Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-12-14
LEWISTON LOCALS.
From the Tribune, 9th inst.

LII w ICION LOCAllO.
From the Tribune, 9th inst
John kid"Oll, a farmer living on the
Asotin creek over in Washington. com.
mitted suicide about four o'clock yester-
day morning. He arose and went out
to the barn where be deliberately hung
himself. He was between so and 60
years of age and was recently married
for the fourth time. No cause given for
his rash act.
An employee of Kentucky ferry got
too much bulge aboard and started
Tuesday evening to town in a canoe.
When opposite Porter's fruit ranch just
and capsized the canoe. In his be-
fuddled state he thought himself about
to drown and though only in about
foot of water he chung desperately to
some ovsrhanging willows and yelled
Justify for help. His fearful cries
alarmed the nsighborhood and from both
sides OF the river rsscuers began to
search for the hapless wight. His cries
finally ceased, as they feared chilled in
death, but the search continued and
finally he was found clinging for prsc-
ious life to tho tree and standing in knee
deep water. almost frozen to death and
entirely frightened out of his wits. He
was put to bed at Perter's, sad but sober
The great superiority of the wheat
grown in the Lewiston country over that
of the Palouss and other great wheat
sections was shown Tuesday when the
Small, Smith and Ingram lot was put
on the market. 1t consisted OF 81 1854
bushels Of blue stem, hard and dry, and
was one OF the choicest lots ever put on
the market. Buyers were here from
Juliaetta, Genesee, Pullman, Pomeroy
and San Francisco, and it was decided
to receive sealed bids for the whole lot.
Frank Kettenbach secured it at 31S0c
per bushel and warehouse charges.
Other bids were: Geo. Morrison of the
Hallett bank at Juliaetta, 31.75; G. G.
Austin, 31.5O; d. M, White, 1928;
Chambers, Price & Co., 81; Stish q
Wood, 300; Genesee Grain Exchange,
80. The price paid was about four
cents bstter than the beat Palouse wheat
is bringing and speaks Volumes for the
superior quality of the Lewiston article.
Mr.. Ketten bach will ship Immediately to
the exporting firm of Balfour, Guthrie
& Co. at Portland.
Ezra Baird returned last week from
.S0ltese, Mont, where he has a number
of mining claims, one OF which he has
Just sold and others we're placed under
bond at handsome figures. While in
Montana Mr.. Baird learned enough to
convince him that the c. b. & O., which
has just been complete d into Billings,
could be very easily induced to con-
tinus building on to the coast. which Is,
indeed, their intention TO do at very
sacly date. if proper rspressntatiors are
made in the right quarter. 1t seems
that in the fight which Marcus DAILY
made to have the capitol located at An
aconda, and in which he spent more
than million dollars in cold cash. the
Northern Pacific railway company made
themselves, to his mind, perniclously ac-
tive in opposition TO his desires, and he
is mortally antagonlstic to them. 1t ID
believed that DAILY his sufficient lntu-
ence with the "Q' people to enlist them
in campaign to be carried into the
Northern's territory, especially since 1t
is to their interest and their intention to
ultimately do so anyhow. Mr.. Baird
has secured from reliable quarters the
information that DAILY will be able to
induce the So people to resume their
extension this way, and to that end he
proposes to invite Mr.. Daily to visit
Lewiston and to personally acquire
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