Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-03-24
NORTHWEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

A cable ferry across the Columbia at
Chelan Falls will be in operation by
May l.
The new First Presbyterian church in
Seattle, to be built of stone and brick,
will cost $4,000.
A. n. Jones, salesman in the tea store
Of G. Davies q, Co, Seattle, has gone
astray and the police are looking for
him.
A blast in rock cut at Northport
brought to light, six feet below the sur
face, petrifed tree three feet in diane
ter.
Whatcom citizens are considering a
plan of damming the outlet of Lake
Wharcom to secure an adequate water
supply for the city during the summer.
The loss Of ponies on the Colville res
ervation has been very large this winter
and many Indians will not have single
cayuse left by the time spring arrives.
A land bonus of $4,000 will secure to
New Whatcom a $4,000 wooden mill,
employing from 10 to 60 people, At
MSS meeting held the other night it
was decided to raise the subsidy.
A landslide on a hill above Pomeroy
blocked up an irrigating ditch and
turned the course of the stream through
the main street of the town, making it
an angry river for several hours. AS
soon as possible a gang of men shoveled
away tho obstruction and the flood sub
sided
Miss Edna Shields, daughter of Con-
stable George Shields, of Seattle, while
walking along an unfrequented street
the other evening, suddenly felt her hair
seized, and in another moment it had
been severed from her head by an I'M
known man carrying razor in his hand,
who immediately fled.
Work on the ditch which is to tap
the Palouse river near Colfax and run
to the vicinity of Pasco has been begun.
There now 100 men employed and this
number will be increased to 800 in the
near future. The canal will irrigate
thousands Of acres and will cost in the
neighborhood of 100000.
Flowing has begun around Endicott.
Smith & Balaine started five gang
pIows, Wednesday, the first of the sea
son. They will put in 800 acres of
spring gram, having already $500
acres sown in summer fallow. Others
are preparing for big harvests. The
deep SHOWS and rainfall gives great en-
enlargement.
Yakima Indians are looking for the
arrival of $4,000 due them for eight
years in payment for the right of way
of the Northern Pacific railroad through
their reservation. Congressman Wilson
succeeded this year in getting the
amount tackled IN to the general ap-
preparation bill. OF the total sum
$4,000 go to individual Indians and
$1,000 to Ike confederated tribes.
Those who want to shuttle off this
mortal coil this month are advised to go
to Lincoln count, where stychnine is
abundant and can be found lying
around in every fence corner. The
county has given free to every farmer
within its boundaries two ounces of
strychnine for the purpose of poisoning
squirrels 1t is probable Spokane and
Whitman counties will follow this ex-
ample.
The state session laws of the last two
hous are in course of preparation for
the printer and will be out in less than
90 days. Next the journals of the two
houses will be printed. The secretary
OF state will cause the road, school and
revenue laws to be printed in pamphlet
form before the book is issued, in order
that important changes which go into
effect right away may be made generally
known.
Elmer II, Fisher, proprietor of the
Abbott house, Seattle, and well known
architect of that city, is the defendant
in $4,000 breach of promise suit by
Mary II, Smith, who was known as Mrs.
Fisher and for nearly 10 wears has passed
as Mr.. Fishers wife. February Is, 1898,
Mr.. Fisher married Mrs. Charlotte NJ.
Wiley, deserving Miss Smith, The lat
ter claims a contract marriage with Fish
er in Colorado.
OREGON.
Joseph Gshwinder, of Dlfur, Wasco