Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-17

A bill in the colonial legislature at Vie
tora prohibits Cinnamon entering the colony
and TIL sc now residing there shall pay
license and they are to be photographed SO
as to be identified. 1t is thou yht the bill
will pass.
Miss Bymaster, teacher in primary de-
partment of public schools, was compelled
to be absent day this week owing to
sickness She is again in charge of the
school Her place was filled during her alb
sence by two OF the scholars OF the high
school.
The Orcgon'Gn of the 18th says that the
Q. K. 4 \. company have made arrange
msuts With the Oregon Construction COM
pany, by which the latter will 60 forward
aud complete the road to a connection with
the Oregon Short Line, sometime during the
Summer.
The body Of A T. Stewart, which was
stolen from the vault. has been recovered
by paying $50, 900. Its identity was made
known by IA piece of paper OF exactly the
size and shape OF the piece of zigzag cloth
they cut from the rflel coffin lett when they
stole the hody.
We have received vol. !, No, Of the
Moscow B4i}ettH, a monthly real estate or
gan, edte,t 10y ". W. Baker. 1t is well
gotten up and il devoted to the interests OF
Moscow. especially Mr. Bai.er is secretary
Of the Moscow real estate and commercial
association.
The Walla Walla Jonrnql is by no man
ncr OF means one OF the lickspittie journals
of the west, that Is overilowing with mock
sympathies for Willard in his forced retire
/ ha. luz Il a1p | of bs
fraud, even at the time of his zenith of glory
when he had all the great boys of Europe
and America as his guests at the spike driv-
Ing.
The Tacoma Nears has very sensible ar
tirle under the caption. The Cascade di-
vision Land Grant But whether congr ess
will consider that because the Northern Pa
ciic suffered Willard to divert the expend;-
turc of the company to build up Portland at
| the expense of the tru" interests of the road
and thereby delay the building Of the branch
AS a sufficient excuse for the delay to eu-
title them to continue the land grant, is a
matter to be learned.
Arthur j. Shaw has been appointed and
confirmed as receiver of the Land Office at
! Lewiston in place of Z. !. Monroe, who has
served more than his fourth term, with the
| highest credit, officer. Several APP
polntments had before been made in place
| OF Mr.. Monroe. but not one of them would
assume the duties OF the Office, thus leaving
Mr. Monroe to ill the place long after his
fourth term had expired, and even now Mir.
Shaw may not come t. time.
Asotin City is assuming the habiliments
Of a town qrite rapidly 1t has good site,
aud mu~h country in the rear Of it to sup
port 1t 1t is upon the west bank OF Snake
river at the mouth OF a large creek. furnish
ing a good water power, and is accessible by
the river steamers. The people are showing
much enterprise and thrift They have .
newspaper to advertise them and it is cred
itably conducted with that view 1t has
been made the county seat of Asotin county
temporarily, TIL election, and will be all as
praut tor that honor at the next election
Uniontown, W. T. Jan. Is 1885,
TEtLER.-N i'll you inform your reader;
what this Oregon Transcoutinental stock is
what it represents; what was the object in
organizing it, and whether IT is not OF the
same variety of calamity Of the iufamou,
Credit Mobilier, which sent 50 many states
men to their political graves? Or in Other
words, ii it is not an Internal swindle?
LOGGERHEAD.
Ostensibly it was organized out of stock
holders in the Northern Pacific and o. r. &
n. Company, for the purpose of building
feeders to the liues of the two companies
but virtually 10 hold the control Of the DIES
tines of the Northern Pacific and shape it:
construction policy, so as to build up Port
land at the expense of the Puget Sound
! and that Is WHY If il now So ohnuS ions II
the original owners of the Northern Pacifi,
and why it is liable to. be spewel out b,
them. You can call it Credit Mobeler
or what you please. Ask the Portland me,
who lost the seven million, whether it wa
a swindle.