Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-03
NEWS BREVITIES.
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Francis Murphy will commence lee
lures in Olympia, February 9th.
A dynamite boom was found on the
Union Pacific tracks near West Kear-
ney Monday afternoon, just before the
east bound passenger was due, in such
a position that it would have exploded
when struck by the train.
Charles NJ. Evans the colored man
who shot and killed his wife last De-
cember at Franklin, pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree, at Seattle
Monday afternoon after trial in which
the jury disagreed.
Jim Hersford was shot and killed by
his brother Gil at Castle Rock, Wash,
last night in a row over the affections
of young lady school teacher, who is
resident of that county and bears a
good reputation. The murderer was
arrested and is now in custody. Both
are young men.
The successor to DR.. A. II. Glennan,
whose four-year term as marine hos
pital surgeon on the Port Townsend
station has expired, is DR.. ID. A. Car
michael, who comes here from Bur
lington, n. c. DIR. Glennan has been
ordered to report for duty at Savan-
nah, Ga.
The United States supreme court
decided in favor of Boyd in the Ne
| braska governorship case Monday. All
the justices except Field concurred in
| the conclusion of the court that Boyd
was citizen of the United States and
entitled to the office of governor of
| Nebraska.
Clarence Solbeck, son of Swan Sol
/ beck, of Mud Bay, near Olympia, was
instantly killed by the explosion of a
shot gun i'm the hands of his brother
! Johnny, aged II years. The boys are
| supposed to have been scuffiing for pos
session Of the gun which was thought
not to be loaded when the explosion oc-
Cured with fatal result.
The Canadian Pacific railway is said
to be negotiating for the purchase of the
/ Spokane q Northern railroad. The
control of that road by the Canadian
would give the latter an en- trance into
the mining country east of the noun
tains. The rumor could not be corrob-
>orated last night.
Tom Skaggs, the Northern Pacific
express agent who disappeared from
Seattle my seriously two years ago and
was at first given up and mounrned as
dead, is back again and will tomorrow
morning plead guilty to ENLIGHTENMENT
in the superior court. He became short
in his accounts with the company two
years ago to the amount of $500.
Mondays session of the county as
SCISSORS convention at Olympia which
is required to meet annually by the
revenue law, was attended by the
assessors of the following counties
Chehalis, Clark, Garfield, King, Kit.
titas, Lincoln, Skagit, Spokane
Stevens and Thurston. State Auditor
Reed presided, and Frank Paul, OF
King, acted as secretary. The conven.
ton will be in session during the week.
A company of Aberdeen capitalists
has been organized to build railroad
from Aberdeen to the Straits of Fuca
to be known as the Aberdeen & Vic.
toria railroad. w. r.. Book, j. NJ
Weatherwax, c. T. Wooding, j, c.
Lewis, +. France, 5. Beme aud few
Others are among the local incorpora
tors. The surveyors will begin work al
once, and the work of grading will com
mence as soon as the weather permits
Money enough to build twenty-five
miles has already been pledged, and
they feel confident of enlisting enough
outside capital to complete the road.
The defendants in the Quay libel suit
were sentenced Monday at Beaver, Pa.
to six months Imprisonment in Jail, &
fine of $500 and the costs of prosecution
The defendants were Proprietor Mellon
and Editor Porter, of the Beaver Star
Judge Wickham, in passing sentence
made reference TO the facts in the case
and severely scored the defendants
After sentence was passed, Mellon anC
Porter were taken to the county jail t.
serve their terms. 1t is said that afte
short Incarceration application viii
be made to the board of pardons fol
their release. 1t is also rumored tha
the fines will be paid by the Demo
cratic state committee.