Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-16
State News In Brief.
Oakville brags of a brass band.

Oil wells are being bored at Blaine
and Sumas.
A dancing club has been organized at
Chehalis.
Elk are being captured in large nun.
bers in Clallam county.
There are said to be only 125 taxpay
srs in Franklin county.
Knights Of Labor in Spokane are pre-
pairing to give ball on an elaborate
scale.
In King county about $500 bount,
is annually paid on bear, wildcat and
cougar skins.
A Kelso paper says: THE champion
liar of the upper Coweeman has been
found in Kelso."
The cornwall lumber company at
Whatcom has resumed the shipping of
lumber to Chill.
School Superintendent Dixon, of FL
lensburgh, has discovered an enormous
vein of tin ore in the Peshastin district.
The stone masons Of New Whatcon.
threaten to boycott the county commits
sioners on all county work for employ
ing a non union workman.
The practitioners of the regular school
OF medicine will hold meeting In Mon
tesano on the 18th inst, for the purpose
OF organizing a permanent association
Ex-Collector Bradshaw states that the
reports to the effect that he had pur-
chased extensive mining interests in the
Cascade mining country are incorrect.
1t has 80 far proved impossible to en-
force the COW law in Baker City, and in
consequence those animals roam at
pleasure through the streets of the town
without let or h1ndrance.
Fsirhaven is infested with a gang of
boys whose mate devilishness is at pres
ent manifesting itself in a monomania
for breaking windows. No less than
thousand window glasses have thus been
recently broken by these young vandals.
Home made sorghum is for sale in
Kettle Falls, where the demand far ex-
ceeds the supply. 1t Is stated that for
the past eight years sugar cane has been
successfully grown in that vicinity, and
the syrup manufactured from it is of
superior quality.
The largest church bell, and the
second In Stevens county, has just been
placed in the belfry of the Presbyterian
church at Kettle Falls. Its weight is
4O5 pounds. The other bell, the first to
De placed in position, is in the church at
the Mission.
The citizens OF Olympia are dissatis-
fed with Captain Simonds' plan for es-
tablishing narrow waterway, because
it does not go in far enough. They
want waterway at least 1000 feet wide,
and they wish the harbor lines to be SO
drawn as to permit of this.
A petition was presented to Judge
Mcbride few days ago asking him to
have the grand jury called, principally
to investigate the shooting of Deputy
Sheriff Poor. at Seattle, by Inspector
Baird, at Wooley, two months ago.
The jury met Tuesday, October IS.
A fine exhibit of ores can be seen at
the new Office of the Lake Chelan Rail
road and Navigation company, which
they have recently occupied at Chalan
These ore samples, some of which weigh
sixty-tive pounds, were packed down
from the summit and are a great at
traction to new corners and especially to
mining men.
A zinc ledge is the latest mineral dis
eoYery made in the vicinity of Spokane.
q. 2. Carlin reports that he has discoy-
cred fourteen foot ledge of that min
eral, and recently took samples to Mr..
Charles Fassett for assay. Mr.. Fassett
has made number of ASSAYS, and finds
that the ore carries from 80 to 40 Der
cent. of the metal.
Lee McMillen, who was stabbed in q
saloon quarrel at Edison some weeks
ago. was operated upon by DR.. J. S.
ID. Smart last week at the Providence
hospital. Puss had collected in the
pleural cavity and it was found neces.
sary to put in drainage pipe to take
away the matter. The patient will in all
probability recover, but it Will be long
time.
The editor Of the Independent, pub
lished at Pomeroy, takes occasion to re-
mark: THE fellows who go about mis-
representing and lying about the mayor
Of this city for giving the pauper who
died here last week decent burial, NAV
be preparing the sentiment of the pso-
pie 20 give any of them great respecta-
bilitY at death who seem by their con-
duct not to care about it in life."
The McCatferty saw mill, one mile
northeast of Fourth Plain, Clarke coun
tx. was consumed BY fire early Sunday