The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-13

Young Mems Mckinley and Hobar
club.
The Pacific Commission Co have &
stock $50 boxes fancy apples, consist
ing OF ~Bellenowers, fall Pipplns, Spitz
Newtown Pippins Rhode Island Green
ings, Northern Spy, and various othe
varieties at low prices,
Ii is said that Mr.. Charles Higgin'
and Mr. Frank Shields, Of the Astori;
National Bank. are about to let a con
tract for the building Of a cottage OF
the beach near Silver Point cliffs
where their families will spend the com
ing summer
AT the Mckinley Club rooms tonight
the regular weekly meeting OF tn,
Young Mems Mckinley and Hobart
Club viii be held, 1t is desired thai
there be a full attendance, and the OH.
GERS Of the club appeal to the members
TO one and all be present.
Mr.. Bracket, the advance agent OF
the Maginel-NIuIin Concert Co, who
was in the city yesterday. succeeded in
getting the subscriptions list opened
with a large number OF names, The
company is n OF the very best on the
road. and will appear in the city short
.ly,
A political speaker said yesterday
that IL was o much of a trick 10 i'm
perfume congress to make IS cents
worth Of silver worth one dollar in sold.
To stamp the name Of the government
on this piece OF money did not give 1t
value beyond its coinage or circulating
value.
Yes, We are still at it. White sugar.
twenty pounds for one dollar; good -four
seventy-hve cents sack. Just received.
our fall line OF dried prunes. apricots,
peaches, apples, dates, white and black
figs, Our feet may be "webbed." but
we move quickly at the webfoot Com
mission House.
II was reported yesterday that the
silver miner in taking his IS cents
worth Of silver to the mints and getting
stamped into one dollar. had a great
ver the farmer who, when
he took his wheat to the mill. had to
pay one-third of it for the grinding OF
the balance into flour.
The sermon delivered Sunday even
ing at the Methodist church by the
Rev. j.. ]. Walter, was n of the most
addresses ever heard from an
pulpit. The speaker appealed
to the sympathies OF his audience, and
defended himself and brother ministers
IF the city from the charge made that
The Thursday prayer meeting was a
Mckinley Club meeting.
At the meeting of the Press Associa-
ion held in Denver Of the Western ed
torial federation some two weeks ago.
IN effort was made to secure the next
meeting for Astoria, but New Orleans
captured the prize. In 1898, however.
can secure the convention. It
viii be a big thing for this city to have
eight hundred editors in its midst from
Ill portions of the Western states.
Mr.. ]. D. Higginbotham was in yes
.erday from Tillamook, with a drove of
Iixty head Of cattle which he sold to
'Iessrs. Preston and Warren. of War
'enton. Mr.. Higginbotham says they
Iced a railroad in their part Of the
ountry very much, and that il would
e a God send to Gods Valley If Mr..
would extend his line to the
'wer Nehalem. He says they are stay
lg by Mckinley in his district.
Frank Stokes and Martin Foard re-
lrned yesterday from Seattle, where
ley spent a week or two looking after
lelr interests In that territory. They
that three japanese steamers
ere very busy in Seattle loading and
nloading freight. Mr., F0ard was of
lie opinion that before many years the
lme steamers will be loading in AS
,ria. Politics, he said, were very
arm, but from what he could learn
IcKinley was all right in Washing J.
IN.
A well posted politician said yester.
ay that the present was one of the
est conducted campaigns he ever saw
~ That in his opinion the county con=
should pay more attention to
he outlying country precincts than has
cen heretofore exhibited. The people
4 the country want to know what is
that, and while the larger proportion
( them are supporters Of Mckinley, yet
hey will be glad to have good speakers
n their midst who can clearly expound
he situation to the doubters.
Yesterday was the thirteenth birth
Of Hattie Utzinger. In the evening
he young lady entertained a number Of
Ter friends and schoolmates, the fol-
owing being amongst the guests: Kin
ley Crosby, Lois Carnahan, Jennie and
Mary Nowlen, Rita Marion, Clare Ma
rion, Maud Stone. Eva Goodman, AL
gina Kirchoff, Bessie Reed, May Utzin-