The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27

After that comes new iinoleums. wall
paper and oil cloths. Have you seen our
stock C. V, Porter. OLD Central Hotel
building Commercial street.
New tics Al Duubar's.
Los;-On Eleventh or Commercial
streets. a piece of music entitled Morn
Ing is Well Nigh" Finder will please re-
turn az once 20 Mrs. &, ", Fulton. as
I It IS needed at tonishrs entertainment.
This afternoon at O'Clock the silk Tag,
gig, Of the High school students. will oe
presented 90 the Astoria naval reserve.
The presentation will take place az the
I High school building and the public is I'M
viJed 90 attend the ceremony.
Among the hardest workers az the hrc
. wednesday were chief OF Police + Hal
/ lock and Captain J. Brown both old-,ime
volunteer fremen and experienced men.
They worNeJ with their coats Oh and
every lick they put in counted
n you have hides. wool. turs rags,
bottles. lead. brass. copper. bone, or any
kind OF Junk for sale, ship Il 20 r. M.
CASTOR. lO5 Fourteenth street, Astoria,
Oregon. or write him and he will call AZ
your place and get It. He pays cash.
The womeu's Relief Corps wish TO eN-
press their hearty appreciation ot the
efforts OF all who took par; Ia the splen-
ala entertainment last night yor the bene-
ht Of the naval reserve. and thanks 90 an
who attended ard helped 20 make Il a
success.
The gun boat Yorkton. 90 which the
Astoria naval reserve is said 90 be or
dered IS one Of the prides of the navy,
built In 1857. of l-l0 tons displacement l5'
knots SH2 horsepower. six s-inch guns
main battery and rapid FIRE guns. The
boys should be proud Of their assignment.
The hosts Of friends Of Mr. Frank Gum,
who for ten years has been the genial
clerk az the Occidtnt hotel. were much
pleased when they learned yesterday that
he had leased the Parker house and will
commence business for himself June T.
That he will have success is the wish OF
all who know him.
The service az Grace church will be
omitted this evening, as the rector will
be with Bishop Morris az Seaside for
service. Another service Will be held at
. Skipanon Saturday morning at 1881 Ser
vices az Grace church next sunday .Whii-
sunday ~ a. m. and ID a. N. Evening
service with confirmation al 7:sI
/ REMEMBER. THURSDAY MARI
|LUFFs FINE LINE or LADIES
/ SHOES WILL BE on DISPLAY AT
PETERSEN & BROWNS THIS HOUSE
Is JUST NOW EXTENDING ITS RUsI-
NESS TO THE COAST WHICH WILL
BE AFFORDED THE PbIVIT.EGES OF
THE MORE POPULJUs DISTRICTS OF
THE EAST.
At the Methodist church this evening
will be given one of the most unique on.
tertalnments ~ the season. Queen
Flora's Day Dream" will be- found TO be
something more than a dream. The adj
mission will be 10 cents and after the en-
tertainment the ladies Of the Epworth
League will serve refreshments az Is
cents The church has been handsomely
decorated for the occasion and large
attendance IS assured.
Tom Spencer. Jack Corcoran and a man
named Smith while going TO their seIn!ng
II "a.
ing. we're capsIzed at the Tongue point
eddy and narrowly escaped drowning. A
sail boat containing James Meehan ana
John Kearney rescued them and they re-
turned 10 this city early yesterday morn
ing. The boat was washed ashore at the
Tongue and wrecked
One Of the saddest tragedies In the
history Of Astoria and one that carries
a lesson with lt, occurred yesterday even
Ing on the Lurlina dock. shortly before
O'Clock, which resulted In the death Of
Richard Marion. the well known transfer
man. As Marion was about taking the
seat on a truck standing on the dock the
team started 20 go out through the mar
row alley leading 20 Bond street striking
the truck against the corner Of the build
Ing. throwing Marion out 20 the side,
crushing his skull between the wall and
the hind wheel of the truck 4 Mark
ham. Of llWacO. happened % be near and
stopped the team and assisted In picking
up the unconscious man and conveying
MIN % tha hospital, where he died In about
an hour Many on the dock at the time