The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-19

sociation, and much good is expected as a
result ot their work, Next Thursday
evening Nhe regular weekly meeting viii
be held and big Attendance Is expected
The smoke from burning forsots Is
again ohScuring tho atm rsphcrc all along
the co'st, Astoria has not cscppcd. and
1t is more than probable that until the
fall rains commence the air here and
along tho river viii I've more or less
, thick and disagreeNblc.
I The yrcotcSt musical treat " tho selson
/ will appear In Astoria September y aud
n No colorCd troupe In America has
had such unparalleled success as the
/ Nashville students, II YOU must miss
amy entertainment miss an other hut
don't miss the Jubilee Singers.
/ Tho casc against Holm, " the Astoria
steam laundry. Tor mnrluSvm,nt ot tho
( license ordinance has been dismissed hy
the police judge It was shown that
/ Holm is mot now como 'trd with the
laundry wSich. since the arr,s. W ttoln.
has paid its license to the chief NJ po.
/ lice,
/ Workmcn are stin busy ON the Colun,.
bine at Knneys' dock, The engines and
machinery are being cnur'ly ovcrAlulcd,
ana painting, seraplpe, cleaning and gen
crol repairing arc gclnv on ios,do ana
outside the boat. when finished ,hc mid.
die " next week, she viii look like m
entirely new ship,
County court was In session ycs'yritv
nnd opened bids for the construction ~
4 bridge across Rig creek Tho fnlowiNg
bids were made: For building the hrl lgc
and removing stumps and DRIFT Th,m,s
Bush. $SS; James Cu>ick. sra. 'ch, same.
with So-toot AllS-Thomas Rush. Siu
James Cusick N65 The ,cutr0ct was
awarded To Bush, whose bonds were aNcl
at sScO.
Work on the tug RELIEF At Smiths
Point yards is getting along very we'll
It is no, probable. however. ;hlt the ship
will be launched before Wednesday. As
soon as the Relief is OF tho ways It
is expected TO pu, the san Jose IN her
place. Later, II the contract is exc.
cuted by the government, with the As.
toria Iron wo-ks. the lowest bidder. light
ship No. 80 will be placed on the ways
FOR a thorough overhaulng,
John, Ja~'c> and Michael Lcahy AMI
their families, Buuke brothers. John
Christiens. Chas, Peterson. Olrcy. David
Keete, Charles Wakefield. John Day.
Bur; Hir John ChitwooI Chris Edison.
A. Anymore. Lewis AMI Clark: \. plw.
son, ClatSop Mrs Henry Erickson. Fort
Stevens; f. u. Alden. Gray's R,ver; John
Raske, Young's river and William An.
drrson. Deep river. were among the visit
ors IN the city yesterday.
After spending six weeks IN hard work.
getting the evidence together pcpIty.
United States Marshal Stuart ves,erlly
arrested samual Tomllnsou. NJ skiplnoa.
AZ Fort Stevens. The charge against
Tomllnson IS that OF sending obscene ma.
ter thro gh the Uuited States mails. The
victim was the daughter Of Mr.. II. \
Abbot Of sklp0uon. The case viii be
tried l, ? o'clock tom rrow afternoon. be-
fore United States Commissioner Thom-
son.
Frank l.. Parker. W. a. Sheruln and
Mark Tlmson left last evening on the
Telephone, with their bicycles and so-
dacks FOR a ten days outing From
Kalaura they go to the Sound on their
wheels. taking In Tacoma. Seattle and
Anacortes. After spending few days
with Phil Cook at Anacortes. they will
return by way Of Olympia and Griy's|
Harbor. As the Sound cities have some
fine cycle paths It is safe to say hat
the boys will have some excellent riding
At the Columbia canncry. Uppertowp
last evening, Mr.. and Mrs. y. A. Sea.
borg entertained their friends. among
them a large number Of Swedish and.
Russian Finn fishermen. by an Informal
ball. The music was furnished by ono
Of the best orchasiras TO be obtained. ana
jollty and gaiety filled the hours until
midnight An elegant luncheon was|
served. aud the evening will be reniom-
bered by Uppertown and by all who par.
ticipatcd in the hospitality Of the host
5nd hostess.
The Janson concert, which viii be giycn
at Foard & Stokes han IN the nth n,
this month, promises to be the creates,
treat Of the season. Although fierr Jan,
son Is a stranger on this coast. he Ir
rapidly making a name FOR himself All
who have been fortunate enough to hear
him play are enthusiastic, and predict
for him a brilliant future. One OF the
features which makes Herr Jansor's
playing so attractive is his thorough un.
derstanding Of true tone formation and
tone production. The full round. sympa-
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