The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-20
AROUND TOWN.

have moycd'- Frd johnson,
china tca bells arc very pretty
nAintny Kept hands betokcn the lady.
Lamp shades Of opolesccn, shells are
ncw
J. r. Coulter Of IlwaeO. was In town
yesterday
Fancy apples and dried fruits CHEAP
pacinc Commission Co
NJ. Il. BlaGe,y. ~ New YORK. was "a
guest az the occidcm ycStcUlaN
J.. Michael, Of Stella, was In the city
yesterday. a guest at the Parker
The smart summcr-girl will have a
white hroadCloth tal0r-made costame
olonel stone OF Knappa, ealled on his
numerous friends IN Astoria yesterday,
A. J. Meek. OF the Lewis and Clarke,
was in the city yesterday purchasing sup
plies.
Rogers Chocolate Wocm Tablets des-
troy all kinds of worms. Children like
them.
The W. Z. T. L, will hold its u,ual
session today, AZ > O'Clock It Rescue ball
parlors.
Caters dubbed "Prunelles" by our
grandmothers are stin worn by some old
ttmey danes,
All visiting Elks. with the exception OF
II. Is. May and Tom Williams have re-
turned to Portland,
j. II. Young. George Taylor, 4, a. See
ley. c. c. Barker and II. Palitsseh, an
OF Portland. were in the city yesterday.
+. A. Schwahe. who has heen visiting
in Portland for several days past. re-
turned yesterday afternoon on the Tele-
phone
Another Virginia reel is in order. and
It is to be hoped that IL the same guests
are 70 be invited. football pads viii be
provided.
AtlOtlE Nuc EuNSAS WHO NNlllt'sltAANA AlAN'
bridal party Tuesday night TO Portland
were Mr.. Victor Peterson and Miss Ame-
liza Larsen.
Mr.. II. Gunderson and Bert Rasmussen.
OF Cathlamet. were in the city yesterday.
They visited the Knights entertainment
in the evening.
The front doors OF business houses
yesterday were Wide open to admit the
soft spring air. and incidentally any GUS
toners that might blow in.
Soft. cushioned chairs were largely ia
demand yesterday by leftover Elks, but
inquiry failed to reveal whether Heuborn
had sold a dozen or more or not.
When one stops to think OF South AZ
rica and China and Venezuela and Cuba
il doesn't seem as though the world was
turning many OF its swords into plough
shares.
Prof Orchard viii deliver free lee
ture at Carruthers' Hall this evening at
5:sO on the objects and aims OF the Order
OF Maeoabees. II will be very interesting.
All are invited.
Prof. Hebra, OF Vienna. asserts that the
sun does not produce freckles. They new
er appear, he says, in children under the
age Of six or eight years. whether ex-
posed TO the sun or not.
Richard Harry. who was arrestal Tues
day for beating his wife. was released
from custody yesterday after having fur
nished $40 bail His case win come up
In the police court this afternoon.
The first ladies OF the land in France I
are wearing boomers on the bicycle. A /
selvet collar or a dying end Of faces
finishes the neck, while jaunty. fGshy 1
lr overturned hat surmounts 5he whole I
Authoities on fashions in Parts an /
lounce that styles belonging to all pc /
icds of French history will soon appear
Ike unto a kaleid )scope. There VIII be
he splendor OF the middle ages, the elab-
'rate period OF Francois Premier. and /
he Louis styles.
Contractor Jacobsen and his corps Of
men got in another good day yesterday
md expect 20 be able to finish pile driv
ng very shortly unless another storm
,omes. The cylinder iron fo- the draw
ridge pier has arrived and the work
u finishing the foundations for the draw
$ under good headway.
The reports received yesteriay from the
'ailroad camps were to the effect that
he tunnel was entirely completed and
'eady for the timbering. Great strides are
Jeing made during this spell Of anc
weather. Twenty more men and a large
boat load OF supplies were sent TO camp
yesterday by Corey Brothers.
Apropos OF the many candidates and .
proposed candidates for the preslien- 4
.ial nomination, a local politician said .
yesterday: THE difficulty which con- /
'ronts most presidential candidates comes !
rom the awful fact that their boom .
$ apt TO change itself into a bomb long
lefore they get within sight Of the White
House"
There are many cases Of mumps
throughout the city, and what is pecus
lar, the desease seems to have attacked .
;rown people, both women and men,
more than 1t has the childrn. A number
II serious cases have been reported. A
nan with a sheet around his face viii
lot be an uncommon sight II all reports
ire true.
The atmosphere was 50 remarkably
lear yesterday that Captain Patterson,
rom the top Of Coxcombe Hill with the
I'D Of a glass. was able TO follow the
teamer Elder as she steamed down the
oast on her way to Sll Francisco. He
ays he does not recollect a day in Asto-
Ia summer or winter, when ;he air mas
zen 50 crystalline, and that it was a
'leasure to simply be out Of doors
II was 80 quiet on the water front yes
erday that old-timers did not know how
0 employ their time. Some of them
ould De seen watching the shores Of
Washington through a spy glass, pos
IDLY with a hope OF discovering some
hing new under the sun. Eager interest
;as excited as the steamers Telephone
nd Potter crossed the bay from Brook
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