates.
The outlook Is not very encouraging In
that section.
Mr.. H. N. Quincy OF the Nehaiem.
was in the city yesterday and stated to
an Astorian representative that the Cald-
well lumber mill at Grand Rapids was
broken into last night and all Of tho cir
cular saws were stolen. No trace Of the