Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-25
THE PACIFIC COAST.
BORING FOR WATER AND GAS IN
CALIFORNIA
The Steamer Alaskan Goes to Pieces
Off Cape Blanco-The Rights of
Sheriffs-Steam9r Launched
Silver Discoveries

Santa Rosa has applied for free mail
delivery.
The Eleventh District Fair will be held
at Quincy.
The land-jumping trouble at FELTON, will
be amicably settled.
The building Of a cannery at Ontario
will receive $500 bonus.
Five saloons at Santa Cruz paid $1,000
each for license last week.
The Glen Ellen, Sonoma county, post
office is a mOney-order office.
The wheelmen have a tournament at
Stockton on the Fourth of July.
Pasadena and Fresno will have free de-
livery postal service from July LIST.
Noted oarsmen are collecting at Ia
coma, w. T., for the coming regatta.
Governor Waterman has been to Ukiah
to select a site for the insane asylum
Helena, NJ. T., sporting men won $lO,-
900 on the result of the Kentucky Derby.
J. M. Wallace. a mechanic at Seattle,
was sandbagged and robbed at Tacoma
last week.
The probabilities are that Kern county
has voted to issue $3.50, in bonds for
Improvements.
The saloon interest at Petalrma is to
make a vigorous war against the High
license ordinance.
Four cowboys killed four Zuni Indians
IT lnGt week The
cowboys are in prison.
A man supposed to be H. Lucas OF
Oswego, Or, was killed by the cars IN
South Portland last week.
The Fairhaven, a steamer to run be-
tween Tacoma and Belllngham bay, mas
been launched at Tacoma.
ID. L. Hackett, the missing editor OF
the Napa Reporter, is IN st. LOUIS. Ills
mind is evidently unsouna.
The steamer City of Salem at Portland
has been mulcted in the sum OF $3.50 lor
carrying too many passengers.
Wizards object in the Oregon Trans
continental Railroad deal is to obtain
control of the Northern Pacific.
Attornev-General Johnson has decided
that the Oregon steamers must pay the
quarantine tax at San Francisco.
Grain that was reported to be fiat three
davs ago Strengthened up under the
influence of the warm sunshine.
man named Coroles lost team and
load of goods by trying to smuggle them
into Mexico at Tia Juana, recently.
The Northern Pacific will open road
from Renton to Billing NJ. l., which Will
open rich section OF the Territory.
Seattle is excited over the discovery OF
galena silver lodges on the line OF the
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern railroad.
Charles Shoemaker was killed by
Michael Lauroona, who was carelessly
handling a pistol at Sacramento last
week.
The farmers are now surveying the
field after the deluge of rain, and they.
think the benefit is greatly in excess OF
the loss.
Boring for water and gas is to begin
very soon on the asylum grounds at
stockton, proposals for the work being
advertised.
About one thousand song birds from
the Hartz Mountains are on their way 10
Portland, Or, having left New York last
week by rail.
Frank Cody, who was reported to have
been killed and roasted by APaG;hG7
Indians in Arizona, it seems was Killed
! by three MeXicans.
Miss Maggie Quinn was thrown from a
buggy and dragged a block at San Jose,
last week. She was much bruised ana
it is feared was injured internally.
Two burglars were detected at work at
Butte. NJ. T., last week, and one was
killed. Before death he stated ne was
known in the West as Pittsburg Jack.
John Wilson, stevedore at Portland,
wants 1000 damages from the Oregon
Improvement Company tor injuries re-
ceiyed while in the company's employ
The schooner Rosie Olsen, which left
Astoria on halibut cruise in February,
should have been heard from three weeks
ago and fears are entertained Of her loss.
The contractors for building the big
dam at the mouth of the San Fellpe
Canon. San Diego county, will have to go
down lilo feet to get solid rock founda-
ton.
County Clerk w. J. Henley, OF Esmer-
aida. New, has been removed by tlle
commissioners for malfeasance IN oihce,
and S. D. Rosenthal appointed to I'LL the
vacancy.
The States Attorney-Generals says that
sbar;ffs have no right to retain the ices
for escorting prisoners and insane
natients prior to the passage OF the law
| bv the late Legislature.
II was discovered at Fresno last week
tbat the wife and child Of j. Nj. Wilcox
On attorney formerly of San Francisco
ware ", in a starving condition, having
tasted no food for three days
The Mariposa County Supervisors have
adopted Surveyor Harris oseiillIt
short-line route, and ordered adyertlseG
PROPOSALS for the construction OF tle Ioa0
and the bridge spanning Merced riVer'
The steamer Alaskan, owned by the q
p IN 90. which sailed from Portland
ON ON tba i0th for San Francisco for repairs
we went 1tiN to pieces off Cape Blanc9: on IT the n
I9tb inst. She had full compliment Q
officers and crew-forty-four IN all Elgh
are reported saved.
Several women, the wives OF laborer;
on the ranch of E. ]. Baldwin at Santt
Anna roughly handled, captured ane
delivered to the county officials an lndlal "a
who had criminally assaulted one OF 1li'
women while she was going home a1ter