Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-09-12

it furiously and was killed.
a county seat location war is On :.
Lincoln county, the contestants bo,n
Sprague, the present seat, and uar
rington and Davenport.
Mrs. Lurking of Starbuck when b.,
residence was afiIe ran up stairs -
secure some valIlables, and was -
badly burned in returning that her fo
IS despaired Of
N. 5. Barr, sentenced to the penite,
tiary for 10 years for killing ma.
by setting trap gun for him in hi.
cabin IN WhatCom county, has been
pardoned by Governor McGraw.
The professor of Stanford universi,v
who is the specialist iii fish, reoort,
having found a new genus in pugot
sound and four or five new species
ELI King, who lives II miles norrb
west Of Wilbur, has been arrested nm
the charge of criminally assaultine tba
wife of his neighbOr Walter Randau
He denies the charge
The first shipment Of asbestos from
Washington was made last week. Sew
enty-fVe tons represented the shin.
ment. The mine is near Lyman, Skagit
county
1t was not Captain Crawford. the
poet scout who was killed by a cave
in mining claim in Tit1itas county
as reported, but another man of the
same name and title
Yakima valley orchadists anticipate
Il profitable market for their apples in
the sound markets. the crop in the
sound sections being reported almost
total failure this year.
The state Of Washington had Al ma
tonal banks in existence at the close
of business July IA 1896, with total re-
sources Of $14,879, 1872, a capital stock
paid in of $4,000 900 and S944 $50 surplus
fund.
The Seatco Manufacturing Company
of Bucoda is in the hands Of a receiver
The receiver gives the assets as $2t5,-
600 and the liabilities as 5000 It is
promised that business will soon be re-
Sumed
The Goldendale Sentinel reports the
wheat yield of the Klickitat farms, on
authority of the threshers, at from 25
TO 43 bushels to the acre Nine acres
averaged 43 bushels, 80 acres averaged
40 bushels and so acres averaged IS
bushels.
Editor Wheeler of the Waitsburg
Times has been sued in a hDrl action
by Preacher Ticknor for $4,000 dam
ages. The Times strictured the minis
ter for assailing in the pulpit the char
acters of men, women and young girls
Of Waitsburg.
The total vote that will be cast in the
city of Spokane the coming November
election is estimated at $3.50, but it is
claimed large acceSsions to the voting
pOulation-brOugh in by the mining
interest and the construction of the
new railroad shOps-will not vote untli
next year.
The banks and business men of Spo-
kane are not in sympathy with the ac-
ton Of the Seattle banks in discrm-
mating against Canadian money. They
say their business relations with the
mining districts of British Columoia
are too intimate and extensive to war
rant their doing so.
Mrs. Whitmore of Starbuck, en-
cOuntered a hugh rattlesnake in golrls
from her house to her barn anu ~
showed fight. After unsuccesslully
throwing several rocks at it she tlieu
q revolver, but with no better SUCCESS
when d Chinlman appeared on ui'
scene and aided in dispatching the ven
omous reptile.
A huge cougar was shot last Frida'
within the corporate limits or Spoh"ns,
but it must be remembered that III ~"
boom days the limits Of Spokane
run a long distance out into the "oo ,..
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