Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-17

canning peaches can be obtained, during
the next ten days, at the orchard of J.
B. Holt, Wawawai.
j. E. Mcfarland, of Sprague, has
been in town several days this week, in
vestigating our business opportunities.
He is well pleased with our prospects
and may locate here this fall.
The latest production of Dr.. Webb's
inventive proclivities is globe for the
use OF schools. It's merit consists in be-
ing cheap, thus enabling each scholar to
have one at his or her home. He says
he can sell them for S. per dozen.
DR. Webb has been experimenting
with the Brown-Sequard elixir of life
theory, but is now in doubt as to wheth-
er the invigorating effects which result
ed from his experiment was caused by
the artesian water used or the so called
elixir of life.
The Walla Walla Uuion gives the
political wants of the delegates from
which it appears that the aspirations of
the Whitman county delegates are as
follows: Comegys and Warner want to
go to Congress; Hungate and Sullivan
to the Legislature, end Reed wants to be
lieutenant governor.
As precaution against fire all alleys
and back yards should be cleared of the
rubbish, and the accumulation of paper,
straw, etc under the sidewalks should be
removed. AS individual citizens will
not voluntarily do this, except in few
cases, the city marshal should be in
structed to have it done.
Old settlers claim that this is the
worst season ever known in the Palouse
country and that the wheat crop is a
comparative failure. When they are re-
minded that the average yield this year
will be about 80 bushels, they reply that
they know it but if the season had been
favorable the average would have been
60 bushels per acre.
The most complete threshing ma
chine outfit in this section ig that owned
by Frank Burnham. Steam forks lift the
headed grain from the stack to the plat
| form of Byron jackson feeder and two
men fork it on to the canvas which con-
veys it into the machine. The machine
has capacity of 5000 bushels per day,
and it requires IL men to operate it.
The outfit cost $4,000.
There was a grand opening OF the
Punks' Resort on Saturday evening last.
Songs, flute playing and other sounds
of a less harmonious nature lasted far
into the night. Mr.. Olmsted contribut-
ed some appropriate songs and Mr..
Kaylor rendered several classical selec-
tions. Mr.. Spencer furnished the salt.
May Ed and lobe spend many happy
days in their new home.
The Board of Education, at a meet
ing held in Olympia, W. T., Aug. 5,
1889, rescinded its action in the adop-
ton of Swinton's biographies, Robin
sons frrt book of arithmetic and the
Modern speller, at its July meeting.
As result of this action, the books that
have been in use in the public schools in
the Territory for the past two years will
continue in use until the state may
otherwise provide.
On Wednesday afternoon, as the
freight train bound for Spokane had ar
rived at a point about a mile beyond
Rosalia, it came in contact with a COW
which threw the engine, together with
three box cars, into the ditch. The fire
man, whose name we have not learned,
had one finger crushed. The south
bound passenger was delayed until the
track could be cleared, which was COM
pleted at 4:45 Thursday morning.
-Palouse Gazette: In half page ad-
vertisement in one of our exchanges, of a
dry goods merchant, IS this sentence:
"Onr newspapers are the life of our
city, and are bread winners for the mer-
chants" There is a whole volume in
this sentence. A city or a town with
out live newspaper is not worth the
space it occupies. A newspaper, rightly
conducted, is worth more to town or
community than thousands of dollars
invested in any other enterprise.
An exchange says that no insect
that crawls can live under the applica-
ton of hot alum water. It will destroy
red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders,
bed bugs, and all the myriads Of crawl
ing pests which infect old houses during
the heated term. Take two pounds OF
alum and dissolve in three quarts OF boil
ing water, let it stand on the stove until
the alum Is all melted, then apply II
with brush while nearly boiling to
every joint and crevioe in your closets
bedsteads, pantry, shelves, and the like