The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-04

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want an auctioneer :. Friedman makes
his Office at the orevon Trading CO.
Wednesday evening. the 5th inst. winds
up the S99o suit sale at Herman wises
luvcs, before you're too late
Mr., j. W. Wclch and r. l. Parker are
in Portland ON a business trip. IL was
rumorcd yesterday that the object OF
their visit TO the metropolis was to ne
gotiate the sale OF city warrants ~ a
premium,
Go to Elmore. Sanb0rn's sfiice and see
their new and handsome twine testing
machine Take along some OF the twinos
''as good as MarshSlls." in your pocket
and test them. Then see how much more
Marshalrs win stand. It's money In your
pocket and FISH in your net to ind out.
Captain j. H. Cottcy. electriclan OF the
Portland tlre department. spent Sunday In
astoria, and In company with Chlei
Green. made a thorough examination and
test OF Astoria's electric hre alarm sys-
tenn. He pronounecs the new system as
being superior to anything on the Pacific
coast.
Jas Weston and wife. OF the Salvation
Army. who were married few weeks
ago, have taken charge OF the dining
room at the Bay View Hotel. near the
o. r. and y. dock. II one may Judge
from the kind OF meals James gives his
friends. he is an adept In the culinary
art. He was formerly steward on the
Columbia Lightship Nc. 80
Miss Catherine Powell last evening re-
signed her position as teacher OF Room 5.
Adair's school. The school board has
placed Miss Fossett. OF Room 4. to the
vacancy. while Miss Amy Powell. Of
Franklin avenue school viii teach Miss
FoSsetts room. This leaves a vacancy
in the Mcclure school. which will be
filed at some future meeting OF the
board.
The steamer Elestric yes ardAy carried
a large quantity Of supplies to the rail-
road camps above Tongue Point. Mr..
Corey ard Mr.. Watts both went to
camp, and were accompanied by DR.. Tut
tie. who vas TO make a thorough in
spection OF the condition Of the health
OF all employees. \ number OF new men
were taken on yesterday, and II is almost
three are sent out TO the front
Most so-caiied salmon IwtnesH are coll
cred with acids. The acids rot the fbre
and render the material useless In the /
office OF Elmore. Sanborn & Co. is an OBJ I
iect lesson that ought 10 he examined by I
all fishermen. II is the whole OF the ma |
terial used in the manufacture OF Mar ,
sha,rs tw!ne-from start TO finish Go .
here and examine the color right /
through. You will see then why Mar
halls Is called the best in the world.
Perhaps never in the past has there
zen promise OF such a musical treat as
'ill be presented tonight by the .ipollo
'luh. The best local talent, we'll trained
or weeks. win present an Exceptionally
ne program. A concert grand piano will
e here from Portland at heavy expense
or this occasion. The acoustic properties
Z the Congregational church have been
FELL attested. and there seens to be
othinr lacking to make the concert one
Dng to be remembered
Sunday. being pleasant lay, a large
lumber OF people walked do vu 20 Smiths
oint to view the railroad bridge. IN
leasant day. were engaged more or less
4 construction. The piles ',etween
mith's point and the eastern rest OF the
raw, have nearly all been .lrlven in
lace. Considering the 1any mishaps
nd heavy storms which nave occurred
l the past few weeks, the Contractors ,
an be complimented upon the progress
.ade
Rev. J. J. Walter. pastor Of the Flrs, !
I. =. Church. Of this city. will deliver a ,
cture in the church on Friday evening
Oh. ZSth. on the subject OF THE Walled ,
ity. or -Four Years Among Criminals" :
lis residence Of four years as chaplain :
Joliet penitentiary. gave him data for .
marycllously interesting and instruct q
e lecture. All the boys and girls OF the
.hools should hear this and Friday night
as been chosen especially for their c@n- I
snleRce. Proceeds for the benefit OF the 7
lurch. :
). +. Higgins. Of the Astoria National I
nuk. said yesterday TO an Astorian rep ,
sentative. that the statement imputed i
him that the banks OF the city would /
'arantee raising the price Of city war /
nts 10 ninety-hve cents, so f1~ "a he !
as concerned, was subject to q! rrd-
DTS that the city take the necessary O.
cps 10 cancel outstanding warrants,
me OF which are now five ye1rs old. He (
20 said that so far as he knew, there ,
as nothing In the rumor that a non
INK was 10 be started in Astoria In the ,
mediate future. Il
School Clerk Ferguson states that there
a very lerge increase in the number a
school children since last year. From 4
yelfth street to Alderbrook school inclu- I
70. there we're last year, sos pupils;
ere are this year 1890, a gain Of 222. @
ON the Clatsop Mills to Twelfth street I
ere are this year $50 children attending a
1ool against 100 last year. The clerk a
$ not as yet completed the census. hav- a
: the John Days district and all that O
rtlon Of the city west Of Twelfth street d
enumerate. The increase in the latter d
rt Of the city viii he very great. II Is ci
ought. -
he accident TO the steamer Columbia
iterday emphasizes the fact that As
ia needs above almost anything else, )
irydock with & capacity for repairing
ssels Of large Dimensions. a gentleman
marked last night that he thought one
the first things. IN view Of the rapid
with in store for this port its unusual
,ources Of wealth, and extraordinary
ssibilitles that capital would first seek
erect drydock at one OF the many
table sites near Astoria 70 hold the
nmerce Of the world, is the alm Of
8 city, and a suitable drydoek Is one
the first means 10 that md
prominent lawyer yesterday remarked
1t while there were hundreds Of men
work on the railroad, above Tongue
int, at the Young's bay bridge and at
lrrenton. the county would get little
1eGt from this labor, nd the urge Z
counts Of money being distributed, an
g the farmers realized the situation and
,duced something that the contractors
I'D buy Tho thousands Of dollars
mt on the water works left little profit
the city or county. The groceries fur
he'd by Astoria 1oIses and the tools
, other implements by hardware and