Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-06-19
STATE News i'm Brief.

There is a scheme on foot to cut off the east
portion of Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom
counties and forming a county, to be known
Cascade county, with Sank City the county seat,
the dividing line to be between Hamilton and
Birdsvew. Should this scheme materialize, and
there is sound logical theory advanced that it
will, it will forever blast Sedro and Hamilton's
fond hopes of becoming the county seat,
and will forever settle the question of it
being moved from there.
Puyallup Commerce says that many tax pay
in that city disguised at the hige tax as
sessment against their property Mr. Barnard
Gays his twenty acres were assessed at Sl2,O00,
and that he knows that they would not sell to-
:. day for 200. Mr. Lingenfelter says his land
is assessed at 1926 Recently on agent
for the owner of the adjoining land had a Gust
omer out there offering to sell him all he wanted
for 800 an
Lieutenant Brown of the Pinta, regarding the
dispatch of yesterday relative to his name being
associated with that of Mrs Golf and her at
tempted suicide at Victoria states that he knew
the woman casually some years ago. He claims
that the woman has never been married, and
that she has not always been in the path OF re-
spectable society, although his relations with her
have been perfectly proper
Through the citizens of Seattle greatly
Sverburdened by taxes, caused by the dIsas-
trous fire two years ago and the vigorous growth
of the city since that time, they turned out with
resolute step last Monday to vote in favor OF
validating the citys debt, which had assumed
proportions which placed it beyond the consti-
tutionaI limit
In the suit of W. W. Bracket against the
Western Union Telegraph company for S29,Ooo
damages for alleged malicious prosecution Tor
embszzlement which tried before Judge
Deady in the United States district court, in
Portland, the plaintiffs attorneys were yester-
day, on their own notion granted non-sut.
The Tacoma saloon-keepers will now have to
.close on Sunday, unless the recent decision OF
.the municipal court is reversed by the supreme
. ma The LIQUOR Dealers Association have
ullmd restaurant keepers and others who have
Ae15fl1 ! Nh cTpmed to keep open on Sunday that
5avi,,e, tate,, Tho 4 close up or be prosecuted
aSteam Laundry Fery jubilant over the prospect OF
rs, collars, cuffs of 200 families within the next
ID Thursday of each lies are to be brought INTO tue
snlication. COUNTRY under the auspices OF the
--ay company, company incor-
MILLINERY. DIRE laws of Nebraska, with head
Mrs. G. L. Jackson, %.
Rssmaklng first house ri near snohomish which was
shop. Bros. was totally destroyed
WANTED: sfter midnight o ,nnS Taa LII
rsons to handle estimated at s2OOOoO' Inc mn
<sney. il all long PERIOD Oh ho s'1 tbs
80 ',rk Of frebug.
L. II. Mcmahon, edto- of the Woodburn In
dependent. has shot J. @nto, prominent
citizen of Salem, Ore through the hand. ne
sent of the criticism of Minta in HcMahon's pa
per led to when the parties met on 1ht
street, which ended in the shooting.
The Moodyville sawmin company's plant and
property, situated Bernard inlet, about three
miles from Vancouver, B. c., has been sold &c
the hothcnAids and other well-known London
capitalists for 100000 The transfer takes
place July !.
The next annual convention Of tho Anc;ant
o,der Of Hibernisns will be held in seattle tie