The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-03-19

An afternoon and evening tea viii
be given by Cushing No. J. womcn'r
Relief Corps, at the residence Of Mrs
Pauline Ziegler, No, 3i4 Seventeenth
street. on Thursday. the Goth All
friends Of The corps and of the c. A.
H. are cordially invited. There VIII be
good singing, music. fortune telling
ctc.. and q good time Is anticipated
The funds received are 10 DO rsei fur
q good cause.
The case OF smallpox in Ilwaco, We
ar glad 10 report as a mistake Mr.
Frank Graham who was though, Ia
have u and who was quarantined, Ia
up and At work aud no other casea
have developed In tho community. II
is fortunate for our neighbor that her
threatened epidemic was failure. and
We rejoice with her In the good news.
There will probably be- about 10 en-
tries in the 100 game bowling tourna-
mcBt a, the Commercial club alleys
for the Herman Wise Buttons. En-
tries close on Wednesday evening. The
buttons are said 10 be the handsomest
ever offered. They are to be awarded
TO the three members who have the
highesb totals. In the 100 games, In
Guiding handicapn
The regular ronthly tea given by
the ladies Of the Congregational
church Was held Al the home OF Mrs.
~, Eckstr0m last afternoon, About
90 ladies were present Mrs Eckstrom
In charming manner made all feel
lat home. An elegant lunch was serv-
ed Rt three O'Clock II was indeed
an enjoyable occasion from reports
made 10 this paper last evening.
The Retail clerks Union held IA
meeting at the city han last night
which was largely attended There
we're two limitations and "a resolution
Was passed requesting members Of 9th.
er unions In trading at stores 10 call
Tor oaris from the clerks with whom
they do their trading The next regu-
lar meeting Of the union will take
place the FIRST Monday In April
A nrc broke out about II o'clock
yestctrday morning In oBren's hotel
LAT the corner of Seventeenth and Com.
mcrciai streets. The fire was from II
defective ilue and only burned small
hole In the roof. making few dollars
damage. The fire department was on
hand promptly as usual
Following officers were nominated
last evening at the regular meeting OF
Qulnlln lodge, No, isO, II. r. .. H., for
the ensuing term Of Office. Exalted
ruler. J Il, Gratkc: leading inight, A.
NJ. Smith loyal knight. Chester Fox.
icc,uring knight r. Gcrdes; treasurer.
]. Il, clinton; secretary, f. J. Carney:
tyler. Jack Burns; trustee. T. y. Kuet-
ncr,
At IL meeting of the portlana Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday afternoon
Il was ascertained tha; the Pilot Com
,mlssIoneIs had agreed 10 a1r1'nt six
more pilots and IL IL wished to hold
them to their promise. A committee
was also appointed TO walt en- the q,
In 4 N. representatives With view
o, making soundiags al the mouth of
tse Columbia to ascertain the depth Of
the river ut the bar
on account Of delay In receiving re.
pairs ordered for the Astorlan linotype
machine the operation OF the machine
is necessarily slow and We have not
been able to get ont on time for more
than week, Our many readers
viii please bear with US for u few
days longer when we hope TO get the
machine In proper working order
again and get the paper TO them on
time with sufficient Improvement TO
compensate them for the losses they
have sustained. 4r
The sheriff turned over the sum Of
$97. .67S 80 to the county treasurer yes
terday afternoon, that sum being the
total tax collections to date. While
the county treasurer Is very rich just
now. officially speaking, the boys In
the tax collectors office say. he will
not remain 50 long. They think the
run made on his office by his numer-
Gus friends who hold warrants against
the county will soon reduce his hold
ings.
Bert +, Rober, the popular engineer
of the steamer Nahcotta, who has
been In the hospital at Portland for a
number of weeks and whose life has
been constantly despaired of, returned
from Portland to his home yesterday
He has been reported dead a number
of times and has been very low, but
his friends claim that he has nine
lives, and 1t would appear so from the
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