Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-07-03
State News In Brief

QUO over the returns of 1890 gam %
Inc cornerstone of the Jefferso, -
house will be laid at Port Townsord uour'-
day with Masonic ceremonies ''A' hurs-
The Episcopal convocation. in soss;o
oea''le' declaed to take steps to advance W
ihgton INTO separate diocese.
There will be no extra session of -,
Governor Ferry has again publicly anno,nas,
that no necessity exists for it.
The opium smugglers arrested ON a.
"ooiley' on Saturday, have been identified - y
T. Ihorndyke and Jack Clark, Sumas pamhlon-
fred tucker, an employee of the Comio,,o
theater' Spokane, has been convicted of -
outraged his 7-year-old daughter Will -
Gated. ii'oAi
Davenport, Lincoln county, is fast bocon,iz
a city. Electric lights and a system of .o.
works are among the things most neadod Ia
now oes' 70 supply these is now being considered
"hatcom, through its worlds fair commis
sloner' > Z. Mottat, expresses its readiness r.
furnish al the stone required for the erection Of
the Washington exhibit building at Chicago
The Washington Miners Association Er,,;1,
hold another meeting in September. The asso.
citation will act in conjunction with the sto+o,s
worlds fair commission in preparing tho MI,
eral exhibit.
Recently assays have been made Of tin ore dis
covered IN the upper Cle-Elum country. and
the results went beyond the fondest anticina-
tons of the locators of the claims. The ore is
exceedingly rich in tin and carries considerable
silver with traces of gold
Although a few grain fields in Lincoln comfy
have been totally destroyed by hot winds and
squirrels, yet by far the greater proportion of the
agricultural lands give promise of bountiful bar.
vests. The yield in Lincoln county will fully
equal, if not exceed, the enormous crops of last
year.
There Will be genuine old fashioned barbecue
at Valley Grove on the Fourth This is the
place selected by the various alliances of WalIa
Walla county at which to hold their celebration.
and there is little doubt but that the pleasurable
anticipations of those who expect to attend will
be fully realized.
The Soldiers Home at Orting was dedicated
Thursday. G. A. r. delegates from Seattle Ia
coma, and Puyallup were present. Governor
Ferry was not able to be present himself, but
sent General r. g. O'Brien. of the National
Guard, to represent him. There were a number
of patriotic addresses, and in the evening a ball
at the opera house.
Chautauqua university is to be built at Fort
Point, Port Discovery bay. Five hundred
and fifty three acres of land, in sections r. 10
and "A, have been purchased by the Information
al Chautauquan Association of the Northwest for
the purpose. The Chautauqua Society already
has a university on this coast located at Ocean
Beach, near the city of Monterey, Cal, and it is
the intention to have this one built in the same
way ane conducted in the same manner.
man named Tannet came into Ellensburgh
one morning recently from Swauk, bringing fiftv
nine ounces of gold, the result of three days
work with hand motar The gold is worth
about Sl5 % per ounce, or over 5000 for the
lump. This yield was secured with very lin
tied quantity of water. The find created consid-
cradle talk around the town. From Tannet's
description Of the ground from which the gold
was taken many believe the mother lode has
been found.
James Mcclellan, of Nooksack, aged 49, at
tempted suicide during meeting of the Good
Templars' lodge by taking fifteen grains of
strychnine. His condition was discovered short
ly after taking it and he was carried from the
hall and a doctor summoned. Physicians and
friends took all night to finally bring the victim
out of danger He says he viii use bullet next
time and make a clean job. He was disappoint-
ed IN love affair, but the girls name is with
held on account of both families.
A curious mass of metal was found in the
heart of burning pine stump in the yard of Mr..
j. NJ. Richey, fifteen miles from Chewelah 1t
Is not often that metal of any kind is melted out
OF Old stumps of trees, but such was the case
when Mr. Richey set fire to this stump He saw
the molten lead dripping down from the heart of
the stump. and the specimen now on exhibition
was dug from the ashes. 1t is supposed that the
tree had been used as target some wears ago by
Indians, and had been shot full of lead
Superintendent Stewart, of the North Pacific,
Kittitas and Yakima Irrigation Company, who has
had force of men at work for the past six weeks,
preparing to dam the lower end of Cle-Elum lake,
has moved his camp to Lake Cachess, where
soundings will be taken and other work prepare
tory to the construction of dam will be done
High water so interfered with the work at Gle
Elum Ike that il was deemed practical to sus
pend all operations there for the present. Later
in the season, when the lake is lower work will
again be resumed and the pile-driving com
menced.
remarkably favorable showing is now be-
ing made by the Rainbow group of mines in the
Okanogan country. At a depth of about forty
feet the Coyote has a four-foot ledge, which,
being sampled, most reasonably returns $3.50 Il
gold and 81 silver. The dump alone is now val
ued at $4,000. Free gold is now being taken
out of the Cottonwood, the companion claim
Specimens taken to Ruby City and seen by
Miner reporter fairly glittered with the pure
metal The Rainbow is also making an uuex-
pectedly rich showing. f. Harris, of Ruby;
Maurice Farrell and George Doerr, of Wannicut,
are the owners of this brilliant galaxy.
Warm Times in the Mines.
SEATTLE, June 29.-Matters at the
mines in Franklin have assumed still
more threatening form, and Colonel :.
G. Haines to-day wired to this city for
another company Of Militia to report at
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