Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-01-13
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NORTHWEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON.
The Daily Spectator, of Walla Walla

A bear weighing 7l3 pounds was
killed near Hoods canal last week. The
carcass was sold in the Seattle markets.
The New Years edition OF the Everett
Times was printed on paper maze in
Everett, from timber cut from the Ev-
erett townsite
County Commissioner c. X. Simpson,
of Stevens county, was stricken with pa
ralysis OF The face last Wednesday and
has lost his speech.
The Yakima Hop Company. capital
stock $4,000, has filed its articles, the
incorporators being George Donald, o.
A. Fechter, H. j. Keuchler, l.. E. Sperry
and John Reed
white wolf weighing perhaps $50
pounds. walked deliberately the full
length of the main street in Plaza, q
new town near Spangle, unmolesLed,
and passed up the gulch into the hills.
The first nail made by the Port Town
send Steel Wire and Nail Company is
in the possession OF Il. butcher, who in
tends having it handsomely mounted,
and will then present it to the chamber
OF commerce.
Miss Olivia Anderson, who has report
ed to have committed suicide by drown
ing some time ago at the Young Amer
lea mine, in Stevens county, it is believed
has gone back to the home of her brother
in North Dakota.
Colonel Frederick W. Galbraith, of
Chicago, who is now visiting in Tacome,
is a retired army officer, and his father
was commandant of the garrison at Van
couvsr During the civil war, Colonel
Galbraith served in the same regiment
with General j W. Sprague.
The mayor Of Port Townsend has sign
ed twenty year contract with water
company, under which the company is to
construct 100000 water plant, piping
pure mountain water from the Oily npics
which will give the city the use Of the
finest water on the Sound. Construct
ion of the works is to begin Immediately.
The recent warm weather has caused
a considerable rise in the rivers in the
Down Sound country. The south fork
OF the hooks lck rose eight feet on Tues
day and Wednesday. The Lake Shore
Company is building jetties at the south
approach Of the bridge over this stream
in order to prevent the current from
cutting the banke.
Navigation on the upper Columbia
river has closed. The steamer Columbia
drew too much water for the present
low stage of the river, and the Lytton
wound up the season in her stead. This
boat went up from Colville last Thurs-
day and returned the day following, and
was then tied up for the winter.
There we're no further Developments
in the case OF the suicide of Mrs. Nellie
Brundage, at Seattle. Her body was
embalmed and shipped to her old home,
Canandaigua, N. Y. where her mother
still resides. There heing no charge
against S. r. Clute, the man who led
the unfortunate woman to ruin, he was
allowed to depart.
f. @. Burlingame has large for ,e of
men at work cutting hop poles far the
Yakima market. 1t was his intention
to cut 100000 poles, but as he failed
to get a sufficient quantity of tbs right
kind OF timber his estimates have been
reduced to 100000 poles, which he
thinks will be about third of the num-
Der necessary to supply the demand.
The Klickitat valley is free from snow
and some farmers are blowing. In that
county all varieties of climate can be ex-
perienced in a drive OF few miles. Near
Rrockland snow still covers the ground
to the depth Of several inches, but before
the mountain is reached the ground is
bare, and on the other side there is
pleasant weather, with little frost at
night.
The stage crossing the Alpowa river
was overturned by the washing out OF
the ford on Monday. The driver and
passengers reached the shore unframed
and alss saved the horses, though one
was badly injured. The express box
which contained several hundred dollars
mail bags and coach were washed down
the creek for some distance, but were
subsequently, found by party that
was sent out to search for them, and
everything Of value was recovered.
The COMPANY diopin0 an irrioatino