The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-10

of mniier for TNku Japan she loaded
IN porrtrt ana her trip down the river
required nearly two weeks, She struck
every sandbar In tho river and her cap.
tain was thOroughly disgusted. With or.
dlnafy hpk she should have reached
Taku IS or 70 daya after sailing from
Astoria.
The popularlt, OF the merchants lunch
served by Mr George hartley az the Ma.
tionsl ls growing daily, and many bust
mess men can 30 found there every day
FOR their midday meal Tho lunches set
by AR, Bar,lcy are the iincss IN the city.
Call at City Ticket once ~ Astoria \
Columbia River R0ilroad, 5si Commercial
street FOR through tickets 10 all points
cast, also Aberdeen. olympia, raeOma,
seattle and all points on tho Northern
Pacific railroad. Through tickets cannot
be purchased TO these points at the depot
Strauss Rros. Of Chicago, have sent one
% their expert cutters out to this coast,
calling az all their agencies, lie VIII
bc at c. II. ccopcr's a Monday and
Tuesday. Gentlemen. this will be an
opportunity for you 30 select something
no6Sy and up to date for the coming
spring and summer
I The Danish bark Slxtus Is yet lying az
! tho hogback The high EAST wind durmg
last week Il h said. rendered it danger
Gus for the towboat 90 hitch on 20
her to bring her down. With the hlgh
tides she can reach deep water a, Tongue
point as soon as the weather moderatcs.
The sxtus Is fully laden.
r. .. Holden was reelected secretary %
the chamber % commcrcc last cvcning,
AR. Holdca has held this position since
iSsS ana doubtless win hold Il for years
10 come lie has devoted most O( his
time to the work connected with his
Office, and takes great interest In the
work Snd deliberations OF the chamber.
No better choice could b. made
The hght between Sharkcy and Mccoy
takes place 40 tho LcnnoN athletic club.
Now York. tonight Tho hght Is limited
to - rounds but & Is tho general opinion
among sporting men who are familiar
with the tactics % both fighters that the
hght will b. decided much sooner quito
a number ~ bets have been made In
Astoria with Sharkcy being Jhe lay0ri,e.
Grand opening os spriuE styles. The
representative OF Strauss Bros. Chicago
viii have his entire line OF new spring
suitings and vcs,ings open Tor inspection
az c. H. Coopor's on Monday and Tues
day. January and 10 This Is the largest
and lnest line of woolens In America.
orders will b taken Tor future delivery
A perfect a. and satisfaction guaranteed
Tho petitions circulated IN the road dis
tFicts Of the county some time ago TO
amend the rad laws az the present scs-
sion % the legislature have not yet all
been returned 20 the county court Judge
Gray Is preparing 20 have tho petitions
forwarded to tho Clatsop delegation at
Salem. The districts that have not yet
sent In their petitions are 5. 6. s. 10. Il.
n H. AMI Is only nine thus far have
been received.
An EFFORT was made 10 haul the steamer
Lakme into deep water yesterday. Two
tugs hltehed on to her az high tide. and.
although the stern was aaoat. the
steamer could not be budged. There Is
much dificultv In unloading the lime
from the fact that Il burns the mems
hands, compelling them TO lay OF. For
this reason the crews have been changed
several times since the work commenced.
The water Is all out OF the hold and the
steamer Is no, leaking badly. her own
pumps being sufficient 10 keep her clear
AZ the session OF the county court to-
day 100 names viii be selected from the
assessment rolls from which will be
drawn the petit and grand jurors FOR TIA
circuit court. The road supervisors OF
tho county have all filed their annual
reports in the clerks office. with the ex-
ception or the supervisors OF districts
and s The additional supervisors ap-
pointed by the county court follow: No
10. William Z. Joplin; No. u. c. A.
Anderson; No. H. W. E. Mitchell: No.
IS, p. o. Wage; No ls, Peter Gulllxon:
No IS Charles Johnson.
Fishers Opera House was well dlled
last evening when McEwen the hypnotlst
open his weeks engagement The tests
given were very satisfactory and eliclted
great applause. Miss Grace Maynard
the great catalepiic subject. was placed
under a very severe test and Il was
something marvellous. She was placed
with her head and heels on chairs and
five men stood on her body and bended
either Up or down at the will OF Prof.
McEwen- At 40 o'clock today man
will be put TO sleep and placed IN Rogers
drug store window and taken to the
opera house and awakened at O'Clock
The annual meeting Of the chamber Of
commerce was held last evening. the
following being present: President Van
Dusen, James W. Welch. vice-president;
E. c. Holden. secretary; G. W. L0uns-
berry, treasurer: Messrs. Bowlby, Taylor.
Kendall. Gratke. Tallant. Stokes, Ross
Allen. Cooper. Thompson and Gray. Two
communications from A. L. Mohler, presi-
dent Of the o. r. & y. Co.. excusing him