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Show WASHINGTON NOTES. October 8 has been set aside by the managers of the Spokane Falls exposition exposi-tion as Graud Army day. Wugous loaded with wheat are beginning be-ginning to line tho streets of Walla Walla. The crop is said to be good in that locality. A reward of $200 has been offered for the recovery of tho body of Miss Lizzie Naorum, who was recently drowned near Snohomish. Betting only will be allowed at the race track during the coming meeting at Tacoraa. All other forms of gambling gam-bling will be prohibited. The postoflice department has made an nddition of $'.'000 to the allowance for clerk hire at tho Spokane Falls post-office, post-office, making tho total $0100. Anacortes is making a desperate effort to secure tho great Alger sawmill, wh'ch is to be built at some point on the Sound, and wliich will give employment employ-ment to 500 hands. Tho Orton Oracle says that T. F. Pat-ton, Pat-ton, who has two acres of blackberries on tho Upper Pullayup, estimates this season's crop at U0O0 pounds, for which he has been offered 13 J cents a pound, or for the entire produrt of his two acres, $l'.'00. The Walla Walla Statesman savs the convicts at the pen became very noisy in their cells last Tuesday and the guards had to lire several shots in tho air to make them haul in their horns. Every ono of them had blood in his eye. Tho cause for the recent disturbance by tho convicts is staled by thorn to be improper im-proper treatment by the officials. Commissioner Com-missioner Paine has been interviewed by them, and complaints m writing will be made by the convicts aud read at the next meeting of tho board of commissioners, com-missioners, A sad occurrence at the city cemetery on Tuesday afternoon, says the Walla Walla Union, was tho sudden heart seizure of Mr. Koykendall. father of the late V. S. Coykeudall, who, in company com-pany with his two daughters, arrived on Tuesday morning from Tacoma to attend tho funeral of the son and brother. As the funeral was standing about the grave Mr. Coykendall was noticed to sway slightly, and then without with-out warning fell prostrate by the grave insensible. Dr. W. C. Blalock, who was present, was immediately in attendance, atten-dance, and the gentleman was carefully conveyed to the resideme of Mrs. Cora-wall, Cora-wall, where he is now in a convalescent condition. |