The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-07

cling camps on the skookumchuck

Ingging camps on the Skookumchuck
have shut down.
There have been twelve cases of appen-
licitIs 10 Rockford since last spring.
Nine eases OF diphtheria are reported at
G. B. Case's sawmill. near Rockford.
n Whstcom county, for the quarter end
hs September %, there were s. births. 20
0aniAyes and q deaths.
The new mill OF Wallace 4 Kleb. near
South Bend. will start up as soon as . sup
ply Of logs can be obtained.
Eighty per cent. Of all delinquent taxes
dating back to 1880 has been paid into the
Whitman county treasurer's Office.
Extensive improvements are being made
ii the Tulalip Indian agency, requiring
n.oo feet OF lumber, which has been pur-
chased at Everett.
various county treasurers' Offices through
out the atate were fairly swamped with
the rush Of tax payers.
II. ]. weiyardt. = member Of the board
Of Pacific county oyster commissioners.
says The supply Of oysters on the natural
beds u Gradually growing less.
OrcAardIsts. gardeners and men who
handle their produce at Colfax and its
u
merry and syaporating establishment In
that city.
The nev Methodist church at Elberton
was dsdlcated Wednesday with appropri-
ate exercises. Three hundred dollars was
raised q ths morning meeting toward pay
ing Oh the church debt.
Filming for steeihead salmon has COM
msnced on the Columbia. and several buy
eFs are around Offering from 3 to 3S
cents PER pound. The fishermen are not
sssAsd with these prices.
Ernest Morden and Ray Laughton.
ehasvsd by Mrs. c. A. welch and her son,
Roscoe C. Seaman. of Spokane. with lar
etny. hus acquitted of the charge. have de.
trmsh& b bring suits for damages.
TM Qorman's merchandise store at
Yaauna. Or. was entered Saturday night.
Abort $50 worth Of goods were taken. con-
lsssng Of watches. guns. boots. oil cloth
ing aonr, etc. There Is no clue TO the rob-
hsn
Al Of the students OF the agricultural
eallsse At Pullman, who lost their belong
t1ls u the dre. have located in new quar-
seFs and are a. work. The relief fund dis
uouftd among them was Of great as
Sisssnce.
IN account Of the high price OF wood.
and upeeally the scarcity Of II. many
Iskoa families are burning coal for heat
h1 and cooking purposes. This Is the
nsf year that coal has come into general
Ne there.
There have been ifty-slS witnesses sub
peenatd IN the Symes case. four of which
vs!s suhpoenaed by both the prosecution
ed the defense. OF the number the de-
Ease has ihirty-three and the prosecution
Hsn'y-nlne. Symes will be tried In Whit
nss county
= hngs landslide. which might have
Euved disastrous. occurred in the west
- q colsax. near the residence of J. l..
nsm, small house. which was vacant.
SMo u the path OF the slide and was COM
{reV demolished and carried down the
- distance al more than 100 yards. Mr..
49, sm harm was struck by the edge OF the
"'as ana one side completely cayed in.
Fan fishing In willapa bay Is over for
as season. Last Friday a carload of the
~~seninery used by J. T. McGowan, In his
lh River cannery. passed through II
ss0 Oh the way 10 McGowan's main can
m near Scarborough Head. The two
aAf harbor canneries made small
ss tnis fall The McGowan cannery.
80 'n Hvss packed only T,SoQ cases I'm all.
tsn esses - ''01'" A1'
al, FRED Bennett, Of Attic, informs the
$50 behS Journal that man was re-
Pr Asited ny cougar at the head OF
-. Hssr, lie WAS unable 10 learn sha
saszs1 lac story he heard was that three
.sas.s struck into the woods at Dryad.
~ ser North river, and when near
tse.a asad OF Fall river two cougars at
a. - Iaefn, and before they were beaten
49, man was badly bitten in the neck.
essss OF the party started back TO
,s,s.- tssy had passed for gun and never
A. ao lie WAS found some hours after
r.,s somranions in a badly rlutilAted
sa-s.a ns cougars having followed and at
"a. sasAown man VAS found dead SAT-
"a. OF the track Of the Northern Pa
hNs. ons mile south az Palouse. The
n. vas mangled beyond recognition,
as,s.ssa h was sve feet eight inches.
az 49, 10 blue checked suit. sack coat
s,,,S.h csercoG:. The ecroner's fury
M 49,, verdict that the man came 90
se.,s.a ey having his throat cut. but
~ ss oy his own hand or hy IN. hand
issfs they could not saw A bloody
s,r. oseody razor and sllo In money
n .. 0ona IN the pocket, eut no, a xrran
q that woul3 lead 20 the identity
S1s N nan Could % rouud. The body
erin. afesn on thu track Ia conces, tho