The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01

lIAh uALLk AN1OitlAN, a
lea" and a paper BY Mr. James H., rem.
nlman, OF Philadelphia. On tho criminal
crowding Of Public sohools"
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Through the Kindness az ManNgcr John.
son. OF the Western Union, the wires Ut
the fire alarm system are being connected
with the Western Union lire 50 that herc-
after the song win sound automatically
at u O'Clock noon and at 4 O'clock p M
At midnight a watch party OF tho ON.
ployoS ot Ross. Higgins 4 Co, was held
in Eood old style. Stock ,akipK had com.
menced. and after tome hours OF hard
work, just as a new yca was about -
dawn, all hands twenty IN number ad-
iourned to Terp's and had an oysCtr sup
PER
\ gentleman who has lust ycturnNl from
California SAYS that e IL estimated that
the 1876 yield OF olive oil in that state will
mach TAM gallons hut the ind lstry Ia
stnl IN its infancy The department. ot
agriculture reports hat morn than SsNoM
gallons % olive oil "a annually imported
into the United States,
Mr.. Watts, OF Corey Brothers, came in
nom the railroad camps Yesterday to
spend New Years Nay. Tie reports things
as being u little damp along tho line and
hopes the clerk Of the weather Will favor
them with a little sunshine soon, lie SAYS
there have been emily two or thrc days
In six weeks without rain.
White Mathena. who shot himself in
the leg yesterday, WAS resting easy last
night The hall was withdrawn y,ster-
day morning by Doctors walker apd J.
A. Fulton. snd It Is probable tha. the
wound will heal without didlculty Re.
CARELESS Of repeated warnings boys never
learn 10 let firearms alone as play thlnes
Tonight the swell party OF the season
will be given by the Misses susie and
Flora Fillmore. The rooms OF the spacious
residence have been profuSely decorated
with beautiful flowers and as il Is leap.
year. no doubt the young men Of society
who will attend will he prepared to ac-
cept amy gifts their lady friends may care
to bcstow
In some manner the telegraph post IN
front OF Scymour's iewclry Storc, last
evening. became heavily charged with
electricity. and suon a crowd of small
boys was experimenting with a.. First
one and then another would touch Il
and experience that funny feeling Then
they ioincd hands and ono caught the
pole. all wriggling as the shock Passed
around,
Yesterday a warrant was sworn u for
the arerst OF a man named Daniel :.
O'Nenl. IN Portland. charged with lar
ccny. O'Neil was here a scw days ago
20 visit a prisoner In the county Jail. and
Il seems he took some articles belonging
to one 81 the prisoners, Tbs female pris-
nner friend OF O'Neili uuwittingly gave
the mater away. hence tho warrant Tor
his arrest
10 you know that Marshall 8 CO. re,
fuse To use many tons Of flax offered TO
them annually They select tho best
growth o~btainable and viii not allow a
pound OF ordinary fax to see the inside 90
their factories. That's why there's no
wine in the world like Narshal's That's
why threc-yourths Of the fishermen on
the Columbia River will buy nothing else
Elmore. Sanboru & Co. agents,
4 rough and tumble hsht took place
yesterday In front OF Ross, Higgins i
Cas- Uppertown store between oscar
Morton and q young fellow named kla-
ney. Bloody faces resulted. and TO say
the least, such exhibitions are not very
dicnined or credltahle TO the participants
The cause OF the disturbance, or who was
at fault could not be learned. but the
neighbors were Of the opinion that DIM
culties might better he settled by aybitra-
ton.
Thu watch night services at Grace Epls-
copal church last evening were fun OF IN
terest and were attended by a large num-
Der OF people. The fun choir assisted by
Rector Short sang two OF the Christmas
anthems, The rector In his address called
the attention OF his congregation to the
weighty subjects spiritual and inspiring
called up for the occasion. and asked
them to decide at the threshold OF a new
year to lead pure and cleanly Christian
lives. The DoNology concluded the ser
vice. at the close OF which Mr. Short
wished his Pensioners a happy and pros
porous new year. Communion service will \
be held in the church at 10 o'clock this
morning.