The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-24

exposition, IL Ia 60 be rvgrclted that IN,
packers It'd not give tho matter more at
tontlon. as the exposition aftoris an cx'
ecllcnt opportunity " advertising The ln'
dustry
The work of placing the foundation Tot
the new Page block Is progressing salts
tactor,ly and the contractors will soon
commence the construction work. Tn,
pillng has been placed In position and
strtngers are now being laid, Tho WORK
ot MOVING the building formerly oceuploc
by Charles Mcdonald to tho corner OF
Twelfth and Duane streets will be com
plctcd this week.
The bis Hamburg American frolghtcr
Brasilia Is az Baltimore. taking on a iLcNl-
ton cargo. the largcst ever carried from
,ha, port by a single vessel The cargt
will consist ~ grNin and general mcr-
chandise when the Brasllla sails she
will draw y feet of water. which will giv,
her only one foot 70 spare, the channel
lclding from the Baltimore harbOr to the
Chesapeake being bu, " feet deep,
( Pat tawler returned yesterday from q
/ hunting trip IN the Willamette valley. II,
says game Is not very plentiful thcrc, but
he brought back ever two dozen grouse
and quail. There arr somo Chinese peas
ants In the valley and Pat succeeded IN
bagging one of them. lie says he got II
alive. having killed Il on the wing Pa,
is going TO tame the bird and has Il
! proudly slowed away In his yard.
I Some time ago two Chinese were ar
rested at Fort Worth. Texas Tor being
/ illegally In the United States. The men.
IL appears. wcre raised In Astoria. and
evidence Is now being collected 10 show
that they arc not lahorcrs ana are en-
,ltled 20 breathe the air ot freedom, The
question as to whether or not Texas Is IN
the United states has arisen In their
ease.
Victor Hagcmau. charged with larceny,
was arragued before Judge Mcbride Ia
the circuit court yesterday FOR scntcncc.
The court Nas Inclined 20 De lcnicnt with
the YOUNG man ana sentenced him TO
three months imprisonment IN the county
Jail Hagsman is not naturally bad, and
will doubtless never again do anything
wrong. The 50 taken By him has been
returned to the man from whom It was
stolen.
one OF Henry shcrman's teams ran
away yesterday The team was on the
hill above ST. Mary's hospital. and for
some reason became unmanagcablc and
started on a dead run down the street to-
wards the river. The driver was In his
seat. but was unable TO cheek the speed OF
the frightened animals. On reaching Com
merciM street he sheered them partly
around. bringing them up against the cor
ner OF the Central hotel. breaking A
square Of glass In one OF the windows
The horses escaped with slight injuries.
some months ago Warrenton was all
agog over a shooting ARRAY. IN which
william Redner seriously lnjured George
Holmes. The latter and his brother Will
lam. Il appears, circulated report that
Redner had been criminally Intimate with
a girl living az Warrenton. Rcdner re-
sented this and the outcome ot the airair
was that he shot George Holmes. After
the shooting the brothers assaulted Red
ner. administering sound thrashing
The Holmes boys then caused the arrest
of Redner on a charge Of attempt 70 kill
u,hlfa Ra,fner brought two charges
against them. accusing them jointly OF as
sault with intent 20 kill and OF assaulung
Mrs. Redner, wife Of the plaintiff. The
grand jury returned true bills against the
Holmes brothers yesterday. and the cases
were set for trial on Tuesday. october g.
They were also held by the grand jury TO
answer TO a charge OF assaultng John
Matter. They entered pleas Of not guilty
in each case.