, 1883-01-20

Charles Hungate left OF yesterday li-A 'i'
Z ,rip 10 San Francisco and the east
A regular meeting Of the City Council VIII
he held in The new council chamber this even
ing.
W.P. and ]. J. Bruce, his brother. bosa
citizens of Waitsburg, afsers short stay IN the
city, left for Waitsburs this morning.
The compliments and cake of Mr.. and Mrs.
Barnes duly received May their days crn-
tinue 20 be os happy rs that OF the present
The typ-s made US commit an egregions er'
TOR in yesterdays paper. The Bumsa'dne'
sale should have read 500 instead of that
many thousand.
a subscription Of 500 has been subscribed
toward keeping the road open over the Cas-
cade mountains This is exclusive Of the
I Sl,622 previously donated.
Michael Mooney Was hung at Nialad on the
lth inst He was hung for participating IN the
killing ot Joel Hiukier. October 18th, ISL
Barnes. his partner in the crime. Is serving
out his sentence of Il years a. Boise City
Tha y. P. r. T., in selling their sgricnltu-
ys.l lands in Eastern Washington. incorporate
/ clause in the contract that one-eighth OF the
| land, shall be plnwed and cultivated before
title Will be given, and the provision is strictly
enforced.
An effort is he;ng made to procure the par
don Of Wm. Woods out O. the Idaho feniter-
tiary. Woods has already served three yesrS,
and for uniform good conduct the recommenda-
tinn i. Joined in by the L. s. Marshal, Judge
and Presenting Attorney.
The following ad- in San FranSisco paper
( i, Queer reading a. this distance " Boxing
Don't fail to attend Jem Maces farewell bene-
fit Monday night. January S, Metropolitan
/ Temple" Truly. kaIlochs place of worship
is tnrned into 4 den of boxers.
The water is now quite low in the Snake and
( Columbia rivers This is favorable for work
on the bridge in course al construction at
I Ainsworth The lowness of the water, how
! ever, in the Snake retaris the progress of
/ fastening down the stone used in building the
| piers.
! Snow has been falling for three days past
! but will not measure over three inches now
! Sleishs Of many kinds and patterns are run
ming. making the most Of it. This is well, as
| it does not promise to stay long. The sleigh
| ing is not good, bat It Is the bes. tha. has al
/ forded this winter.
I
! There is talk Of dividing Nez Peree county,
/ and Moscow wants, in that event, the county
I seat of ole division. There l. an effort on foot,
! too, that has for its object the removal Of the
! county seat from Lewiston To GenesSe City,
/ and as al inducement some s., 900 is offered I"
/ pat the new sea. in working order
/ Younr America Is cut in full force riered
/ with sleis and attachments to hook to
/ sieighs sIe,is or other rapid-going vehicles.
/ The tun is immense and the joy unbounded'
/ We were young ourselves once ard liked the
/ sport, bat age changes matters. That wouid
/ be considered work for us now.
I The two new banks that were started in VA
| kima, saws the Record. have been Consolidated
Ex-Judge J. Il. Lewis Is to be President and
| Ed. Whitson Vice President and Cashier
The capital stock is $4,000, with the privi-
lege of raising it To siOO,C00. The capital is all
( paid up and the bank has commenced husi-
Ness.
The Nissoula TiMR says: Christmas termi-
mated rot happily for some. \ man cane in
! from o'Keefe's canyon to pass the day and
| have little time" He sat down at gam
bling table, won 500, and in a few moments
lost it. togetherwith $3.50 more, every cent he
had Yesterday morning at daylight he was
| huntirg wood-pile.
Some of the merchants dcing business on
Main street are So nnminlful or careless about
, the compact entered into 10 c'ose business at a
/ -ivsn hour. that they keep open t" a much
{ later hour than The time agreed noon. TniS is
/ not "nlv AN Imposition npnn their oWn work.
: ing force. but is breaking faith with the other
members who stand hy the agreement. \
word to the wi5a ought u suffice
There seems to he good deal ii earnest
Uolk performed by the Oregon Short Line
( Company. It Is reported now that a linC Is
/ being surveyed down through the SNAKE river
canyon toward lewiston. This, no donhs,
would he u much less expensive route 10 hnild
than through the Bnrnt River canyon and over
the Blue Mountains than down Snake River
To Lewiston. IL world necessarily pass
/ thynugh good deal os fertile country not Yet
/ tray-rsel 10y railroad
1 As tine winter is well advanced DOM, It may
be '--t that work i not progressing any faster
| than it does ON the new brick schn"l-h"use.
II viii give the lathng plenty Of time 10 season
( before the plastering is done and, too, II the
/ plasterirg should lie delayed until Spring the
/ danger Of the green walls freezing will he o5
! yilteu Delays are said t. be dangerous, hut
/ the rule in this instance might be reversed
with possible ad .antage.
! Vt the close of the 10th session OF tie Idaho
+ Lecislature the distance was computed Ne
tween Lewiston and Boise City to lie 9OA
miles, and the milesge of members was allowed
} accordingly. For the present session, the 12th-
Z the mileage has been increased 10 ll50 miles,
] anu l4iNf az ihtuIhtla i've uifit
than - miies from Lewiston II the three
counties as proposed were ANNEXED there would
be a great saving to the government of mileage
! to say nothing of the great convenience.
Th. height to which the water attained in
the W~Fa Waua and Umatilla rivers during
the late risa, A. well as that of other small
streams, gives the railroad Company some idea
Is to what they must prepare 30 meet. For
what has happened once is liable TO happen
again. The high water LANDMARKS on the
I Touchet, near the mouth, have Len changed
several tinss since the first bridge was br;ilt
there, and i; Is very likely that tine lase freShet
; moved it higher than any that has occurred
I before.
! , as, Tie DodJoT "Wednesday
} William DelaShmunt. cnnyic:ei Of attempt
! irs - kitnap James Cannna, was sentenced
1 at Astoria
/ Have the childrea eease,l to m"arn over
/ broken toys that we're new and whole On
/ ChIistmas day
: The Charity B,n, gwen by the LADIES' Re-
( lief Society will e,rEe "f on the first + F.hru
/ ary in Knapp, Burr-n & CO. ne~ bu liing