The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-07

Tho British ship Queen Elisabeth, and
tho German bark rhalassa aro ready to
leave up for Portland, and will prob
ably start today. The cement on board
tho Elizabeth will be discharged at ror,.
land
AZ the Baptist church next S,iudav the
pastor win preach az II a. m. on the
subject Of Neglect" There viii he
cvNngels,lc services In the evening,
led by Ralph l.. Knapp. An other sctvt,s
aa usual.
arrived hero last evening and win onOn
az Fishers opera house next Monday.
Seat sale opens tomorrow morning at
, o'clock at Grltiin \ Reeds Prices e.
IS and 70 cents
Tho morning theme at the CongryV,a-
tional church lOmorrOw Mul be "Thc
Best We Can no for our Childrcn." oven.
Ing theme, Ideal Living" A special IN.
vitauon is extended to parents for the
morning service
Al the Norwegian Evangclloal Luther.
an church tomorrow English Sunday
school az $50 a. m: Norwegian services
al ie;lS a. m; text, Romans u. l-G In
the evening a talk on tho cpls,le to the
Romans, at i;M
At meeting ot the board OF directors
OF the Astoria Eootban club Thursday
night the Sccrctary was instructed TO
frame resolutions OF regret at the death
OF sheriff Williams, who had been
momber os tho club for three years,
The popularity OF the merchants lunch
served by Mr., George BARLEY at tho Ma.
tional Is growing daily. and many bust
ness men can 30 found there every aay
for their midday meal. Tho lunches set
by Mr., BARLEY are the finest IN the city.
Call az City Tickes ofliee Of Astoria &
Columbia River Railroad. So Commercial
street. for through tickets TO all points
east, also Aberdeen. Olympia. Tacoma,
Seattle and all points on tho Northern
Pacific railroad. Through tickets cannot
be purchased TO these points az the depot
The new fast mail nom the east will
bcneiit no place on the coast more than
Astoria. The train will arrive In Port
land IN time to admit OF transferring the
Astoria mail TO the A. 4 c. train tha,
evening, Il will thus arrive here ;he
SAME night and will be delivered by the
carriers the next morning.
The heavy and almost unprecedented
snow fail OF tho past few weeks at the
OF the Columbia win pro-
duce. in the opinion OF prominent water
front men. frcshet this spring fully
equal to that OF ~ This will be hard
blow to Astoria's friend, -. n, A." anl
tho California investors In warehouse
property along the Willamette creek.
The noon train from Portland yesterday
showed signs OF the wintry weather pre-
vaillng up the river. The roofs OF the
cars were covered with snow. and even
after standing for a half day az the
depot In this city, when the train was
made Up for Portland last evening. the
cars carried back with them a consider
able portion OF their load OF Ice and
snow.
A letter has been received from Joseph
SuperDant. dated October Il. In which he
reports himself In good health. as are
also all other Astorians Of whom he
knows He states that be has secured
a couple OF claims on WebfoOt creek,
near Dawson, which he thinks viii turn
out we'll Gold. or no gold. however. he
states that he will be home without fail
July next.
In the present condition OF the chan
mel between here and Portland. Il is pre-
dicted that the Oriental liner now on the
way TO the Columbia river will be obliged
10 discharge her cargo az Astoria. Il Is
noI known whether the o. r. & y. Co.
win use its light draft river boats in
taking the cargo up the river or whether
Il will go by the A. & c. railrOad-the
latter. most probably.
Two robbers entered the Acorn saloon
in Portland early yesterday morning,
and, after spending 10 cents for beer.
proceeded to hold up the bartender, re-
lieving him Of his watch and other valu-
ables and apprOpriating all the coin In
the house. In all they secured about 800
In money and jewelry. This is the
fourth saloon robbery which has occurred
In Portland the past two weeks.
The county court met yesterday morn
ing and took up the petition OF 3. Gallag-
her and others for road from the Lewis
and Clarke to Young's river. No remon-
STRANGE having been filed. the petition
was ordered granted. The appointment
Of R. c.. Prael as deputy sheriff. vice
d. VI. Stuart. was confirmed. In the
afternoon the court was engaged IN au-
diting the regular monthly bills.
The funeral Of the late Byron s. Kim
ball was held yesterday at noon from
PohIs undertaking parlors. The funeral
services were couducted by Rev. w s.
Short, who spoke feelingiy OF the many
good qualities OF the deceased pioneer.
The body was placed on the noon train.
by the friends and relatives OF
the deceased and conveyed 10 Ocean