The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-03-26

az Tacoma asking Tor information con.
4 growth, Tho stVrvtary reported having
answered the lcttcr and statcd that he
! had sent him lot " printed matter
| besides, descriptive " the town, The
secretary also yVpcrtci and Rad q copy
/ ~ his letter written several DAYS ago,
/ TO the lighthouse hOapi, Washington, "
| c, setting forth the necessity and al.
vantagcs ~ the two rOngc lights asked
for IN Astcria'S lower harhOr No reply
has yct bc,n received 10 this letter.
e Anderson is down from Skamokawa
and reports that Nv Is making good
prOgrcsS IN the building " largc hoat
/ which he will use IN his seiniug oprra-
/ tious this season. Il viii bC one W the
/ hes; and largest boats on the river be-
/ inE luilt ot immense logs
Just rccelvrd large consignment Of
/ wall paper and room mouldings. by tar
/ the larvCst and best stock " goods In
| the city, now on hand, No house on
| the ccAst can uudcrseu MS, Fear this
| in mind Cal and get the proof ~ this
| assertion r. r. Allen 4 son. successors
/ to Il, +, Allen.
Frank Gum. the gvnial clerk %, the
| Occijcut. has received a letter from Jack
! Carruthcrs. formerly ot This city who Is
/ now tn an insurance ottic, IN GLASGOW,
! scotland Mr.. Carruihrrs says that while
| scotland is 4 pretty nice place, ht prc-
| tcrs ;hr West. and makes Inquiry as TO
| the financial cnnditon ot arairS, Nc Is
| getting along nicely and sends his re-
/ CARDS TO the boys
Mr Thomas Linvilc while assisting a
/ friend 10 remove a painful hUnIou. yes
tcr,lay established reputation as \ corn
| doctor He guarantees a cure Il the pa
| tient can stand tn pain. and makes NO
| charges Ter his services From the cV-
perience Of the gentleman yeStrlay it is
very probable that his Office will not bc
| overcrowdei with patients,
| An cdd old gentleman Wha lives IN
| London has srn trying Ind out what
| becomes OF all the millions and tens 81
| millions OF pins-bniSs pins, steel pins.
| hair pins and hat pins-that arr lost
| e, cry year \ shrcwd and witty Asto-
| rian Yankee solved that problem years
ago. What becomes of the pins" hc
said. Why they fall 20 the earth and.
u course, become ttrra-pins.'
The one theme OF discussion upon the
streets yesterday was the railroad. and
| the probability or lmprObabillty OF work
| being pushed vigorously this season
There were no two opinlones alike on
the subject but all who were seen
agreed that IL was high time something
was done by the city TO secure decided
action on the part OF the railroad com
pany,
W W. Corey. OF Corey Brothers. left
for Portland last night on the steamer
Telephone While thcre he will purchase
donkey engine and pile driver hammer
TO BE- used in the construction OF new
pile driver for the building OF thte
bridges across Tansy and Alder creeks.
The piles and lumber FOR these struct-
ures have already been purchased. Con-
tractor FastRbend accompanied Mr..
Cory on his trip.
The Anchor Saloon. johnson < Carl
son. proprietors. has been thoroughly
renovated and enlarged on saturday
night the grand opening will take place.
at which the finest free lunch ever serv-
ell In the city will be in evid me-. The
public Is invited TO call at this resort
The management is prepared 20 cater 20
the wishes OF the public In a saiistar;o-
~ manner and only the finest wines, IL
quors and cigars will be handed oyer
the bar.
The old reservoir on Irving avenue will
again be filled with water today the
repairs having been compile ted and rh,
new connections finished with the new
pipe line For the past few days the
citizens DOWN town have been drawing
water direct from the upper s,rvic,
pipes. Many people wondered what made
the water so white Tn high pressure
dlrec, from the Bear Greek pipes forced
air into the water. thus giving II milky
appearance.
Mrs ". W Kinney. stat rrcslI nj Of
the W. G r L., at the request OF n"
citizens Of Ware nton. lectured IN r.
Tuesday evening to large audience.
Her stirring lecture was onthusiasticall
received At its close a WarreLt9u W.
c. T. L. was organized. with fifteen
m mbers. besides several gentlemen as
honorary members. The new union VIII
he ably chcered by Mrs D. X. Warren.
president; Miss W Campbell, secretary,
and Mrs. Clara Parker. treasurer.
What could peop'e do. VIVA; would
life hc worth, without the precious barn
yard hoE. said well-known "Ommi.-
s.un u~u yesterday Her Dt Is hard
ore. hut 5fe is making desperate
struggle 10 Keep up with tn times
roi,.C; have no influence on her. AMI tO
~ H',er bosses except the farmer sNr Is
lndlnei At Since January /, h-i that
only two months pg1 the hons n
tins country nave 4 Inc tp 'nrI.fse
amount % york ana dcsstr. to graii-
tudr or the people. In the Nay' York
market alone over ore h"1'rD rr'lliou
~ have been recci''i ! raise my
humble voice to call cor i'r"a t1ftrs
for ,he bantam and lie 3ha'e e,n,
Mr.. e. ]. Corey Of Corey Brothers, who
Is just from ogden. Utah says that that
city is making steady Improvements and
that in fact the state Of Utah Is rapidly
progressing In all iIr@s OF business The
Pioneer Electric Power Company Of Og-
den Is now building a dam across the
stream some distance from the city in
what is known as ogden canyon. for
the purpose OF irrigating a large tract
Of land just opened TO the public A
pipe line will be run around the falls
and as the grade Is very steep, water
will not only BE- supplied for irrigation
purposes, but for the operation OF large
turbine wheels. which will generate cleo
tric power for car Inns, lighting purposes,
etc. The new electric railroad line which
Is about to be built between Salt Lake
and Ogden, will also be furnished with
power by this company This latter pro-
ject will make hot competition with the
Union Pacific and Rio Grande roads be-
tween the two CITIES. Mr.. BanniRar.
Of Providence. Rhode Island, has taken
Sl,5O,0CO Of the bonds, and the scheme
was worked up by the new senator from
Utah, Mr. Frank j. Cannon.
The example alone Of vicious prince
will corrupt an age: but that Of a good
one will not reform u-SWift