Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-06-19
STATE News in Brief.

There is a scheme on foot to cut off the east
ern portion of Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom
counties and forming county, to be known
Cascade county, with Sank City the county seat,
the dividing line to be between Hamilton and
Birdsview. Should this scheme materialize and
there is a sound logical theory advanced that it
will, it will forever blast Sedro and Hamilton's
fond hopes of ever becoming the county seat,
and will forever settle the question of it ever
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
says his twenty acres assessed at $4,000,
and that he knows that they would not sell to-
:. day for $4,000 Mr.. Lingenfeter says his land
is assessed at 1926 an acre. Recently on agent
for the of the adjoining land had Gust
omer out there offering to sell him all he wanted
for 300 an acre.
Lieatenant 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 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-
spectacle society, although his relations with her
- have been perfectly proper
Through the citizens of Seattle greatly
everburdened 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 city's debt, which had assumed
proportions which placed it beyond the consti-
tutional limit
In the suit of W. W. Bracket against the
Western Union Telegraph company for $4,000
damages for alleged malicious prosecution for
embszzlement, which was tried before Judge
Deady in the United States district court, in
Portland, the plaintiffs attorneys were yester-
day on their own motion, granted non-suit.
The Tacoma saloon-keepers will now have to
.olose on Sunday, unless the recent decision of
1.-THE municipal court is reversed by the supreme
90 z. The Liquor Dealers Association have
= RAyNAId restaurant keepers and others who have
tam. Pullman Apmed to keep open on Sunday that
close up or be prosecuted
SfOhANE o!EA7ery jubiant over the prospect of
Slng taken the az of 200 families within the next
ae Steam Laundry Lies are to be brought into the
IT'S collars, Guns, ountry under the auspices of the
nu 'o"y vi e"on ny company, a company incor-
Pilca1on' laws of Nebraska with head
DIP
Me- n Tool n near Snohomish which was
first house BROS. was t0taiis destroyed
,cksmitb SboD .ofter midnight this morning
-is estimated at 100000 The mill
sitter long period of idleness
Esons to handle ~e is believed to have been the
Aney, FORK of frebug.
4Fanles l. 81. Mcmahon, edto. of the woodburn In
dependent has shot J. Mimic, a prominent
citizen Of Salem, Ore, through the hand. he
sent of the criticism of Minta in McMahon's pa
i, Per led to row when the parties met on thu
street, which ended in the shooting
The Aoodyville sawmin company's plant and
property, situated on Bernard inlet, about three
mules nom Vancouver, B. c., has been sold tc
the hothchilds and other well-lnown London
capitalists for sioOO, 900. The transfer takes
place July l.
The next annual convention of the Ancien,
Order of Hibernisns will be held !, 60,