Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-12-29

Minor W. Bruce has reached st. Louis
on his way East with his Esquimaux.
Prophets of an open winter are having
everything their own way at Starbuck.
Duniway will call the single men to-
,ether again tue last of the week az Sc
attic.
Ben Turner, a Covello farmer, has 10
16-inch plows at work. They make quite
a stir.
W.B. Davey got the northeast dag
onal road contract in Whatcom county
at $17,834.
A great deal of harvesting is going on
among the Big Bend farmers about
Pennington.
Walla Wallas new directory is out,
but the population estimate accompar /
ment is missing.
A searching party has left Spokane to
find Colgate, the missing cook of the
Carlin party.
The land department will protect the
titles to minors who buy Port Angeles
townsite lots
The weather is so warm at Colvllle
that the snow is leaving the hills and
fears of another freshet are entertained,
The trial of w. F. Fenimore, ex-clerk
OF Whatcum county, has been postponed
until the next term of the supe Tor
court.
An unmarried man at Port Townsend
used a pass made out 70 himself and
wife and the Leader is unkind enough to
print it on him.
So many hogs have been imported in
to Whitman county for feeding the dam
aged wheat that in some places the price
is down to SO per 100.
G. H. Carlson, of Hoquiam, has re-
Gently patented a device for utilizing
the action of ebbing and flowing tides
as motive power.
d. T, Ham, of Latah, threw open the
spacious parlors of his home to the chill
dren. There we're Christmas trees and
good crop of presents.
Mayors are being requested to appoint
delegates to trans Mississippi congress
which will hold its fourth annual session
at San Francisco February ID, during
the midwinter fair
Bids for a so foot tunnel on the
Skookum mine in Stevens county were
received last week by Dennis & Bradley,
the owners of the claim. The contract
will be awarded Wednesday or Thurs
day.
The S. w. Smith Company, of Waits
burg, has gone into the hands OF re-
oeiver, G.. NJ. Rice, with bonds at $50
600. It's business will likely be wound
up. The assets are put at $S9,OOO
ON. Jones has made proposition to
the King county commissioners to eXca-
vate channel from Lake Washington
to Lake Union of n sufficient depth to
lower Lake Washington seven feet for
the sum of $4,000.
The reprieve of White, sentenced to
hang at Snohomish Friday, pending his
appeal, disappointed large number OF
people, who had hocked in to see the exc
cutin. White is said to have become
physical wrech through confinement.
Lizzie Nenow, the 1G- year old daugh-
ter of Henry Nenow, of Spokane, ran
away from home last Friday and her
narents have enlisted the services of the
police, She was last seen in company
with woman known to the police as
'Shantytcwn Teeney."
John Laws v as drowned Thursday at
the ferry on the Columbia river, l. miles
from Oakyllle. He and two others were
crossing with Il team of horses wnen
large log struck the boat, sinking it. The
others we're rescued by an Indian. The
body has not been fonnd.
Sheriff A. G. Matthews, of Pierce
county, has been to Olympia, where he
procured from the governors Office
requisition for S. H. Hart the aOscono-
ing Buckley banker, who is in custody
at Raltimore Mr.. Matthews viii start
at once to bring his man home.
When the Citizens Ma onal reponded
at Spokane Thursday the first man IN
the door deposited $500. The ratio dur
ing the day was about to l in favor OF
deposits, People who had steaifa silly
roT,ool ., s.s;,nn didn't want their