Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-06-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
An Epitome of the Happenings
of Two Hemispheres.
What is Transpiring in the united
States Congress-0ther Very
Interesting Items.

propose to raid orlglnal-packase ."
looms.
(, An endemic with fatal results prevails
! among sheep in various sections OF YER
mont.
Frosts in Iowa and Illinois have caused
considerable injury to fruit and vege-
tables.
Anthony Comstock has caused the ar
rest of Providence man for sending lot
terry tickets through the mails.
\. An examination of the casket has set
,at rest the rumors that President Gar
fields remains were not therein.
The Dolus mine, east of chihuahua,
Mexico. has been sold by Y. l.. Frlch TO
an English syndicate for $4,000
y It is reported that the largest tin-plate
mill in the world will he erected in Pitts
Dureh, Pa, if the Mckinley bill passes,
The German societies have petitioned
congress not to change immigration laws
I Ind to construe the pauper laws Literally.
A syndicate composed of parties inter
}sted in the Canadian Pacific has pur-
,hased large block of stock in the Com
nercial Cable Company.
The report of the contemplated removal
{ the National Conservatory Of Music
rom New York to Washington is con
,rmed by Mrs. Thurber.
, At New York James Smith has been
Marded $4,000 damages from Francis
4. Harte, for alternating the affections OF
lis wife, Olive B. Smith.
The policemen of New York have all
igned affidavits that they are in no way
iterested in the manufacture or sale OF
I nv spirituous or malt liquors.
: 1t is said that Manhattan Beach will
4 b abandoned as summer resort, last
inter's storms having caused $4,000, 900
4mage to the hotel and railroad prop
ty.
,Barnuuf Ihaaving declined to give the
rooklvn Aldermen free passes to his
iIow, those patriotic state5n2 en- increased
e license fee for circuses from $7J1 =
ar to $500 day.
There are rome indications that the
/ ricultural depression in the West is
ding. Corn has gone up from 10 to 30
neat" seems again to be a possibility.
The street railroad lines of Buffalo
We been sold to a syndicate of capital
3, including NJ. A. Werner of Pittsburg,
Seller Mckee and others Of Phila-
,phia, and Patton & Co. OF New York.
S,Chere is plan afoot in New York to
tablish a flower market in Union
III mare that shall rival the famous mar
I II .ls of Paris and London. Five hun
81. I'd men go to New York every day with
eyers to sell.
! secretary Tracy has directed that grad
.es of the Naval Academy shall not be
cred to other than sea duty until they
III have made at least one cruise in a
Using vessel of war after the compile
/ of their six years course.
1 secretary Proctor has Issued a standing
YER that release from the army will be
nished upon application to each
,srter coming within the provisions
, .ae act of Congress approved April II,
}, amending the 103d article Of war.
Il Brooklyn the price of ice has been
snced to 81 per 100 pounds for house
iers and to $40 to $l4 a ton for gro
and ice-cream and liquor dealers.
price of ice cream has been raised,
the advance in ice is likely to make
t, fish and milk more expensive.
indications in the East are anything,
ball, as profession, has gone to join
roller skate. For some time past the
lime craze has been slowly slipping
'innocuous desuetude, and now care
4
the great fad OF fads in America is
qly becoming thing Of the past.
4 e Senate Public Lands Committee has
llrted Il bill repeating the Timber
1lre Land law, and amending the
lrelative to purchase OF arid lands
saking final settlement the bill recog-
6 the work already done in the way
nber culture by the present holders
&c land 1t requires the expenditure
cleast So an acre on arid lands be-
,itle to the same can be perfected
neral Schofeld has publicly CEN
Captain Charles Morton, Third
sry, for publishing letter in Chi
newspaper criticising the manage
of affairs at West Point and in the
ant-General's Office, alleging i'm
on by staff officers upon officers of
Inc. Future publications OF like
acter will he the cause of charges
1T the offending officer and trial by
nmartial.
llemblyman Trenton, who suddenly
u9eared several days ago from Tren-
II. j., with the legislative copy of
II Newark Elevated railroad bill, has re.
lei to his home. He is out with a
n - Il =
,ne lobby that secured the passage
. bill and not the Legislature or the
!, and justifies his actions as a
made in the interest of the public
re was great excite for awhile on
cstreet over the report which was
NJ Nd that James Keene had been caught
nent drops of sugar and Chicago gas
his stocks were being sold out.
body began to sell, and the average
was between , ard per cent.
M farl and Transcontinentals dropped
more. Keene asserted stoutly that
he not been injured and was per
solvent.
police have discovered Chinese
/ ed 16, held as a slave and inhu-
treated by her Chinese master on
street, New York. Part of her
isg, that she was lured from the care
III. Gibson. at San Francisco, to be
Under the pretense OF marriage.
Z, ening Sun prints three columns
d. story, the most singular part oil
IS that it treats this feature OF the
ce question as if it were something
TIN
ALONG THE COAST.
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