The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-02-16

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by Fisher Brothers, Call and be con
vlnced. Beware OF limitations,
Mr. A. f. King and wife returned t.
Tlwaco yesterday morning, having spent
several days visiting friends in the city
Last notice--only few pieces OF Or
egon bacon and hams left at Foard \
Stokes Co.'S at s and &c a pound.
Sunday spring flowers, ferns and
buds were discovered by those brave
enough to venture out in the wet.
Alfred Niemi yesterday died his dec
laration in the county clerks office OF
becoming a citizen of the United States,
Violets are again seen Sss street Orna-
ments with the ladies, though u is
NECESSARY to import them from Cali
foSHiia,
Several Of the local sports are serious
ly contemplating a trip To Carson City,
Nevada. next month to witness the
prize fight,
Henry D'Ena Is smicing down part
Of the hill near his residence and films
in his lot, The power used is fr'om a
spring on his own land and the appara-
tus is homemade,
The winner Of the prize saturday
night was enutled to round trip ticket
to Nevada. to witness the great boxing
contest. and will probably get sight
OF the two great athletes.
Mr.. O. Sovey left yesterday for Ross
land. r. C. the new mining town, with
a view to locating there. 1t is reported
that several other Astorians will short
~ leave for the northern town,
Judge Mcbride was too III to attend
court yesterday and did not come to
Astoria. Court will be opened today by
Judge Scearns> Of Portland. a large
number Of Jurors are in the city.
Il Is assertei tllat g large part Of
the debris being washed down OF the
hills to III the low ldns finds its way
into the river. there being no seawall.
and it is helping % tin the channel very
rapidly.
Given away, Given away Granite
ware worth 15c with every can Of Bak-
ing Powder for SOC. at Corner Grocery
and Commission House, ass Duane st.
See Yeoman for snaps Twenty-ons
pounds granulated sugar for 81.
II only Observer Grover would ack-
nowiedge the responsibility. he would
be the mos2-cursed man in Astoria for
the liberal doses of wind and rain tha,
has been heaped upon this community
during the past three days-thret
months OF rain and three days ot
deluge.
Mr.. ]. L. Leroy. OF Leroy Bros. wis
have just struck a rich gold ledge in tbs
Sharp's Creek Camp. oregon, was il
the city yesterday on his way 10 jolr
his bruther in working the claim. Thi!
new camp is near Bohemia, and is saic
to be very rich. the rock discovered b,
the Leroys twelve feet below the sur
face being literally plastered with gold
Contractor Normile was over from
Clatsop yesterday and reported that tn
work Of grading the city cemetery wa
about half done. and with good weathe
could be finished in six weeks. He de
clares that the grounds, when cOmplet
cd will be the handsomest in the stat
all the work being done in Al manne
on plans which are perfect in detail.
"Ole AntiOpe,'' as the boys termed tn
genial commodore Of the SO regatta
has arrived safely in England with hi
flagship. II is safe To say that Captai
Banks went into the English port Wit
che regatta commOdore's flag fyin
from the ma4nmast (or some othe
mast) for ne was very proud Of tn
bit OF cloth the committee presente,
him.
Mr.. NJ. Schmidt, proprietor Of tn
Hotel Occidental, Corvallis. and larg
property owner. spent Sunday at Flavt
and made a critical examination Of tn
house. He says that when complete
It will be the finest finished and mos
handsomely furnished hotel in Oregon
unless IL De the POruand hOtel. MI
Schmidt win probably open the Flav'
in May.
Chief Engineer Curtis and Genera
Land Agent GossIin went to Portlan
Sunday night % meet Mr.. Hammond
who just returned from San Francisc
and expected to have been here Sunda
morning On reaching Portland, how
ever Mr.. Hammond found several tele
grams which demanded his immediat
presence in Missoula and New Yori
and he probably left for those point
last night