The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-07

NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.

->ahusl'. Is. =, II the latest victim OF tho
Incorporation fever.
A salmon cannery Will he located at Ia
Push, in riallem county
Fred Douglass lost three fingers in a
s2Wmiii at Arlington Friday.
The Merchants Bank. of Halifax. has
iahi!shed branch at Lake Bennett.
Alaska
w II. Dorman. Canadian postoffice in
spector, is at RosSaand looking into mail
troubles in that district.
Orlando Harris who abducted his niece
from the Upper Wynochie river last fall
has been sentenced to the peuItentiary for
life.
On April the British Columbia eight
hour law went into effect. Under ii mine
owners are not permitted 20 work shifts
more than eight hours each.
The treasurer of Whateom county VIII
pay on presentation school orders. SPECIAL
fund. as follows: Nos lis and TO- issued
October Ii. 1891: No. III. issued October
-. 1881, by district No. Is.
The British Columbia Gazette contains
the usual notice OF spring assizes, as fol-
lows: Victoria, April II. New Westmin-
sser. April H. Vancouver. April Is; Ma
naimo. April Is; Vernon. April 20. KAN
loops. April Is; Nelson. April 80.
petition is being circulated In Walla
walla to Hon. Charles u. Waleo,t. d.
rector OF the United States geological sur
tey. 10 have Lake Chelan surveyed and
Plated. This should be DONE as 1t is the
most interesting lake in the Northwest
being OF unknown depth and the bed OF an
ancient glacier.
The Security Savings and Trust Com
pany. of Portland. il now the owner OF
the cheney water works and all other
property formerly owned by the Cheney
Water and Land Company. Monday the
sale Of the property made by the shar.r
70 the oregon company was confirmed al
Spokane. The sale was made in forecloS-
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the time of the ss.ie To s42 957 80. The water
works were bid IL for s32 $50 and the other
property for s. lea.
The Free Press relates "a story Of two
passengers on the stage from Lewiston to
Granseville. One ~ them, a music man.
expressed the opinion that the roads
over the prairie were the worst In the
United States, The. other passenger
called him a liar and the stage WAS
stopped to allow them "a light Il out
The music man won and made MS onp<e-
nent acknowledge the roads were not
only the worst IA the United States Int
IN ali the world besides And the stage
drove on.
Portland. Or. is 20 have new stove
foundry in operation by next winter
which viii employ some 80 IRON workers
This important contamination * the re-
suit If several months Of quiet arrange
u1ent on the part OF the Bridge & Beach
Manufacturing Company. Of ST. LOUIS, in
conjunction with the CONDENSATION
firms have been shipping stoves 10 Port.
land fer the past fifteen years and for the
last seven they have operated the Port
land branch. in their own buildings at
seventeenth and Upshur streets. North
Portland
Judge Thomas II prents has rendered
the following opinion Ia the ease of Foster
North against j. A CsuGnTen. u com
tractor Oh fae Snake River Valley rail-
road The s5it was brought wsth a View
10 compelling the contractor ~ nay in
cash instead ~ t,ne cheeks or statements
* account. JetiRe Bvens he'll thar HE
Issuance II the statement 81 tceo}2ut was
not Illegal. 81 being not payment, leat
3ered gives Judgment only fsf Fhe claim
- wages ana crSrI - sctitsu Had TIE de-
c'St0n n the case given damages - Nhrtn
several either <Wits xo<iia have been COM
meneed by other men who WeTc given
statements q account
WIN. Teller formerly of Seal river was
drowned December & 1sy- near Tongue
point. The body was recovered ana AFTER
az inquest ny Coroner pphl the remains
were Inferred IA the {fEatsoy sprYsf erv
the Intention cf Mr., T"it@r's orother being
AZ me tETe 90 remove the remains az
some future date 20 t3says river Last
sunday Mr. Teller accompanied sav some
Of his friends, rr0ces-tes 80 Clatsc,l GENE
fery- ara after finding ihe 5eae board
marking the resting pEGr@ at h5S NrafNsrts
remains opFref tAe grave p.fare 20
iBtTrTfnS g 10 thought 30 wsUs8 euep tA.
cas&a ard take farewell l3aE ~ the
body. and - his great tsf0rlss rrrsant sra
cUustsrna tiru Mr. Teller f-.rfss4 .Ass y ,-..-,-
tanned iae remains II "a Ch{nnfnsn Ts4
ssss2w - the Celestial. proved - f-a -Azf
* the c&nreFy VHpinv@ An committed
sslkcld. HEeut fss SINE - tsse drowning
81 Teller ara was brought back fa Astoria
i3oTe s8cefsSfu after tv0 other graves
Rad h<sn 0Tenea