The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-20

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coma, Spokane, and the east Close con-
nectlon made az Spokane for Rossland'
Nelson, sandow and British Columbia
mining camps. For maps and Information
call on or address c, w Stone, Astoria
| Oregon.
Engineer waller, Of the government
engineering department. viewed the site
OF the Youngs BAY bridge yesterday, ne'
companlcd by the county court In the
afternoon they left for Bear creek ana
examined the bridge and county ROAD AZ
that place, A gasoline launch was char
tered for the occasion.
Articles Of Incorporation " the ROSS
Higgins Company were filed In the county
clerks Office yesterday with capital stock
OF $1,000 divided into 80 shares " S@
each. The incorporators are J. T. Ross,
], f. Higgins, H. {, Thompson. Il, Y,
Ferguson and {. r. Haradcu. The OBJ
iects " the company arc 20 buy and sell
real estate within the territory % Alas
ka, Oregon and elsewhere and 90 carry
on general merchandise business.
The newest thlng in ladies' sailor hats
in all colors. shanahan Bros
We have Just received the latcs, incan-
descent GAS BURNER, manufactured by
the Eureka Manufacturing Concern.
which will be furnished complete and put
on with the best mantle made, the
''YNALTA" for y50 Unsurpassed In T.
uminting power Needs no burning on
W. ]. Scully sole agent. yu Bond street
Creditors are notified that n. X, war
ren, assignee OF the estate ot I. W. case
deceased. viii make a Is per cent divl-
dend on April Is at the Astoria National
Bank.
Salmon continues TO run very light and
but few cases, probably less than five
hundred. have been put up. one Usher
man was out q week and did not take IN
a single salmon. 4 prominent canncry-
man says that IN ten years past. since
commenced. the tendency
has been 70 Increase the late pack and
decrease the early pack and that the law
should be amended to allow dshins only
from the first Of May 20 the first ot Au- |
gust, as April and August fish are not
very good.
The Bittner company presented MY !
Mother" to a fair-siEed audience. 40 Fish /
er's last night. Matte Choate as Mad |
anne Dubois and John Waldron. as NJ. !
were excellent. and their efforts
were warmly received. The spccialiies
we're very good, the performance ot the
Irish comedians being pronounced the
best OF the kind ever seen 10 the city.
lne Of the specialists was indscrcet
'nough 10 spring that old stuck for the
thinks" gag. but otherwise the Jokes were
lew and catchy. Tonight The Great
Diamond Mystery" will De played Il Is
roaring garce and will doubtless attract
large audience.
The government of Astoria dates back
o June s. 1886. when the first ordinance
ras introduced Of which there Is any rec
I'd. The book IN which the minutes are
ntered is about the size of an ordinary
O-page day-book. II Is well preserved,
kept that one Of the covers Is broken
n with few leaves attached TO Il. The
ignature OF John Mcclure appears as re-
order. The following is the first ordin-
nee copied from the minutes of the first
Meeting: introduced a bill or ordinance
or the purpose OF collecting revenues for
he sale Of ardent spirits, etc. which
IN after much discussion thereon was
ontlnued over TO tomorrow morning AZ
O'Clock" There was no record of the
Meeting next day II any was held "a the
appears after the above: June
s board met agreeable 20 adjournment
President. Parker. Welch.
3oelling and Taylor, On the inal pas
age Of the bill the yeas and nays were
allied for and decided as follows Yeas
barker. Boelling. Taylor and president.
loes-Mr. Welch." An order was also
made at the same meeting 10 whItewash
md paint the council room.