The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-02-04

merchant, Portland, are visiting in the
city.
w. II. street, uf the Pacific Elk, Port. |
hand. spent the day visiting brother
Elks and inoidenteliy did little bus
lness,
Family tickets between Warrenton
Flavel and Astoria win hereafter be
sold by Agent Stone at the Telephone
dock
The weather was 50 thick and foggy
yesterday that outward bound steamers
10 wera abliged 10 lay over in the har-
Dor.
F. ]. Schoaeld. general landscape gar
dener and sanitary engineer All work
guaranteed, Leave orders at Astorian
ONCE,
CAPTAIN Jones' of the British ship
Dalcairnie, is laid up in Portland, sick.
and has not yet returned to Astoria,
4 as was reported.
Word was received yesterday that
Miss Jessie Jewett. who is visiting with
. the Misses Wagner, OF the Willamette
j Hotel. Salem. is quite Ill.,
John Smith, Seaside: J. ". Bum, T.
Hendrickson. f. E. wallace, Portland;
and c. II. Wheeler. Nehalem, are reg
istered at the Parker House.
Mrs. NJ. c. Crosby has rented the
house in Uppertown formerly occupied
yer by George II. George. and will move
in a few days to her new residence.
The remains OF the late p. Jensen |
were buried in East Astoria, at the
old chapel burying ground. large
IN conoourse OF friends followed the re-
" mains TO the grave.
IN william Heckard. Lewis and Clarke;
Jake Wilson. Skamokawa: a. NJ. Lind |
hold, Young's River; Howell Lewis,
n John Day: Chris Peterson. olney; were
II in the city yesterday.
Massage-Hot and cold water baths, !
Is- vapor and alcohol baths. combined with |
d. massage scientifically administered. by |
o. Mrs. NJ Abrahams. 4ss Duane street. !
Rheumatism speciality.
1t is predicted that Astoria will get |
the balance OF the rain for this season |
"a during the month Of February. Let
r. It coEne--it can't come too soon. seems !
ly to be the general opinion.
OIL Old-timers say that yesterday was /
~ the dullest day in local business circles
in many years and il is thought that I
the upgrade has been reached. and /
that times from now on will improve
Captain AL Betz. OF Portland. visited \
Salem the other day, and while there |
called on Captain Phil Johnson. He 1
says Mr.. Johnson does not know any |
one, and Is in worse condition than |
- when he left Astoria
Miss Buckenmeyer will meet her la /
dies class in the gymnasium at 3 /
o'clock this afternoon The lady has 4
met with great success and has for |
her class the Leading ladies in the city. {
The A F. c. has made a popular move
in allowing the ladies the exclusive
rights one afternoon during the week.
1t is understood that Captain Cork
: hill, Of the ship Crown Of India, con-
;. templates giving a ball on board his
magnificent ship in the near future.
The captain is royal entertainer. and
his handsome vessel is well adapted .
for two or three balls being carried on
at the same time. All three decks are (
i, smooth and in good condition. /
A clerically dressed gentleman. an I
u, umbrella and a gun were seen walking I
down Bond street yesterday. Just what .
that man was after, or whether he was /
looking for a lost text. could not be .
discerned by his countenance. one /
thing is certain, he narrowly escaped |
collision with post which might have
exploded the gun and killed himself .
or some Of the bystanders.
H. s. F. Phinney. W. L. Whitmore, Chi /
cago; j. W. Cook. c. S. Hodson, Phil. /
Hoensburg, A. B. Oehicke. Theo. Glad /
~ ding. Geo W. Simon, II. S. Campbell, !
ne Frank Hoberg, E. T. Johnson, Miss
Leewton, Portland; H. H. Hess. New
York; l. W. Cole New York; A. r.
no D. Patterson, F. W. Pettygrove, o. ".
Ne Riser, A. F. Elliott, San Francisco;
J. c. spenser, Clifton; c. c. Dalton. Il
waco were guests Of the occident yes
terday.
ay
The steamer Baker yesterday brought
down from Kalama a large lot Of dump
cars, fence rails and other camp out
-e nts to be used on the railroad work
40 near Rainier. II It was not for the
construction work now being done by
the railroad company, boat captains say
'A' they would have little or no freight 10
Vi haul. In spite Of the hard times, the
railroads have been keeping up their
business, besides branching out in con-
We siderable new construction work
Dr.
Yesterday afternoon the fire and wa
ter committee held a special meeting be-
he hind closed doors in conference with
lr- the foremen and secretaries Of the va