Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-10
EASTERN ITEMS.
AN ENORMOU WELL OF NATURAL
GAS DISCOVERED.
1t Costs a Quarter to Hear Him-Amer-
ican Ladies Impri isoned-Henry
George Given Dinner-An
Entrance TO Toronto.

CHOW lchtl Is AlldhlllS hNittbAN P'O
gress in Mexico.
Seven hundred men are at work on the
Nicaragua Canal.
The Remington Battle Monument is
now 100 feet high.
The New York Central has secured an
entrance to Toronto.
Hon. Samuel j. Randall has been again
prostrated by illness.
The Standard Oil Company is grabbing
all the gas lands loose.
August 18th is set for Che trial OF the
new cruiser Baltimore.
An airline railroad from Tamla Fla,
to Chicago is projected.
1t has cost New York about 100000 to
conduct the hoOdie trials.
A rabid dog bit four persons at
Hoboken, \. j., last week.
Porpoise-shooting with the rifle is a
sport for Cape May visitors.
The longest row of corn in the world is
in Waubunsee county, Kan.
Two Of Ok,ahama's new counties are
named Harrison and Cleveland.
The natural gas companies OF Ohio and
Indiana are talking consolidation.
At Malone, n. Y, 300 New York child
rem are having two weeks outing.
The court-martial to try ex-COmmand-
ant Fletcher at Omaha is now IN session.
The BARRIERS of Philadelphia have de-
cided to keep their shops closed on Sun
day.
The number of prominent Americans
now in London and Paris is unprece-
dented.
Thirtv-four Philadelphia school build
inps have developed defective drainage
all at once.
Nav |, 1890, has been fixed for eight
hour demonstrations throughout Europe
and America.
1t is represented that the rearrange-
ment of the Ottawa Cabinet is giving
much trouble.
Chicago claims the Exposition OF 1892
on the ground that she has more room
for it than New York.
Seven hundred operatives at the Fish
Back Rolling Mills at Pottsvllle, Penn,
struck for an increase OF pay.
To make the battlefield of Gettysburg a
complete memorial it is proposed that
the rebel lines also shall be marked.
Out OF the 773 delegates elected to the
New Jersey Prohibition Convention last
week, hut $40, or less than half, attended.
If is now estimated that 23,000,0OO
bushels of wheat will be sent TO market
from the country along the Manitoba
railroad.
Three editors were arrested at Will
Transport. Penn, charged with sending
obscene and lewd literature through the
mails.
About the only thing that the resub-
mission furry in Kansas has accom-
plished is to revive the State Temperance
Union.
Twelve acres in Prince George county,
Va. have sunk about sixty feet, and
B lake two acres wide has formed upon Its
surface.
The assessment OF the city of Nashville
for this wear shows an increase OF 81 ,OOO :
900 in property value over last year
assessment.
The new electric road to Bay Ridge,
near Baltimore, Just opened, is running
satisfactorily and carrying crowds OF
passengers.
Henry George was given dinner At
Brighton Beach last week, at which he
nredicted the ultimate success OF his
land-taX system.
Deaths are numerous in the COnemaugf
Valley. Penn. largely the result OF the
severe mental and physical suffering the
people have endured.
There has recently been wild boom
at Ashland. Wis, which has just cot
lapsed and left number OF bankruptS
and interesting stories as reminders.
An Elizabeth, n. j., man being pur
sued by the police, leaped from the thlrC
story OF his home to the ground and raj
off. He wasn't injured in the slightest
All Kentucky is stirred 10y the news
that an enormous well OF natural gas hal
INST Dee0 ulsCONCICu az SAONSARSNeS a.
breckenridge county, on the ONO river
The latest Mormon party to arrive
from Europe numbered 1872. One thous
and in all are expected this summer
The missionaries complain OF their lacl
of success.
The wealth of the 800 citizens Mayo
Grant called together to consider th'
holding of a great Exposition IN New
York in 1892, foots up, 1t is said, fullN
81, 100000.
Trials of the new Wall street ard Mali
street electrical railways il Cincinnati
demonstrated their entire satisfactor.
. working, and regular trips are nov
being made.
The Association of Centenary Firms 0
Philadelphia has been organized. Th
association consists OF firms that hav
carried on business in that city for lU
years or more.
The State Department is engaged il
earnestly investigating the case OF tn
three American ladies who were lmprls
oned at Mentone, France, for non-settle
ment of milliner's bill.
Trusts cost their founders something
The Salt Trust had to pay $l3, 100 tax Z
the State of New York on the charter, o
certificate OF organization. That vii
, come ont OF the people who buy salt.
Sam Jones is preaching at the Higl
Bridge camp grounds in Kentucky
where he is said to be making NOR
money than ever before. 1t costs
quarter to hear him, and he has crowd