The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-30

I The special train provided for the hone
NJ Of sporasmen. and scheduled 20 ieave
on each Sunday morning at $50 a. m. FOR
Seaside and intermediate points, will ho
an apprecIative accommodation
with the hoard OF equal, and the
circuit court today. The plaintiff bases his
house this week. the county oficials are
not hndlng their positions the aHecnrcs
40 often looked upon by other people.
The hearing OF the contest case for the
city surveyors ofiice win be held In the
circuit court today. The plaintff basis his
claim that the present incumbent Is not
a citizen and no, eligible 10 hold Office,
The new night freight Tor Portland Il
being well patronized by business men ~
Astoria Under this arrangement oricrs
" be sent 20 Portland In the evening
s''S ",'-, ...,, I'd olled the following morning.
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Miss susie Gilmore rcceiySd ise nos-',
last evening. og a select and wellsstiended
dancing party, glven. In contemplation el
her early departure for California TO
spend the winter, at Fishers opera hedso'
Tho board Of equalization Is ssm IN ses-
sion. Many iaxpayers are aNailins them-
selves OF the opportunity Afforded GO raise
questions affecting the assessments upon
which the coming years taxes Will be
based,
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ThA waFR a Improving Exchange street
helNAsa Nlht6 aaa TValA has commenced,
The contractors have removed the OLD
planking and the street Is now impassao'e
on that block. The Improvement MAS
sadly needed,
II is rumorcd that Or. Barteu will re-
move from Astoria shortly after October
1. Il Is understood that the do,toe mas
received assurances OF fattering prae-
tice in one OF orcgon's principal aud most
prosperous inland towns.
The seows Dewey and BiE arrived down
from Goble yesterday loaded with lumber
The Biz has s0cO feet OF lumber for
George Bartley's building at New Astoria
and the Dewey has isNno feet for the
government works at Fort Stevens.
Acetylene gas has been Installed at the
alleys OF the Astoria Football Club and
also In the gymnasium. The light is a
very brilliant one and Is about onc-th I'd
cheaper than electricity. Besides this
material saving. much better light is fur
nished.
A fine specimen Of COtswold sheep was
received yesterday from Sanvie's island
BY r. NJ. CASTOR. II Is a i-year-old
wether and weighs 80 pounds. The sheep
is probably the largest In the county and
Mr.. CASTOR will take 1t to his ranch In
Nehalem.
For many years science has studied
liquors. Result. the whole world uses
whisky. II has proven the best stimulanl
and does not lnjure nerves and tissues
like coca wines and other drugSed COM
pounds. And Harper whisky is the ideal
whisky. sold by Foard & Stokes COM
pany. Astoria. oregon
The prevalent disagreeable weather,
with the heavy winds. works great
hardship on milkmen. who are now forced
to come across Young's river in small
boats. The completion OF the Young 5
bay bridge will make their work much
less dangerous.
The case OF f. o. Potter VS.. Margaret
johnson was on trial before jury in the
circuit court yesterday evening. The case
1 Is civil action TO recover w1ges for
work performed on a seining ground. The
examination OF witnesses will De con-
tinued this morning.
The test piles for the new railroad ware
house were being driven at the west end
yesterday. The ground was found to be
hard and the piles would break OF on
being driven about Il inches The piles
will have to be shod. and this will necessi-
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