Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-02-28
Mr.. Shaw, lately appointed receiver Of

Her freight also was only what they took !
from Riparia just before the freeze up.
Paul Schutz's letter in regard to promises
of the n. p company to sell nds at 81 60
per acre west Of the Rockies is completely |
answered in publication made by their au
thority when Sprague was the western su.
pcriutcndent.
The roads north from here to Spokane
have been greatly flooded in the valleys and
all low places for several days past ant. i'm
peded get eral travel. The mails have come
Lere very iregularly owing to snow drifts
at first and too high waters later.
Philip Ritz has taken charge of his exten.
sive nursery again at Walla " ALA, and we
learn has most desirable stock of trees for
sale this Sp.fng. particularly cherry. pear,
apricot and peach. Our citizens in ordering
of him can rely upon getting the very best
of everything l9-3w
The stage driver from Pomeroy on Tues
dav reported that there had been no cars at
DAYTON for three days. AS the telegraph
is down below Lewiston, we are left to con
lecture the case 1t is supposed that there
must have been a washout somewhere on
the track.
One of the boats formerly used by the
surveyors of the 0. s. L. was carried from
its moorngs on Monday morning and floated
down Snake river. Capt. Baughman who
left in skitf soon after thought he would be
able to catch it and if he did so would
secure it at some point along the river.
The funeral ceremonies and last rights Of
burial of Mr.. Aken on Tuesday afternoon
at half past two o'clock, were conducted
under Masonic orders of the lodge of Lew
iston. A full attendance was present and
the cercnDnics were quite imposing at the
Masonic cemetery. A good man has gone
from our midst.
1t may be doubtful whether Engineer
Clark will be able to finish the fifty miles of
survey ordered in Utah by the Bird of March
as before stated, on account of the severe
weather and storms during this month. If
not, he need not b3expected with his party
to renew operations on the Snake before
the first of April
terrible snow. slide occurred at Park
City, Utah, February IS. striking the resi-
dcnce occupied by Willism Rich, John Har-
ris, Robert johnson and Henry Drew
Rich's house was crushed to atoms, his
three children killed and his wife injured
Harris house was demolished and his wife
injuries.
The Dayton Chronicle says that the Walla
Walla Statesman puts forward the names of
| Thos. Lee and Dan Stewart as candidates to
be before the Democrats for delegate to
| Congress at the next election. We don t
! know Tom Lee. but of Stewart we may
safely say that the Democrats might go a
long ways and not find man more sincere
and honestly in favor of the rights of the
people.
| An order has been issued by the o r &
| n. Co., making careless employees RESPONSE
BILE for all freight carried past stations to
| which they are destined. For carrying a
car load beyond its destination, a charge of
live cents a mile is charged and for small
packages the charge is not less than twenty
| five cents. This will doubtless cause agents
to he little careful in making out way bills
and will stimulate conductors of freight
trains to see that all freight is unloaded al
the proper station.
We are informed that during the interval
when Mrs Mcclure and her daughter were
engaged singers in the Choral Union en-.
tertainment on Monday eve, some person or
persons, made use of kerosene and lamp
black and bespa tered the front of her
house and the fence with the MIXTURE and
| scattered it on the sidewalk The dr;n.
pings from the vessel containing the m;xt.
| ure were traced for some distance We
have not been Informed whether III. track
ing was sufficient to lead to the ident;tv n,
the parties who did the dirty act +, i
possible that Lewiston Contains n snec;men
in human shape who would be yuiltv Of such
a mis- lemeanor.
~,
me steamer a"w'fa arrived on Tuesday
| nl5ht at etcNen clock The rivers had be.
good for steamboating and entrust h will
continue thus for several months TO come
without further interruption by ice or low
water. There is then some prospect for our
middle men and producers to gradually re.
move to a market the surplus grain thew
have on hand in warehouses and in grana-
ries But whether at this late ,iay thew can
secure fair compensation compare, with
last fall for their grain, seems very doubtful.
! The prospect seems to be that thew must
suffer great loss
TLo C,ouo1
uI ~ no' al on'oi entertainment gwen on
, 1870 n,s". i" 'nls c'ey' was well at
:Nsat: OH" soiie Pa,'s oi IL gave good sat
iih' "n'ie osicrs were CONSIDERABLY
~ ..'o s'"nda'u Vi gooa performance.
had thrown out their voices so AZ tn have
been heard distinctly over the hall. the oc-
casion would have been one of much more