The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-11

where YOU viii n the best Of stock
and material.
oscar Wicklund, who was recently APP
= pointed cartoin ot the life saving station
at NaQuina Nav, left ON the stcamcr YES
tcpiay 10 take Chargc ot the station.
Quite a number NJ his friends were at
tho boat to bid him farewell.
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Contractor Normtle yesterday forward.
cd a larSc quantity Of supplies TO the
hcadworks at Bear Creek. WHERE work
mon are busy completing gaps In the pip
line The work Is progressing with ra.
pidity' and will shortly be completed,
one Of the indications OF the hard times
OF IS and ~ is the statement In the re-
cent report OF tho Interstate
commission that Tor the twelve months
ended June -. 1885 over NON railroad
employ eS were dismissed from service.
Professor Beggs has repeatedly been
requested Of late TO reproduce his Car
/ nival OF Nations" which made such q
decided hit some time ago. MIR. Reggs
now has the matter under consideration.
and Il hoped by his many friends will
again present this interesting perform
ance.
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Yesterday evening the pupils OF Profess
sor Jackson's room OF the Shively school
met al 7;@ 10 indulge In a spelling match.
The leaders OF the respective sides were
Misses Madge Sovey and Jennie Curtis.
Each had nino followers. and each won
a match in the contest The hour be-
tween : and 5 was very ~enjoyably passed
away.
Last night Pacific Lodge. No. Il. X.
Of p. Installed the following officers for
iN6; c, c, y. Clinton; V. c. s ]. Arri-
guni: p. Roht. WILDLY; NJ. OF W. Jens
Hansen; X. OF Rand s. a. 4. Clcve-
land; NJ Of F. Jas w. Hare: N. OF Ev..
E g Hughes: Mat A.. W. l. McCros-
Ky; l. Il. Il E. Topping; o. G, J c
, Clinton.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church on
Sunday evening Mr.. J. W Relcher will
repeat Dudley Bucks beautiful aria
Fear not ye. o Israel" This s. a COM
position Of the highest style OF music
the school OF oratorio-the recitative as
well as the aria requiring considerable
artistic singing 10 express the devotional
spirit, with which they are replete.
Mr.. ". n. Walker, a prominent mer-
chant Of Gray's river. and Miss Mary
Johnson. a well known society young la
dy Of this city, were married Friday
evening. Justice Abercrombie officiating.
Al the conclusion Of the ceremony the
happy couple received friends az the resi-
dence OF the brides parents. in East As
torta. Mr.. and Mrs.. Walker will leave
for their future HON next week.
Mr.. ". ". Corey. Of the firm OF CcreS
Brothers returned from Portland yes
terday. whittier he went on business.
While in the metropolis Mr.. Corey char-
tered a cotton barge. which will be used
for transferring rock from Tongue Point
TO the several camps along the line OF
construction. This rock Is use dior rip
rapping" purposes. and il to b. had In
large quantities at the above point.
Charles Johnson. the contractor in
charge OF the tunne above Tongue Point.
was brought TO his city last evening
with a badly lacerated hand. FUSED by
the expulsion OF a quantity OF dynamite.
DR.. Estes. who Is attending the sufferer. J
says the hand will be saved. but will
bear the marks or the explosion forever. {
Early this morning the sufferer was rest :
ing easily, .
One Of his friends yesterday aid that {
AAAAN AANNA NAAA NfAA1' ~ "a
the magnificent elk mounted by Emslsy
Houghton, and now on exhibition at the
White House. But for some reason Sam y
Harris got the drop on II. Mr.. Hamblet Z
proposed TO present the magnificent Spe ,
to the lodge OF Elks even u
though II became necessary to cut on .
the horns. let IT Town through the sky .
light in order to get II in the building. '
and then stick the horns on again. ,
Postmaster Wise reports n decided in >
crease in the receipts of the postofice, :,
last report to the postmaster gem ~
pral showed the receipts to be about
per annum The receipts rave in ,
creased until, in his next report. the post =
master will be able to record a stamp a
sale amounting 20 $1,000 or $4,000. About y
p.OO one-cent stamps and 10000 two-cent y
stamps, are sold annually, while the 8
OF stamps OF other denominations :,
bring the amoun to nearly. II not -
quite. 1909 per month. :,
The funeral Of the late Peter Brown, ~
who died Tuesday on board the steamer "
Miller, from consumption. while on rs
way from Knappa to St Mary's hospital,
n his city. took ilace from the undertake
ng parlors Of VIM. Pohl. a large num- .,
yer Of Greek and Italian friends Of the -,
were in attendance at the fu- a.
leraL. and two steamers were required w
o take the cortege to Greenwood Gene ~
cry. where the remains were inferred. ~,
rev. W. Seymour Short conducted the SER hI
ices. a.
The editor Of the Quincy. H., Re %"
lew. In a recent issue Of hat paper,
ditorially acknowledges the receipt OF
'uget Sound s%teelhead. packed in ice
which was shipped 10 him from Seattle
he article is Of some length and dwells
pom the superb quality Of the fish. TIL rel
leans OF Advertising the resources Of . IN
tate probably brings better results thar toI
other. and is one from which the de
river Gamers might take a cue J
the editor Of the Review devotes 2 III
aiding editorial to a poor Puget Sound ret
-eelhead. what would he devote to . ne
1yal Chinook Of the Columbia river rel
lie monarch Of all the fishes? A who'll WI
age!
Mr.. Emsley Houghton, Of Seaside. yes vie
rday morning brought to this city the
rgest elk that has ever been killed In 3
rs section OF the country. The elk was III
lied about four months ago on the =
evils and Clarke river by Mr.. Hough-
N, who has quite a reputation as an
k hunter. The animal when dressed
eighed about 800 pounds. The elk meas II
'es 0 feet 6 inches from the hoofs to
Ie point Of the horns, which are dec
ated with eight perfectly placed prongs
each side. The horns measure ) feet
inches from tip to tip. and the body
Z feet I inches in length. j. y. John
n, an old time hunter, says this IL the =
specimen he has ever seen. The \
final was stuffed by Mr.. HOughton, and
on exhibition at the White House.
1ere crowds flocked all day long.
FOR COUNTY ROADS.
Astoria. January Q, 1896.
editor Historian: While the citizens OF
torla have for n long time been bat
ng for ~transcontinental connection