Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-11-27
STATE NEWS.

ton of board of trade,
There is talk of holding fruitgrowers'
convention at Port Townsend.
The Spokane and Great Northern Min
ing Company has been incorporated al
Spokane.
Orting took up subscription for the,
sufferers in the recent flood. 1t amounted
to $40 days work.
The Skagit Sawmill & Manufacturing
Company has been purchased by Cap
tain Mccall, of Mount Vernon, for 500
600.
Leon King, aged 80, mill hand at
Buckley, was caught by belt, thrown
against the engine and his back broken.
He cannot live.
1t has been decided by the executive
committee Of the chamber of commerce
of Tacoma to establish in that city
mining bureau.
J. G. Perrault's store and the postoffice
at Sank City were robbed the other
night. Forty dollars in cash and three
registered letters we're taken.
Constable Eugene N. Waid, of Latonia,
decamped, and the residents of that little
suburb mourn his departure to the ex-
tent of several hundred dollars.
The Spokane County Teachers AS
ISOLATION will hold its next quarterly
meeting in the public school building
of Spokane, Saturday November %.
A. o. Barney, of Walla Walla, killed
white swan on the Walla Walla river, on
Sunday, and Emil Sanderson brought
down an eagle on Mill creek that meas
ured six feet eight inches from wing to
wing.
A pleasant meeting of Washington
Commandery of Loyal Legion was held
the other day at Tacoma. Routine bust
ness was transacted and "a Governor E.
S. Solomon, Of Washington territory,
now of San Francisco, made an address.
Two dozen members of the legion were
present.
George E. Pfunder, superintendent of
the mining exhibit of the worlds fair
for this state, has mapped out a pro
gramme for the collection of minerals of
of Washington and facts relative thereto
which, if carried out, ought to place us
in the front rank of mineral bearing
states at the Chicago exhibition.
Mrs. Susan H. Goodwin, widow Of ex-
Governor Goodwin, of Maine, has sued
George Kelley and A. H. Smith, of Ia
coma, to recover half million dollars
worth of property in Pierce, Lewis, Cow
litz and Skagit counties mostly in Ia
coma. She alleges her husband was
joint owner with Kelley and Smith
August Hammel, a Lime Kiln hop
rancher, has been arrested on charge
of grand larceny. 1t is held that he
hired two employees, Carl and Robert
Mason, to stealthily carry from his hop
house fifty seven bales of hops, which
were in the custody Of the sheriff under
lien for $1,000 held by Horst Bros, of
San Francisco.
Harry A. Moore, of New Whatcom, is
visiting Seattle and Tacoma, arranging
for the purchase of machinery to work
the Rocky Ridge coal property, which is
owned by himself and brothers. The
mine is situated at this end Of Lake
Whatcom, near the town of Geneva, and
already has shown signs of containing
large quantities of fine coal
On the 9th Of this month the judges
of the superior court OF the state will
meet in Seattle at the court house to
formulate uniform rules for the govern
ment Of the superior courts Each Judge
will be accompanied by one attorney, to
be chosen by himself from the bar, so
that the lawyers will be represented
equally with the judges at the meeting.
public library is TO be established
at Fairbaven and Whatcom That il to
say the BelIingham Bay Land Company
offers 10 give $500, two slegble lots
and 10000 fest u lumber, and Mr.. G. X.
Larabee offers ~ give 1880 more, pro.
vided another company gives u like
amount of land and lumber, aud the
citizens Of Faifhayen and Whatcom,
each, give $4,000 and agree to maintain
the library by taxation.
Vice President Clough, Of tie Great
Northern, is expected at Tacoma. He
will be accompanied by several other
officers OF the Great Northern, and it is
thought some definite conclusion will be
arrived at during their visit regarding
the route and date of beginning work of
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