The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-01

on arriving on the river, being oh.lupd "a
walt only halt hour, when he took .
pilot nom the tux Relief,
AZ the A. n & alleys last night ne
Halibut and Trout broke even. each one
getting a game The first game between
the romcod and salmon was a tie, the
SECOND game being won bv the romcod.
Tomorrow nlght ;he Crabs play against
the Founders and the oysters agalns,
the smcl,s.
The Progressive Association n, lts meet.
ing last nlght transacted good aeal Of
business. Communications were read from
Fish Commissioner MCCLURE relative 10
tho PROPAGATION Of steclhaads and stur-
econ, other important matters came up
Tor discussion and after the regular rOu-
tine OF business was disposed ~ tho meet
ing adjourned,
shares or the Alaska Transportation
ana Develcpmen, company Of caleaSo
are tho most dcslrchle investment before
the public. Safer thai. savings banRs ana
hank stooS, Paying large divtdenda
shares one dollar For information ad-
dress W. I. Dudley. general agent, Hal
Ter buildlnS. Seattle. Wash.
Superintendent Mcclure reports that
the Clifton slide has been removed ana
such work done as viii probably prevent
a recurrence ~ the disaster The boys
worked hand Tor several days. but finally
oyercaine the difficulty. Only about II
miles more of track remain to he laid
and Il Is reasonably certain that the line
viii be completed In time for the republi-
can state convention.
The British ship Iredale arrived In >Ss-
teriay after passose OF SC days IN, u
Kobe. captain Lawrence states he cx-
perlenced a succession ~ salss and had
a miserable passage During the storms
a tsw sails were carried away now ana
again. hut ala not otherwise meet with
accident. He arrived OF the river Thurs
day and took aboard Pilot Staples from
the Jessie.
One Of the prisoners working on the
streets broke ground yesterday az the
noon hour. He had been WORKING during
the morning and when taken back 20 jan
at noon skipped. he was one ~ the gang
of vags that were recently sentenced 10 a
fine Of 50. sentence heinz suspended on
condition they would leave the city No
attempt was made TO capture him as he
was free to leave the city at any time.
Mr.. Petersen. Of Petersen & Brown. on
his trip 10 the east came IN personal con-
tact with many n the larger shoe dealers
In the country and visited the principal
where he acquainted himself
with the STYLES to be in vogue iurlny the
coming season. noting innovations. and
selected a stock Of goods which viii afIori
his customers an 1nportuuity 20 choose
from a variety risaling anything found
In the metropolitan stores.
The lighthouse tender Manzanlta re-
turned Sunday from month's cruise on
the Sound While there she changed
every buoy IN the district. q IN number.
and visited and landed supplies az all the
Captain Reiter. Inspector
for this district. accompanied the Man
zanita and inspected the lighthouses Can
lain Gregory says that Seattle is simply |
booming In every line OF business. The
steamship Australia. Just arriving there
for the Alaska trade. was passed rs the
came nut
At I o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr.. |
John ". Hume. Of Seattle. formerly may
or OF Astoria. was married W Miss Mary
Davidson. daughter Of Mr.. George David
son. at the family residence by the Rev.
Mr. Bollinger. Miss Davidson was one OF
society favorites and receIv4d
many handsome presents After the Ger.
amonv an elegant luncheon was served
and the happv connle took the evening
hoat for tour Of the Sound cities. where
they viii spend several weeks before set
ling down at home in Seattle
The British ship Romanoa which arrived
IN the harbor late Sunday night Hving
I quarantine hag. was In charge Of First
officer Marsden. and was 81 days from
sydney with cargo Of coal for Port
and. The cause ~ the flying Of nag
" distress was the sickness VI Captain !
Morgan. who received the news OF the
ieath OF his daughter lust before sailing
and ever since has been in a state OF
relancholia. The ship had n fair massage
intil reaching the Columbia. when she
severe rales last Monday
and beat M and down the coast until
Sunday evening before securing a pilot.
'nce reaching as far north as Destruction
sland. and seeral times being OF the
mouth Of the river. She left M for Port
and last night.