The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-21

II has been decided IS continue the
union revival meetings, and services
will be held nightly this week in the
Baptls, church Last evening Rev. Henry
Narcotic preached beautiful and telling
sermon, the sublecs of which was The
Beloved Disciple" The attendance at
the meeting was quite large and Mr.
Narcotic was closely followed by his
interested hearers The meetings this
week will be held al I;SN II Is earnestly
desired by the several pastors That all
attend these meetings,
The Walla Wala Statesman. one ot
the leading papers OF eastern Washing
ton. has just issued handsome number
descriptive OF the city in which /, is pub
lished and surrounding country, The
edition is printed on a fine quality Of
Jook paper and is full OF illustrations
OF merchants. officials ami others prom
inen, In that section. The edition was
planned edited and managed by Mr.. \.
f. Chantler. formerly Of the ST. Paul
Dispatch. II Is an elegant edition In
every respec, and reflects much credit on
the management.
In the four-men contest az the A. +. {,
alleys last night the team of +. II.
GoodeA which is now wearing the med
ais. Sc, a mark for the other teams that
will not likely be beaten. The total Sc
cured by this aggregation was co, which
is Il pins better than the best previous
total. Schlussel bowled very well, as
did McCue. and, with a handicap Of IA
the team secured the exce..ent total.
Bozorth's team secured SIC and Finlay-
sons SIS. The next games will De held
Thursday evening as the annual meeting
OF the club will be held this evening.
The regular influx OF Chinese a, this
season OF the year. for work In the can
neries during the summer, is arriving in
Astoria. Yesterday number Of Chinese
came down on the noon train and later
they had TWO large wagons engaged 70
transfer their baggage TO Chinatown.
Rolls OF blankets were piled far above the
top Of each wagon. which usually hold all
the hoIlH4g bVDAS poaStsScH ~ hHN a'N'-
age Celestial. Sometimes their cooking
utensils and smoking apparatus are
placed inside the blankets and they are
rarely ever seen travelling with trunk.
The public ways commlssion is hoo
dcoed. Two Of its members had rather
unusual experiences Sunday and Mon
day. on the Sabbath c. r. Higgins, clerk
OF the commission talso bowler OF re-
puie). visited warrenton. The day was
grand and Mr.. Higgins decided to take
a spin down the ocean beach on horse.
The riderless steed returned home an
hour later. and a searching party found
the rider" who had been thrown from
the horse. He was uninjured. except for
a slight wrench TO his leg. Frank L.
Parker, chairman OF the commission, had
his little time yesterday. He Is building
a dock at the foot OF Second street and,
while watching the progress OF the work
men, had the satisfaction OF seeing two
Of them precipitated into the river. The
predicament Of the carpenters was
source OF great amusement to Mr.. Park
er. who laughed heartily. While indulg-
ing In vOciferous 'ha, has" however, he
lost his balance and fell into the water.
Being an expert swimmer he seized
pile and hung on for dear life until he
was informed that the water was but
three feet deep. when ne waded ashore.