The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-10
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

The total assessed valuation OF all prop
erty in Pierce county as equalized is So
sssl.s. divided as follows: Realty. sas.-
Tss. 40; personal property AsssssA Last
year the total value was 81. a.. So.
A push car containing two tons OF coal
passed over the right Leg of Lester Tuck
er II years old a. the railroad yards, Pen
tileson, Tuesday evening. The boys leg
was badly bruised. but no bones were
broken.
West Oregon City had a narrow escape
from destruction by FIRE Tuesday afternoon
and night. The fire started among the ery
brush and logs on the hillside, and IL re-
quired the strenuous efforts OF all the en-
pioyes OF tho paper mills to Keep 1t from
spreading To the residences on that side or
the river. The fire is now under control
John l. Cox has returned from the Pa.
louise country, where he took sixty head
Of horses for sale, says the PendIeton East
Oregonian. lie only sold fifteen. and left
the remainder In pasture there. He adj
ysses horsen,en not TO take horses TO tha
Palouse country. Sale Is extremely slow,
on account OF the low price OF wheat. ana
that makes a poor market.
Several very large brush fires and numer-
Gus small ones are burning In the noun
;alns between Goldstresm and Shawn.gan
lake. II. &. The east side Of Mount Fin
layson Is a mass Of Are. and shawnigan
lake is surrounded by names and dense
smoke. Much valuable timber Is being de-
slroyed As an Of the fires are some dis
lance from the railway, they must have
been started by hunters and campers.
X. A. PARIS oldest son, a hoy of about
: years. OF Pleasant Valley. Whatcom
county. gathered UP several OF the empty
powder boxes that the men threw away
after blasting ous the sfurnrs on the road.
and he took them home and scrapee all
Of the powder out OF them that he could
get and piled IL IN one OF the boxes and set
fire to Il. IL went on with a loud report,
burning and tearing the boys hand I'm a
fearful manner. fortunately not breaking
any bones
A peculiar accident which came near
proving fatal happened 10 Roy Judd. OF
Tiiamook. Or, Monday. Judd Is about Is
years Old. He was out deer hunting. He
thought lie heard he hounds barking and
cooked his rifle and afterwards set II down.
In some way ths weapon was discharged.
The bullet penetrated his abdomen. turned
upward and plowed lis way along his
hreastbone. laying II bare. and struck his
Adams apple and chin and then fell back
into his collar. where IL was found. lie
had his left thumb over the muzzle OF tho
rifle, and IL was blown of. He VIII prob
ably recover
a " Miller. farnlarly known as Dad
Miller. Gied Monday on She road from Mos
cow To Lewiston in a wagon. lie had been
sick in Moscow. but recovered. Ms II was
supposed. sufficiently TO he removed 10 his
ler was bringing him home 10 q spring
wagon, in which were bed and every
needed convenience. lie made the journey
without suffering over twenty Of the TWEEN
ty~five mites to be Travelled. He rested ana
took dinner with an old friend eight miles
from here. He ate heartily and Resumed
his Journey In good spirits. After pro-
ceeding two miles after dinner he waA
taken suddenly worse and expired IN n few
minutes. The immediate cause of death
neer CT sc. He was a bachelor and was
possessed OF . competency