The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-27

u ~gu want piano, see Allan, b& Con
msrclal street. This ~ positively the lai
week Of HE stay In Astoria.
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Tue West Shore Mills company have jus
received large lot OF nr cordwood fro
atella. wash. which they arc Offering
very low figures. See advertisement /
another column.
SATURDAY.
Can a hasty word ever be unsaid,
or a deed unklnd undone7
y. DeBrisbolse. OF the Rock Island roa'
was IN the city yesterday.
Mrs. w. J. Strong and family have gor
20 Seaside on visit with her sister, Mr.
Mckenzie
The A. a c. yesterday took out six cal
loads OF salmon for the east via the MOI
thern Pacific.
Frank o'Neil. travelling passenger ager
OF the Nrthern Pacific. returned to Por'
land last night.
Ross Higgins q Co. yesterday sold
boxes Of oregon peaches Evidenly Or
Ron fruit is appreciated here.
Mrs. N. L. Hettich. left for Portlan
yesterday with her children for visi
with her mother. Mrs. c. Norton.
Mr.. w. H. Barker yesterday took hi
con George 20 California. where tn
young man viii enter the stanford uni
versity. A large number OF friends gath
cred Il the depot to wish the depaTSin'
student good luck.
Hop picking viii begin about the first
August. Pickers are already preparing
to leave for the hop yards to put in tn
season. which last about six weeks. IN
crop this season Is said TO De free frou
lice and larger than for the past two Q
three years.
Peter Anderson Of this city. few day
ago purchased 100 acres ot tide land neal
Cathlamet for 800. and will at once com
mence 70 put In a trap for fall fishing. 1
Is believed more fall salmon will b
packed this year. owing 10 the short
spring pack. than ever before.
A well known carpenter and builder
says that building boom has struck As
torla. Much work Is already under con-
tract and a large amour, OF building and
street work win soon - let II is pre-
dlcted that better times will reign this
fall. particularly II there is good fan
fishing season.
The entire MINER ou'Ifi; Of onc u the
unfortunate men who took passage on
the Inflated Stag Hound. was yesterday
turned In 90 the Ford & Stokes store.
The provisions. clothes. tools. stove. me-
dicines. etc. were all more or less dam
aged. and much sympathy was expressed
for the unlucy Miners
At the Presbyterian church. services
viii be as usual tomorrow. Theme OF
the morning sermon: True Need and
Use OF the Sabbath Evening theme:
True Influence OF Good Man" Tomor-
row this choir will De assisted by Miss
White and Miss Halsted, A most cordial
Invitation is extended Ia ai, La
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Jim Laws. the mahager OF the Eclipse
Hardware Co.. says he never made a
better investment than when he put up a
Bridge Beach steel range for a regatta
prize. He has been so busy ever since
hlling orders for stoves that ne has kept
the wires 10 Portland hot with telegraph !
ic orders and has had to hire extra men. |
The COlumblne arrived In from Desiruc-
ton Island and Shoalwater Bay yester-
day. She win set the bar buoy. which has
been adrift at the mouth Of the river to-
day. and on Monday will go 10 Tillamook
rock TO splice the cable connecting the
rock with the mainland. The cable is an
old one and parted some time ago from
wear and tear Of the wealher.
Australian Jimmy Ryan. the well
known pugilist. who has many friends
here. Is meeting with success in the east.
night he met Bobby Douglass,
At Louisville. and finished him in IA
rounds. Douglass was looked upon as
The coming welter-weight. Ryan will
now go against the famous Tommy Ryan
for the welter-weight championship.
Harvesting throughout Oregon still con-
tlnue, but the bulk Of the grain crop Is
Low stored. The wheat crop is not as
large as was expected, principally owing
10 very warm weather setting in the lat
ter part Of July. which checked the tiil- |
Ing of the heads. The crop. however. Is |
good, as well as other grain crops. The
fruit crop is reported to be the largest in
years.
Contractor Lebeck yesterday finished
John Kopp's house back on to the
lewly graded lot He also commenced |
he moving OF Fred Sherman's house, |
which has TO be leyeled up on the foun-
lation. Today he viii begin work on the
OF Wise's store. He says |
here is a large amount Of building under
way and a great deal OF work in contem-
At the Congregational church the pas
or's theme for tomorrow morning Will |
": Jesus and Nobody" In the
evening Rev. Serene E. Bishop, D. D. Of
honolulu, will address the corgi egation !
IN ''The Moral and Social Conditions OF
he Hawaiian Islands" The speaker Will
ell OF things as seen and remembered
" him during the past sixty years. All
ire welcome
The report Of the Cambrlan Hill, in the
fling yesterday afternoon, caused the
lope to be expressed that she was one OF
he long overuue vessels bound to this
,ort, but shipping men were disappointed.
Mere are now overdue here the Fourth
,ank from Gerghenti, Sicily; the City OF
.thens. from Antwerp; the Argo, from
.ntwerp; the Clackmannanshire, from
the Emma Pascha, from Ant
,erp; the Andrada. from Antwerp, ana
he Siam, from Hamburg,
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