, 1885-09-26

Geo. Henderson, OF Murray, Is in the
city.
- Paul Mohr is back to our city from
his visit to Portland.
60 Nelson Martin is up and around to-
day for the first time for several weeks.
- DR.. Webb is now able to take his
regular exercise daily.
Judge Peel is confined to his bed by
a sudden attack Of sickness.
- The town will be illuminated by
electricity next month.
"A remonstrance has been filed against
building a sidewalk out west Sprague
street.
1t looks rather suspicious to hear a
young bachelor inquiring for a good
house to rent.
- The Spokane county Sunday school
association meets in this city October 10th
and 2lst. ...
- Loewenberg Bros. are receiving and
filling their new warehouse with large
quantities OF wheat
- WIN. Dennis, Esq, is the builder Of
the new house in course OF erection west
OF the public school building.
Judge Weed is oil on trip to Colville
to make personal inspection Of that al
ready famous mining country.
- Capts. J. Remington, c. b. Weston
and c. II, warreds, Of the U. s. army are
registered at the California house.
Mai. Waters is down from the north
ern country. lie brings cheering reports
from the mines, several Of which are look
ing up well.
There seems to be more buck Indians
about town now than usual, and most OF
them are an improvement, physically, on
the Spokane sample.
j. NJ. Adams and family are at the
California. Mr.. Adams left for Yakima a
few days ago for the purpose OF bringing
his family to this city.
II. Baxter, OF the firm OF J. II. Boyd
4 Co., leaves tomorrow for a trip into the
Occur d'Alene mines on business connect
ed with the house. He will be absent on
the trip several days.
This is a season OF the year when one
takes pleasure in nthe prosperity Of a neigh
Dor and feels glad to see him stack up a
heavy supply Of fuel.
- Wheat commands IS cents per bushel
in this market. 1t is pleasant to sec it
slowly creeping upward. For the sake Of
the farmer we wodli like 10 see it touch
dollar.
- Geo. Crane has a specimen Of petrol
cum sandstone sent him by a friend in
Pennsylvania. 1t is from a well that
flows one hundred barrels day and has
an oily smell about 1t.
Three hundred dollars have been ap-
propriatcd to be expended on the Ploof
gulch portion OF the Rockford road. The
money could not be used to bettcr ad-
vantage, and the sum should be doubled.
49, Cad PEBBLES, our enterprising OK
preSsnlan, tried to shoulder a trunk weigh
ing about a ton Wednesday, and in conse-
uuencc OF the exertiuu is now laid up.
There is enough -praiH developed to last
him for a week.
- Rev. $. W. Richards i'll deliver a
lecture to young men IN the NJ. L. church
next Sabbath evening, at O'clock. Sub
jsct: "True Manliucss; What 1t is, and the
importance Of culuvating IT," Everybody
cordially invited to attend.
S. Haas, proprietor Of the Boston
store. is now in Chicago buying heavy
stock OF dry goods. lie warns people not
to purchase fall and winter goods until
his return, as he proposes to olIor striking
bargains on his ARRIVAL.
A party from the Canadian Pacific
was doing the town Wednesday night,
aud when he recovered from his run Of
hilarity he found himself minus 800. The
general supposition is that he was rolled.
The roller keeps shady and enjoys his ILL
gotten gains.
- Harry Hayward has just received
one OF the finest assortments Of n.eer-
sohaum pipes ever brought to our city.
The designs arc new and the material the
best OF the kind in use. Smokers should
examine the lot II for no other reason
than to see just how handsome the goods
are.
d. NJ. Thompson, a prominent capi-
talist Of Portland, and II. NJ. Steel and
Geo. A. Steel, well-known contractors Of
tho east, are stopping at tho California
house. They expect to start north in a
day or two to visit the Colville and Cha
welah mining country. That section, we
hope, will present such attractions to those
gentlemen that they will be induced to
enlist their aid in developing and bringing
it before the capitalists Of the country.
- In a recent issue we stated that
Walker Bean, our wholesale and retail
grocery merchant, contemplated an east
ern trip. Many were lead to infor that
Mr.. was to take in the great cities over the
range probably extending his researches
for pleasure as far towards the rising sun
as New York. This is an erroneous i'm.
i preston. He is to go east, but the length
OF his journey will not extend beyond the
Coqnr d'Alene mines.
~ Inc tollowlng circus local Is from oul
Livingston exchange; John Lowlow, the
jolly press agent OF John Robinson's cir
Gus, tells the following good and suggest
i've story: ave showed at the pretty lit
It's city Of Spokane Falls and had rous'
ing turnout; everything passed of salts
factorily. At Missoula Mr.. Robinson re-
ceived an envelope by express and paid
the charges, Enclosed was a worn and
badly torn Canadian 81 note and letter
accompanying was to the effect: Much
to my surprise found this dollar bill in
Spokane Falls after you left; there was nc
other money in town and as you have
lost 1t, take the earliest opportunity ol
returning it 10 your address,
At Liberty.
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