The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-02-14
THE PACIFIC COAST.
An Epitome OF the Happenings
on this Side Of the Ro kies.
A California Sheriff Kills a Man for
Traducing His Wife-Other I
teresting News.


eratiOns.
Astoria has new morning paper, the
Columbian.
The Olympia Water Company has SOC
out for $4,000.
Seattle had seven burglaries in two
days last week.
Portland's Y. M. G. A. gave a recep-
ton to 600 tradesmen.
An immense brewery is to be built al
Puyallup, Washington.
DIR. Gilbert, formerly of Salem, died al
Sweet Home OF the grippe.
Thomas R. Brown is tie new United
State S marshal of Washington.
Frank Byron and Samuel Newton
burglars, dug out of Salem jail
The famous N. R. & n lease has just
been put on record in Portland.
Capitalists are asking Astoria for a
thirteen-mile cable road franchise.
Driftwood in the Willamette impeded
ferry travel last week at Portland.
Pelilo, the Umatilla Indian, is SEN
fenced to hang at Portland June 6.
The sailors boarding honse war be-
tween Portland and Astoria, is raging
rely.
On account of the heavy rains, tides
at Tacoma are reported higher than ever
before known.
Hazel Nelson, common woman Oi
Portland, was sentenced to two years or
500 robbery.
The Canadian Pacific steamer anube
carried away 1000 tons of -four from Vic
tOria for China.
The bark Kitty has sailed from Hong
Kong for Portland with cargo of this
seasons ice crop.
Steel rails are to take the place Of iron
on the Union Pa"ific between Spokane
and Walla Walla.
During the blockade steamer passen-
ger list between San Francisco and Port
land looted up $500.
McAuliffe is kicking for the first
match with Jackson. He is r, ,ady to
ngnt MIN again az once.
Billy Smith, the Australian, knocked
out Joe Bowers, of London, at San Fran
cisco, in the fourth round.
The body of a supposed murdered
man, we'll dressed, was iound buried in
the sand at Ocean Beach.
All the overland trains which have
hooy, hl00lzoLn1 Sio,ro uJ,ift
are now running all right.
The home of Judge Nelson, in North
Pasadena, CAL, was burned. Defective
fue. Loss, $1,000; insured.
A postoffice has been established at
Bend, Crook county, Or, with James M.
Montgomery as postmaster.
J. w. Mead, Union Pacific agent at La
Grande, Or, has returned to his post
after vacation of two months.
During the Southern Pacific snow
blockade, Wells, Fargo & Co. carr ed mail
on the San Francisco steamers.
There are 5000 beef cattle being fed in
Boise valley this winter Most OF this
stock is ready for the market now.
The monthly supply of Louisiana lot
terry tickets for Victoria and Vancouver
were destroyed by customs authorities.
Paul Stein, 25 years of age, despon-
dent from physical suffering, suicided at
Butte by hanging hims If with packing
cord.
A building in course of construction
ovv>ooifo fhn ~+ol Toxrar
Centralia, was blown down by wind
storm.
The auction sale of seats and boxes for
the opening night of the Marquam
Grand opera house, Portland, realized
$4401.
The schooner Ellen Adelaide went
ashore at Bowen's Landing, MendocinO
county, and is total loss. The crew
were saved.
The body of one of the imprisoned
miners in the Utica mine, at Angels
Camp, CAL, has been recovered, but not
yet inentifed.
The steamer Virginia went ashore at
Smith Gave, mile from Seattle, and
is total wreck She was blown by
strong wind on to the rocks.
Conant Bros, at Kelton, Idaho, sold
100 tons of hay for $500 to Patrick
Hayley, the aheepman, who will move
his band to Spring valley to feed.
The Northwestern Exposit on Com
pany, of Tacoma, have deferred taking
subscriptions to stock, owing to the
stringency of the money market.
Jno. Farrelmann, of Weaverville, CAL,
has been found dead in his cabin. The
roof had fallen in owing to great weight
of snow and crushed him to death.
The directors of the San Francisco
Theological seminary have not raised
the IS 1000 upon which the gift of Alex
ander Montgomery of $3.50, 600 depends.
Chung Cow, Chinaman, was mis-
tax. for robber in the Chinese theatre
dressing rooms at Portland, and shot at
by Lee Chung, an actor. be Will re-
cover.
Tacoma sent Nelson Bennett, Samuel
Collyer. Eugene B. Gushing, s. M.
Nolan and F. T. Olds as delegates to the
Pacific Coast Board of Commerce at San
Francisco.
Mrs. Rosario Rubilar, alleged to have
heen lO2 years old, died at Oakland, Cal
She was a native of Valparaiso, Chill
a.d is said to have been OF Castlllan
parentage.
Thomas Brohan, younger brother ol
Rev. William Brohan, Catholic priest
committed suicide at his room In Oak
land, Cal, by opening an artery In hlf
wrist with razor.