The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-09-02

WAsmHaT0u.
George Hawkins has been missing
from Seattle,
The Spokane Stock Exchange has
been incorporated.
Whitworth college Is going to be NOV.
ed from Sumner to Tacoma,
The Socialist colony at Harmony.
Lewis county. has dissolved.
A saloon within block OF Seattle
police headquarters was held up recent.
ly.
It is virtually settled that the sno.
homish county fair will be q success.
Joseph N. Spinrod, . barber OF Seat.
tie. was run over by train in Tacoma
recently.
A parasite plant called the doddeE Il
attacking clover and alfalfa in Eastern
Washington.
Work on the Inland Telephone line
between Asotin and Anatone Il pros.
ressing rapidly.
The corner stone Of the new Catholic
Church Of the Sacred Heart at Seattle.
was laid recently.
During the past eight mouths 1ss
prisoners have been received at Walls
Walla county jail.
Frank Boyle. aged 16 years, was
drowned while crossing the Yakima
river, near North Yakima.
James McGary, Of Ritxville. VA
bound over to the superior court In the
sum Of $3.50 for stealing cattle.
Lee Comstock, II year old boy OF
Spangle. was accidently shot in the left
arm recently while out hunting.
Jack Howard. Of Republic, IL under
arrest on the charge Of being the person
who murdered w. W. Banning recently.
George B. Kabrick. Of Vancouver. was
run over by passenger train ana
frightfully mangled. one leg being cut
OF.
The city Of Walla walla has sold
$350.000 Of bonds. Of which 3133.00o
were general municipal and $4,000
were sewer and water bonds.
A protest is being raised by the peo-
pie of Olympia against the removal Of
the territorial seal from the capitol to
the University Of Washington.
John Roberts, q Northern Pacific sec.
tion hand at Pullman, was recently ser.
iously injured by being thrown from
hand car and having the car pass over
his head.
1t has been discovered at North Yak.
ina, that through an error at Olympia.
Yakima county tax payers have been
called on to pay about $4,000 more OF
state taxes for 1898 than they should
pay.
Burglars broke into the Northern Pa.
cific depot at Olympia, recently, blew
open the safe and stole $168 In cash.
Nothing but cash was touched.
A big impetus was given in Seattle
to the movement which has for its OBJ
ject the reception and entertainment Of
the First Washington regiment on its
home coming.
T. B. Cheer. 70 years old, an inmate
of the county poor house at Chehalis,
was struck by the engine of q work
train the other afternoon near Newau-
KUN, and instantly killed.
There are few Washington volun-
teers sick and destitute in California.
Governor Rogers has asked the people
of the state to help them out and there
will probably be generous response.
Last year of the IL mills levied for
city expenses Of Tacoma, 6.35 mills was
for interest on bonds, which, according
to city comptroller Lister, will be In.
creased to about 8.5 mills the present
year.
James Templeton, bachelor farmer,
&C years old. living near Penewawa.
was found lying in the road one mile
from Colfax recently, unconscious.
One rib was broken and his head. neck
and shoulders were badly bruised. His
hack was lying bottom up and badly
smashed. The team was missing.
James Boggin, Jr., who Is In the em-
ploy of threshing crew at Anatone.
was accidently caught by the tumbling
rod. which connects the separator to
the engine. and he was whirled around
sevehal times at rapid rate. The un.
fortunate man was stripped Of al Of
his clothing excepting his shoes and .
collar band. Mr.. Broggan was not ser.
iously hurt, barring few skin bruises.
The Rattlesnake country Of Yakima
county has been considered good only
for stock ranches until this year. when
it has been thoroughly tested for wheat
growing and has stood the test 30 we'll
that those who have land there will
sell only for fancy prices. It 10 now
believed that this section will prove
to be one Of the best wheat growing
tracts in the state.
Following are the apportionments In
eastern Washington of the school fund:
Adams, $2,320.86; Asotin, $1.651.2S;
Columbia, $5,191.84; Ferry, $3.50:
Franklin, $304.2e; Garfield, $3.008.08:
Kittitas. $8,867.74; Lewis, $10.1s7.0S:
Lincoln, $6,176.07; Okanogan, 81
645.6S; Spokane, $24.949.04; Walla
Walla, $9.421.91; Whitman. $16.5S7.10;
Yakima, $5.561.55.
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