Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-07-25

be ng one Of much skill and experience
in his pr ,fession. and he lief, here with
the avowed purpose to make The exam
ina;ioa as thorough as practicable 10
four or Eve weeks trip up the middle
fork Of Clearwater to the SUNNI, Of the
Bitter Root mountsin.. He started
inspired with the belief from iniorma
tion gained here that he and his party
would be successful Ear beyond the ex.
pectations Of the directors Of the com
pany in New York who 60 50 much
upon the old surveys Of johnson an !
Roberts made several years ago up the
north fork and its tributaries. IF Nc
Cartney succeeds by his observations
in overthrow,ng the theory Of Roberts,
Who informed the company that it was
entirely useless to attempt to find good
railroad pass over the Bitter Roo. noun
tains south If the Pen d'Oreille lake
pass. he viii! greatly elevate himself in
his profession and 10 the estimate Of
the company who are very DESTROYS OF
finding shorter and more oirec, route
than the one via the Pen d'Or,illc lake,
and more than this, he will render the
people no. only Of this section but Of
he whole northwest coast under obi
cations to him for having demonstrated
by facts and figures the practicability Of
fhe shortest route across the continent.
The men who accompany him enjoy
the reputation here Of aeing the proper
men each in his place for such trim
and our sincere hope and belief i. IN :
the trip will be an entire success. The
people here have responded promptly
and literally in aid Of the survey. and
the officers Of camp Howard were ready
10 give aid and encouragement 10 the
enterprise. Mccartney said as he was
leaving that be had never been more
literally treated by peopl, in any
similar undertaking than BY the people
here, and this evinced n him that We
all had confidence in the success Of the
enterprise. aud our confidence had given
strength to his own bel ef before he
came here that a practicable route
would be found before he returned.
The court being held here at the time
Of their departure took recess to give
an opportunity TO those in attendance
to witness their departure.
The busincss Of the court has no,
been large, though attended by some
delays. The grand jury found two 10
documents. one against WIN. II. Rhet,
and g. W. Hassagan. No bill va.
found sgainst the Chinaman for shoot,
ing and wounding another Of his coun
trymen, the witnesses not appearing
against him. The case Of Rhett wa,
continued over to the next term 10,
witnesses who we're absent, and the de
iendant admitted to bail in the SIN o
$4,000. The case Of Hassagan wa
tried by jury and defendant found no
guilty. A decree Of divorce was or
dered in the case Of Morris vs.. Morris
An importsnt mining suit comes up 70
trial to morrow morning, which will b
likely to occupy two or three days
Morris 4 Co., plaintiffs, Va. Bright
Co.. defendants. involving the right I
, 900 feet OF mining ground on the Wa,
rens meadows. which is claimed to b
worth 5000. A dissolution sui. hs
heen commenced by H. c. Brow
against G. NJ. Shearer and receive
aud accounting demanded, which vi
not be tried this term. A few o,he
!, cases upon the calendar were settled an
dismissed.
! New discoveries 10 quartz have r,
, Gently been made in Elk City. Nj
Binnard, who has just returned frol
I! ere, informs US that man who vi
:, in Elk City in 1861 or 1862 made
discovery Of what he thought migt
= be valuable quarts, and not then bein
in condition to handle it, he conceal
it as FAR as he could the discovery. d,
sermiuing to come to il again if
should be able. He has lately been
the vicinity Of Salt Lake, has been su
i cesstul. and lately taking another persc
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