The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-03
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

About l. 900 eggs are in the hatchery
troughs at the fish hatchery at Chinook,
and the first lot Is promising well.
The Northern Pacific train ran over kill
ed and horribly mangled Joe Cattisset, q
Nez Perez Indian at Juliaetta, Idaho.
Since October one commission firm in
spokane has imported five car loads Of
Eastern eggs, at an average cost of $l.Se5
per car.
James Gill bought W. F. Simpsons farm.
adjoining Garfield on the east. for $50 an
acre, or $500 for the farm. which consists
of 100 acres.
OF Waitsburg, died Friday morning. No
vetnber q. after a short illness of inf1am-
nation of the bowels.
Snow In Eastern Washington gives prom
ise or good sleighing. which Will be well
coined by the farmers. as roads have been
In bad condition lately.
The trio of youthful Smiths. arrested at
Palouse two weeks ago for burglary, were
Mcdonald at Colfax last Friday
At the residence of Peter Gearing, three
miles west of Irving. Or on Tuesday last,
lamp upset; splitting the oil. which at once
took fire. Mrs. Gearing and one OF the
die.
keefe & Perkins have closed down their
mill at Sultan TO make some repairs to the
Hume and booms, dam,aged by high water.
done as they expected would be- and only
few cords OF bolts were lost
The last of the grain in the burned ware
house at Genesee. Idaho. has been shipped
and c. z. Wood is in Portland looking af-
ter consignments. 1t is four weeks since
the disaster occurred. but the fire is still
burning in the mass of ruined grain.
Charles Hodge. convicted in the superior
court at Colfax two weeks ago, upon his
from L, F. Rohleder. a ST. John farmer.
on the 9th inst, has just been sentenced to
jA
five years.
AT The Dalles. Or. the jury in the dam
age suit brought by the administrator OF
William Cedardson, killed by freight car
vember. 1895, awarded Judgment against the
o. r. & n. Company for 5000. the full
amount claimed.
Garfield is to have a state bank in the
laws of the United States and the state OF
Washington as a banking firm, with a
capital stock OF $4,000. all subscribed by
Spokane parties.
Large shipments OF poultry are being
made from Tekoa TO Wallace, Wardner
and other. points in the Occur d'Alenes.
Every train carries a large number Of
ems to the mines, The price is unusually
high for this season of the year.
A strange and fatal disease has appeared
among the cattle in the. Palouse country.
threatens 10 become epidemic. II made its
nrst appearance IN band owned by Rev.
Mr.. Kicker. of Fairfield. Animals live
only few hours after being stricken
Ed Johnson and Tom wiseman. farmers
living near Walla Walla, got into an alter
cation on the road. and johnson seized
round stick. with which he threa tened to
annihilate Wiseman. The latter fred two
shots from his revolver at Johnson. who
made off. No one hurt and no arrests.
NJ. N. Sullivan. an old-time railroader OF
sultan, has become mentally unbalanced.
On Friday he wandered along the track In
the vicinity of Gold Bar. He refused the
right-of-way TO travellers railroaders. hand
cars and work train. alike. insisting that
they get off the track and move on He
spends most OF his time in prayer.
A hot water heater exploded in the buffet
car attached to the O. r. & y. passenger
train which arrived In Walla Walla at II
injured the cook about the head and face
broke considerable furniture and blew
large hole In the roof OF the car. The ac-
ing Mosier. Or.
At the barracks at Boise Idaho, Com
missary Sergeant Oliver Punkett com
mitted suicide by hanging himself Monday
morning. The rope had been tied 10 the
pulley which was fastened 10 a rafter of
the building used for hosting goods 10 the
second floor. The length was sucn as TO al
low drop of fully eight feet the man
jumping down through the small opening
through which goods are taken.
Diphtheria has made it's appearance I'm
Tekoa again The three children of p +
Schnahel--Hazel. Philip and Theren-have
the disease in mild form. This liz the
third time this fall that these children
have had this disease. which Is unusual.
The SchnabeI residence has been ouaran-
tined. and there is no fear OF the disease
spreading. School will not close unless new
cases develop.
Johnnie Bull. A gambler. who shot Fis-
kew Barnett ard wife in Spokane on the
III 4Everv IF ~ al
taken 20 a hospital suffering from bullet
wounds inflicted hy Mr.. Barnett. was
rearrested last Friday on an information
filed by Prosecuting Attorney Pierce The
second arrest was made az the ins.igation
OF the police department. After Bluffs ar
rest by patrolmen on the morning of The
shooting he was kept under guard at the
hospital. Last Friday Chief Warren In
formed the prosecuting attorney that ha
would not longer be responsible for the
prisoner Accordingly, a new information
was prepared and read in court, after
which the second arrest took place