Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-11-12

Hay ....................Sl0 per ton
Eggs. .........20 cents per dox.
f..."......................Zo cents per pound
Chckcns......,... ...........$2 SO to So per dos.
We are prepared to take wheat, at highest
market price, and to right parties. low err our
price list prices. A. DAMAS.
The Mayor OF Tacoma and 81 others have
been indicted at Vancouver by the grand
jury Of that district for disturbing the
Chinese at Tacoma.
There was quite frost on the ground
this week aud everyone was going to the
Palace Saloon to get warm and take a
''snifter" of the A. No. Cutter whiskey
Commissioner, Sparks, of the General
Land Office has sent letter to special agent
Collwell which, he has published, that affects
the status Of title lands in Ilaho and causes
delay in the issne Of patents.
man named Henry Arant disappeared
from Moscow last week unexpectedly, leav-
ing his team and load at the stable. 1t is
thought that his indebtedness was the
cause. He has family in this community
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson gave an exhibition
and lecture, illustrative of the battcls and
incidents of the war of the rebellion at the
Binnsrd Hall on Monday last to an appre-
ciative audience.
1t is claimed that the reason for the n P.
branch to Pennington, diverging from main
line at Cheney, is that Cheney is 4l6 feet
higher than Spokan Falls, and more on a
plane of Pennington
All persons having wheels or other con-
trivances for irrisating purposes in what is
known as the Biearlev water ditch, are here.
by notified to raise or remove the same with.
out delay or further notice. b. BOOTH.
L. p Brown ESQ, arrived at Lewiston
from Chiago, on Monday night, on his way
home to Mt. Idaho. He sold his 1900 hi all
OF sheep at Chicago, hut not at high price,
He says that the stock market is very slow.
Mr.. H. B. Hodgins, one of the ,ldest set
tiers of the Genesee country, left on the
steamer on Tuesday for Victoria, B. c.,
where they will make their future home
They leave behind them host Of friends
who join the TELLER in wishing them sue
cess in their new field.
VIM Anderson's wood Saving mac hine
arrived on Friday last, and is now III success
sfu!i operation. You can get your wood
sawed at reasonable figure and on short
notice. He las named it 1.-The Chinese
must Co."
Nov 4th a man named Saunders, shot
and killed another man named Campbell,
in the streets of Albany Ogon., while walk
ing with woman named Matte Allison
Saunders and the woman have been arrested
on the assumption that the women was the
instigator of the shooting.
The trial of Hutchinson, charged with
grand larct ny, helping Fox to drive band
of horses belonging to Chinaman across the
Clearwater. at Lapwai last Spring, in which
attempt Fox was killed by the sheriff of
Idaho county, commenced at Mt. Idaho on
Mon day. He was found guilty and sen.
fenced to seven years in the peniientlary.
Many rafr of logs for wood were moored
along the banks Of Clearwater on Sunday
and the water rose quite suddenly and gave
those owning them some trouble in securing
them. Several of them belonging to In.
dams who did not hesitate wading to the
middle to save their property.
P. H. Winston, Jr., register of the Y. s.
land Office. in this city, went down on Sat-
nrday's boat to meet his family at Ripara
from North Carolina, and with them came
up on the boat, which reached here on Tues
day morning. We welcome them to the So
cicty of Lewiston, and hope they will be
pleasantly situated in their new western
home.
The grand jury of Idaho county found
bill for the murder of kohler, against man
named Strelnor, and he was arrested at
Moscow ON Saturday last, by A. ID. Green,
deputy sheriff of Idaho county, on bench
warrant, and taken to Mt. Idaho on Sunday.
tie was running restaurant in Moscow at
the time he was arrested Two parties by
the name of Roeec and Buifan. were also ar
rested for the same oilcnse, on the Prairie.
BY last nights stage we learn that all three
Il h.,, H..
against them.
The Occur Il Alene Sun reverses the posi-
ton of l., B. Nash Esq, in relation to
petition for the removal Of Judge Buck
from that given in he Keystone which we
publish ON orr out side, The San says that
Nash goes to Washington in the interest
of retaining Judge Buck in bis position, and
that he is a personal friend of Garland who
will have much to say in the matter Of
Bucks retention
The suggestion is made that the city
counci, had better abolish the present COW
ordinance and enact one in its place requr.
lug all parties owning stock out side the
city limits to drive them to the city and
turn them loose and make stock yard of
our street. This may induce the obscrv-
ance OF the ordinance; as matters are now
there is too much restraint upon the personal
liberty of the cows
Gov. Squires, of Washington Territory
has issued timely and patriutic proclama.
ton to the people of this Sound countries,
against disturbing the Chinese in the enjoy
meat of their rights under the treaty and
the laws relating to them, and at the same
time warning them that # they persist in
doing the Chinese violence, they will be
menaced with the Or, sencee of u. s troops
who will forcioly protect the Chinese in
their rights.
HEAVY GRAIN PURCHASES. The largest
transactions ever done at Lewiston ar. be.
ing now carried on hy one of our home
institutions. The firm of Jno P. Vollmer
4 Co have now on hand in arehouses along
Snake river, about 1870, 900 bushels of wheat
AID flax seed and are still buying. There
is no more rom for the old excuse that
"there are no buy ers in Lewiston" In fact
every day parties are in from neighboring
towns selling their grain to the above men
toned en- e'priSing firm, for immediate or
future delivery.
The DeMoss family. consisting of father,
mother, two sons and three daughters, gave
a musical concert in this city on Thursday
and Friday evenings of last week. Al
though the weather WAS damp, good au-
dience greeted them. Their performance
did not inspire great deal of enthusiasm.
Their instruments We're quite discordant,
possibly owing to the damp weather Ga
Friday eve. they gave IN entertainment in
the Methodist hall, and We are told that
they DID much better. They have some
good voices among them; bat their singing
is too tame to give them great success in