, 1879-11-22
Personal.

sal. cuitor Oh yc ;iioiise tFt, 10 III ti city
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Chambers and
wife arrived in the city last Monday from Fort
Lapwai.
Lieutenant Colonel Merriam, from Camp
Chelan, arrived here yesterday on the cour,
martial.
Marshall Chase and wife arrived here yester
day from Lewiston. They witnessed Plnafore
last night and were nightly we'll pleased.
Mr.. +. S. Sherwood of Cn,ville. is spending
! the court tenn here in the city and enjoying
! himself only those who have many friends
| know how.
| We are glad to chronicle that Mr. Charles
! Abel, who has been Frustrated by severe at
tack of lung fever, il fast. recovering his usual
! robust health.
Captain A. S. Das::ett, Captain Keller and
Captain ". Mills, from camp Cteur dAlene,
| arrived III tie city Tuesday List on court
martial business.
Ulcle Jake Miller after severe spell of
sickness brought TN by having caught cold after
having teeth extracted, Is nov. We arc happy
to state. much improved.
Lieutenant Wainwright and his far young
bride have safely returned cnd pur city is a
large gamer. We predict More popularity III
the futurs for them than ever ti,e gallant sol
der had even IL the past.
Professor PlCmmer, the great eiocus cnist, is
holding forth arcInd Lewiston 10 crowGel
hous,s. his appearance here will be :. sign
that We will have some fun. We precli,t
crowded housrSfcr kim
DIR. J. Simms, the renowned pl,ysipSspm s.,
has been delivering a very in eresti,is eorrse'
of lectures the past week at CITY Hail. The
Doctor has Worldwide reputation, and We
advise our citizens to so and see HIM.
DR. ". Ii. Allan, whose card appeared in
our last issue, Is obtaining fine reputation by
his skill in treating dlscas Of al! kinds. he
has large practice AMI bids far to be celc-
brated. His Office is iu Paine's brick
John w. Cochran the boss stenographer on
the coast and who took down the proceedings
ot the gaeat Grover case, is IN town on pcotes
siona! duties connected with the court martial
case now proceeding at the fort. Mr.. Cochran
is a very accommodating gentleman, and has
our best wishes Tor the success he deserves.
Eph. Bl;nker, OF Lewiston. has joined the
neble army of martyrs by taking unto himself
wife. His friends herc thought spEleth:n.
was mp by reason of his absence at. the races
He VII, please accept our congratulations on
the evensy bat .se have made 4 resolution not
70 publish our account Of bis deeds during the
Nez PeIce outbreak until he visits our city.
Mr.. John Scott, one of our oldest subscribers,
came in and gave us good repor: OF the crops
ali around the foot of the mountains where he
lives. He has already put il 80 acres, which
was summer fallowed; it is already up and
looks very well. He is now putting in 80
..cres more, which will be completed in a few
days. All this land will be sowed with club
wheat.
On Monday last Mr.. John CoTliss, chief of
transportation, left here with pack train Of
81 mules and SIX 6 mule teams heavily loaded
with supplies for the new military pest at Lake
Chelan. The fact that the military undertook
to send supplies itself was rendered necessary
by the refusal of the contractors to perform
their agreement uni less paid higher rate.
They askedS ceRtS per pound
Whilst in Vancouver recently We received
the honor of an introduction to the soa and
heir of our warlike friend Lieutenant c. f. s.
Wood, aid-de-camp to General Howard and
his right hand man in all the recent Indian
wars. The futnre hero is a verirable chip from
the old Wood. and as lie is not handicapped
with half the alphabet We predict fame ard for-
tune to him if he only possesses one half his
father talent ard spirit
First Lieutenant Fred Ebstein, Judge Ady5-
cate of the court rIartia, arrived here on Tues
day last from Vancouver. The past three
years Lieutenant Ebsten has made most hon
orable record by his always being the man for
the occasion under circumstances that would
have 6Glnted men Of less energy" He has
proved Eii:iSeii the Napoleon uf gIarteImasterS
MS duties We're so Liuitiiafious thai he must be
possessed Ct extraord-aary ability to have SO
successfully overcome the difficulties he alrlcst
always had to contend against. Long life and
speedy proinatios to him
Capt. Ben Richardson, one of the great rail-
road rRss;Eates. OF New York city recently paid
a visit to this city and obtained much valuable
information concerning our boundlass resources
which he viii utilize to good effect on his re-
turn east by pressing the construction OF the
C:ah Il Northern railroad, III which he is ex-
tensively interested The captain is always
travelling, but was profoundly impressed with
the innnensity of our dormant resources; he
predicts z brilliant future fc- our young and
growing Western Empire, and will do all in his
power to facilitate the construction of railroad
communications to connect us with the outside
world.