Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-03-10

claims. Dependency is supposed to
be the cause, as he vas about 70 years
old.
c. A. Murray has been appointed
temporary receiver for the Western
Washington Industrial Company, at Ia
eoma, by Judge Pritchard, at the re-
quest Of Cherry & Parkes. President
Collyer has said that meeting of the
trustees and stockholders would be
called to decide on what action to take;
also that unless the stockholders came
to the front and paid the Indebtedness,
which amounts to about $4,000, the
affairs of the company might be wound
up. About 100000 of the $2j0,0O0
capital stock has been subscribed and
paid for.
Mrs. Maggie Jackson, arrested for
cutting timber on government land near
Getchell, was discharged by the United
States commissioner. 1t seems that she
and her former husband took up claim
near Getchell, but that the latter disap-
peared and is supposed to have been lost
in the WOODS. The widow proved up
on the claim for the heirs and will re-
ceiye the Patent soon. There is no
ground for the claim of some Of her
neighbors that the land is government
land and all the evidence at the hearing
was to the effect that jackson and not
she had cut the timber.
OREGON
A mammoth wildcat was killed by a
bov, Frank Winds, two miles east of
Brownsville, just as it was about to
Fpounce upon some sheep.
Two tramps were ARE sted at Hun
tington, having in their possession silk
dress goods, supposed to have been
Astolen from a store in Boise City. That
night the tramps broke Jail and escaped.
The stock inspector OF Crook county
reports $4,000 head of sheep in that
county in good condition, and that the
loss from the severe winter will be small
as there is plenty of feed to last from
two to three weeks yet The loss all
over Eastern Oregon has been small, in
no case more than per cent
A Klamath county exchange ellis this
little district school incident: When the
word "husband' was put on the black
board none of the children eould pro
nounce it, and in order to help them out
the teacher asked: what would [ have
if | should get married?' The answer
was prompt but not what she expected;
and she blushed such brilliant red that
the sunlight paled.
There is an intense feeling in the
neighborhood of Wapinitia, Wasco
i. county, against the company digging
an irrigating ditch there, and attempts
have been made to drive away The pro
motors IF the enterprise by frightening
them with dynamite. A bomb was
thrown down chimney and John Strain
and c. E. Chrisleaf were seriously in
jured.
Lyons has postmaster who is likely
to lose his job from too close study of
department rules. Parents cannot get
mail for their grown children without
an order, and vice versa So unpopular
has he become that petition with about
so signatures for his removal has been
forwarded to the postmaster general.
Rules which work we'll in big cities are
not made for mountain towns.
Sheriff Wells, of Polk county, WAS
considerably surprised Wednesday morn
ing on entering the cell of the solitary
prisoner in the county jail, Robert Iim-
norman, to find Lis upper lip entirely
denuded of it's 70 mer heavy hirsute ap-
pendage Feeling certain that in search
ing him when taken he left no weapon
suitable to act as a razor, he asked him
what had become of hi mustache
"Pulied 1t out" said Zimmerman" Got
in my vietuals, and I never could see
any use for the blamed thing anyhow,
so l just commenced and pulled it out,
sometimes as much as II hairs at a
time
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