The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-14

have Fallen far short ot what they should
he tho iadles take hold of the mat.
ter and SEQ what they can do. II Is
Thought thar G tho ladies viii sell tick.
cts al one dollar each FOR an entertain.
meRt TO hc given to help out this iUpd,
tho athletic club viii furnish tho enter
tainmcnJ
Tho procession of tho sons oC Her.
mann IN masquerade yesterday after
noon. was the CAUSE % much mrrrimcn,
amongst the small hoys The dance given
by tho leader ol the hand ON Etftccnth
! and Commercial streets, was participated
I IN by the Youngsters with much htlarity.
/ The scrcpadc witch was rendered at ;hls
Z corner, was appropriated by the ON q
/ force OF Corey Brothers, the railroad con-
+ tractors,
I About " o'clock last night waterfront.
crs were startled hy Signals ~ distress
NON the largc Og.ental steamer AltmorV
/ which IS lying IN tho stNa0m opposite
FlaVe's wharf Investigation proved that
she had fouled her anchors and drtfic,l
Z mp on tho Hood tide In tho course of her
dviftings she struck a sand har far out
in the river. hut Il Is thought she viii get
on without difficulty, She is drawing y
( feet ; inches,
T The Sons OF Hermann hall last night
I was most successful afrair, Fishers
i hall was crowded. to the doors by Jolly
Z crowd OF Germans and their friends. Sew
cuty-six maskerS were On the floor and
many handsome costumes were cecn. The
prizes were awarded as follows: Best
dressed lady, first prlEc. Miss Lent Pen
nell; second Mrs, Bertha krihholn; best
sustained lady character, first prize, Miss
Rost Pcnnen. second. Mrs, shields; best
dressed gentleman. first prize. j. l. Carl
son. second. Antoine Gustafscn; best sus-
taincd gentleman's character, first prize.
JOS. Christensen; second. +. pamInt
The festivities continued until a late hour,
whom Master OC Ceremonies &. j. Curtis
declared the entertainment at an end.
The lockout man at the lo'nt Adams
life-saving station reports that ho saw
John Nelson leave the Bedforishire last
Saturday afternoon. and that he watched
him as he sailed up the river TN dark.
He says he could plainly see there was no
ballast IN the boat. as every time a gust
OF wind struck her. she would keel over.
necessitating bringing her up into the
wind. To another member OF the life
saving crew who was standing beside
him. the lookout remarked Low nicely
they could pick Johnny up u his boat cap
sized The lookout man further says
that Nelson was sailing up the middle
channel which leads to the belief that
his boat was capsiEed while beating in
toward the city against the Southwestern
that was blowing that night. This belief
Is strengthened by the fact that his boat
could not have drifted up to Prairie
channel had he capsiEed near DesdemonR
sands. The body has not as Vet been
recovered.
Chinese New Years Is being fttingiy
celt bratel by the festive small boy. In
fact. he IA 50 anxious TO celebrate that
he carries ON operations In school. though
uninteuJlonally in one case. Yesterday
Il lad about nine years OF age who at |
tends Miss Soyey's school brought quite !
- collection OF fireworks with MIN In |
the afternoon. consisting OF several
punches OF hrecrackers and lighted I
punk, all Of which was hidden away IN
The mysterious recesses OF his pockets. /
The usual quietness settled over the
school, and not sound was heard until. 4
about :tj. the crackers went on all in |
bunch, setting fire to the youthful en-
thusiast's clothing. He hal considera-
bic quantity OF prescnre Of mind along
with the crackers. and N few Jumps
reached the sink. where lhe blaze was
Socn eNtiuEuished. Beyond being badly
frightened the little fellow was uniniured.
As for the rest OF tn pupil. the event
was as Sood as q holiday
Yesterdays blow from the southwest
was the cause OF many amusing Incidents.
Not lady's hat was 'on straight" and In
several Instances they were not on at all.
Strong men made frantic dashes fer their
hats, while others. despairing OF over
taking their absconding headgear. trusted
to good fortune and passers-by fer a
safe return OF their wearing apparel. The
winds made no unjust discrimination, but
ladies as well as men lOnged for night
or-their hats. Umbrellas were blown in
side out IN fourteen different languages,
and around the heads NJ those who had
the misfortune to lose this very essential
idornment there appeared a little square
chunk OF dark blue atmosphere. Sign
sCards and tin roofs ratified as the storm
king trotsed up one street and down an
ether Judging from what could be seen,
he wind was coming from all directions
north, east. south, west. up and down
Among the notable people who sportel
umbrellas yesterday was
Bergman. who appeared to
hlnk the matter a huge joke put up by
Observer Grover. The individual who re-
1a!rs umbrellas reports a decided i'm
lroyement in trade