Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Remains of Mrs. Polk Placed DC
side Those of Her Husband


Fred Douglass denies that his reslgna-
ton was asked for.
An enormous cave has been dlscoVereu
near Bellefontaine, ..
The St. Clair tunnel in Ottawa VIII pe
inaugurated September 10.
Grasshoppers are husking the corn IN IN
Ohio fields and twigging the young lrul'
trees.
The popularity of Niagara is promotes
nv the cessions in fare made by ran
way companies.
Chicago has sent a delegation OF CITY
Fathers to New York to inspect her ele-
waited railway system.
The remains of Mrs. James X. POLK
have been placed in a tomb beside those
of her distinguished husband.
It is estimated that the total value OF
all crops in Minnesota and the two Da-
kotas this year will be Sl94, 0OO,O 900.
The health of New Orleans according
to the Louisiana Board OF Health has SO
far this summer been exceptionally good'
The Texas people who turned down
the lights and baptized Rev. Sam Jones
with back-number eggs have been bound
over.
The Great Northern has several spe
cial agents at work in Canada distribute
ing emigration literature among the
people.
Baggage masters on the Santa Fe have
been dispensed with. The Wells-Fargo
Express Company has the contract to
carry its baggage.
According to the census Columbia,
No, is the only city in the country with
population numbering even thousands.
1t has exactly 1000.
Indiana bankers have decided to fight
the proposed effort of the State Board OF
Tax Commissioners TO compel them to
expose the accounts of the depositors.
1t is estimated that insurance to the
amount of $4,000, 900 will be required
to cover the buildings which will be
erected on the Worlds Fair site at Chi
cage.
The growth of horse-racing in the last
ten wears is illustrated by the fact that
| in 1880 the money added to prizes by the
racing associations amounted to $lS0,000
Now it reaches $4.000,0OO.
After series Of experiments at the
Missouri agricultural station with sixty
three varieties of wheat the Fultz vari-
ETY. was pronounced the best, although
the Early Oakley gave the largest yield.
All of the Southern States except Ken
| lucky have made provision for depend
ent ex-COnfederates. Several States have
established homes. Others pay pensions
varying from $4,000 to $4,000 annu-
ally.
The railway building during the first
| half of this year was mainly in small
! lots over wide area. 1t is noteworthy
| that Western States have little new mile
! age-kausas not a mile and Iowa only
! five.
The eruption of the Colma volcano
/ in Mexico is on a scale of magnitude
never before observed. Streams OF lava
many feet wide are now cOursing down
the sides OF the volcano, burning every
| thing in their course.
Jesse Pomerov has made another at
tempt to escape from his cell at Charles |
! town, Mass. His sentence is to solitary |
confinement, and he evidently is trying |
to keep his mind busy. 1t is not known
how he secures tools with which to work.
The new city directory Of Cleveland
contains 90, S25 names, showing popu-
! lation of 300 .475, using three as multi
Pile The city has gained about 20,OOU
people within the last year,ra land it Is Il
| confidently expected that it will pass
the 5000 mark by 1892.
The newly adopted Constitution OF
Kentucky gives the lottery business that
has LONG 'flourishpd like a green bay tree
its perpetual quietus. The LOUISIANA
iniduitV was more notorious, but 1t Is
doubtful if its local effects were any
worse than those of the various sW1ndles
that have had their home in Kentucky.
Bar Harbor is shortly to have novel
entertainment, consisting OF nothmg
| less than q real shlpwreck, SO as 10 Gem
onstrate for a consideration the periect
working OF the liie-saylng service. An
old schooner is to be used, ana a numDer
of foohardy sailors have agreed 10 rlsk
their lives. and call the wealth and
beauty" of Mount Desert and vicinity
are to be there to see them.
The result of the investigation by the
| Civil-Seryice Commi- sion OF the charges
| that last spring the civil-service-aw pro-
visions as to political assessments, etc,
were being ruthlessly violated in BaIti-
more has been submitted to the Presl-
dent. The commission finds the strug-
ole was between the "outs and ms"
and that government employees by the
participation have rendered themselves
liable TO dismiss Il. 1t recommends that
twenty-five men in the MarshaP5 office
be relieved.
SPORTING NOTES.