The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

nomlcal coal for household use In As
toria. Try II once and you will have
no other, George w, sanborn, Agent
Telephone 1871,
Mrs. Pcarta Sunday school class was
entertained Tuesday evening by Miss
Mabio Lowdan. The affair was a de.
lightfui one. Games and refreshments
made the evening one OF great pleas
ure,
All are invited 20 attend the Union
Temperance meeting TO be- held Thurs
day night at the W. c. r. u. hall. cor
ncr OF Eleventh and Bond streets. Rev.
Mr.. Pcart OF the II. i1. church viii de-
liver the address,
The steamship Tacoma will leave for
China and Japan from Seattle next
Sunday. This will be the last run the
Tacoma viii make to the Orient. as she
will be put on the Cape Nome run up
on her return from this trip
The secret Of good living lies In
wholesome and well-cooked food. When
n restaurant has established a reputa.
ton along this line II Ia the place 20
patronize. The Model has this reputa-
ton. Near Foard 4 Stokes.
The contracts for supplying wood for.
Fort Stevens has been let TO w. NJ sa-
ward. Of Vancouver. Wash. and c. o.
Reilly. Of Portland; the former for 600
cords OF hard wood, at s5,la and the
latter for 900 cords OF sof, wood. at
$3.50.
/ He good to yourself and good 10 your
| friends. When you treat friend 10
whlskey. give him the best Harper.
whiakey is the beverage for your
friends and for you. Sold by Foard
s. Stokes Company. Astoria. Oregon.
| The nshlng schooner Jessie will leave
/ this afternoon at o'clock on her first
trip into the Northern halIhut waters.
Everything was made snug and fast
last night and all that now remains
to be done is to drift into the wind and
sail out,
Tho British ship Inverclyde, from
| Hamburg TO Seattle with a cargo OF
cement. has arrived at Port Townsend.
Several Of the sailors were sick and
had 60 be carried TO the hospital. The
doctors say they were affected with
scurvy. but others say Il Is beri-beri,
or black plague.
The japanese steamship Nanyo Ma
ru will load -four in Seattle for the
Orient. After her thorough fumigatlon
II was though that she would be un-
fitted for carrying -four. as the sui
furious fumes would permeate and In
jure IL. but the entire hold OF the yes
sci has been washed twice and the
gasses have entirely disappeared.
The schooner James Wilson, from
Honolulu for Grays harbor. is being |
held In quarantine here. No sickness |
Is reported on board. The British ship |
Poseidon, also from Honolulu and
which arrived In yesterday, Is also de-
tanned by the quarantine officers. There |
is no evidence OF infection but they |
will be put through thorough course
Of fumiRation before they are released.
The school board was TO have met
yesterday afternoon at o'clock for
the purpose Of installing Mr.. Good
man, the newy-elected director, who
win succeed Mr.. Thompson. Not
enough members attended, however,
to perfect quorum and the meeting
was therefore postponed to . o'clock
this morning. Considerable other busi-
ness is to come up but most OF 1t is
of routine nature.
Only one shipping manifest was en-
tered at the custom house yesterday.
The extremely pleasant weather and
favorable conditions prevailing the
day before having cleared the harbor
of all kinds Of craft able toleave out,
causing the consequent temporary lull
In departures. During the forenoon the
George W. Elder was the only vessel
to leave out. She carried miscellan-
eous cargo and few passengers for
San Francisco.
The attention Of the city authorities
is called to the wretched condition of
the street on Bond, near the corner
of Tenth. While the funeral process
sion of the late Mr.. Fox was passing
that point yesterday afternoon a we'll
known citizen Of this city stepped
through one of the numerous holes In
the planklng and sustained serious in
Jury to an ankle. The street is in a
bad condition in many respects and
ought to be repaired at once. /