Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-11
THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE WILLAMETTE COLLEGE GETS
A $1e 600 LEGABY.
A Collision in the Bay at San Francisco
Fishermen Drowned-Heavy
Rains in the Northwest
-NeWSy Items.

Yuba city is to have planning mill.
Real estate prices are improving in
| Santa Rosa.
Santa Ana's Flower Festival ended on
the 2Sth inst.
The next G. A. R. reunion will be held
at Red Bluff.
The salmon pack on the Columbia is
declared unsatisfactory.
D. l.. Hackett of the Napa Reporter, is
still reported to be missing.
Susanvile, CAL, experienced a sharp
earthquake shock last week.
Four fishermen were drowned in the
| Cascade Falls, Or, last week.
A Philadelphia firm will put up glace
fruit at Santa Cruz this season.
The terracotta works at Elsinore are
daily turning out 1900 feet OF pipe.
Work on the Monterey and Pacific
Grove Railway is to begin at once.
Woodland has organized a Business
Mems Association and Board OF Trade.
On the 2Sth inst, Benicia honored
Minister Miner with public welcome.
In five years the Fresno raisin-growers
expect to harvest yearly 100000 boxes.
Her Majesty's ship Espiegel, sailed
last week from Victoria, B. c., for Homo
lulu.
San Bernardino county employs four
| teen more school teachers this than last
| year.
Tacoma is making great preparations
| for the rowing matches, to come of this
month.
Elsinor claims to be Matching chickens
| by aid of the hot water OF the sulphur
springs.
David G. Harky was run over by a
street car last week at San Jose, and died
the next day.
Seven men have been arrested for
| tarring Gus Brannan, a Swedish Latharlo
of San Pedro.
A lodgin-house and cottage adjoining,
were destroyed by fire, in San Bernar-
dino, the 3Oth inst.
J. B. Hailstone, engineer at the Agnews
insane asylum, dropped dead on the 18th
from heart disease.
George Walty, Norwegian, committed
suicide few days ago at San Diego by
blowing his brains out.
Willamette College will get $4,000
| legacy from the late Father Wilbur, a
noted Methodist missionary.
Two tramps broke into the station
house at Fountain, Col, killed the oper-
ator and robbed him of 500.
II. L. Storey denies publicly that he
has sold his interest III the Coronado
Beach Hotel to the Spreckels.
Francisco Martino, a cook at Gallup, N.
NJ, attacked his his employer last week
and was shot, probably fatally.
Rose Bennett has been sentenced to
twelve months Imprisonment for killing
! Frank Graves at Anaconda, Nj. L.
The Mount Shasta District Society will
hold fair in Yreka, commencing Octo-
Der ID and continuing four days.
Caterpilars are infesting fruit trees in
the vicinity OF Santa Rosa. 1t is feared
that they will ravage the orchards.
Archbishop Goss, head OF the Catholic
church of Oregon, has gone to Rome to
confer with Pope Leo on church business.
A sandstorm blew along the river be-
tween Arlington, Or, and The Dalles,
last week, blocking the railroad track
near Wallace.
August Dietrich tried to sell beer at the
Odd Fellows picnic at Lakeside, San
Diego county, last week, but was driven
away by force.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Sar-
donyk, loaded with cannery supplies, was
beached in the Skeena river, having
struck a rock.
At Seattle, w. T., last week, VIM. D.
Kelly was shot and mortally wounded
while attempting to rob the cabin OF two
saloon-keepers
The recent heavy rains all through the
Northwest give promise OF the largest
crops ever raised in Oregon and Wash
ington Territory.
The band of hostile Indians that was
reported few days ago as having killed
a rancher at Deer Creek, near Demlng,
n. NJ, is without foundation.
William Wohlfrom killed Matt Fiegle,
near Blacks Staten, Cal, on the 18th.
The quarrel originated in the smashing
of buggy and the payment OF damages.
Charles Schmidt, editor of Nord Cali
fornia Herald, in Sacramento, while run
ming in the fat mems race at picnic, on
the 18th inst, had one OF his legs broken.
At San Francisco on the 2Sth COLI
sion occurred in the bay between the
British ships Dunfallan and Queen Vic
toria in which both were considerably
damaged.
The new temperance temple of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
recently erected at the corner OF Fort and
Temple streets, Los Angeles, at cost OF
SAC. 900, was dedicated recently.
Governor Waterman says he thoroughly
concurs in the views taken by General
Vandever as to the acquisition of Lawe1
California. and in fact is more favorably
impressed with the country than he Is.
Luois Beer got drunk, wrote letter
telling his wife to take his property and
% % to thunder, and then drowned him.
self in a reservoir at Los Angeles, last
week. He was Swiss, so years OF age
Mrs. Mildred Cowan, living on Duwa
mash river, near Seattle, w. L., was ser
iouslv wounded in an arm by a glanclne
hall from a rifle, which was held by hel
husband, on the 18th. The bail struck
the floor first.
Mrs Marlette shot and killed ''Profes
sor,, Sullivan at San Bernardino, last