The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-06

&. Horn. o. that place. Now comes the
county court of Crock county and grants
a similar license TO j. II. Parsons, at the
same point. Tais apparently eompacaies
matters. as neither arm seems 10 nave
right 10 lard on bat one side OF the
river
Acting Hospital Steward Oliver IL. Reese
has been ordered fr0m Vancouver barracks
TO Dyea. Alaska. for duty lie VIII relieve
Acting Steward Gabriel Cushman. who VIII
report at Vancouver barracks for exam
.nati0n for the position OF steward
Il Is currently reported that Mr.. Larson,
the well known lumber merchant. Is con-
templating building theatsr at North
growing demands Of the city. The plans
have been drawn. but the location 10 not
Yet definitely determined.
During the month Of November the Pu-
get Sound Wire Nail and Steel Company
has had a large run OF business. The
small orders amounted to considerable
and in large orders alone the works have
turned out i0.IsG kegs Of nails. One thou
sand kegs were shipped TO 4 Portland
firm.
Five men were digging some sleds out OF
a sinai! snowslide on the grade about half
way from the Last Chance TO the Union
Companion mine In Oregon, when, without
warning. snowslde of goodly proportions
took them down the mountain side fully
half mile in a short half minute. None
MAS seriously injured
1t is r0mored that surveyors have been
sent out by the Seattle 4 Northern 10 as
certain the feasibility OF constructing
railroad Up the Philchuck for a distance
81 about four miles. thence east 10 Lake
Cavanaush about half way between the
Phiichuck river and the lake IN the valley
at the foot OF the Sawtoo;h range OF
mountains.
Mr.. Edward Henshaw. who resides near
Rocky Point. leads very unfortunate
life. While IN kelso recently he lost
$40 gold piece from his pants pocket; pre-
vtons 20 that time he visited Portland and
purchased new sur OF clothes and az
ter putting them on he dropped $40 in gold
IN the pockets ard shortly Afterwards IL was
gone Last week someone broke into his
house during his absence ana removed ey-
erything OF value.
Mcbride Bros. proprie'ors Of i1ery
barn on East Main street, Walia Walla.
were robbed of $40 recently in broad day
light. Sam Mcbride Ief. the KEYS in the
safe and the door Of the office unlocked
He crossed the street and was absent about
thirty minutes. when he returned the ga p
had been robbed Hank thinner n buggy
washer. who had been engaged IN washing
windows. has disappeared The last heard
OF him he WAS headed toward Milton.
Last week the most successful premature
drive OF logs ever made on the Columbia
river took place at the Coweeman when
G,0sG 600 feet ~ logs were carried 70 ;ha Co.
lumhfa by the breaking 81 Two large dams
in the logging stream One Z, Je,a-s
firm Rad several million feet Of logs IN the
stream. ard 4 great rnsnv Of them ware
carried cut This firm began logging OPP
erations on that stream last April and as
a result tha output WIS sold last week for
s%s.oo0 s5.3s per 1000 feet having been re-
ce.ved for the logs
Ar explosion OF giant powder in the
Cleveland mine. twenty miles west OF
Sprtngaae. las, sunday. resulted in tht, IN
slant death of John Moriarity. and Sc
vereiy inJHring William Johnson both min
ers. Johnson was thrown through hole
IN the wal scarcely large enough for n
man To crawl through In climbing down
a ladder after he accident Johnson struck
another miner named Wix who fell 20 the
floor OF the shaft. receiving internal in
turiss lay the tal. The explosion is at
srshuied 20 Geld air coming IN contact With
the powder.