The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-16

Alexander Gross, who died ct Victoria last
Friday. was IS years old.
William Kirkman. OF Walla walla. Who died
recently, left 900 to Whitman college.
Judge r. O. Dunbar, OF the supreme court.
has purchased farm on the Ah:anum and will
make North Yakima his home
All the leading state papers are on Gle in tho
Washington building at Chicago except the
Spokane Reriev. Pasco NtMs, Riixvisle Times.
Port Townsend Coli and Port Townsend Leader.
Williams, the swindler who represented him.
sell rs tho agent of the Associated Press ION .
secret mission" roped in half the politicians Of
British Columbia. Among those who bought
wine for him was Premier Theodore Davic.
The Colfax Gazeste under its new Management
will have Ivan Chase for business manager and
Charles A. Elmer for editor. The paper will
now regain the circulation ana influence which
it lost BY its recent unpopular political course.
g. n. Barclay, OF Trout creek. reports that the
band OF Wild horses that have for several years
past been . nuisance 10 ranchers, persisted on
the hills. This may be taken as fair evidence of
the exceptionally severe character of the winter.
Tee ranchers In the lower country are con-
graduating themselves that they are now rid OF
these animalA Vernon, B. C., Neea
The Northport Neus says the farmers OF the
Big Bend county are in luck this summer on
account of the immense amount OF wood they
will be ablo 20 corral. The railroad right.of-way
ON the upper Columbia this aide Of the Pend
d'Oreille river was thick with timber. 1t has
nearly ala been thrown into the Columbia, and
will go down to the Big Bend in high water.
Last Saturday night Thomas and X. ". Mallory
went fish giggins in Bonuey's lake. east of town.
They succeeded in taking several carp. the
largeAt OF which weighed eighteen pounds.
One hundred carp were obtained from q fish
commission car eight years ago and placed in
this lake BY Capt w. B. Kelly, and il 10 now
said to be teeming with them. They are quite
willy. and spearing is about the only way to
catch them.-.Samntr Herald
NJ. NJ. Cshoon, on Kceser river, made small
pond about year ago on his place and stocked
II with carp They were mot seen last fail ate.
being put in tbs pond. until this spring. wneo
they began 70 show Themselves sporting around
in tho water and occasionally ieapiuG above the
surface. Mr.. Cahoon will soon have q supply
for his table. The wonder with us is that more
own fish. Fish. fresh whom wanted. 10 good
thing to have Egessosr1 Locaiise
John Graham, Of Richardson, who was shot
by Martin Phillips on Lopez island some three
years ago while serenading that gentleman on
the occasion OF his marriage, died In Victoria last
week from the effects OF the bullet wound then
received. This 10 the second victim OF that I'M
fortunate affair, young HALL dying shortly alter
the occurrence. Phillips is now a wandercr in
another state, haunted by the CHASTITY presence
of his dead nephew, Hall, with the pi,eous ap-
peal: "Uncle. don't shoot."-Conptrite Times.
few days ago a party consisting OF II. L.
Henderson, Mrs. Henderson. Mrs. W. S Kibic,',
Dr. J. W. Williams. Of New Wnatcom. aud DR..
John q. Byram secured the necessary tackle and
went rshing about hail . mile north Of town.
The eddy In the river at that point 10 knowa to
be o favorite feeding place for trout, ana the
party succeeded ia landing seventy five bcauti-
full specimens OF the finny tribe before break
fast Brook. Dolly Warden, rainbow and sew
eral other varieties OF trout were among the
feb landed. The season is yet too earlv for
successful ny fishing, but the fish bite readily
when salmon eggs are used ~ balt-!AoGa: Yer
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