Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-09-22
NORTHWEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

1opia council retuseu 10 ulsCOn-
AO' 40 citv's electric light system,
,,,ovin suit at Dayton over horse
~, anpealed to the superior court
SEATTLE fishermen have organized and
I'D cents piece for silver salmon
sDOkaue's bicycle tournament is TO be
FRIDAY and Saturday of the this
week.
w.lla Walla,s city marshal, Robinson
bv name, has held the position ror II
years,
Nicholas Riplinger was unanimously
~ MAYOR of La Conner, Skagit
county.
usborty" Martin, Implicated in the
o,, Fairhaven burglaries, has been
arrested at Everett.
Tbev have just killed, at Suak City,
:, foot cougar that has been killing
considerable stock
oolopel NJ. E. Billings, of Kalama, has
h.an bound over to the superior court
on charge of embezzlement'
Young woman at Woolley is now,
.,d has been since February, quite i'll
,.or the effects of vaccination.
The pile driving contract on the gov
.,,ment work on Swinomish slough has
boap abandoned by the contractors.
Mrs A. A. Crosman, who died in
Portland Thursday, was buried Satur
dav at Walla Walla, her former home,
Mrs. Abigail Taylor, 80 Y 'ars of age,
and pioneer of the early sos, died at
Olympia and was buried with honors.
A carrier pigeon, marked "V $40"
stopped at Keso in fog, and is there
YET.
The Kelso Courier has changed hands
and becomes the Cowlitz Valley jour- al,
W.P. Ely is at the helm,
Wallace Bros, of Kalama, are freezing
both sturgeon and salmon and shipping
to Eastern markets.
1t IS again an ounced that the Asotin
irrigating ditch is to be be completed
1t will reclaim for Asotin county 10000
acres OF land
Two Wilapa boys we're held up by
footpads. Their money happened to be
In their hands at the time, and thus
they escaped loss.
Judge Bellinger has decided at Port
Eusend that prosecuting attorneys
pric eHtited to the customary $15
ia divorce cases.
1t is expected that the levy for 1898
IN the ty Of Colfax will be full 10 mills
mills for the general fund, 3 for the
street fund and one for the sewer fund.
There are l6 fshtraps, all told, in the
waters Of Willapa harbor; four in the
Wlllapa river; nine in North river; one
in Smith creek, and two in the Nasel.
Fish are still running very poorly.
j. W. Bryant has threshed 5000
bushels of wheat from rs acres of land
near Spr que. This is the largest yield
yet reported in Lincoln county. The
average yield is 40 bushels to the acre,
A number of farm hands came to Ell
lensburg one evening and dehed the po-
lice to stop them running their horses
through the streets. The officers noun
ted horses and after a two mile chase
put them under arrest.
The Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
OF the state of Washington will be or
ganlzed in Walla Walla tomorrow by
Matte Robinson supreme chief There
Will be Is delegates present, represent
Ing all parts of the state.
A petition is to be circulated praying
Tor postal route from Walla Walla to
point on he Willis Land & Improve
ment Company's property, seven miles
west of that CITY; where land has been
dedicated for a townsite.
The customs officials have sent men
out FROM Tacoma to patrol the Sound
In search of carload of 81 Chinaman
reported 10 have crossed the line IN
Wednesday night in a box car labeled
bananas and consigned to Portland
A Northern Pacific work train has ar
rived at Monte sano, and will make that
us headquarters while graveliug track
yellow the town. The track is to be put
IN good repair for winter service. An
0'ner train is to be put on at once.