Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-08
THE PACIFIC COAST.
PLUMBERS AND TIMERS ON 4
STRIKE.
Criminally Assault d Two Little Girls
A Man Cowhided by a Young
Lady-The Astronomical
Society-News Notes.

Society-News Notes.
Spokane Falls claims population OF
24,0O0
Spokane Falls has opened new saw
| ingS bank.
| Ripe figs from Yuma are exhibited at
| Sacramento.
Olive culture is attracting attention in
| Guba county.
Sacramento is infested with gang OF
| sneak-thieves.
The Reese River Revelle has began its
rifty-third volume.
! Plumbers and timers at Vancouver,
| B. c., are on a strike.
Ten acres OF barley were burned over
near Merced, recently.
Tacoma is troubled with gang of fire
| bugs and sneak-thievcs.
A heavy rain and hail storm fell at La
/ Grande, Or, on the 18th.
The rainstorm at LAkeport destroyed
the brick in a large kiln.
Several cases of malignant diphtheria
! have occurred at Modesto.
Portland's streets WAS crowded with
visitors on Decoration Day.
A ~ pound salmon trout has been
caught at the Folsom dam.
The dwelling OF j. Orford, near Peta-
| Ium1 WIS burned last week
II. w. Fuller, one OF Chico's prominent
citizens and pioneers, is dead.
Charles Walters was shot by a China
man at san Leandro, on the 9th.
The ladies' OF Tacoma gave the sena-
torial party reception last week.
The grocery store OF Monty & Gum, of
Tacoma, was burned on the 10Th inst.
Santa Cruz and Monterey counties had
slight earthquake shocks on the 36th
The managers Of the Sacramento ball
team have decided to reinstate Veach.
An organized league of burglars from
Chicago are working Pugit Sound towns
There has been no application for the
office OF Register OF the Stockton Land
office.
Charles Wolff, aged ten years, fell from
tree at Ventura, last We k, and was
killed
DR.. John B. Smith, an old physician of
Petaluma, has been stricken with APP
opIexy.
A man named Lee WAS cowhided by
Miss NJ. Richmon, at Fresno, on the
10Th inst
Farmer Mills, OF San Luis Obispo
county, has planted nine tons OF potatoes
this year.
The next meeting OF the Astronomical
Society OF the Pacific Coast will be held
July 10Th.
William Warden, alias Ross, an escape
from Folsom Prison, has been recaptured
at Seattle.
Creigton, the San Francisco jury-briber,
is still in Victoria, and refuses to talk to
reporters.
The Santa Cruz Sea Breeze has issued
its first number, Ii is Of the Democratic
persuasion.
The Nevada State convention OF the
w. G. I. u. will meet ut Reno on June
5th and 9th.
General Miles is visiting Santa Cruz
and Monterey TO select site for the July
encampment.
The mines on the Comstock controlled
by j. w Mackay will close on Sundays
alter June list.
Thomas Stracher, contractor at Otay,
San Diego county, is missing, and muir
der is hinted at.
| Articles OF incorporation for the San
Pedro Electric Light and Power Company,
were filed last week.
| An American has opened restaurant
at Lemoore, Tulare county, and forced
the Chimes to leave.
! The State Grange opened at Salem on
the 18th in secret session, with full at
| tendance OF members.
Mrs. John Page at Butte, NJ. T., has
! been acquitted OF the charge OF murder
! ing her husband last February.
A number of men employed in the
steam engineering department at Mare
Island, have been discharged.
| Haywards cherry-growers are dissatis-
fed at the price paid by Gamers and are
| shipping a carload day East.
| The new road between San Lerando
and Haywards, Castro Valley and the
/ redWoods was opened for travel.
A man named Pennington shot and
| killed another man named Bolcom, near
Rye Valley, in Baker county, Oregon,
! last week.
The American bark Emerald was to-
! tally destroyed by fire at Port Gamble on
the 10Th. Part OF the cargo OF lumber
will he saved.
/ Mrs. Kramer, OF San Francisco, was
run over and killed on the 18th, in that
| CITY. bv the train running on the Geary-
street extension.
/ Mrs. Head. music teacher at Fresno,
! has been missing for several days, not
/ withstanding her friends have made dill
gent search Tor her.
/ Six palace cars for Haggin are nearly
completed at the railroad shops at Sacra-
mento. They will leave June 9TH with
| his stable OF races for the East.
An unknown person threw himself in
/ front of a freight train near Lathrop, last
week. and was literally cut to pieces.
| There was nothing found to identity him.
B. Callahan, who was injured through
the carelessness OF employees OF the Eel
River Railroad Company, has obtained
a verdict for $1,000 against the company.
ILL., fo,,rth attarlnt in one week To