The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-27

tAe wosdA Il - aznsslve psscs ~ No.
chtneFy. ard ssnG1s cne ~ <he rsrnnsn
on which Il n to be nsnnted contains LS1e
i Inch 6 abe T zine e1 pns ss ap the
steepest hills and win furnish more pcysF
than Eaesiine can bear. Ely meens Of shA
mills Is 1. e-A - :
A gvray sack containing sAmcles OF
goods was found near the railroad depot
twenty pairs Of gloves, number Of sasssn-
ssors. hoods and sIfspeaderA no two alike.
ard were undoubtedly the goots stolen
from the travelling man Of Murphy. Grant
K Company. az Aberdeen The goods were
considerably camag ~ water and look
ed as IL they had bsen in the rain several
weeks.
During the hearing OF a land contest case
at Lake Chsian, q sensasi0o was created
by an sltercasion hefweef. Horace WIZ
ltams and Attorney r w Starr. counsel
had passed between the two. starr struck
Williams ard knocked him on the chair 10
he foor II Then H M,lidams n Mor ns,:
50 years. struck Starr = blow that black
ened ore OF his eye4 Young WslliaUs and
Starr afterwards had light In the street.
A report is In circulation thai man
named PolIsck has confessed to having
committed the burgtaries In Centralia that
caused SO much talk three years ago The
man works IN the woods. and =. ODD 31 ,is
for acquiring . collection or tools In =
heteresiox manner. Apparently, he has
1ocds as he e said a 10 nave his objection
still intact. His prosecution is barred py
limitation
The Davenport Rod and Gun Club is a
well equipped organization. 1t owns traps
and Gay pigeons and has just erected >
building on the shooting grounds where
comfort and convenience is attached to an
h hour > shoot over the traps. During the
winter months the members Will have an
opportunity OF enjoying themselves when
ever they so desire. There are no string
ent rules to hedge them in. Every MEM
Der Is on the same footing. and has free
use OF the parapheruaNa at any time tho
spirit moves them TO try their skill
William Frarier. an employe OF the
Northwestern Mining Company. at Enurn-
claw. was seriously injured by an acct
dent In the company's mines. Frazier
was working III the head Of one OF the
tunnels at the time OF the mishap and In
some unexplained manner was caught in
a tackle and suffered a painful confusion
with a heavy block. He was conveyed to
Tacoma and Is now resting easily at the
Fannie Paddock hospital. His condition
is not considered to be dangerous.
The rapidty ard order with which a
public school building can be emptied of
several hundred pupils when the fire gong
is sounded was illustrated few days ago
at the Portland Central school, Smoke
-
the gong sounded. and in just four min
utes the building was emptied and the
pupils returned To their seats. the fire In
the meantime having been qusnehed by
few weli-directed buckets full of water.
There was not the slightest panic, many
OF the children supposing that they were
merely going through the ordinary fire
drill
Railroad Company, OF California, with a
capital stock OF s.. 500 600, were fled In the
secretary Of states office at Salem Satur-
redwood timber ana timber land in Cali
fornia: construct water bitches and
fumes. mills. factories, railroad tram
operate a lire OF vessels between any or
Eureka San Francisco, San Diego and in
John McCraken, John r. Foster. r. l..
Durham, Charles F. Beebe, PHI Metschan
and w. S. Mason The office VIII be To-
Gated in Portland.
The steamer Townsend which was placed
on the Copper river route. but met with
so many mIsfortunes that she never reach
ed her destination. and while anchored
In Port Townsend Ray caught ira very
mysterioussy is rapidly being transformed
into a first-class vessel For some weeks
past a number Of workmen have been
busily engaged on her and when finished
she will not be recognized as the same
craft After the fire she was sold by the
marshal on libel suit, the purchaser be-
ing Mr.. kronenberg. who has charge OF
rebuilding her she VII be lifted up both i,
be replaced on the Coquiiie river and San
Francisco route
An interesting insurance case was tried
in the superior court at Golaendaie this
week and resulted In verdict for the
plaintiff. From the testimony it appeared
that John Miller. OF Cleveland. Wash,
during the early part or 1877. received q
life Insurance policy from the Aetna Life
I've fs,,t,1ys and pA tn 1aY
pany his note for 500. in payment OF the
first premium. The note was later sold TO
Mr.. o. d. Sturgess, the local agent OF
Snover x Ryal,s. Shower & Ryaiis pro-
ceeded as plaintiffs To collect the life
insurance note" The defendant asserted
that fraud was exercised in securing his
application. and that he had not at any
time consented TO receive the polic-, and
for this reason he averTed he had received
no consideration for the note given. The
Aetna companys representative was
witness and swore there had been val
liable consideration given for the note.
The jury, after celebrating several hours,
rendered verdict for the plaintiff.
While washing wagon wheel In Shirt
Tail gulch, twelve miles south OF Durkee.
on the O. II. q ". thirty-eight miles from
Baker City. Or. the two Retelifr brothers
noticed colors OF gold in the dirt. They
Immediately started 10 wash out the
| neighboring ground, and In three days
took out s2e4 with a rocker. They took up
| four claims OF twenty acres each. These
| claims have since been purchased by Col.
| James Painting and three Baker City bust
| ness men. Three pans of dirt, which Mr.
| Painting brought in this morning. showed
~ cents TO the pan. and one panned 81
cents. The bar is %, 500 feet long. and the
pay streak is from twenty 10 thirty feet
| wide IL is estimated by reliable experts
| that the ground contains over i.1s. 600
| worth OF gold. The company has thor
| oughiy equipped the property with huge
| reservoirs. giants, pipes. tracks. hose and
Ing
| ground on "A large scale Water viii be
| turned on early next March, and another
| big gold producer VIII he added TO the
| Eastern oregon god fields.