The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-26

pullI me report comes from Captain
Larkins that he win resume his regular
trip with the Larline on the Portland.
Astoria route some tlme next week, un.
lcss his company decides to have the
new boiler now on the way from thS
cast, placed In the lAurline before be-
ginning her regular summer schedule.
CHARLES Johnson was IN the city yoster.
day on his way 10 Portland, gOlng
op In Cho evening ON the Telephone. Mir,
Johnson lives On the Neeanicum, SEVEN
miles above Seaside, where he has
gOod farm His home Is a faOvrlto stop.
ping place for spJrlsmen and pleasure
seekers who visit that section, for AIRS,
Johnson Is a capi,at cook and h0SlvsS aud
our gealal Carr knows now 20 entertain
the boys. Mr, johnson states tnat the
,and up the Necanicum Is beng rapidly
,sken up by homestauors ami there Will
soon be nv vacant government land IN
his section,
The chartertRg VI the steamer Electric
BY the quarantine otticia,s ami aer wlth-
drawal from the ChinOvk and ulney
rouITs has brought about a ohange Ia
TIE time Card of the steamers yNi.er and
hAn,horn. lhe Mtier now makes u
rouad trip to CathlameI. knappa, Cut
ION anu Wes,pOrt Tuesdays anu Satut-
days, Wednesdays and Fridays she viii
daI's, Wednesdays anu Fridays she w,I
make the round trip " Inin1ok. the hour
oG ,oaving Astoria beng governtd by the
tide Tho steamer HAn,horn will go on
Jae o.ney route, making a round trip
each Saturday.
The can factory closed down Tor ten.
poSary repairs yesterday uuGll next
Wednesday, whvu the manuia> ,ory will
commence the mSautso,ure OF a hrerrnt
Kind Of can. There is much complaint
among the emp.oyes of the stencil aris-
ing from the German oil works, Many
OF the girl emPloyCs have Jevn made
sick On several ocVasions. and were COM
peeled 10 leave the factory Tor yhetr
homes, II Is impossible for the girls 20
stances aud as soon as warm weather
sets in Il is believed all OF them will be
obliged 10 quit their present occupation
County Surveyor A. $ Tee has been gu,
on the NecaRicum this week making the
survey for the relOcation Of the county
read from the farm OF Charles Johnson
TO the headwaters cf the north fork
0f the Necanicum. The object Of the
survey is to get the road on better
At place where the cost Of bridging that
stream will be much less than where the
survey now crosses, The settlers a.ons
The line oc survey propose to open the
road this summer and will then ask the
county 10 put in the bridge AZ the cross
Ing Of the Necanieum. As that stream
when swollen with the winter rains Is
very dangerous to cross with teams, and
much Of the time is untnrdable.
The work Of dredging out the channel
across the hOgback bar OF Tongue point |
by the United States drtdger W. s Iadd
5 progressing in good shape under the
OF Captain George A. Pease.
The channel opened will b. about half /
/ mile long and 80 feet wide. TIE bar |
has been lowered over two feet, and the /
work will be continued until a depth OF I
3 feet at low tide is had. There will be /
10 effort to get a greater depth OF water, |
Is previous experience has shown that |
he currents are such that the channel |
fills up to the . foot level !
With an ordinary water. but when a
reshet Is on the channel ia completely /
He'd and obliterated.
'' Daughter OF the Empire the play /
o be given this evening. promises 10 be
noteworthy. in many respects.
u a romantic nature with the scenes all /
aid in The time OF Napoleon I. it affords
opportunity for fine dressing for one
hing, and for another the display OF that
Rivalry and pomp which made the court
Z mat day the center OF interest. OF
he piece itself 1t may be said that It's
our acts are effective In the extreme,
he situation being particularly dramatic 4,
{ times, the action spirited. and the I
ext Of marked beauty, bordering on the
ierolc at times. Miss Shirley and her (
ompany have been received with the Ut
most favor everywhere in this piece. (.
nd one may look for something really
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ures are witnessed to advantage.
There will be a star session In Justice
hughes court today, the attractions be-
ng Clifton talent, who will make their
ebut under the chaperonage OF Deputy
Attorney Young and Attor-
ey Harrison Allen. The leading parts
vii be carried on In the siavonlc Ian
uage, and the young limbs OF the law
OF Up nearly all 0, last night to perfect
themselves in the intricacies of that
0ngue Miss Winnie Sclurich charges
irs. Ella Tomich with saying bad things
bout her and thereby defamIng her rep
tation. Constable Wlckman went up
TO Clifton and brought the !
roupe down. which includes about half
he population Of that little fishing town. |,
| baby was a part OF the aggregation,
nd our gallant conservatOr Of the peace
eclares It TO be the handsomest young
ter ever seen In Astoria-and he knows,
or he is a connoIsseur Of babys.
The American ship George II. Stetson
II San Francisco Sunday last for the
river. She will load lumber 8
ither in this city or IN Portland. The
tetson was here about Two years ago {
4 command Of Catpain Murphy. and will :
{ remembered by the notoriety which {
he captain and the first officer were
iyen by their alleged cruel treatment Of
mos Stone, an apprentice from Phila- (
elphia. Captain Murphy dropped dead d
n the streets Of Portland last fall. on !
Is arrival In that city to answer the
harges against him. First Officer Har-
ey was acquitted Of the charge Of cruel
'eatment by a Portland jury. and was
ter given command Of another vessel
slOnging to the owners OF the Stetson. q
tone. who has become an imbecile as a | 4
suit OF the treatment on board the r
etson, showed signs OF improvement d
} the Salem insane asylum, where he =
al haen conRped durfnO tho infarvaI .