Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-09

time the door few open, and about dozen
straw hats few out, and away went the
third lady, bareheaded and with one shoe
On, after the hats. She succeeded in cap
turing a few Of them, and the balance she
thinks are in the Spokane country by this
time. The fourth lady was so scared that
The lost her presence of mind for few
In her wild excitement she threw
both arms around the bed-post, ard in wild
agony exclaimed : ooh! my dear, dear
hubby we will both die together " When
she came too she was still hugging the bed
post. 1t is needless to say that they are all
church members now.
THE North Pacific Coast, published at
New Tacoma, is on our table. 1t is one of
the neatest and best printed journal on the
coast. 1t is we'll and ably edited. and is
a credit 10 thetown in which it is published.
SEVERAL parties have been to the lakes
the past week. Among them were c. B.
Cooper and lady, c. E. Thatcher and lady,
+. Kroutinger and lady, Chas. f. Faunce
and W, e. Timberlake. They had splen-
did time and all enjoyed themselves hughly.
GRAssHoPPERs.-Mr. N. B. Holbrook, our
high sheriff, who has been almost all over
the county lately, informs us that the grass
hoppers are not near as bad as first reported.
In some parts of the county they were rath-
er thick for few days, but they left before
doing much damage to the crops.
SKIPPED THE Tows.-C. B. Roberts, for.
merly a school teacher in school district No.
one, this city, took sudden start out Of
town on Thursday morning last. He was,
and is, missed by many, especially the land
lady where he boarded missed him very
much-in fact, about two hundred dollars
worth.
A. BENSON returned from Warrens on
Monday last, and reports times in Warrens
a. favorable for the camp this season. He
says there are number Of persons getting
out good quartz from different lodes, and
placer mining is paying tolerably we'll.
THE NoMINArIoNs.-A call meeting on
Monday evening, the following persons were
nominated for city officers. For Mayor,
s. c. Hale; Treasurer, N. Brearley; Mar.
shall, Thos. Hudson. Eight o'clock this eve
is the time appointed to nominate three al
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court house. and No. in school house dis.
trict No. l.
PArENrs.-Homestead patents received
June 4 1881: J. H. Robinson. Pat Curtin,
F. B. King, j. L. Mulky, VIM. Groat. A. s.
Dornan, John Mitchell, 8. J. LAngdon, j
F. King. Geo. Donnham. Additional home
stead patents: John Lindell, j. Hollywood
G. L. Stone. VIM. Waddell, p. L. Lolon
Francisco Miller and H. d. Huff. Partie,
are requested to surrender duplicate receipts
and withdraw patents. HOWE, Register
THEY ARE PASSING AwAy.-This weel
the Tribune, published at Cheney, by Mr.
L. +. Kellogg, came to us much improved
in appearance, and without the patent in
1lut we arc picdScu W occ tHho ul0IA v
enterprise in the Tribune. and hope we viii
live long enough to write the epitaph Of tn
last patent out and inside paper published
in the United States.
The FESTIVAL. festival at the resi-
dence of Hon. J. W. Poe, ON Saturday eve
last, was an exceedingly pleasant one. ant
reasonably profitable. The ice cream AM
strawberries were excellent, aud some of tn
sports Of the occasion were novel and good
The receipts Of the evening were $50, AM
the net proceeds about SIS. All those presen
enjoyed themselves. and when the time cam
to 20 home they all retired reluctantly.
FRUIT CRoP-We have heard many PEG
pie in this city say that the fruit crop il
this vicinity would be failure. We hav
examined many orchards, and lind that tn
late storm has done but little, If any dam
age to the apples, peaches, pears and appre
cots The trees were overburdened wit
young fruit; the hail stones thined them GU
and we will still have a. much, and bette
fruit than if We had had no storm. III
stravbsrriss end cherries are damaged