The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-23

blocks will bc Crcctyd and the OLD town
will take on a new aspect.
CAPTAIN Randall Of the Relief says he
IS very busy nov looking after the Oricrs
os Admiral Dewey Randall, who has prae-
tlcally turned him out of his own home,
Charles Rohr ls putting In Jhc new sills
ua,icr the HAwcs building The work Is
d,ricult. but has ~ FAR been successfully
handled. no, even cracking the plaster
ing in the rooms % the building
Phil Stokes Is always up 10 date IA the
clothing line and makes every effort ~
satisfy the most gasadlous In wearing ap-
pdrvl. lie Is now pleasing an tho boys
in town with his boys suits and rVttcrs.
The Elmore sailed az O'Clock yesterday
morning Tor ruamook.. Among the pas
sengcrs was ". ". Curtis, prominent
tlmber man from the east. going TO In
vestgate the forests o. rliamook county.
A number og new ats appear In the
want column and classified tist In today's
paper. Examine Il and you may fnd
something OF interest to you. Look on
the second page, In the last column on
the rtgh, hand side.
Mr. {. NJ Holmes yesterday entered up
on his duties as agent OF the A. 4 c. at
the union depot. Mr.. Holmes comes from
Goole and Is an old Southern Pacific man.
lie succeeds Mr. Miller. who Is now oper-
ator and chief clerk.
Summer resorers have already taken
possession % Netarts Bay. Tllamook. and
Garab0ldl beaches. reports Captain Schra-
der u The Elmore. some 30 people Rrc
In camp. enjoying the sen breczes and
engaged IN digging clans and catching
crabs
J. D. DAILY and wife. Drcnscy. or. Geo.
Alias. Ralph /. Knapp. J. Prime, Port
and. Henry Fieckenstcln. Portland. Jas.
Trueman. George Harwood. George
Irwan Nils Paulsou. TillUmook. sam
Oliver Pillar Rock, are registered At the
Murray.
The Cinnamon are. taking great inter-
sst In the regatta this year and every
merchant FOREMAN and many others have
contributed literally 90 the regatta tund.
They are already becoming excited over
the Chimes boat and bicycle races that
will be features Of this years regatta.
Uncle james Brown % Knappl, who
was In constant attendance az the Farm
ers' Convention. says that 10 was one ot
the grandest events oregon ever saw;
that the lecturers knew what they were
talking about and that Clntsop county
had done itself proud.
Good wh.skey Is both doctor and tonic.
Better locking than any doctors. better
tasting than all medicines. For general
family use. nothing equals whlskey. and
HARPER wHIsKEY Is pre-emlnen,ly
the family whlskey Sold by Foard *
Stokes Co. Astoria, ore.
There are many applicants FOR the va
cant Office Of superintendent Of streets,
but the city officials and members Of the
councii venture % make no predictions as
% who viii be the lucky man. The ques-
ton will be decided az the special meet
ing OF the council Monday evening.
Some fine specimens Of trout we're re-
celved at the Pat Market yesterday. They
are very large and are taken In ths creeks
emp;ying into the Columbia. They are
sold at a price within the reach Of all.
There !s also In the market a large num-
Der Of fowls tDr the Saturday trade.
Mayor Bergman a few days ago pur-
chased g head Of cattle at waIllcut for
his farm on Grays river. The steamer
20. X. went over 70 Ilwaco yesterday with
Mr.. bergman 70 transfer the cattle. Mr..
Bergman intends 70 use some Of them on
his farm and the others he will fatten for
beef
Voting for the queen Of the regatta car
nlval will commence Monday. Tickets
can be had Of the officers and from the
merchants. Those merchants who have |
agreed to give these tickets with pur-
chases made at their stores and allow a
percentage 70 the regatta committee |
should be patronzed by the pubic.
W. F. McGregor returned yesterday |
from Lafayetts. where he was engaged In |
looking after the work he ls doing for /
the government in the Yamhlll river. |
Yesterday he purchased centrifugal |
pump from Fuard & Stokes and shipped II |
to Lafayetts. where II Will be used in |
pumping out the cOfferdams
The Truckee Lumber company at Hob |
sOnvllle. Nehalem, has shut down in order |
TO change the machinery from spruce TO |
fir. In the meantime the schooner Ruth, |
belonging to the mill, Will bring a cargo |
or two Of red wood from Arcadia to As
tOrla.. She arrived with the first cargo |
yesterday. Returning she viii carry |
spruce 70 California.
Dan ingalls,, win Heckard and Mr.. |
Olsen Of the Lewis and Clark, who were |
In attendance upon the Farmers Congress |
started to 90 home early yesterday morn
ing but on reaching their boat found both |
pairs o: oars had been stolen, and they |
were obliged to foot It TO Smiths point, |
where there was another boat belonging
20 their part Of the country.
Peter Carlson, fisherman, was up be-
fore Police Judge Nelson yesterday on q
charge Of using abusive and Drofane Ian
guage. Peter is an old offender and has
several times been up in the police court |
on various charges, principally for drunk
enness. Several sentences hanging over
his head and suspended through the