The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-07-30

| fingers almost cut OF by the machin-
| cry. The wound was a painful one.
/ but the little fellow is doing very we'll
and bravely stood the dressing of H.
| c. 3. Smith. the confectioner. carries
the only complete stock Of French and
American candles in the city. Prices
from lOc to $500 per pound All mail
| orders receive prompt attention. Fresh
candies manufactured every dag. fS3
Commercial street
| Fish. fish. fish everywhere. was the
cry heard on all sides yesterday. Eth
er its too hot or too cold. too wet or
too dry, there are no fish or too many
| fish. All should be thankful however
that there is so good a run with which
TO wind up the fishing season.
\ big fire was noticed yesterday az
! ternoon on the mountain side near
Crooked Greek. Evidently somebody
was burning over a large tract of
land. To say nothing Of the moral as
pect OF such affairs 1t seems a terrible
waste Of fuel which some day OF other
might keep many families warm dur
ing the long winters.
Captain Richardson, OF the Column
bine. will leave out this morning for
another trip to Destruction Island. He
will take with him Captain Fiske, Of
the United States engineering corps,
who will inspect the repairs and i'm
provements recently made at Destruc-
ton Island. They will return on Fri
day, bringing with them the workmen
who have been engaged there for the
past month or two.
The newest fad with the ladies. par
ticularly the younger ones, Is max
ing collections Of campaign badges.
The Independent girls take all kinds
Of buttons, Democratic, Republican,
Populist, Prohibitionist, and Free Sill
YER: but the girl who believes her
fathers politics to be just about right,
will receive no badges except such as
represent his ideas
City Attorney Curtis. in removing his
office from Ninth street, where his
rooms were on the second floor to
his present location, retained his old
sign, which read, "City Attorney, Up
stairs" Now he is in a single story
building. a man looking for him yes
terday, reading the sign got ladder
and went up on the roof to look for
the city law giver. 1t is safe TO say
he did not find him.
]. VI. Hughes, Fay Gerald, II. Was-
ner and w. p. swope, Of Astoria, Z.
A. Evans, ]. S. Sharp and L. II. Wag-
ner, Of the Chicago Portrait Company,
and F. r. Hughes, a newspaper man
from Tacoma, left yesterday afternoon
for Cannon Beach for a short outing.
The strangers Of the party have heard
often Of the superiority Of the oregon
beaches, and they came down to in
vesugate. The party go well prepared
for an enjoyable time.
Mr. @. Wingate, who returned from
Portland yesterday, stated to an
Astorian representative that busi-
ness in the metropolis is quite dull. He
was informed by a friend Of his that
the banks Of that city were refusing 70
lend money on the best Of securities,
and that they would probably continue
to do so until after the November cleo
tlon. The attitude Of Oregon politi-
clans on the money question has fright
ened the money owners to a more or
less extent throughout the state This
has had Of course a depressing effect
on all kinds of business enterprises.
Mr.. Wingate was of the opinion that
Oregon has had enough free silver al
ready.