Good old days - July 28, 2011

8 years ago

July 30, 1886

The long looked for fire alarm bell arrived Saturday. It weighs 700 pounds and will probably be temporarily hung in the rear of Livingstone & Kuhn’s Hardware store. It is a dandy.

The new proprietors of the flouring mill at Palouse City are at work on the dam, endeavoring to stop the leakage which is so bad they cannot run when the water is at low stage.

James Lane, the 16-year-old thief who has been operating in Steptoe for some time past, was overhauled near Garfield and examined by Justice Porter on a charge of grand larceny.

The squirrel scalp bounty expires Jul...