The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-03

up yesterday morning, The funeral vi
occur tomorrow,
Mr. John carlsOn's cottage a, Seasid
Will be finished June eoth.
Buy your swee, cream at the Bon
bOnniere; It viii not fail to whip.
Special sale at the Bee Hive. Ladies
ready-made suits in covert cloth an,
serge.
Mrs. F J, Taylor expects visit from
her friend, Mrs, McNul,y. Of Portland,
, today, D..
The Foari & Stokes Co. have con.
stantly In stock a supply Of the fines,
ice, which they are prepared to furnish
consumers
Lsdies's suits and capes at nearly half
the original cost. This week only. at c.
II. Cooper's.
Miss Conklin and Miss Gresham. OF chi
cagO, arrived yesterday and are visiting
Mrs, A, NJ, Wheeler,
We carry fun line OF groceries At
the very lowest prices. Give MS a call
Pacific Grocery Co.
All Of the merchants yesterday report
ed good days business. Fish are COM
ing in. and so are the fishermen.
Chas knight. S. o. Aersey. Miss Min.
ME Moore. Portland; Geo. Arndt, y. Y.
registered at the Parker House yesterday.
Strawberries. strawberries, ) cents per
box. Direct from Mount Tabor, Mount
Scott and the Hood river region. At
Foard & Stokes Co.'S.
Strawberries took a tumble. as was pre-
iicted yesterday. We have 80 crates on
sale today at still lower figures. Ross.
Higgins & Co,
After the railroad grade is finished, oc-
tober /. the officials say it will take but
a short time to lay the rails and have
the line ready for operation.
The new moon made its appearances
last night. and according to the prophets
is dry moon. The crescent at least
was a beautiful sight in the early even
ing sky.
Mayor Taylor yesterday called a special
meeting Of the council TO be held AT
o'clock this afternoon for the purpose
Of considering the purchase Of a sum
cient number Of horses for the city lire
department.
Mr.. s. H. Maddox. Of Logan's Seaside
mill passed through the city yesterday
on his way to Portland He said that the
mill had again been started up, after
having been shut down for few days
for repairs.
When you want a real nfe-lllke 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.
Ross, Higgins & Co. are still in bust
ness at the old stand and will give
as good value for the money as anyone.
Entrance TO their store from east side
while street repairs are In progress.
John DanielsOn, Ed Hagarup. August
Baumeister. North Shore; c. W. Rich,
W. W. Heckard, Lewis and Clark; Will
lam Douglas, Buoy Depot, and A. ".
Lindholm, Young's river, were in town
yesterday.
Albert Kraus, formerly a butcher at
the roadway market, left for San Fran
cisco on the Jessie Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Kraus was one OF the most popular
men in the business, and leaves many
friends in Astoria
Yesterday was ladies' day at the bowl
ing alleys. Mrs. Troyer and Miss Arndt
| rnada the bGo,b g,o.os - 49, A., ., -ofz. ,
each. Among the gentlemen bowlers, G.
c. Fulton was high man, with score OF
60 points, being the second highest score
ever made at the alley.
Al. Belts, James Gleason, J. c. Epper-
| ly, C. r. smead. F. A. Knapp, z. A.
seeley. w. G. Martin, w. W. Sweeney.
Myer Abrahams, ]. c. Rathbone, w. J.
Burns, Portland; T. A. HennelIy, New
York; H. Gouldstorn, San Francisco,
were guests Of the occident yesterday.
Contractor Norrnile will leave this
morning for Tillamook. to join his part
ner Mr.. Fastabend, on the government
work at Nestucca bay. Mr.. NorrniIe VIII
spend few days there, returning to As
toria to look after work in progress here.
Yesterday he started a force Of men on
the Thirty-thlrd street contract.
Mr. johnson the well known florist of
Astoria, who has gained national repu-
tation by his scientific researches, has
returned to the city, bringing with him
many rare plants and specimens from
ais recent trip in Southern Oregon.
Among them is a snow plant, which f.
found near Grants Pass. This is one
Of the rarest plants known, and the spec
linen Is particularly fine one 1t has
been placed on exhibition in Conns drug
store.