The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

| The commissioners of Walla WsIla coun-
| ~ have decided that they VIII not pur-
| chase strychnine for poisoning squirrels
this year.
Squire A. W. Brewster Of Cherry Val
ley. who is in his I'D year, took out a
license 20 wed Miss Saiiie Williams. whose
age is given at =. At Everett.
w. B. Pope. who fiourlshed knife and
Northport. some time ago. has been COM
mitted 10 the insane asylum.
The county treasurer of Lincoln county
has called every warrant on the register.
When these warrants are presented. the
county floating Indebtedness will be entire
~ extinguRaed.
Charles T. Terry resumed operations with
hhs vegetabie dryer at Coupeville last Mon
The new boiler increases the capacity fully
one~third. He is getting out 10 pounds per
day.
William Beeman. charged with bringing
herd Of stolen e--Atle into the state fr m
Idaho pleaded gully in the superior court
at Coifax and was sentenced to thirty-f've
DAYS in the county Jail and 20 pay fine
Of $50.
Frtlsh. charged with The crime of the
Grangeviile stage robbery, was held at
Noun. Idaho Wednesday. He was bound
over 10 the district court and has not as
yet supplied bail.
Sadie Able. a more or less pretty Pa
louise girl Of Is years. slipped away from
home the other day and went TO Cakes
dale with a red~haired oman ~ - known
rs Pearl Taylor and a fellow called Tex"
The wires caught her al OakesdaIe and her
father took her home.
Manager Hopkins. of fhe Inland Tele-
phone and Telegraph COMPANY SAYS that
hts company will IN 4 short time begin
the extension Of its system from Pendle-
ton 10 Boise. with stations al Ia Grande,
Union and Baker city. Phe line will be
completed about june l.
Immunity from punishment for Whit
ney's murder has emholdened the Canyon
creek rlasqueraders. "Wednesday night 4
Swede employed at the Standard was es-
corted down the canyon. with instructions
not 10 stop short Of Wallace. BE left here
next morning so nothing vas known OF it
here until today.
and Shngle Company. has purchased the
Kingston shjnele MIL az Sumas and will
begin opera tons February /. In the mean
time the mill VIII hs thoroughly 0yerhauiet
and new machinery aided. Mr. LAY has
purchased four timber claims on Sumas
creek and has an option on ore or two
last for sever years.
Mrs. J. G. Steele narrowly escaped being
burned to death Tuesday evening al her
home in kendrick, Idaho. III pla cling a
lamp an a marble tor stand the bottom
was broken, scattering the eli on a rug
near the stand and on her dress, and calss-
lnR the lamp 20 fall and SCI Ere 10 the rug
Mrs Steele grabbed the rug 70 tarow Il nat
III doors when tire flames came in contact
with The oil on her dress and she was
soon enveioGed in IA mes She tnzftnCt.valy
ran across the road % where her mother
resides. where the FIRE was exiinguisnsd
bat not before she vas badly burned, and
a. a result is suffering in;ense pain
The ThurSt0n county commissioners
have been taking account Of the Hoses
suffered ~ the cGButy by reason Of the
iass storm. While no large brislges were
destroyed. Some % sneru weT~ badly dam
aged ard nearly ~! % The smaller bflages
were wholly or partly carried away Both
the upper and lower NeSqnaiiy bridges
weFe badly strained. but can be repaired
The Davis bridge over the Skooku nachuck
nsaT Euco9a. was partly carried away
TIE water passed clear over the 81 so
bridge ever the Chehahs al Rochester
bat fortunately no damage was agne be-
you'd the piging no II a great amount o.
crifrw0o6 Smaller bridges n T'ors~r.
Rainier ami Yeln were damaged. Atm
getnsP IL w43 take several hundred dollars
10 repair the damages