Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-06-30
NORTHWEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

three stories, Of brick ard stone, and is
to cost $4,000
The annual school election at La Con-
ner was forgotten this year, not a sin.
gle vote having been cast.
Price a Caldwell. of Cheney, have
been awarded the contract for building
the new public school building at that
place, which it is expected will cost 49,,
600.
d. J. Coleman of Walla Walla died
June lsof paralysis Of the heart. lie
had resided in Walla Walla since 1877,
and leaves wife and four children.
AT Pomeroy nine year old boy, by
the name of Darby, in trying to board
a heavy loaded truck fell under the
truck and had is skull crushed. He
lived only a short time.
Little Beulah Howerton, of Ilwaco, in
attempting to pour a cup of hot coffee,
spilled the contents of the pot on her
arm. The coffee was boiling hot, and
Immediately under the impulse of pain
she rubbed the scalded part on her dress
literally sloughing the flesh from the
bone.
On the eve Of his marriage death came
to Walter Halroyd, at st. Joseph's hos
pital, at Tacoma. Typhoid fever was
the cause of DEATH Halroyd, who has
been in Tacoma four years, coming from
England, was to have married this month
the daughter of George Taylor, of the
firm of Hewitt Il Taylor. The lady is
niece of the ex-city comptroller.
Mrs. Mollie Brown, wife of j. M.
Brown, of Willapa, fatally shot an I'M
meuse bear last Monday evening, Her
husband went out next morning and
found the animal only few yards from
the spot where the lady shot it, 1t was
unable to get out of the way, SO showed
fight. The hide was seven feet wide by
ten feet long, and will probably com
mand big price,
e. t. Young, of Olympia, is the auth
or of plan to utilize the power of Tum-
mater falls to dredge Olvmpia's harbor.
He proposes to generate 400 horse pow
err electricity at the falls and transmit
this to Olympia and to the dredge by
means Of a copper wire, large reel oil
which will be moved at will about the
harbor without diminution of the cleo
trio force.
o. G. johnson, OF Seattle, was drunk
and voluntarily wandered into the mum
icipal court. He sat down aud went to
sleep. His snores disturbed the court
and Judge Glasgow ordered him put
out. His loud talk at being aroused
and his involuntary oaths were a con-
tempt of court, and 10 days commit
ment was ordered Thereat the man
swore, and the commitment was or
dered changed to 20 days. Again the
fellow swore the more, and 30 days was
inserted in th order. johnson sobered
enough to know that he did not want
life sentence, and SO quit swearing,
He Is now in Jail.
The bunco man is still at large in Sc
attic. Frank Kanelli, stranger there,
thus relates his experience: "My friend
asked me 70 let him have what money
had. He said be only wanted it min
ute and he would win all the other fell
lews had. Finally [ was 50 big a fool
that | took out Sl04.50 and put it on
the table. They all grabbed it immedi-
ately and said | had lost, They didn't
even stop to play any for it, l demand
ed my money back, hut didn't get it.
The young fellow followed me out and
to the lodging house, where he threat
ened to kill me if 1 didn't keep my
mouth shut about the whole affair"
George Peterson, the proprietor of
fruit stand at New Whatcom, comes
from those isles where burning Sappho
loved aud sung, and is little eccentric
III matters of the heart. The other al
ternoon Miss White, daughter of Cap
tain White, of the police force, accom-
panied by d young lady friend, passed
his store. Peterson rushed out after her,
and at the muzzle of a revolver forced
her TO enter his store and take a seat.
The Young lady had nothing else to do,
of course, but obey his command, fol- !
lowed by her companion. No violence
was offered, however, and an alarm was
given by number Of witnesses of
the outrage, and Pete son was soon after