Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-08-11
NORTHWEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

/ ln' county this year will reach
i 100000 -, ..,n0 -.,ormod
n'' -man" is now with the Saliva
h haa ARMY at w'lla wall''
.inr in sewer tunnel at Fair,
O'', oonsed the foundations OF the
. . courthouse tower to settle ana le"rS
neS .o,toined that serious damage
may result
..,;on has been forward to con-
. aiored by the leading banks and
V ,a.ols houses of Seattle, prospect
' u marty, praying that the silver
"' ao oct be Immediately and uncon-
pull n,lv repealed upon the reassembl-
ing of that body
=" ,orcs in the railroad shops at
has been reduced by the dis
'p'so oa u about 30 men, and al but five
' ,noaamasters Blocks section men on
~, cantraI Washington branch were
lid off. Orders have been issued to
,ba agents to reduce their forces
r,;,o tho duIlness of trade may have
Nd something to do with the retrench-
ont It is more likely that it is part
40 scheme of the present directors to
make as good showing as possible the
,.oapt month"; as the regular annual
election occurs in August
contain Gus Isaks and crew of men
uo,0 fishing for halibut in a dory off
tbe Flattery banks when forty foot
shark began leaping up evidently try
i00 to seize one of the men in the boat.
In one OF his lunges fisherman hit
him with the butt end of an oar. The
bow fortunately struck him square be
tween the eyes, and was weighty enough
tn stup and cause him to sink out of
oioht Wheather the shark was killed
bv the blow the men were not able to
rsnort, as they did not linger very long
on that spot to solve the question,
They we're only to glad to feel that they
we're relieved OF the monsters presence,
and roVed back to the schooner in
quick time.
Otto Muehlenbuch, formerly miner
employed in the Blue Canyon coal nine
bias begun suit against he Blue Canyon
Coal Company for $4,000, He was in
iured by an explosion of fire damp
April II. The outer rims of is ears
we're burned off and both permanently
disfgured, as we'll as Lis face, neck and
hands, and tue tendons and muscles OF
bis left arm at the shoulder we're SO
burned as to permanently impair their
use. He alleges that he is unmarried,
IS years of age and previous to the ac-
cident was of moro than ordinary tne
physique, face and features, and capa-
bic Of and could and would have mar
RED lady suitable to his fame, face
and station in life, but on account Of
the injuries and designations the
chances for such marriage are greatly
lessened if not entirely defeated.
The Tacoma exposition building will
BOW be reopened this fall. The reasons
assigned are the hard time, high
prices of music and the tendency OF
people to go to he worlds fair
During the quarter ended June 80,
1898, Is sloous, schooners and steamers
we're built in the Puget sound collect
ion district at an aggregate cost of $42,-
300. During that time nine vessels
We're lost
Workman digging a well at Tacoma
Friday found an ancient toad in hard
pan at depth OF IL feet. 1t was DOR
msnt, but revived when exposed to the
air, and at last reports was hopping
about after flies at lively rate.
The Dayton Inlander reports that
last Tuesday the W. & G. r. train pick
ed up man lying on the track pros
trated by hunger and heat. When
found he appeared to be dead, but was
revived when he stated that he had
come from Wala Walla IN search of
work.
The 10th annual convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association of
the Pacific northwest will assemble at
Victoria, B. O., August 16 to 20. Each
ASSOCIATION is entitled to an unlimited
representation. Young men from any
town or village in the Pacific northwest
bringing credentials from the pastor OF
the church to which they belong or