The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18

Measles Is said to be OF The increase.
rasoer taaa decrease. az Nastsoarg. On sc
oo21t OF lacE O. quarantine
The Kasio proEpector Is tae name o.
new paper that has begun publication IN
that thriving mining section.
A dsDos building win be erected a. Ritz
vile aorf1g nsxt summer AMI VIII be fitted
via al modern ec2ysnsencss.
Judge c. F. Mcdonald, % Hartford kEI-
ed. il q few weeks time, four Wildcats n
the vicinity OF his chicken hoase.
TIE Atlas Lumber Company. q McMur-
ray. shas.t county, vas fined - for using
oaeo1arsarIns in iEs boarding houses
Fl. 3. Miller Will soon plant an add
tonal orchard OF about - acres o. fire
apples on his Applesate creek farm
Fruit growers in Clarke county. Wash
fngton. are investing extensively in spray
Ing apparatus for next seasons work.
Jacob Kin,nan, OF Starbuck, has sold 500
fest OF right-cf-way through his place 10
the O. f. & y, He received 81 per foat-
The fair recently held az Port Town
send, under the auspices Of thu library as-
ISOLATION nette3 that organization $50.
The postorics q. Yreka has been dsscan-
tinued. Nal for that point viii hereafter
De handed AZ the North Yakima pcssoff.cs.
There were vi money orders sold az the
GoIder6ale postofflce during the month OF
November. aggregating the sum % Ss,s2l.
Mayor Stewart. Of ChehaAs. was re-
elected, and in January VIII enter upon his
sixth consecutive term as MAYOR CO Che
halls
An effort Is being made 70 have a mali
route established between tso,deudale and
ToppeIllsn station, a distance OF about fifty
nIles.
William Guse has been found guilty OF
perjury at Walla Wal4a. The Jury recon-
mended the prisoner 20 the mercy OF the
court.
The Whitman County Poultry and Pet
Stock Association IS arranging 10 hold a
poultr- show IN Colfax. January q. - and
2. 1899
The Office Of thu state dairy commission
has been moved 10 Seattle. Commissioner
Mcdonald has already established his head
quarters.
Rev. J. T. Cotton. Of the NJ E. Church
South. minister al Roseburg. was married
on the ita 10 Mrs Alice Weaver. Of Myr-
Tia point.
Tne Inland Ensign. volume l. No. /, has
made its bow for public patronage at Mey-
ers Falls. Ingraham Hughes Is the bust
ness manager.
A new steam laundry Will add to the
many new industries at Walla Walla short
ly after the new year. The machinery has
already arrived.
The Kettle river stage line viii soon in
augurate a daily stage service between
Green"ood and Cascade, taking IN the new
town Of Niagara.
Fruit Inspector Brown. for King county,
condemned over $50 boxes OF apples ship
ped from Olympia this week, badly infect
60 "AN4i t1AS NOti4AiIss IilOtH.
The Toledo school board has refused TO
accept the resignation OF George Spencer.
who Was recently elected school suparin-
tendent for Lewis county.
Pref T. n. Henry. principal OF the Lin
coin school al Olympia, has resigned. 70
take up the duties Of county school super
ibtendent for Thurston county.
Mrs. Lydia \. George, of Fairhaven, has
neeh granted a pension OF s. per month.
An increase TO 81 per month has been
awarded Charles Paul. of Blaine.
A gang OF county prisoners is being
worked under guard along the Paloslse
river III North Colfax where the bank
OF the river Is being riprarped to pre-
vent cdvlng.
In the Twelfth life-saving district, COM
pTising the Pacific coast from San Fran
cisco north 10 Neah bay, on the coast OF
Washington. are fifteen iiss-saving sta
tons, tully equipped for service.
The department OF public works AT OF
tAWa is calling for tenders for the supply
OF poles Tor a telegraph line from Alberni
10 cane Beale, on the west coast OF Van
couVer island, distance Of thirty-eighs
miles.
Lumber shipments by water from Grays
harbor during November were a. follows:
From Hoqulam-l0 cargoes. 4O3i,0el feet
From Aberdeen--ii cargoes. 4467,e0 feet
From Cosmopolis-3 cargoes. 6l0,o00 feet
Totsu. a,20l 900 feet.
Van Doren. the man who injured Police
Ohlcer Jansen. CT New Whatcom, while
the latter was trying TO arrest hun, pleaded
guilty before Police Judge Whiting and was
fined $l00 and costs. He viii serve the fine
out in the county jail.
Supt. L. r. Hyde Of the forestry reserve
has been instructed from Washington city
10 remove his headquarters from Spokane
to Everett. The department believes that
the service viii be the bett r rendered from
Western Washington.
Private George Agnew. of Company d,
Eighth California volunteers died al the
Vancouver garrison hospital las. Saturday
Of pneumonia This IS the first death oc-
CURING IN the ElGhth California since lis
arrival 81 Vancouver.
John Murphy. of Fox valley, Ore was
thrown from a horse aud badly hurt He
was catching horses in a corral and han
laSsoed 2 large young horse, which pulled
Ms saddle from his horse. and threw il.5i.
to the ground He came TO this city FOR
medical attention.
The wheels Of the wagon which Marcus
" hunan brought over in 1896 were yellow
with blue stripes Tie blue and gold now
waves over Whitman college which the
wheels OF that wagon and the man who
owned Ii made possible. May those colors
never be dragged in tho dust.
\ bulletin on "Alkall SoiLs' IL soon 70 be
issued from the division OF agricultural
soils Of the state agricultural co.jere. This
bulletin Is or special interest 10 irr!gat "a
sections Of the state. All persons desiring
the Same should send their names az cnce
to Prof. Elton fulmcr, Pullman, Wash
The trial OF the case OF the state VI.
William Guse. for perjury In teetifyIng FOR
the defense IN the Harras case. vas con
cluded Tuesday at Walla Walla. and the
jury after being out over six hours. re-
turned a verdict Of guilty and recon-
rnended the prisoner TO TIRE mercy OF the
court.
Nc Han. the lone Chinese or ChahaHs,
has picked up his goods and chattels aad
departed. Since the death OF his partner
Fong, he has imagined that devils have
been haunting him. Fapp.ng noises on the
windows particularly alarming hin. It now
turns oEt that misch.evous boys played tlc-
tac on his windows.
Coyotes have appeared in the Muck
creek valley. % mites south Of Tacoma. and
are giving the farmers considerable trou-
bic Farmers have being trying in vain
60 poison them, bit the WHY animals rarely
touch the baits and when they Go the
arsenic used merely takes the hair OF,
and does not kin them
The Catholic knights of America held
their state council IN Nalia Wal}a Friday.
The following officers were elected: Nj j.
Damn. president; II. W Ending. vice pres
ident: Joseph Weber. secretary. Rev. NJ
tYohr. spiritual director, T. J. Ghres.