The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-02-01
A GLANCE At THE State
Entertaining Items From Divers and
SundFy Sources.
WHAT MANY EXCHANGES TELL US.
Hurried survey of Active Fields
I'm This Great Commonwealth.
Movements and Methods Of Busi.
ness People Generally.

Spokane democrats have organized the
"Skookum Club"
A sugar-beet-cuture agreement is be-
ing signed at Walla Walla.
The Colgate rescue party has returned.
The deep snow drove them back.
Waterville has offered the Great North
ern graded right-of-way for branch
line.
Fifteen offers have been received for
Spokane's proposed issue of municipal
bonds.
A Fairhaven man shipped 1000 pounds
Of sIhelt by express to Dakota and Mon
tana points last week.
Edmiston, the Walla Walla bank EN-
bezzler, has been committed to jail in de-
fault OF giving $50, 600 bail.
The Spokane smuggler, Davis, refuses
to tell the route the opium came over.
The stuff is valued at $4,000 by the
customs people.
A thief few DAYS ago stole 100 sacks OF
wheat near Hesseltine postoffire, In Lin
coin county, from the field in which it had
been piled up after threshing.
Douglas county hired an expert and set
him at work in the county offices. He
brought in bill for 1900 and is having
some difficulty in getting the claim au-
dited.
The Rutten jury at Sidney brought in
verdict OF guilty after being out IL
hours. The murderer broke down and
sobhed like child. He is in the Seattle
Jail for safe keeping.
Pullman wants division OF Whitman
county. The new county is to comprise
all that portion of Whitman county lying
south of the North Palouse river, east Of
Guy and west OF the Idaho line. and to
be known as Washington county.
Four boys. OF reputable families, have
been arrested at Colfax for burglaries.
They had a robbers cave, planned on
that of Tom Sawyer, where no end of
booty, including 100 door KEYS, was
found. The young rascals will be sent
to the reform school.
AT Walulla, Gus Ferrian was compelled
to move out OF his house during the
night, while George Lewis lost q hogs
by drowning. Others were damaged
some by the washing away OF water
wheels and the caving in of valuable
lands along the stream.
A young and pretty Nez Perez widow,
with an advanced idea OF propriety, slid
gracefully from her pony in front Of Me-
Donalds store in Juliaetta, and stepping
in asked the proprietor for pair Of
mourning shoes. She could not get suited,
however, as she wanted only shoes with
"black soles and black lining"
Three highwaymen entered Burpee
Marshal's grocery store in Seattle Fri
day evening, and at the point OF pistol
compelled Joseph Marshall, n clerk, to
surrender the contents Of the money till,
s22 in cash. For cool nerve and delber-
ate action OF this trio OF sirong-arm bows
would be hard TO equal. They were not
masked. and seemed to have but little
fear of being disturbed in their high
handed work.
The latest development in thievery is
reported from Ritzville. 4 fellow near
there started in to grain-raising on the
sure plan Of sneaking out from under
bridge when u wagon loaded with wheat
began the ascent of a hill at the end Of
the bridge and pulling off a sack. AS
many grain teams pass that way he had
been doing thriving business until his
scheme was found ont.