The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-02-01

The regents of the Idaho state uni
versity were in session last week at
Boise.
Boundary City will open its new min
Ing exchange building with a grand re-
ception.
The Walla Walla orchardists and nurs-
erymen agree that the fruit outlook is
very bright.
Waterville lost $4,000 last year by
leasing her water works, and will not
try it again.
Large quantities of hay are being
shipped from British Columbia to Valley,
Stevens county.
The Pierce county grand jury has
Indicted Hart & Dinsmore, the Buckley
bank wreckers.
Sherman county, Or, farmers are
ploughiDg now and will seed more grain
than ever before.
Farmers around Lake Washington
near Seattle want the lake lowered so
as TO drain their lands.
The total tax collections Ia King coun-
. ty up to date are $44, s3s. One-thlrd of
this comes from Seattle.
Mr.. Il. w. S. Jingle, manager of the
Butte Miner, has been appointed consul
to Brunswick, Germany.
The new cutlery factory at Fairmount,
Or, is doing rushing business, espe-
cially in flshermen's knives.
The citizens of Chehalis are after the
Vancouver land office. They claim Che
halls is better place for its location.
Rosalia's petition for incorporation
has been granted by the commissioners
and an election ordered for Monday,
Feb. IL.
Mrs. Gibson of Fairhaven slipped and
fell on the ice while watching the Wal
dron block fire. She died from the
effects of the fall.
George Harper, the Georgian, recently
confirmed by the senate as agent on the
/ umatilla reservation, has formally taken
charge of the agency.
President Cleveland has pardoned w.
B. Iacklin, one of the Portland SNUG.
/ glers who turned states evidence to
assist In the conviction of the "big 'uns. y
Douglas county hired an expert and
set him to work in the county Offices
He brought in a bill for $500 and is ex-
pierencing some difficulty in getting the
claim audited.
Cyrus Mason, young man employ ed
ic the Bothel saw mill, met with a ter
rlble death on Friday. In attempting
to board a moving coal train he slipped
and fell under the cars.
The Pacific Coast Elevator Company
has petitioned the Whatcom county
court to cancel their taxes assessed on
Sl4 800 worth of grain. The company
denies possession as listed
During the past year the United States
land olice at The Dalles, Or, passed
upon Geo. acres of land. The home
stead entries numbered SIC, while the
cash sales amounted to 500, $50.
L. ID. Oliver owns a farm a couple of
miles west of Pendleton, Or, and from
two acres of 1t has dug 900 sacks of
potatoes From a five acre tract he
raised 2,4OO sacks of the Irish fruit.
The manager of the Farmers Ware
house Company at Garfield says that of
the wheat coming in now two-thirds is
In good condition. 1t is coming in at
the rate of from twenty to thirty loads
day.
Oaksdale is having more than her
share in the Incorporation trouble. AT
ter petitioniug the county commission
ers 1t is discovered that mistake was
made in date, and the work will have
to be done over again.
George, the 0-year-old son Of Hon. e.
w. Starr, OF Waterville, fell in the FAM
lily well. The we'll is As feet deep aud
had two and one-half feet of water, but
the boy was ished ont with no other
injury than 4 scratched and bruised
knee.
Judge Humes has decided that ex-
City Treasurer Krug OF Seattle and his
fellow defendants will have TO stand
trial in the superior court, and announc-
ed TO Prosecuting Attorney Miller and
Attorneys Charles +. Fishback and L. |
c. Gilman ia open court that he would |
overrrie the demurrer to the iudict- /
ments against Krug and others taken |
under advisement last month