Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-06-18
j. S. Beall is here from Portland.


Attorney Babb, of Lewiston, was in
Pullman this week.
L. P. Rounds, of Garfield, was here
during the past week.
II. L. Munroe is now in Portland,
where he has employment. 4 +
The Pullman meat market &as again
opened to the public Tuesday.
w. A. Struppler, of Uniontown. was
a visitor in Pullman Monday.
Mrs. j. S. Keeney and children re-
turned Sunday from visit to friemdA in
Oregon.
The pickup nine that went to Union
fiat to play base ball last Sunday met
with defeat.
e. S. Burgan and family and Miss
Stella Elbert left Wednesday for Lake
Pend d Oreille.
Rain fell all the early part OF the
week, and the ground is now we'll
soaked, and all crops, are growing rap
idly.
Geo. N. Henry and family will leave
next week for Coeurd' Alene lake, where
they will fish and rusticate for couple
OF weeks.
If you are fleet of foot, fast with the
bicycle, or own good horse, come to
Pullman July 4th and win some of those
big purses.
The college base ball team won the
game with Whitman college, at Walla
Walla, last Saturday, this making it
winner of two of the series of three
played with Whitman.
Did you see those colored Fourth OF
July posters advertising Pullman's cele-
bration? Pullman's Fourth " II be a
big one in every way. The details OF the
programme will be completed next week.
Major E. II. Fox came up from Te-
koa yesterday to act as judge in the drill
contests among the college cadets. The
major is we'll qualified to act as judge,
as he has had considerable military ex
/ perience.
The city marshal has been getting
after the canine population of the city
this week, and an even dozen Of the
ours have ceased their midnight howl
ngs, and the dog pound, (ths city Jail
is filled with more that are to follow.
About $50 in dog licenses have also been
added to the city treasury.
A circus" pitched its tent east Of
the flour mill Monday, and few aero
bats made an attempt at interesting the
/ few spectators. Some Of the features OF
/ the circus were very good, and others,
/ very bad. The tent itself looked much
as though it had been through a Kansas
cyclone, or had held populist con-
vention.
Quite hail storm fell Tuesday, in
/ few localities the hail stones being heavy
enough to do some damage, although the
path Of the storm was small. j. A. Hun
gate reports that the storm was most Sc
we're at his farm, several miles south of
town, and that his crop was badly dunn
aged. Gardens and fruit were reported
somewhat injured in few other local
/ tiles.
The young gentlemen OF the class of
1900 were entertained by the young
ladies of the same class, at the home of
Miss Daisy Busbey last Saturday even
ing. 1t is we'll known that the sopho-
more is the most lively class in school,
and these class parties are the most en-
ioyable occurrences of the year. The
evening of June llth, 1898, will be re-
membered by these students long after
they have ceased to be sophs.
The following is taken from the cor
respondence in the Seattle Times, from
Vancouver barracks, where the Bird
battalion, 1st regiment, is encamped;
"a sharp pang was felt in Company X
when they learned that Frank II. Skeels
had been discharged from the company
by order Of the Adjutsnt General, U. S.
A., because he had enlisted as minor.
Mr.. Skeels had no more than received
his discharge than he was put in as
mascot, in which capacity he will go
with us wherever we are. A petition
was then sent to his mother. The petit
tion being signed by all to whom pre-
sented and furthermore has the sanction
of Col. Wholley and the rest Of he Off
GERS. Mr.. Skeels ig one of the bright
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