, 1888-02-02
From " ednesday's Daily.

power running to waste down How
ard street CUTTERS yesterday.
a horse was sold on the streets
yesterday for $500 The animal
was not Thoroughbred.
HHngman creek has not been az
high for years rs II Is at the present
time.
The river l. swelling from the i'm
fiuences Of the cOntributl tluns Of water
from all sides.
The Kootenai will keep a channel
open tO the Mission the balance Of
the season without difficulty.
From the pi eseht appearances OF
the streets they PROMISE to he mud
dy and nasty II the present weather
holds good for two or three days
longer.
The masquerade to I've given under
the auspices Of the COncOr'iia steiety
next week will h. one Of the gayest
social events Of the season.
1t was reTOrted yesterday that u
| ra road bridge across u stream west
| Of Wallula had washed Out sunday,
necessltating a transfer at that
| point.
While the weather Is spring like
II Is not to be expected tha. this sec.
| tion viii escape without more cold
| " Gather. There will be several bit
ing frOsts before. summer sets In.
The scandinavian residents Of the
city ARE talk ing Uf forming u society.
The old post office building has
been sold to Wendell Hall.
| Nothing Of Importance was going
on In p,iice circles yesterday.
The shaky condition Of the Hang
man creek bridge has causedAcunsid.
cradle delay u trains.
The young men Of All Saints
| church had n meeting ut the rooms
Of the rector last evening.
Tickets for the Concordia ball are
| Out, and the costumes ordered from
st. Paul are expected to arrive In II
few days.
The Spokane & Palouse train did
not arrive Till nearly three O'Clock
yesterday afternUn.
According T., the weather indiea-
| tiOns the storm Is not over vet. 1t
will seem good to get glimpse Of
| the sun again.
Tn. indications are for an early
season, which will facilitate the
erection Uf new buildings
The young ladies guild, Of All
Saints church, will give their first
entertainment AT the residence Of A.
M. Cannon, ON Friday evening
next.
a large amount OF freight has
b 'en accumulating at the N. Z. ex-
press office tor the past thirty days,
bound for Wardnpr.
The Great Eastern must have
done a big business yesterday, judy
ing by the crowds Of people who
visited the store.
Real estate firms are springing
up like mushrooms. They seem To
thrive even during inclenient
weather.
The monday meetings In the Y.
Nj G. A. rooms will be- continued
during this week. Mr.. Cairnes is an
eloquent speaker and u beautiful
singer, and the meetings are well
worth attending,
A system of surface drainage will
soon hecomp an absolute necessity.
The condition nf the streets at pres.
ent Is about as bad as IL possibly
could be.
The Mnsons will give another Of
their enjoyable dances on Wednes-
day evening. All members of the
order are cordially invited to attend,
and may he sure of passing de-
A number of persons living on
Howard street report that their cell
lars are flooded. An Immense
amount OF water has come down
from the ridge du ring the past few
days.
The new patent desks, which ar
rived for the schools few days ago,
have been put in place and give sat
isfaction.
People seem to appreciate having
can see them. There Is nearly al ways
group gathered about the bnlletin
hoard In the post Office and In front
of Hyde block.
The attendance at the schools fell
off considerably during the cold
weather and while runOrs OF con-
tageOus diseases we're being cIrcu-
lated; the pupils, however, are
1t will not he long before the rooms
will he crowded.
j j. Browne has moved into his
new residence In the western part Of
the city. This Is one Of the most
modern and complete residences IN
the territory, and the construction
alone has cost between $4,000 and
$40, 900.
A rumOr was current yesterday
morning that a man driving in to-
ward t0wn from the east, had got of
the road near the railroad trestle and
had drowned. A careful investiga-
tion failed to throw any light upon
the report.
People up ON Third street COM
plain that no provisions for drainage
were made and the result Is that a
number OF cellars are flooded. Who
is responsible for the damages