The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-22

THE DAILY AST0RlAN,
Come to the opera Wednesday, Sep.
temher .. at-Fisher's opera house--Rosa
la southern Hepburn IN the part NJ
Little Duke, II only costs ~ cents.
Mrs NJ, A. Burnoll died Monday oven
ms after a lingering illness, The funeral
viii I've held at 1850 this afternoon aud
the lntcrmcut will I've made at Greenwood
cemetery,
when YOU want real lite-like and
artistic photo, don't fail TO call on snod.
grass, The work he is turning out now
Is ahead OF anything ever made In As
toria before.
Ole Relnseth, washougal; wm, sun
dnes, NJ, c, Chapman, san Francisco;
Mrs, {, W, Keetou, llwaeo; c, NJ, Faw-
cett and wife. Portland. were at the
Parker House yesterday.
]. {. MoreJand, Joseph Paauet. W. O,
| Schuyvcr. n. II. Murphy, Mrs. NJ. +.
Stuart, NJ j. Green. h. W. Colscn, NJ
{. George and wife Portland; ChaS $,
Levy, c, W, Ransom. san Francisco; c.
r. Hegardt, Fort stevens were guests
at the occident yesterday.
! The greatest musical treat ~ the selson
viii appear In Astoria September Is and
~ No colored troupe in America has
| had such unparalleled success as the
Nashville Students, II you must miss
any entertainment miss all other, hut
don't miss the Jubilee Singers,
Messrs, Do,iwell, Carnll 8 Co, the
agents OF the Northern Pacific Steam
ship CO. which recently closed contract
with the o. K. Il y. Co. TO operate
line OF steamers between the Orient and
tn, Columbia river, state that It has been
decided 10 place the steamers praemar,
Mogul and Pelican on this run.
The new book OF rules and regulations
Just issued by the Ae'a~ia School Board
is model. The little volume contains
many good suggestions 10 teachers and
practical rules for scholars. Etiquette,
nature studies. moral and physical cul-
ture. lines OF reading. hints on politencss
no. n hfa-
tory. etc, are fairly covered.
The United States weather bureaus
latest bulletin says that the prune crop 3
this year is the largest ever produced
in the state The weather in Western
oregon has been favorable for threshinS.
Hcp-picking. fruit-dryins, plowing and
seeding The experiments have demon q,
strated the successful growth OF sugar
beets containing a very high percentage
OF .accharine matter. The potato. carrot
and onion crops are reported to be i'm
mense.
Yesterday United States Commissioner
c. f. Thomson held preliminary exam
ination OF Samuel Tomllnson. OF skipa-
non. for sending obscene matter through
the mail. Tomlinson was bound over TO
the United States grand jury in the sum
of $500. and Theodore Cables and Joseph
Hatfield. witnesses. were held In ~"
bonds. All three were committed to the
county jail. and were last night escorted
to Portland by Deputy United States Mar
shall Stuart and assistant, Ainslie Hough- I
ton. ~
The street committee explains that IN
the letting Of the contract for the I'M
provement OF Bond street. all OF the CIT
cuInsiances were taken into consideration D
and that the contract was let TO the hrm
whose bid on all portions OF the work was
the lowest, and, in their estimation saved
the greatest amount OF money TO the
city. While higher on some parts ot
tho work the successful bidders were
so much lower on o.he- portions that the
total OF their bid was less than would
have been the expense Of letting the WORK
in separate parcels.
Perhaps few are aware that the moon
which appeared on the 18th was nc mar (
vegt moon. This name Is given because .
while nearly full the moon rises for sew
eral consecutive nights at nearly the
tyh aNnnlnLA
last for an unusually long tim. The
long. Illuminated nights afforded the yeo- .
nanry Of the higher latltudes an op- d
nortuuity for moonlight harvesting; hence .
the assistance rendered by the full-taced
satellite at this season long ago passed b
this period into tradition as the harvest !
moon.
NOTICE.
All Foresters are requested u be pres
ent at next regular meeting, Thursday
night, September %. Business OF i'm
portance. CHAs RING, c. r.
G. GUNDERsON, Sec.
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Gold Watch
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