Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-11-06

friday morning John Burns was
found lying dead about a mile east OF
Gle lum, near tie railroad track. His
jaw and the back portion of his head
were badly bruised, 1t is supposed from
his position near the track that he had
been struck by passing train while sit
ting on the end of a cross-tie. Thre,
dollars and flask of whisky were found
on his person.
Letters continue to be received for the
Washington Secret Marriage Bureau at
the postofice in Tacoma The letters
bear the postmarks of Eastern states
The marriage bureau went out of bust
ness when the police begen to inquire
into its business. The bureau agreed t.
furnish its correspondents with suitable
husbands or wives for sums ranging
from 50 to S.. Advertisements were in
serted in Eastern papers, and the an
swers now coming are supposed to be il
reply.
J. 0. Ross, we'll known attOrney-at-
law, of Walla Walla, was admitted to
citizenship the other day. Mr.. Ross
was made citizen of the United States
many years ago by the municipal court
of small city in Maine. which, it was
supposed, had jurisdiction in such mat
tiers. After having been citizenized Mr..
Ross became an attorney, and was some
what astonished to read recently that
the supreme court of Maine had Just
decided that the court naturaiizing bin
had no authority to do so. To save
trouble he has been naturalized again.
Mrs. Peter Brooks, aged 25, became
frantic with excitement while inquiring
for husband and police headquarters in
Tacoma. She SAID he left home on the
preceding night, Later she was arrest
ed on the street charged with insanity.
She will be examined before the lunacy
commission. At the jail she calls for
her husband, and says she will not be
cross to him if he will return to her.
Several of the farmers in the Eureka
Flat region are endeavorlng to raise
funds to make an attempt to obtain
flowing water by boring an artesian we'll
The scheme is for each land owner to
pay 10 cents an acre into fund to pay
for the boring. In this way it is expect
ed enough money can be raised to ''strike
water" The scheme seems feasible,
says the Walla Walla Union-Journal
It is believed that flowing water can be
obtained on Eureka Flat, and once it is
secured is is certain that the value Of
land IN that section will be materially
increased.
One night last week burglars entered
the postoffice at Mukilteo and robbed
( the establishment of stamps and cash to
the amount of $50. They effected an
entrance by boring a series OF holes con-
Meeting with each other in circle above
the lock on the door, pushing out the
block and reaching through and unlock
ing the door, the key being left IN the
lock. They then proceeded to tap
I the money drawer, which was one of the
alarm sort. They bored a hole through
the counter top back of the catch and
filed the drawer with graduated sugar,
after which it was an easy matter to find
the combination that opened the drawer
without sounding the bell alarm
Mary Dahl has brought suit against
Capt. H. L. Tibbals, father of the mayor
of Port Townsend, for $4,000 damages.
charging him with causing the death of
her husband, 0. H. Lahl Tibbals want
ed to buy a horse from Dahl, who was a
liveryman. On September 80, 1890, he
harnessed Dahps horse with TibbaIs
horse to buggy, and the two men went
for drive to try the horses. The com
plant says that Tibbals was drunk and
whipped the horses and made them run
away. The buggy was upset and Dahl
was killed. The widow was left with
three small children, and values the ser
vice of her husband in supporting her
and her children at $4,000.