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Show NEWS FROM THE NORTHWEST. Chief Plenticoues is a thrifty individual. individ-ual. He now lays in wait for "fishermen and charges them two bits a head for fishing on the reservation. Men in Washington who are working in tho interest of the Cooke City railroad rail-road profess to believe that a right of way will be granted at this session of congress. The republicans of White Sulphur Springs will issue a daily paper Boon. The democrats will follow suit with a daily printed from the Husbandman olllce. George W. Clark, the Almira, Wash., saloonkeeper who recently assaulted Rev. E. H. Sutton, a temperance lecturer, lec-turer, was fined $23 and costs the other day, and thinks he got off cheap. Charles Harrison, a carpenter of Salem, Sa-lem, went up to Turner to work, aud while there his wife left him and skipped. She sent him a heartless let-tor let-tor Baying she was tired of a humdrum life and wanted to see the world. While a Great Northern baudcar was runing 25 miles an hour near Lorimore, N. D., a handle broke and three men were thrown on the track and fatally injured. Thoir names are: Assistant Iioadmaster Johu Maloney, Section Foremen Fred Johnson and James Kelly. Olympia has deolded to introduce the electric lire alarm system and $3000 will be expended for that purpose. Boxes will bo placed at various strtet corners, which will be In direct communication with the engine houses, so that in case of fire the alarm can be sent at the shortest notice. Tho Boise City rapid transit company have tiled articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The oapital stock is $20, 000. The object of th e company com-pany is the construction of an electric street railway in Boise City. Nearly, $,")000 is subscribed, and cars will be running by the middle of October. In an enoounter with a griwly, F. M. Elin, a sheep herder in the Blue mountains, moun-tains, noar Walla Walla, was bitten In the shoulder and clawod. His dog rushed aud got the bear's attention for a moment, whereupon the sheep border disentangled himself from his hairy einbraco and Injected shot into the monster. A Pendleton young man, who is in love with a young ludy in a neighboring town, went out to seo her last week, but one day's visit tired her out aud she tried to escapo on horseback. He first pullod her oil the horse, but she got away and ho followed her across the country in his buggy. The young mau was finally driven oil by a frieud with a shotgun. David II. Webster and John Hubbell had a rough and tumble tight on the streets of Seattle, which resulted in Hubbell getting a severe beating and Webstor's thumb being nearly bitten I off. Hubbell was a witness in the sensational sen-sational divorce case a few days ago, and he testified that Webster, the plain-tin, plain-tin, had confidentially told him of having hav-ing committed adultery. The corner stone was laid Wednesday of the grand temple of Odd Fellowship to bo the home of state lodge No. 7, of Seattle, the largest and wealthiest lodge in the states Tho ceremonies were conducted con-ducted by Judgo J. F. Miller, noble grand of the lodge, who made the address ad-dress of welcome. Two hundred members mem-bers of the order were in attendance, among the prominent visitors being District Deputy Grand Sire Lewis, of Honolulu. The Seattle lodge is 14 vears old, ana worth $30,000. The new Building Build-ing will be 40x100, and fourstoriea high. The third and fourth floors will be nsed by the lodge for their hall and banqueting banquet-ing rooms. |