Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-21
State News.

State News.
New Westminster is flooded with
counterfeit silver dollars
The Skagit county Times is a new
paper published at Wooley.
An old squaw, who was selling CLAIMS
in the streets of Seattle, was struck by
runaway team and seriously hurt.
Seattle is to build a new Woman's
Home. Wednesday evening they had
rousing meeting and added $1,000 to
their fund.
Peterson, democrat, is elected repre-
sentative from Kittitas county by ma
jority of 40 votes, according to the Off
cial count.
Workmen, while digging trenches for
the water-w works at Port Angles, found
two human skulls. How they got there
is a mystery.
At a crowded public meeting in Vic
toria last Friday night resolution for
unrestricted reciprocity was passed by a
vote of 90 to l.
The Union Pacific officials say t1at
their road is still shipping wheat from
eastern Washington at the rate of sew
enty carloads day.
Henry Nickleson was accidently killed
in Bucoda mine last Saturday while
attempting to re-light a fuse which he
supposed had gone out
The second annual meeting of the Pu5
get sound Congregational club was helo
at Tacoma WAdnoL1--- o q. r"
Durwell was elected president;
N. Fl. Mclean, timber land swindler,
was arrested at Seattle for promising to
locate man for 500, and after getting
his money refused to locate him
The Umitilla Indians near Pendleton
have just caught the Messiah craze, and
started to have little dance. Agent
Moorhouse, however, has vetoed it.
A deposit of pigment has been dis
covered in Horse canyon, near Ellens-
burg. A company has been organized
in Seattle to manufacture it into paint.
Puyallup will vote on the question of
issuing $4,000 worth of school bonds
for the purpose of erecting new school
buildings. The ground for the purpose
has already been donated.
Last week at Dayton some mischievous
boys unhitched the bride reins of Charles
Vaughn's horse and fastened them to
the halter. When Vaughn went to
mount the horse he was thrown and very
badly bruised.
Last Thursday the boiler of feedmill
at Ritzville exploded, wrecking the mill
building badly and destroying the chop
mill. There were two men in the mill at
the time, one at work on the boiler, and.
strange to say, neither of them we're IN
jured.
Spokane is not alone in having trouble
with the police force. Tacoma and Sc
attic are both having trouble. One
policeman at Tacoma has skipped town,
and at Seattle the force is all broke up
over quarrel between Lieutenant Bow
ere and Jailer Sheenan.
The trial of Philip Broldy at Whatcom
for the murder of Charles Armstrong
was concluded Thursday, the jury re-
turning a verdict of not guilty. The
testimony showed that Broldy acted en-
tirely in self-defense, Armstrong being
armed with revolver and threatening
to shoot him.
Rev. Jonathan Edwards, financial
agent of Whitman college, left Walla
Walla Thursday morning for st. Paul. /
He will, during the spring months, visit
the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and will en-
deavor to raise $25OO for the endowment
fund.
Tacoma has an election squabble on
hand. Building Inspector Forbes de-
clines to give up his Office although his
successor, r. L. Robertson, has qualified
and is ready for work Forbes claims
that his term of Office has not expired.
The city council says it has, and there
les the trouble.
We learn that there is much govern
nent timber being cut unlawfully down
he Columbia river this side of the Spo- q.
lane Indian reservation. 1t is reported