The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-16
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

Watervflle items in Elieusburg Regiasey oil
Feb. s.: Messrs. Gillespie, Brownfield and
Crisp brothers killed fourteen deer on their
recent trip 10 Okanogaa county.
A company composed of Californians has
located IN iron claim in the vicinity of Gle.
Elum. The company proposes to com.
mence the development Of the same at
once.
Says the Uniontown, Whitman county
Journal Of Feb. I: William jennings, far.
mer residing at Fix's Ridge, in Latah
county. lost his life one day last week by .
log rolling onto him while unloadiug ct bis
woodpile.
The following item is from the Union
towd Journal Of Feb. 4: The Messrs.
Simpson q RAIDER shipped car OF live
hogs from here Sunday and one on Tues.
day. They were forwarded to A. N. Rob-
inson at Spokane.
The Farmers Alliance Of Whitman
county held meeting at Garfield last week
and passed . resolution to have the state
alliance Of Washington admitted into the
National Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union Of America - soon ~ possible.
The spangIe Record says: The Spokane
Falls posofiice has been made United
States depository and hereafter all the
money due the government from the post
Offices in this section and north Idaho will
be SAINT 70 the Fails instead Of Portland, as
heretofore.
The commissioners of Whitman county
have fixed the COMPENSATION Of officers a.
follows: Sheriff. $2.7Jo, $i.25 for boarding
prisoners and 81 50 per day for jailer; re-
corder. $500; probate judge. 500: district
attorney. $500: treasurer. 500; supe rim
fendent. $50; clerk Of district court, $50;
road supervisor. So per day when ut work.
IL Is reported that Captain Thorn as
Priestly. Indian agent ct Fort Simcoe, had
. very narrow escape from death few
days ago. Ii seems he was having some
men shovel the snow of Of his house, while
he was standing under thick grape arbor
upon which . great mass Of snow was
thrown. causing the arbor to collapse and
burying the captain to such depth that il
required several minutes to locate his
Whereabouts. When found he was very
short Of breath. bat sustained no serious
injury. Yakima He,uH.
The secretary OF state has some interest.
ing correspondence from Captain E. o.
Murden. formerly Of the United states
revenue marine. Captain Murden CON-
manded the old rsvenus cutter Jefierson
Davis on PUGET sound in the fiities. He
recsived severe injuries about the close of
the civil var and was Obliged to retire from
active service. He 10 now living. ct the age
OF - years, In Ashhuyy Park. n. J. He is
much given TO "Reminiscences. IL greatly il
love With Puget sound and has many In
quiries 10 make about the old-timera- He
ssys: Il wonder any ssttisment has
ever been msde at Murden's cove opposite
seattle. and II there 10 . lighthouse there 2"
Do not jump u conclusions nor outside unces-
fainties, wnen yo1 can bay Seattle eestainties
near electric lsue- No such values have been
oAsred o. Mondays sale wsfl tnan9urate In the
once Of Daniel Jones Co. Ga second street
Thirty thousand dollars has been spent ia ei~as-
Ing woodland Pnk- bnslding grsvei waiks.
bouiesafos. 6oweY beds. gYanse arch ays and
houses No io<s at rssail oue-hsh 20 one-thtrd
prcscnt retail prices IL taken by the block THU
week Terms, one fourth cash. Every block
viii 90 this week, and prices ufIi qusdripie In
ssx m0nsha ExAmffss the pfDpsny on ground
and uss your own judgment fhess tus vaiues
vfli nos b obtssusbie lsrer Pre- ride oves