The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-24

the beautiful building sites on the south
slope viii " Immediately brought into
the market lt h we'll known that
number Ot the property owners over thcr'
arc only awaiting the Improvement ot
the street, when they win commence To
erect residences
sunday Mr.. Ed. itlglcy, ot SklpNnon.
created sensation IN the village OF
Marrcnton by drawing a revolver ON
young lady, II seems that the younE
man was In Astoria ON SATURDAY ana
got full ot--somcthlng, lilo called upon
Miss Mary Loomls, a young lady whoH'
people stand high IN the town, and upon
whom he has been cndcaNoring Tor some
time TO torcc his mwclcomo attentions
The man was prrsiatcnt and nndlhk
Mlss l.oomis at the residence oi Mrs,
Morrison, he pulled out a rcNolNrr ana
informed her that uni ~ she married him
before today, he would XIII her. The
young lady did not losc her presence of
mind, hut releasing herself from Hisly
gave tho alarm and sworc out warrant
for his arrest before Recorder Appleton
ulglcy was placed In the warrcnton jail.
and bclnE unable to furnish bonds. was
held there for trial The case was SCI
for t:@ o'clock yesterday Afternoon, hut
dp to q late hour last night. no word had
boon received OF the result ~ the trial
Two folly trafnc racn from the Fast
spent Sunday and yesterday In the city.
They were McSSrs. Lansing r. Robin
son. gcucral agent, Duluth, ami 7 D.
Rook travelling freight agent, ftttshurE.
Pa, for the Union Transit Company The
company operates a tlctt " steamers on
the Grsat Lakes, between Buffalo and
intermediate points and West superior
and Duluth, These gentlemen ar nov
on their firSt trip to the Pacific Coast
having come out via thv Great Northern,
and will return via the Northern Ia
clhc They arc bright up-to-datr men,
and In the market for business, sunday
rhey visited the wr~rk 0lenmorag, and
Yesterday. Mr. Tappan. ot kinncys can.
merry. did the honors OF the city, The
gentlemen wero hrst shown through Kin
ney's large packing establishment, and
then visit WAS paid to the Pacific Can
Company. where the genial manager, Mr.,
+. T. Kendall extended IN, hospiiall,irs
OF his establishment. A call was made
upon Mr. Fox. at the Astoria Iron Works.
Mr. Tappan later In the afternoon intro
duc,d the visitors 20 Mcssrs Gcorga s
Barker. the Clatsop MN company, sew
eral canncry establishments, and showed
them several othsr points OF Interest
about the city The fast freight steam
boatmen returned TO Portland In tho
evening. thoroughly convinced that As
,oria is a city OF destiny.
Thad TrulllnGcr tells good story OF
Old logging days. Back In 1881 he with
fourteen or fifteen others, were In
camp In the dense forest near Wcstport.
The camp was rude structure of logs,
some forty fcet square, with a large hole
In the roof. over the central lrv place
and a kitchen In one corner, Now In
this kitchen. hangs tale-plg tail, Jim
Fong was Chlnaman In chargc Of the
culinary department lie was very brave
and among other things, rrlishcd bear
meat. The woods wtrc fun ct bears and
hard by lived particularly large ono
who was very fond of fresh beef and
mutton. Jim boudghJ his beef In quar-
tJrs and hung II up by ropc In a tree,
Every once IN a while a whole quarter
OF beef would be missing. besides other
small articles Of food. Jim went TO bed
one nigh; with his weather eve open.
and finally saw Mr.. BTuln walk up d.
liberately aud carry on a fresh quarter
OF beef Jim began TO get warm under
the collar. and dot trrmlned 10 have some
bear steak. That night he prepared u
large bundle of bones which ne had saved
Up. tied long rope to II, passed the rope
through the hole In the roof. and ti,d one
end ot It 10 his FOO, SO that II th- bear
attempted 10 walk IN with the bones ne
would be awak ned Along side Jr him
In the bunk was rifle loaded Tor bear.
Jim got sleepy and doscd on About ?
-
IN. bones-Jm went through the roof
The camp was awakened by the most
vriac yells, the gun went IN IN tho
scrlmmnge. and the boys thought they
had been attacked by Indians or other
providers They soon discovered Jim be
ing dragged along NJ the end of a rope
and quickly released him. The boss cook
got no bear meat. but had considerable r.
experience, and ever after stored clear