The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-11
NORTHUMBERLAND NEWS ~ovrS

Edison ROW boasts of graded school
Enamclaw has organized an improve
rneng clue.
Niokel-in-, he-slot machines are pro
hlhstec in NorthpoT,-
A camp ot Woodmen - the World IS
being organized IN Fairfield ~ Organizer
Msloney.
The Bennett Lake & KIondike Nayiga-
ton Company has declared a dividend ~
p rer cent.
tlon FEBRUARY 4. There are TWO tickets
already IN the acid.
There are now only SO worth - Che
naIi~ city warrants o1tstaRdl0z ~hica
draw - per cent interest
Henry Duseneerry formerly promi-
nent business man 81 Wsiia NAjia ana
q pioneer ot the county IS dead
a Oil has been introduced in the Ore
gon legislature creating the office OF mu-
Steal director IN the insane asylum.
Sales Of real estate In Whitman county
during January were sl-el-7 New mort
gags amounted to $50. L. and mortgage
Releases TO $ll6.4475.
Dan Sutherland. OF Siivertoa. was re-
Gently granted 4 patent by the govern
ment 10 a s-Acre placer claim. embracing
the town % Silyerton.
The Cascade City Record is making a
vigorous Kick about the mail SYSTEM in
force III the Boundary country. II also
touches Up the station agent at Boss
Tuesday nights storm tore up trees hv
the roots aad biocAad5d roads in some
places near Cathiamer. River boats had
difficulty IN landing at towns between
wind.
4 little son OF Isaac Burns. near Thorp.
Was accidentally kicked BY a horse a few
days ago and was seriously hurt IL vas
thought for some hours that ne could not
1--we, but II is believed now that he will re
cover.
The highest temperature Tor the month
Of January at Colville as reported by ".
j. Gull, was ~ degrees above zero, thu
lowest - degrees below Zero The total
snowfall MAS 81 inches. equal TO 2.Si
inches Of rain.
Capt Tom T. Warren. who is we'll
known In Spohane. but Is at present A
citizen OF Wilbur is IN Chicago 10 secure
the Tom Han group e. mines on the south
half OF the Colville reservation.
The Whatccm Keveille tells Of a man
%ho ,o9k a stone. picked up IN the Nj
ring. The jewe!er found that Il was q
diamond. Now the question is viii Wash
ington add diamonds To her other wen
derfut resources OF wealth?
\ young lady in the vicinity of Hunt
ington recently sent y cents 10 a Chica-
60 advertiser for q recipe 70 ''whlteu and
Keep p. the hands so:t" she received the
times a day In dish water. while your
mother takes a needed rest"
4 novel game or chess is being played
by Willie purcell. of Pomeroy, and tho
champion Of the chess club Of Spokane.
The novelty of the game Is that il is
being played by mail the party on one
end Of the line laying out his moves on
paper and sending it 10 the player on the
other end,
The city of chehaiis has a total deb,
q about sN6.@9. ia round numbers. This
Is represented as follows Twenty thou
sand dollars % light AID sewer bonds. S
per cent. due January / 1915 and a total
OF SO ~ 3 in warrants The warrants.
excepting about SSZo on the sewer fund
draw per cent interest.
Frank Shaw. enc % the best known
Young business men ~ Srohornisb }iaa
ness or typhoid fever His death Is the
fourth tdat has occurred ia his family
within the past three months his father
ard two nephnwS having died ~ the same
disease within that time.
The comptroller of the currency has de-
CIared the fourth dividend II - per cent
in favor az the creditors 81 the FIRST
National bank az OLYMPIA making sn All
. per cent. on the claims proved amount
Ing jo slo2 ri. Receiver Phillips SAWS the
checks Will 30 ready fer creditors Ia q
few days on the last dividend
Superior Judge Elliott. in the matter
Of claims against Pacific county has de-
tiGed that all bills against the county
WIFE draw interest from the time that the
bills are presented. therefore "a iegiti-
mate claim against the county in dollars
and cents is practically as good as a
warrant saws the Pacific Journal
Spokane people prefer fiction 20 fact
Last year tho number of books circsilat-
"a among the members Of the public H.
hTary was Is }a@. tf these Il - Fci4ttea
~ fctiaD, NiA to Juvenile works ~ 10
philosophy IN Ia religion TSP Sc sociology
- fo science. IA t. arts 81 70 literature.
- tc history. -, - geography and travel
and IL 10 biography
While transferring the bodies from tho
old IN the new military cemetery ~ F'ort
stevens. recently many al the collins
were found u he IN Hn eXcp}jenf state of
gYreSerya tiors. @azrs. II them tHut had hsae7i
LOOKING rs when rev. with t7.- exception
os AN occasional rust spot. The boxes Of
course. had decayed badly.
Tho preliminary hearing o. \ r. Ash
craft Who IS accused - e{Iltsszzie merit
from ;he Seattle Proving & Mailing
AT New WhafCom Tho evidence cs tee
prosecution IVES very strong and sts Mr.
AShcTaft mad. uo defense he was hound
oyer 90 the superior court Bonds were
fixed in the san of 80 aud iH default
% which he Went 20 fall
Mrs \ o. I45by ~ SPOKANE had 4
narrow ESCAPE Sros~ death during the re-
cent rnlA weather The hot water tank
connected v!tH the kitchen stove ex-
raof4e~f The water In the task frDze ossss
night srd Neu fhe FIRE ass started tGe
explosion followed : piece ~ iron styacs
tn~ cheek bones VAS fractured TIE
force % the explosion threw Ser cer--
rl+tefs ~ hfr feet The walls ard rett-
srfr ~ te@ kitchen booked as though q
charge - gra1e ag3 canister had been
snot io'o f1eDl.