The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-11

tliN ANNNlNNs
The Astoria Military Rand was yes
terlay organised for business, II con-
sists OF about twenty members, with Mr.,
Joseph Gribler as managcr and MIR, J, H..
Kreyer as leader The band lad Its
first practice yesterday, and arc now
ready for business.
Another beautiful spring day visited
Astoria yesterday. and the clear condt-
tion OF the atmosphere enabled strangers
to get a good view Of the mountains rnd
the opposite shores of Washington The
water in the bay was calm and almost
as deep blue as the sky above.
Circuit court adiourns today and Judge
Mcbride will leave for his home In ore
gon City. where he will remain until
March 8, on which date the election
contest OF Richard Harry vs. Harry Bell.
for the office OF city surveyor. viii BE-
heard. on April s the osgood divorce
case will come up.
Mr.. Martin Eoffsinger. OF Florence. Or
egon. was In the city yesterday. He
comes from fruit country and says
that while the orchards In his section
are young and now only able to produce
enough fruit for home consumption. they
anticipate that in the near future they
will be In position to ship prunes abroad.
A full-nedged Lime Kiln Club In active
debate, In Foari 4 Stokes window yes
terday afternoon. attracted crowd OF
interested spectators. The president OF
the club with his gavel. the animated
orator OF the evening. the secretary col
leciinE unpaid dues, and the side re-
marks OF the audience. were all faithful
ly portrayed.
Letters OF administration were yester-
day issued to Recorder Gunderson, who
has been appointed administrator OF the
estate OF Pilot GrassmSn. The prop
erty, otherwise than a sufficient amount
for the payment OF taxes. will not be
disposed OF. in the hope that the miss
ing man may yet turn up. II Is a
hope against hope. however.
The Rev. Thomas p. Boyd Is drawing
large crowds at the Presbyterian church.
Standing room only was found last night
for late arrivals. No less than half a
dozen persons expressed a desire TO be-
gin christian life The tide OF spirit
ual power seems 20 oe rising sooner and
higher than the most sanguine could
nave hoped for. Services at $50 and 1:0
p. m. today.
A man is as old as his arteries. says
a well-known doctor. II they are soft
and compreSsible. the deterioratlng effects
OF old age have not yet appeared Dis
titled water Is recommended as a solvent
to act upon the earth salts in the blood
and expel them from the body. Apples,
grapes and bananas are rich in nutrition.
and do not contain anything which
causes the ossifying blockades in the
system.
Two little girls yesterday afternoon,
and a big rat. had lots OF FUN on the
rocks near Fifteenth street while the
tide was out. They placed a pastsboard
box on one OF the Hat rocks. with a
piece OF bread and butter under II. and
standing at some distance. were rejoiced
to see Mr. Rat go into the box through
crevice In the rocks beneath but
when they came to catch him, he skipp-
ed out on the other side and ran away.
Yesterday afternoon suit was aled In
the circuit court by ~. =. Merrill,
trustee, Of Albany, against the county,
James W. Hare, sheriff. and Harry
Smith, ex-sheriI. 10 enjoin them from
selling property On delinquent iSy2 taxes.
A temporary injunction was granted.
The matter will Soon come up before
Judge Mcbride, and will settle the valid
ity OF the contract existing between the
county and ex-SherlH Smith.
In the justice court yesterday Charles
Greene, charged with assault and hat
terry, was acquitted. The cases OF c.
Knudsen, Dahl and RAIN. charged with
larceny. were dismissed. there being no
evidence against ,he men. Miss Stella
Murphy, a courtestn, was on trial for
assault and battery upon the person Ci
one Julia Carlton. Miss tfurphy was
fined s. and costs amounting IN all "a
SIS. which she promptly paid, and Is
enjoying her liberty.
The contemplated improvement OF Jer-
ome avenue, is one OF the necessities Of
the day. and should be undertaken by
all means as soon as possible. The sooner
the better. This is the street connect
ing with others which furnishes the only
easy grade for a road lea ling TO the
water works and the Walluski. The ac-
cess to the country road has always been
in more or less bad condition. The pro-
posed Improvement will make a cOntln-
uous good road leading out OF the city.
and It behooves all who are interested
to see that work is commenced at once.
Boat Builder Louis Martin Is con-
structing a peculiar craft for Fish srman
Somes, who is in the employ Of Megler.
at Brookfield. The boat is a standard
Columbia river fishing boat, but differs
from others I'm that It Is fitted up with a
steam propeller, which will obviate the
necessity Of boat pullers. The engine and
boiler which are small and compact.
were formerly used in Mr.. Martins
launch, the Bertie. The engine is two
horse power and the boiler three. and
will give the big fishing boat a speed OF
four miles per hour. Sails will also be
used. and the owner expects to obtain
the very best results, besides utilizing the
time Of q boat puller in helping him to
handle the nets. BY this method It Ia
expected that one or two more drifts can
be made on q tide than by the old way
OF pulling a boat by hand. The Dalgity
Iron Works are fitting the machinery
in the boat.
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