Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-09-08
NORTHWEST NEWS.



,i,Dship Of the Sound
Ballard will reduce expenses by dong
r;,bout street Lighting
Three Centralia men have broken the
,.-.lo record between Centralia and
o,,nnia wheeling the distance in three
hours
Obstructive forest frs has been rag
:, for several days past on the pro-
.',tory moth of Birch bay, destroying
vast amount of timber,
N nh Beyer, of Walla Walla, recently
harvested from u acres 5O6 bags of red
obaff wheat, averaging 1873 pounds each
o,er % bushels per acre.
Nancy Spence, 10 years old, disap-
ueared at 10 o'clock at night from her
home eight miles west of Spokane, and
ia Thought to have eloped'
Three prisoners in Spokane's infirm
oitv iail kicked some boards off and ee-
caped. Two we're Migrants and one had
,roubIs with variety woman.
Bud Taggurt who is in Jail at Spokane
for clipping with 15-year-old Edna Nor
ton is a married man. His wife is a
daughter of d. f. Meyers, of North
Yakima
Earl, & Donohue are having a saw
mill built of the most modern pattern,
to be erected at Clallam bay. 1t will
have capacity of $4,000 to $4,000 feet
Of lumber per day.
Sergeant Wilson, of company G, Fort
Spokane, went out hunting He was
gone about four hours and killed six
rattlesnakes with rattles as follows: IL,
16, IA, II, Z and 5.
spokane's water works dam will be
so constructed as to develop $4,000
horse. power gross, and will be what is
known as timber crib dam, the abut-
ments to be composed of heavy cut
granite or concrete.
RI. Day, who was hanged at Kala-
ma in the summer of 1892, was drawn
on the recent federal grand jury, Dead
men have been drawn on juries before,
but this is supposed to be the first time
hanged murderer has been drawn.
The Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
OF the state of Washington will be or
ganized In Walla Walla on September
10 by Matte Robinson, supreme chief.
There will be eighteen delegates pres
ent, representing all parts of the state.
John Green and Samuel Quetnet have
been arrested at North Yakima for sell
ing liquor to Indians. The arrest is
regarded as significant as forecasting
the humiliation of a gang of offenders
the two are said to be leaders.
James O'Brien, an old man living
alone about ten miles from Kenewick,
was found dead in his hut last week.
Decomposition was advanced, showing
tina he had probably been dead mum
Der OF days. He had been ill for some
time.
The application for a United States
bonded warehouse at Port Townsend
has been granted by the treasury de
partment. The nail works wharf will
be utilized for the purpose. FIVE hun
dred tons of steel are at present stored
in bond on the premises.
Thieves entered the room of Attorney
James B. Jones, at Spokane, and ritied
his trunk Of valuable family silverware,
mostly wedding presents and numerous
other Valuables. Two young men rent
cd the adjoining room the previous
night, and it is suspected they entered
'n'ouBn Ine loldlng doors.
O. B. Talbot, G, P. Ferry, George
Driver, S. D. Mason and few other
gentlemen from Tacoma and Wilkeson
are going to the north side of the sum
init of Mount Rainier to spend 10 or II
days, They intend to make something
OF survey of the mountain, estimated
TO be about ii miles long.
Foopads are swarming on the Natchez
and Ahtanum rivers. They are coming
source Of much trouble to the farmers
In those sections, having become SO in
solent and bold as to make it necessary
Tor residents to arm themselves and
threaten violence. 1t is reported that a
farmer on the Ahtanum fatally shot
tramp, but the report cannot be verified
The Port Townsend Leader says the