, 1888-12-27

most prosperous condition and presents 9
very soldierly appearance In their new
uniforms. Captain Hemmingwsy Ia m ak
ing an excellent record with his command
form dance" recently, which was attended
by Company + Of Dayton. The latter
com pany report having had most mag.
ni6cent reception at the hands of their
brothers Of the First regiment.
The condition Of the First regiment
may be judged from the fact that few
weeks past o teleRrsphic order was trans
mitted to Colonel +. w. Pike, ordering
him to have . company Of his command
ready for service as soon ~ possible.
Within less than an hour the reply came
Com pany B. fifty strong, are ready for
service Of any duration, having pro-
visions, transportation and ammunition
all provided for. Await your ORDERS"
We doubt whether company in the reg
ular service could do better than that.
Troop A cavalry are hard st work solv-
ing the intricacies OF mounted drill. The
command presents ine appearance In
their new uniforms and equipments.
Rev. w. 8. Turner let yesterday for
Moran Prairie where he will preach the
sermon at q funeral Of Q woman and her
days ago the woman's husband came TO
Spokane to call his family physician to at
tend lis wife who WAS about to become a
mother. Having many engagements the
physician3 referred his patron to another
doctor and excused himself. The anxious
husband hastened to the office of the other
physician, and to bis dismay the latter
declined to 20. With like success he ap-
piled to physician after physician, bu. all
had some excuse and turned deaf ear to
the mans pleadinRs for the life of his
his steps heme ward to find his wife in q
critical condition. Again he returned to
the city and sought medical aid, and
again was he unsuccessful but finally he
applied again to his family physician,
who reluctantly yielded TO his entreaties
and went to the house of suffering only to
find the poor womon beyond all earthly
help. She died and will be buried--she
and her babe in one grave--to.day.
1t Is reported, and it seems to come
from correct source, that all the rail.
road grading contractors except one or two
between iMullan and Wallace have re. e.
duced wages. Men were hired for 80 25
per day, with board at Sc a week. Now
but 81 80 is paid, and board is IS a week.
What pitiful sum it is. II q man works
SIX days in week land no man should
work more), and spends nothing, he will
be gamer just IS so. Everything is high
in this country and wages should be In
proportion. Railroad work is by no means
easy. OF course it requires no particular
skill and could not be- expected to com.
mand the wages Of skilled labor. But it
should be paid fairly. One dollar and
eighty cents day hardly approaches fair.
ness This rate of wages has SO far been
foreign to C9ur dAlene. We are sorry to
see it introduced. When the workinpman
makes no money he has none to spend;
consequently the meichant who has goods
to sell lacks tho buyers. A dollar and
eighty cents day is small wages any
where; it is a mere pittance In C0ur d
Aene--Davenport Free Press.
This city has been in feverish condi.
tion during the last twenty four hours, all
! because OF greatly exaggerated rumors
concerning the smallpox which has been
| discovered here. Five cases have been re-
ported to the authorities-two at the
Commercial hotel, two on Post street and
one on West Riverside avenue. All the
houses infected were PROMPTLY placed
under the strictest quarantine and the
patients removed to the pest house.
All necessary steps have been taken by
the health officers to guard against the
spread of the disease. Guards have been
placed to watch the infected houses and no
one will he allowed to leave or enter them.
Besides the houses have been thoroughly
disinfected. DR.. Mclean says that every
body who has not been vaccinated should
te at once.
All cases 40 far reported are those of
strangers who have recently come from
Portland, Seattle or Tacoma, where the
disease has been prevalent. The man
who has been at the pesthouse for the past
week is recovering. He will act as nurse
to the other patients
The crack of number of revolver shots
startled the people in the vicinity of How
ard and Mill streets at 4 O. clock yesterday
morning. A moment later the clang OF
the fire bells announced that the 6remen
were moving The cause of the disturb.
ance was the discovery of fire by Policeman
| Mckernan in the rear of A. j. Staus' gun
store on Howard street near Riverside
| avenue. The Gremen were promptly ON
the ground, but the fire had already gained
considerably headway, the building being
OF wood. The entire rear portion of the
gun store was wrapped in flames. Before
the stream could be turned on the flames
had spread to the rear portions of Il. j.
Burns fruit stand and F. w. Smith q
cigar store. The firemen went to work
with will, and to their efforts a number
| Of merchants are indebted for the preser.
vation of their stocks of goods.
For time IL looked as though not only
the row Of frame stores extending from
| north TO the alley, but also the frame stores
on Riverside avenue. would succumb to the
devouring element.
One thing gave the firemen great con.