Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-05-31
STATE NEWS.

Joel Dutchen, boy aged IL years,
was drowned while fishing last Satur-
day, in lake Union near Seattle.
A bank of china clay, said to be the
first ever discovered in the United
States, was found near Olympia last
week.
Ninety-six votes were polled on Tues
day, and something like sixty voters
were out on the road and could not get
in Tekoa will poll 200votes at the fall
election Tekoa Globe.
A man named T. 0. Palmer was run
over by switch engine and killed, at
Spokane Falls last Saturday night. The
back part of his head was cut entirely
off, It is thought that he was drunk.
The Northern Pacific railroad company
caused the arrest of Gus Aldermuth, d
prominent farmer living near Sprague,
charging him with stealing q spools of
bdrbed wire. A portion of the wire was
found on his farm.
At Tuesdays city election the follow
ing candidates were elected: For mayor,
DIR. J. H. Carper; city treasurer, j. j.
Humphrey; for counciImen, VIM. Service,
John Taylor, W. Hayield, E. P. Doris
and c.. S. Smith.-Farmington Register.
| A body supposed to be that of little
Charley Newell, who was drowned by
going over the falls at Spokane few
weeks ago, was found by d. G. Cannon
a carpenter, last Saturday. The body
was SO badly decomposed that it could
not be identified.
Governor Ferry has appointed com
missioners from the state Of Washington
to the worlds fair at Chicago: Henry
Drum, senator from Pierce county and
ex-mayor of Tacoma, and Charles B.
Hopkins, of Spokane, former editor of
the Palouse Gazette; alternates, Clearance
B. Bagley and William Bingham, Of
Cheney.
4 school row Of considerable import
ance occurred near Cheney last week.
The teacher of the school at Lance Hills,
Young fellow named j. c. Fuhrer, dur
ing struggle with some of the pupils
bit John Lance in the neck. The father
OF Lance had the teacher arrested but
the jury refused to find him guilty.
Fuhrer says that he will bring suit
against Lance for false arrest and de-
famation of character.
Probably the largest transfer ever re
corded IN this county, was that by A. A.
Phillips, Tuesday, Of land in township
Is, north Of range l, west The land
was purchased Ivy the Cherry Hill Coal
Company, Of Olympia, for considera-
ton of S300,000 The incorporators OF
this company are Edmund Rice and
Stuart Rice, of Tacoma, and George D.
Shannon and John f. Convey, CT Olym-
wia.-Olympia Tribune.
The Sprague oornet band, although
a new organization scarcely sixty days
old, is rapidly Becoming most efficient
musical organization, and Sprague is
proud of it. Professor Harris, who Is
the director and teacher of the band, is ;
very capable and clever musician anC
instructor, and takes great pride in The
organization. A ball was given by the
band Friday night at the opera-house
which was. a success both socially ant
financially. Prior to the opening of thu
j exercises at the opera house the bant
gave street promenade concert, eaol
member being adorned with new sill
hat and linen duster, presenting truly
metropolitan appearance.
A nOUlCe Has D6Sil LASeN WIZ OAS A"AA
ina county auditor by Walter n. Gran
ger. Albert, Kleinschmidt and John u
Mcintyre claiming and approprlatlnt
the running water Of the Natchez rive
TO the extent of 1860 cubic feet per seeon'
10 be diverted from said stream for tn
purposes of irrigation, and the creation
OF water power for manufacturing min
ing,and milling, at point on the sout
half of the southeast quarter of sectlo
10. township 13, north of range Is east
The means by which they will diver
the water will be by canals, fumes, pipe
lines and tunnels, along the grade in
; southwesterly direction around the Al
: anum basin, across the AhtanUm creel
d and thence in a southeasterly directio
G to a point in Union gap opposite th
county bridge; thence across the faklm
/, river at this point to the northeast see
the Yakima river; thence in southeast
9 erlv direction along the grade; thence
. 4 point northerly and northeasterly
Prosser, o distance Of 100 miles or les