The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-31

dc DeuHaen. fully laden with wheat, left
for Queenstown yesterday.
Tho three-mRsted barkentlne North
west sailed for San Francisco yesterday
morning with full load OF lumber
The four-maatod bark Glcncairn left out
FOR Europe with a full load OF wheat al
. o'clock yesterday morning In tow OF the
Relief
The steamer Ai-Ki came In from San
Francisco yesterday with a load OF
freight and left up the river for Portland
during the afternoon.
The British schooner Terra Nora. OF 81.
Johns, ~. r., is a total wreck on Nnd-
ham islands. sae has 5000 worth OF fish
on board not insured.
The steamer Empire will arrive down
from Portland early this morning with
full load Of freight for San Francisco.
She will leave out during the day.
The Pacific steam Whaling Company
viii build salmon canneries az Hunters
Bay. Prince Edwards Sound. and AZ
Chlleat work will be e9mmencel as soon
as the weather win permit
The British bark yarana. 1871 tons,
from Acapulco In ballast, IL outside the
mouth OF the river with Pilot Cordlnar
aboard. AZ O'Clock last night the yes-
sci was about thirty-aye miles of shore
British bark Edlnburghshirc Captain
Guthrie. bound for Cape Town. vas
towed TO sea this morning by the tug
Tacoma, says tho P.-l. TIE Edinburgh
shire carries the FIRST fuli cargo CT -four
ever shipped from the Pacific coast TO
Africa.
The mouth OF the river was smooth all
day yesterday, and all the vessels in
harbor crossed out, For the first time in
many months there Is not single ship
or bark IN the lower river within few
weeks, however. there viii be n large
Influx OF vessels from various ports
Sir James-lts den-ed odd. Donald! |
can't get fiSh over seven pounds, and
Yet they say that little higher up Major
Lyghaome killed half dozen last week
weighing twenty pounds apiece.
Donald-Awccl. sir It's no that muckle
odds the sawmon. Thao fowk up the
waiter are much bigger leears than we
adoon hcre-thRt's a,--English Fishing
Gazette.
The steamer Augusta left up for Port
land yesterday morning She viii take
aboard large quantity OF lighthouse
supplies for Cape Araga. and viii leave |
out for her destination with thcif as soon
as possible. Her commission on this run
has been caused by the wreck some
months ago, OF the old schooner Donald, |
which had up 20 that time. done the work |
OF transporting lighthouse necessaries for
some years.
The battleship Oregon Is now equipped |
with her battery OF S-inch rifles and is |
ready 10 receive her ls.inch guns In n
great emergency the Oregon could be |
placed In fighting trim within three
weeks, The iS-inch guns could not be
placed IN position for effective use within |
that time, hut the ship could make
good fight with her S-inch guns should
her presence In action be demanded, The |
oregon Is at the Union Iron Works. San
Francisco.
A new propeller, new anchor and new |
chains for the steamship Strathnevis ar
rived here today from England. says n /
Tacoma exchange. The several articles
were shipped TO Tacoma In bond, and the !
local customs officers collected duty or
them today. Fl,e propeller Is a hugo On,
and weighs l7a mounds. IL was msie |
In England December %, two days after
the Strathnevis was towed into Por;
Townsend. and is Is feet IN diameter.
The Strathnevis viii go ON the dock In a
few days,
The new pilot boat Jessie Will probably |
leave out this morning for Shoalwater
bay, where she viii be inspected by the
Washington commissioners and admitted
to the pilot service. She has all the me-
cessarv supplies aboard, and will take
out with her Captain Tatton as skipper,
ana Pilots Malcolm and Woods. 1t is
rumored that Captain Stream for some
reason or other, has fallen out with his
brother pilots, who hold Washington
branches, and that he viii not so to sea
on the Jessie
The appearance of the Jessie, as she
sits on the water, Is very deceptive with
regard to her size and dimensions, and
after once getting aboard of her the WIS.,
itor Is struck with her fine beam, ana
the comfortable and roomy quarters she
has for both pilots and crew. The for
are four staterooms aft, all nicely fur
nished, and communicating with patent
lavatories. The little saloon Is very nice
ly decorated, while the kitchen is large
and just as convenient as can be found
in any private residence With her yacht
lines and large sail area, the Jessie s
altogether a most desirable craft for the
purposes for which she is about to ne
used, and the Washington pilots are a
very lucky est of fellows to be possessed
of such excellent and desirable quarters.
The annual report OF the Boston Fish
Bureau, covering the receipts Of salt
mackerel during 1895, shows that the past
year was disastrous one for the mac
kerel fleets at home and abroad. The
season opened full of promise,
but foggy weather prevented gnod
catch even when the mackerel were
plentifuli which was not often Later
the fleet went to the Cape shore. but bad
weather and fog again interfered, and
the catch was almost failure, being but
little more than one-thlrd OF 1894 The