The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-07

Mr.. II. Anderson, superintendent Of the
Smiths point Rhip yards. will launch
lishtship No 80 between November "a
and Is
Miss Annie Gratke returned on the
state Yesterday morning from six
months visit with her sister in Oakland
California.
The masquerade bal given at Fishers
opera house last night was wen attended
and was one of the most enjoyable
given for some time
c. NJ. De somer, San Francisco; Fred
Reerman. Necanieum; Louis Halpf, Clif-
ton; stephen cauheld, Seaside, are guests
at the Parker house,
The George W. Elder Is due to arrive
here from Alaska tomorrow, She will
probably bring news from some OF the
Astorians now In the Kloudlke
The Columbine viii leave out at the
first opportunity, and place on board
llchtship No. 81 thirty tons Of fresh
water and twenty-five tons OF coal.
Fred's oyster cocktails are all the 80.
The oyster eaters OF Astoria are getting
so that when they want oysters they
20 to the Eatock after them. whyr
Because they know what they want.
The Northwest Construction Company
has received from New York set OF
seton railroad scales, expressly made
by the Buffalo Scale company for the
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad.
]. p. Esresenback. New York; L. \.
Loomh and Miss Loomis, nwaco; L.
Foard, san Fancisco; W. b. Stratton'
South Benp; A. Dejole. French bark
Du Gueschin. are guests at the occident
I.empi Aurora, aged s years, daughter
OF Matt Hendrickson. ot Deep river
died yesterday morning in Cppertown at
the residence Of F. Bentala- The funeral
win take place at Deep river on Tuesday.
At the teachers institute he'd at war
renton yesterday. Professor Mccormick
read very interesting and Instructive
paper and Mrs, R. NJ Stuarts paper on
Theory and Practice" was loudly ap-
plauded.
A number OF men from the government
works at Scarborough head came int
the city last evening on the steamer
Dwyer The force there now consists OF
about 100 men, and the work is being
pushed with all possible vigor.
]. A. Bender. OF Kuappa, while putting
in tide gates on his place yesterday, fen
and hurt his side quite badly. 4 phv-
sician was summoned as soon as p-s-
sible and it is thought from present
indications that the injury is not serious,
Dted-Daniel S. Elliott for num-
of years resident nf astoria. die, at
SS:aien during Friday night The remains
viii arrive at Astoria this morning. Tho
funeral services will be he'd at the Con.
gregational church at l:3O today. Inter-
ment at Greenwood cemetery.
The ship PhHomene. which arrived
down yesterday. had on board a sailor
who was shipped at Portland with a
broken leg. The captain OF the vessel
was very much put out about the mat
ter and telegraphed Portland regarding
It. He does not want 10 take the man
TO sea-
Logging camps all along the lower COL
umbla are just now filled with life and
activity The price Of logs continues TO
go up. and loggers are consequently
happy. Vast bodies OF timber land. for
several years past practically OF no value,
are certain to prove desirable holdings in
the near future.
No amount Of age or storing will make
bad whiskey good. It must be good
when made and must he stored in wood
and not in metal Cyrus Noble Old
Bourbon Whiskey Is stored in oak wood
barrels. This develops it's favors and
tonic properties These favors make II
delicious in cocktails. It Is the only
American whiskey OF international rep
utation.
The effective arrangements made BY
stevedore VIM. johnson at Flavel for the
coaling Of the Braemar. deserves more
than passing mention. Seven hundred
tons OF coal were placed aboard the big
Oriental liner in less than S hours BY
employing day and night shifts. A fig
O-foot derrick, handling four buckets.
did the work. Mr. Johnson says that
the next steamer will be loaded even
more quickly, as his machinery will be
in better shape. "-
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A remarkable record was made by Cap
tain c, L, Hoover, Of the German bark
J. O. Phueger which arrived in
Friday evening from Honolulu. The cap.
tain made the crack passage Of Is days. |
which would have been reduced to 1S
days had he been able to secure the sun
for observations. Pilot Patton, who
sailed the ship in after dark, also per-
formed another remarkable feat A gale
was blowing at the time. but he safely |