Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-09-10
LEWISTON IDAHO TERRITORY THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10 -
FROM MURRAY. 1T.

| Times are slowly improving in camp.
! Various ditch projects arc on hand with
a fair prospect Of success. The New
York 6u,ne capitalists have bcen in camp
for week past, and have fixed up the
plan aud gone 70 work 70 buy up claims
The East Fork dhcl. Is now pushing on
the work aud the cid one, the Cocur
dAlens and st. Louis Water Supply Co.
are having time Of it. The ditch was
attached BY parties for labor, and also
for material furnished, and IN execution
issued and the ditch sold BY the sheriff
by order Of the court. Now comes !
wall from DR.. Morgan, Of St. Louis, and
threatens vengeance on tho boys, court,
and sheriff. The DR.. came into camp in
May last and settled part Of an indebted.
ness Of several thousand dollars for 33
cents on the dollar, paid part cash and
balance in water scrip, then the Dr. left
camp for mole agreeable climate. Thus
the matter stood till near court time,
when several attachments were sued out
and executions issued, and the sheriff 4
sale followed. Now another company
has the ditch under good headway and .
sawmill on the ground ready to cut all
tbe lumber needed for fuming purposes,
so it has fair prospect Of being compile.
ted under the present arrangement. The
Beaver and Potosi ditch is completed and
water turned in. But water Is very
scarce in all the gulchcs aud creeks Ut
present.
| The dis, rict court is in the milling
business and grinding away the grist
slowly. There are 50 many important
mining suits it is slow and tiresome work
on court aud jury. The case Of Vaux
ct al vs. Fisher ct al was seven days ut
bar, with fine array Of legal talent,
who stubbornly fought for vantage for
their respective clients, aud arguments
; pro and con were made. The case was
was finally submitted to tho jury and for
three days and nights they were wrestling
with the mighty questions Of right, and
yesterday came in with verdict for
defendants. At times two and three
juries were out, unable to agree, but hi,
honor was stubborn and continued tt
lock them up until they did agreel bu'
on two occasions they were discharged
1t is anything but pleasant for litigants
court or jury, after being at such expense
to have their cases still unsettled. There
are various placer aai quartz stampcdea
and excitements up for the boys to run
to, aud many 90 rushing there, to find
. the thing tizzlc.
The Golden Chest quartz mill has il
! FIVE more stamps, and are at work grind
ing up the rock to get the very precious
metal extracted therefrom.
There are some very large transfers o
PLACER claims going on at this time il
camp to tho Bedrock Flume company o
New York capitalists.
Forest fires are the order and yer,
common and many cabins are burned il
various places
Dream Gulch and few claims are still
running, being supplied with water from
the California ditch,
=. Delta is improving and growing int
metropolitan city. There is a dali,
stage from Murray to Delta.
Large quantities of freight are nov
: being brought into camp over the West
ern road.
The Catholic bishop was in camp 70
= a week and held service for bis flock
A plan for church was instituted an,
it is assured of success. II is to be bull
by subscription. Also one at Delta o.
the same plan.
Quite number of important project
are talked of, but we know not wheths
it amounts to anything.
The fall term of the district schoe
commences soon in Murray, the teache
being recent importation from Iowa.
The general health Of the communit
H. good, and SO far as heard from, that q
alb the camps.
The Niger Prairie camp is bein
taken in by some Montana capitalist
and several good pieces Of mining prope
ty have been bonded there, and also o
ne Canon creek.
re The smelter is going on slowly, but
!" is on the way to success, SO we are quietl
informed
For amusement We have theater
which does fair to please the community
also dance houses, and any number o
saloons and other places where the tige
is let loose to bite the boys, and SOM
T money ''presto changes" for those wh'
wish to tease the animal, go you see vi
have some Of the comforts as well as th,
evils of civilized communities.
There was quite a contest for th,
Probate Judges Office. which was vacan
by the appointment Of r. E Mcfarland
as Register of the new Occur d'Alen,
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