Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS.


Edwin Booths health is said to be
rapidly failing.
Wyoming's population is 90, 705, an in
crease Of 1916.
The remains OF Jefferson Davis are to
be given to Richmond, Va.
The grasshoppers in Eastern Colorado
are destroying vegetation and delaying
trains.
The inventory Of the estate of the late
Secretary Window places its value at
$l90, 70095.
The Kansas Alliance proposes to send
agents East to refund Kansas mortgages
at 6 per cent.
Many North Dakota farmers are har-
vesting from five to ten bushels of grass
hoppers daily.
The twenty-sixth anniversary OF the
formation Of the Salvation Army mas
Just been commemorated.
feature of the Convention OF the
National Editorial Association at 81.
Paul is to be an exhibition OF type-set-
ting machines.
REPORTS from all parts of Ontario IN
dictate that all grain and root crops VIII
be above the average, and that hay Will
be away below it.
Premier Abbott of Canada announced
few DAYS ago that the export duty on
logs taken into the United States would
not be reimposed.
A Swiss syndicate has purchased -
600 acres of land in Wayne and Pike
counties, Pa, and colony OF Swiss will
locate there to raise fruits.
The pubIic-school children of New
York have settled on the rose as the
State flower, thO"gh the golden rod was
| only IS, 406 votes behind it.
The removal Of Frank 3. Clark, Col
lector of Customs at FL PasO, has been
recommended on the ground of immoral
conduct and neglect Of business.
Within a few weeks petition will
be sent from Philadelphia to the Gar
| that is FIVE miles long. 1t pravs that he
will deal kindly with his political pris-
oners.
Vice President Lane of Union Pacific
railroad has sent in his resignation, to
take effect August / The duties OF his
position will be assumed by President
| Dillon.
Sir Edwin Arnold is coming to the
!
and daughter. He has been engaged to
the various cities of America.
According to a report just issued by
/ the Mexican State Department only ,044
| foreigners have become citizens in sixty
three years. More than half of these
were Spanish and I4j Americans.
New York city's Aldermanic budget
for 1891 shows an increased valuation on
real estate OF $65, 957 ,8l3 and on personal
estate of $50, 92l 1876, total increase of
SIS, S78, 94S over the valuation for 1899.
The death of Mr. Hamlin recalls the
curious fact that when he was Vice Pres
ident the name of the second officer of
the government was bodily included in
that of the first, thus: Abra- Ham-Lin-
coin.
Reports from all of the Great Northern
Railroad COmpany's agents in the Red
River Valley say that the yield will be
far ahead of any previous years. A
shortage of harvest hands is reported
throughout the entire locality.
Mr. Bonynge, the California million
aire, celebrated for his undying fend
with his brother millionaire, John W. |
iMackay, has bought the Stradivarius vi |
bin, known a9the 'fDe Sanev." for 600 .
from the trustees Of the Duke de Cam
pOselce.
From July the telegraph rates paid /
by the Postoftica Department are as fol- /
lows: For kilograms Of ten words, ex-
elusive OF date, address and signature.
for distances not exceeding 400 miles, III /
cents; exceeding 400 but less than 900 |
miles, Is cents; exceeding l 100 miles, |
% cents; night messages for all dis
tances, Is cents for twenty words, and |
half a cent for each word over twenty.
Secretary Foster few DAYS ago con-
ceived that it would be a good idea to .
rOund-up" the clerks in the Treasury |
Department who ale away on sick leave, |
and in doing so he uncovered an inter
esting state Of affairs. Under the law at |
present a clerk absent on sick leave |
draws about two-thirls OF the salary OF |
the position, while the duties are per |
formed by a substitute selected from the |
ciYil-seryIce list OF eligihles, who draws |
the remainder Of the salary. In making |
his roundup" the Secretary finds that |
a number Of clerks have been absent for |
months. the only evidence OF their exist |
ence being the occasional appearance of |
a physicians certificate and the regular
issue OF a monthly check. One clerk. a |
woman, has not been on duty fer two |
years, and chief Of division, who was
appointed early in the administration |
reports that he has never seen certain !
clerk whose name is on the roll. All de |
liuqHents OF this Sind will be notified |
that if they are not on duty BY fixed |
date their places will be filled.