Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-02-21

The plats of the surveys nade,n Shoshone
county last season have not yet been re-
. turned to the Lewiston land office.
The Palouse and Moscow mail failed to
arrive on Monday night. but did succeed to
arrive on horseback Friday night with the
letter bag
The Choral Union, part of the talent of
Lewiston. Will give dre matte and minstrel
entertainment at Grostein & Binnard hall,
on Monk evening next. See small bills
Afe Small and his sister.iu-aw Miss
Welch, came up fr' III Wala Walla last
week and left for the home Of Mr.. Small
nesr the mouth of Slate creek, ON Monday s
stage.
The Or'Joniaa predicts low price for
wheat for foreis n shipment the ensuing sea-
sou. Ii these predictions provo true some
OF oar wheat producers as vel! as the buy
ers. will suffer great loss from .her calcula-
tions.
Many are predicting that in case the nm.
earned n p. land grant should ae declared
forfeited that corporation would have its
bottom knocked out, and the whole proper.
~ woGl 90 into the hand of a receiver aud
from there one can predict where it
would 70. These are very remote possibih-
ties.
We ssre told that some of the people Of
Moscow ar. greatly in need Of money, and
are offering large commission $ for o5t sining
loans at | per cent. per month This is the
consequence of not having the completion
of their railroad SO as to ship their wheat
The same pressure IS felt all through this
upper country. Men Srs Offering mort "a yes
on good land for money in every town.hlp
Bro Abbott complains that his milk left
for him has been stolen three mornings
| Who can it be that ia so mean as to steal an
editors milk. 1t is meancr than stealing it
from babes that are nursel from the bottle.
What nutriment caa an editor put in his
paper without milk for his coffee. Such /,
thief should be dealt with to the extremity
Of the law.
ENGAGEMENT. An engagement was eel
ehrated at the house of Mr.. i Mrs. K.
Grostein in this city on Monday evening, on
which occasion Miss Leah Grostein, eldest
daughter of Mr.. & Mrs K. Grosteia. became
engaged to Mr.. A. Kuhn, recently from
Pierce City, where he has been in the mer-
camille business. The occasion was very en-
joyAblc. Compliments of the parties re-
ceived and highly relished
The hnods are subsiling in the Ohio river
and its tributaries. Bat the loss ae% sui
ferinS OF the people exposed has been very
great A bill appropriatiug s5o0O0o for
the relief of the sufferers, was before con
gress which probably has become a law be-
fore now, and great efforts are being made
by steamboats, and other conveyance to
promptly distribute supllys to the sufferers.
Our delinquent subscribers must come to
our rescue With what they owe us for we
must have money to pay the current ex.
penses of publ2hing. We don't want to
distress anyone in these hard times nor do
we want to be distressed ourselves. through
, any ncgieci of our patrons who owe, some
Of whose accounts are long ever dle If
they will be consilerate aud just We will
respond in kind and manner.
CAsD-Dr Fl " Stanton anl family
her, Nv ankpou,la3ya and rc.urr tLa,r s,n,..r'.
thanks for the svnp,thv ki,rlness and ~.
tn,tious s,oun tham nv n.;.,hhars AMI
friends in Their l,tn bs,savrmeut which
viii lnng Ia rbar;shr1 hv .her, !, r.Inorn.
brnncc. Nav the winds of heaven be
tenn percd to the severity of their bereave-
ment in the loss of = iavorite son, and those
who have sympathizel ia kindness and at.
.eution be suitably rewarded.
Job, Wood of Stat. c~ao,- b,, soIl nv.
his cattle ra,ch and hns;ncss at tha month
| nf Slate creel, with Soma st,rl. f,r ca nnn
n. reserves a small nl,ae AID n small nn,n.
INV of stool, He h,s zone east for few
nn,tbs +, y;s;. fr;anIs In. xifl r,,,,,., a,l
purchase a on,ntitv of y,nnr ..nr .ni
mate new ln,at;on somewhrre on Sa,mnn
river. A Nr, Eng!ehart was one Of the
purchasers whn has also returned to the east
to settle up cuisines and come to ,hJ
county to reside permanently.
Dsnp.-At Eannistcr Wood River ,,bo
one wee, a-o last SATURDAY.. Mrs Frazer
wife Of d. NJ Frazier Of Pierce Citv Mr
f. was summoned by t,leoraph a short time
. before her death to come :, her a. She wa.
very sick. He Immediately obeyed the sum.
mons and arrived there a few DAVIS before
her death. Mrs. +. has been long a resident
If Pierce City AMI had gone to Wood River
on a visit when taken sick. She leaves a
duting husband snd an only daughter. who
now resides in thus city, and many friends
to mourn her loss. Mr.. +. is EXPECT d here
soon with her remain.
Drsr,r,r Corer,-A ,ottor f.o,, ,,,,..
kucL IN rio cI,rL ~ ,his I;,t,i.. a,, a.
W., S,nra r,,rt 90, .'.''
in tbo terns f,r this I;.,r,'+ 'a a'I ."'n
nthtr districts AI,hnn,'h th a' ,'a"o n w..