The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-10

selling rs dressed chickens at y cents
each, and he has LIS to sell tomorrow
at the same price. Keep the good work
going on.
The following are the bids submitted
and opened yesterday for the improve
ment OF Sth street over the hill to
Young's Bay: :. Normile. $lN0lSls;
Corey Bros. & Co. $lOs6lsO; L. Lebaek,
ST.. 745SS.
When the steamer Queen left about 6
o'clock last night for Caldwell with
the Mckinley Clubs to attend the meet
ing at that place. she was well loaded
with passengers, and the crowd was
an enthusiastic one.
". f. Niles \. C. Barker, C. A, Tay-
lor. Portland; W, H. Wood. Rochester,
-. V: Capt and Mrs. Crabb, and Miss
Crabb, san Francisco; Mrs, Klarr, Fort
Candy. and H. S, Wooden, Jewell. were
at the occident yesterday.
The Uppertown and A~lderbrook Nc
Kinley and Hobart Club will meet this
evening. at $50. at their hall in Upper
town. Mr.. F. u. winton will be the
speaker Of the evening, and an inter
esting time is assured, Everybody who
can attend is respectfully invited to
be present.
The entertainment to be given tonight
by the woodmen's Dramatic Union, I'M
der the auspices OF the local camp OF
woodmen Of the World. promises to be
one OF the events OF the a The
comedy-drama Hickory Farm" will be
presented. and during the entertain
ment the popular Taylor Sisters will
give an exhibition OF dancing.
Mr.. A. G. Barker. general Northwest
ern agent OF the Chicago and North
western Railway. is visiting his clients
in the city. Mr.. Barker reports business
as unusually duh and lays the blame
at the door OF politics. He spent last
evening at Seaside in company with Mr..
Niles, Of the Union Pacific. Both gen.
tlemen will return to the city this morn
ing.
The county court yesterday was en-
gagged all day in the consideration of
bills. on petition Of his friends.
the court suspended tine commitment of
George Nicolas, who had been adjudged
and turned him over to his
David Brown, a native OF
Great Britain, and Joseph Rucich. a
Of Austria, were admitted to cit
.zenship.
Mr.. P. C~arstens. the boss shipbuilder
II the o. r. and y. Co, Portland, was
n the city yesterday. He stated to an
Astorian reporter that politics in the
metropolis, so far as he could see, were
IL right for protection and sound mon
y. Il have noticed that nearly all the
for free silver are those without
ny money in their pockets, and many {
+ them won't work when they can
arm money"
The Hon. ChRs. W. Fulton left last I
vening for Portland and q general tour 8
( Eastern and Southern oregon, where
e is scheduled TO deliver a large NUM- S
.er Of political speeches. Tonight he ?
ill address the citizens of Woodburn, !
nd his first eight engagements are in !
Oregon. From there ne will go
Southern Oregon and discuss the is I
ues Of the campaign in the various
Tecincts Of that district, !;
Matthew Matheison, a workman in =
IcIntosh's logging camp on Gray's rlv- /
r, while engaged Thursday afternoon s
n running a donkey engine, was very |
ably injured. The chain on the drum
roke and the end of it struck Mr.. =
Iathieson on the head. knocking MIN
own. Yesterday he was brought
yer in a fishing boat and placed in st. i
Hospital. 1t was reported last +
vening that he was doing we'll and ,
hat his injuries were not serious. ?
Mr.. Thomas Dalgity, who attended
he Bryan meeting at the Eagle can
cry Thursday night, says the accounts
published in the afternoon papers Of
he number who attended the meeting, !
we're ridiculous exAggerations. He says3 |.
actual count there were hut thirty
light people present, Of whom t%elve I
we're boys and four personally known to
i'm to be Republicans ana Mckinley
zen. After the needing was over, there
we're fifteen only WHO signed the roll Of
he club.
Yesterday Afternoon Chas. Nawn, an
of the Astoria Roofing Co.,
,hile at work on the residence Of Judge 7
ray fell from the roof to the ground, {
distance Of about thirty feet, striking I
n his head and hands. The shock I
endered the nan insensible for some ]
Ime and there was a slight conclusion
{ the brain, also internal injuries,
hitch it is thought will not result SER
1usly. Both wrists were fractured
lose to the joint, but were successfully
by DR.. futile at the hospital to
,hich place the patient was removed.
The steamer Potter yesterday after
Don made a special trip to Fort Can
y and brought over to Astoria Co. H., I
# the Fifth Artillery, Captain Crabb, .
commander. The soldiers leave on the
Columbia this morning for San Fran
.isco, and from there will transfer to )
Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, their
uture post. Major Kinzie, command
mt at Fort Candy. will remain at that
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