The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-01

ToDAY's WEATHER.
Fair weather.
AROUND TOWN.
SUNDAY.
The lark hath the message of morning
The cheer OF the day begun.
Mrs. A. ID. T. whitney
Try schrning's Best tea and baking
powder
Ice cream at the Par'Or
May Day-and spring flowers,
We use nothing but the best cream.
Parlor.
Nndwise-Mrs. Mary Make. ne Exchange
street
Bos, Ice cream parlOrs In the city at the
Parlor
Frank spittle scored IS at the club al
leys yesterday.
Mr.. John servis OF skamokawa was in
the city yesterday.
John Carr was fined s. for drunkenness
an the nollco court yesteriav
Frank Cook is arranging his seinlng
grounds for the seasons work.
Sam oliver was in from his selnlng
grounds yesterday He is preparing for
an active season.
Cali at the Parlor candy store and
see Professor Steele's Giant Pansies
Best ever seen In Astoria.
New crsp dried fruits. new crop raislns,
ngs and assorted nuts-all extra tine quail.
ity. at Ross. Higgins & Co.
At the High school alumni meeting last
night committee was appointed to ar
range for the reception OIL the ~ class
You can get box OF soap OF three cakes
for cents: a cake OF CASTLE and wash
rag for s cents; Rogers drugs tore: look
In our window.
Good table board and nicely furnished
rooms may be had at the Rucksr house,
corner Fourteenth and Commercial SITS.
New management
The merchants yesterday were kept
very busy putting up orders for country
customers. Il vas one OF the best all Z
around business days OF the season.
G. W. Dean. sklpanon: Sam oliver. Pn- [
lar Rock: A. B. Hughes, ouartermaster
Harbor: H. r. Cory. Shaw Co.; NJ. Wise,
nwaco. are guests at the Parker house,
When going east travel on the North .
ern Pacific railway. Quick time and the
only line running dining cars. Train I
leaves Portland daily at Il o'clock a m.
The infant son OF John Hendrickson OF
Unioniown died yesterday morning at l .
O'Clock. The funeral viii be held from
the family residence at o'clock this AZ
ternoon.
The Louvre is doing land-ofice busl-
ness. Between shaw's Malt and two new
musical artists. large crowds are at
tracted nightly. The concerts are above
the average.
There was general complaint yesterday
amongst the democrats over the fusion
ticket nominated and the hope was ex-
pressed that a strong independent ticket
would be put in the field.
Now is the time for spring cleaning
After that comes new llnoleums. wall
paper and oil cloths. Have you seen our
stock? G. V. Porter. old Central Hotel
building. Commercial street
McAllen & Mcdonnell will inaugurate
a special sale on Monday. Ladies wrap
pers. 30 cents; ladies' tailor-made skirts.
$50 TO $50; dress goods, Is cents, value
for . cents; wash goods, 10 cents, worth
Is and % cents.
II you have hides. wool. rurs. rags.
bone, or any kind Of Junk for sale. ship
1t to r. N. Castor. l05 Fourteenth street,
Astoria. Oregon. or write him and he will
call at your place and get it. He pays
cash.
Fred W. Smyth, r. L. Sabin. Portland;
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Frost. Chicago; ].
E. Benedict. Tacoma: J. c. Martin Roch-
ester. n. Y; Alfred ulingsworth. Brad
ford, England, are guests at the Occi-
dent.
The park committee Of the A p. c. a.
yesterday visited the site for the new
park with Florist Johnson. who mapped
out the plan for the development OF the
grounds The committee is confident that
It will be able to do much good work
this season.
Postmaster Wise is the owner Of
purse that is worked by a double COM
bination and a puzzle to be opened. The
first one is simple enough, but the second
combination is the conunurum. The pock-
ct book has engraved on II the business
card Of Mr.. Wise.
Northern Pacific railroad trains leave
Portland daily at II o'clock a. m. for Ia
coma. Spokane. and the east. Close con-
nection made at Spokane for Rossland.
Nelson, Sandow and British Columbia
mining camps. For maps and information
call on or address c. W. Stone. Astoria.
Oregon.
At $50 o'clock last evening Miss Ethel
Daisy Winton and Mr.. George d. Con-
nor were united in marriage by the Rev.
Father Dielman. Mr.. ConnOr is the agent
Of the ]. r. & y. Co. at llwaco, where ,
the happy couple will have their future A.,
home. The bride was handsomely attired
and the ceremony was performed in the
presence Of a large number Of friends OF
the contracting parties.
About sixty men are employed at the
government fortlhcati0ns at Scarborough
head. The work Of placing in position
one Of the two guns that were recently "a
sent there is delayed, the carriage for it
not yet having arrived. The guns are s. r
inch bore and about twenty feet long II 4
the fortifcatlons at the mouth Of the
great Columbia are not up 10 the stand n