The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-07-04

reduction in prices Tor thirty days only, |
commencing today, First class work
only. Call and see,
quite crowd of Astorians are going /
70 Gray's River this morning for a ith Z
OF July picnic, Councilman Bergman !
and family, with a number OF friends, |
will be Of the party.
Yee on. on Bond street. told the I
small boys yesterday that he had the |
best kind OF China crackers and bombs.
Yee is evidently looking out FOR the
pennies OF the patriotic youngsters,
| II you want Tooth Brush. Nail |
Brush. Cloth Brush. Hair Brush, Hat
Brush, Shoe Brush, Nursing Bottle
Brush, or Nursing Bottle Tube Brush,
| so 10 Rogers, i5s Commercial street.
Button. button. who has the buttong
| Griffin & Reeds, stock Of campaign
buttons. sent out from the East, in
cludes many novelties which the boys
on both sides are wearing on their
coats,
A small boy, passing in front Of
horse on the o. r. and y. dock yester-
day afternoon, nearly had his ears
snapped of. The horse was bent on
play but the boy did not take 1t that
way.
Contractors Bayles & Palmberg yes
terday evening finished putting the
shingles on the roof Of the Hotel Fla
vel. They say they will be ready for
the opening banquet before very many
days.
The up-river boat last night had
large cargo OF freight, consisting Of
canned salmon. tin plate. tin cans.
etc, and a large passenger list Many
people are going to spend their Fourth
in Portland.
The steamer Electric yesterday car
ried a large lot Of supplies to the rail:
road camps above Tongue Point. and
the o. X took lot OF iron bolts, etc,
for the wharf at Flsvel. and towed
down another pile driver for the work.
There are many Astorians owning
A.v.ar tt+1,n u
believe in enjoying all the good things
Of nature by themselves, as is evil
denced by the beautiful bouquets sent
daily TO their less fortunate nclghbors
and the sick.
] Mrs. T. A. Mcbride and daughter ar
rived yesterday morning on the steam
er from Portland. and went over TO
Seaside, where they will spend the sea-
son. Judge McBrides son. who is al
ready at the coast. met the ladies at
! the railroad station.
One Of the first business houses on
| Commercial street to unfuri the Stars
and Stripes yesterday was Alex. Camp
bell The big flag on the top OF the
building. and the smaller one in the
window. protecting people of all ma
tionalities, attracted much attention.
For the next ten days we will have
a special sale OF velvet, silk, and cloth
wraps at wholesale prices, the hand
soonest and best fitting shirt waists,
and a large line OF duck suits, and
wrappers at way down prices l. Cohen,
Low Price Store. 4s1 Bond street. cor
ner Eleventh.
1t may be interesting to know that
the Fourth Of July is celebrated in Zu-
rich. Switzerland with as much enthu-
siasm as in America. Regattas are
held on the lake, and the large Amer
lean population there as well as the
Swiss people, take a day of in honor
| Of liberty.
The Outing Club will hold a picnic
today at Scarborough Head. Miss
Pearl Holden has sufficiently recovered
to accompany the club. A jolly time
is anticipated by the thirty-five or forty
members. The steamer Queen will con-
vey the party across the bay early
this morning.
Word was received last evening that
the work Of unloading the steel rails
from the sunken barge at Warrenton
had been completed Arrangements
have been made to beach and repair
the barge at once so that she can be
Awarded
Highest HonoFS-World's Fair,
Gold Medal, MldwInter Fair.
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