The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-12

toria, he has been transferred three sue.
cosslve timea by his owners 10 another
vessel. and that IN each Instance the
ship from which he was transferred was
los, on her nrst subsequent voyage
The popularity OF the merchants lunch
served by Mr. George BARLEY at the Ma.
t,onal Is growing daily, and many bust
ness men can he found there every day
for their midday meal Tho lunches set
hy Nr. BARLEY are the fines, IN the city
\ The British ship Garnet llill, with a
cargo of railroad ties from the columbia
river to 'raku, Japan arrived on the port
" ChecfOo, China, January 10 The Car.
I net Hill has been on the passage nearly
70 days and ~ per cent reinsurance ON
/ her was offered by san Francisco brokers,
] Call at city Ticket onlcc Or Astoria 4
I Columbia River Railroad, ba Commercial
street FOR through tickets 10 all points
east. also Aberdeen, Olympia, TNooma'
/ Seattle and all points On tho Northern
I Pacific railroad. Through tickets cannot
. NN HNENAAGNA W ANNNN NNAttAN - htAh W 49,
one " the BOrthwlok lumber sccws
was engaged yesterday 20 lighter the lime
out of the steamer i.akmc az the kinney
dock. \ scow had will be taken up the
Columbia and Il ls believed Il can be-
disposed of 60 the farmers along the
river The contractors have arranged
with Mr.. Borthwick 90 have the remain
der OF the oanyo disposed of IN this
manner
The taxable property In Clatsop county
amounts to SstiN5iS. The levy made by
the county cour,, 5lo mills. wlll derive
Sl2.1S5N The amount required 10 meet
the expenses os the state for iSe Is cs-
,imatcd az S;6l,itiS and tho total amount
~ taxable property In oregon Is SlS1SS.-
81. Doubtlcss the expenses will not come
up 20 the money derived as the lcgisla-
turc evidences a disposition 20 mako a
record for Itself a. money saver.
Charles Benson. the stevedorc who has
the contract for removing the lime from
the hold % the steamer Lakmc. was ar
rested by sheriff Linullc yesterday on
a complaint sworn to by james IldwelL
Benson Is charged Ia the complaint with
causing Time 90 bc placed In the waters
Ot Youngs Bay. lie was arraigned In
the Justice court and released on his own
rccogniEanec 90 appear for trial at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. The act Is
violation OF tho state law and Is pun.
lshable BY a ane OF ncoo
The funeral % the late W. W. Parker
was held frfom the family residence at
is o'clock yesterday Rev. Mr. Narcotic
OF the Presbyterian church. conducted the
services and lccliugly spoke Of the ne
and high character OF the deceased The
body was placed on board the seaside
train and conveyed 10 the old Pioneer
cemetery on Claisop plains. whore the
inlerment took place. The funeral was
attended by a large number % friends
and relatives of the deceased pioneer who
followed the remains TO their last resting
place. The plllbearers were members OF
the Pioneer society o. which order Mr.
Parker was a prominent member.
Mr.. p. B. Mabry. representing the
l Chamberlain Medicine Company Of Dcs
Moines. Iowa, Is a guest al the oceident.
This Is Mr.. Mabrys first visit 70 the Pa
eihc coast. although he has Travelled
through nearly every section Of the coun-
try In the interest of his company. lie
is much pleased with Oregon and pre-
diets a great future for the mouth %
the Columbia. Mr.. Mabry says that the
fame Of Astoria extends far beyond the
boundary lines OF the state. while trav-
cling on the cars some time before start
ing on his trip 10 Oregon. he read in one
OF the large eastern dadilies an account
OF Astorias Push Club. reprinted from
and credited 20 the Astorian He says
the paper referred 20 commended the or
ganiEation as q unique one and 70 be
congratulated on It's selection of an ap-
propriate name
Shanahan Bros state that the largest
business In the history OF their house
in Astoria was done during the last week.
The prices at which their stock has been
marked down are truly surprising. This
firm Is making preparations for an i'm
mense stock Of spring goods-the largest
ever brought 70 Astoria. In order 70 ac-
comodate this new stock and admit Of
some Improvements beforehand in the
arrangement OF the store, the present
stock must be closed out regardless OF
cost An examination OF the price list
contained in the half-page advertisement
on the third page Of the Astorlan will
convince the most skeptlcal Of the gen.
uineness Of this great reduction sale.
Buyers should make 1t a point TO attend
this sale early as certain lines OF special
bargains are being rapidly depleted.
The British ship Fannie Kerr. captain
Gibbons. arrived In yesterday, six days
! from San Francisco. In ballast. The Fan
ME Kerr made the trip between the two
ports in the remarkable time OF days
She left San Francisco on the afternoon
} OF Thursday last, arriving Of the Colum-
bia river the Sunday evening following
Captain Gibbons states that on leaving
the Golden Gate heavy sOuth-southeasl
! wind sprung up which drove the vessel
, at furious rate through the water. The
ocean was lashed into fury by the In