Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-08-23


week, while playing with it. Up to last
accounts the child was doing well.
If the THERMOMETER in Boston and New
York registers the same degrees of heat as
it has here for the past few days, we will
hear of sun strokes innumerable.
The Occur d'Alene Indians have net in
council and have left the light of way ques-
ton across the reservation to the secretary
of state, at Washington, to be decided by |
him.
Andrew White was down from the s. 4 |
p. surveying party on Saturday, and re-
ports their camp near Bear Creek, but their
objective point he did not know. The boys
were all well and in good spirits.
Col Richmond, of Boston, who has beer
the guest OF Agent Norris, at Lapwai, for
a few weeks, left for home last week. The
Colonel is genial and intelligent gentle
man.
Mr.. Worlon, an uncle of our townsman
T. Fl. Wordon, has just arrived from Ne
braska to inspect the country, We hope
he will find it all his best imagination ever
painted it to be.
The st. Aloysius Academy will reopen
its school in this city in the first week in
September. Scholars will be received after
that time. Able teachers are now en- route
from Philadelphia.
Both of the Wala Walla editors, P. B.
Johnson and f. j. Parker, have taken trips
to Yaqnina bay. They went there last
year also. That place must have some
attractions for them.
The wheat harvest is fast being gathered
in the region south of us, and on Camas
Prairie harvesting is absorbing all the
laborng hands to be found in that vicinity,
and the yield is large.
| Mr.. Al. Tozier, formerly OF Camas Prairie
but now of Rockford, where he is engaged
in the livery business, and also in the stage
business between Pennington and Spokane
Falls, gave us call on Saturday.
Prof j. Whitchorn, of Los Angeles, has
sent us pamphlet on stammering and
suffering, and treatment 1t is worth
reading aud makes many important sug-
ges,ions to the afflicted in that manner.
The latter part of last week aud the fore
part Of this the water ditch has been dry
and in consequence of which 10 street
sprinkler was out. The streets became very
dusty and the Thermometer raised much
higher.
Mrs. John Nelson, living in Tammany,
while filling a lamp last week with oil,
some Of which fell on her dress and caught
fire, and it was with some difficulty that it
was extinguished. She is yet quite sick
from the fright.
Frank GaiIeny arrived from the Weippc
with on bundled head of tecf steers that
he and others had sold tn parties that are
taking them east. He reports heavy fires
in the Cold Spring country, between here
and the river.
Geo Morrison returned from a business
trip to Camas Prairie on Sunday and says
the farmers are all busy cutting and thresh.
ing their grain. George is agent for the
Mitchell Farm and Spring Wagon and is q
rustler in his business.
P. NJ. Davis, left on the steamer On Fri
day. for Boise City where he goes as del.
egate to the democratic,territorial coHven.
ton which convened AT that place ycstnr
day. A. D. Greene also left on the sa,ni
steamer as delegate from idaho coun,t, Z
, the same convention.
The thermometer ran up to l02 in tho
shade at the door of our office on yesterday
a and the day before, at 3 p. IN. The hotes
days we have experienced the presen
season. Other therepometers in towr
d indicated o higher temperature owing t.
i their exposure to currents Of hot air.
J. Hewitt arrived from his mines nea
!. Pierce City on s 'tur6ay, and informed u
y that he was on his way to Chicago, havini
let contract for working the mine to par
!. ties in there. He says the prospects Of tn
\ mine are good, aud other mipes in the cam
are equally as good Improperly worked.
- Jackson Hanna, brother of Mrs. Z. A
: Rowley. of this city, died at Uniontown o
Thursday last after short illness with ms
larial fever. He was 80 years of age an
y was we'll and favorably known in this sc,
'p tion rs an honorable. upright man. tn
funeral took place at Uniontown on Friday
IS s. r. Hammer, # Salem, Oregon, calle
ne upon US last week. He was Lieut.. of vo
unteers under Maj Truax, during the wa
and was stationed at Lapwai. He was
;. command Of the squad who removed Il
seal and archives out Of this city in Il
spring of 1865, and has not visited this sc
IN Saturday for the mines up Snake river,
lis being one of the parties that bonded mil
near the mouth Of Grand Ronde.
es 8. G. Hale. H. Madgwick aud Nj. Scot
It, who went up Snake river about five wee
he ago to the copper mine. returned on Satu
day evening bringing with them some g
looking rock from the Butcher Boy" min
us They had sank about thirty feet on it al
ls' found the ledge about six feet wide and
ny portion of the rock showing free gold in
The owners in the mine are oil delight
ID. over the prospects already develop d. al
~. they have sent of some more of the rock
be be assayed.
There is now on sale at the Genesee
no, fee round trip excursion tickets from Ge
in esee to St. Paul, LIST class, going time III
tied to thirty days, and return any til
within six months; these tickets will
snt sold at any time and have no connsati
per with the G.. A. r. excursion to Columb'
rn. Ohio. The fare to st. Paul an6 return
$50.
]. The Washington 4 Idaho Fair Assoc
=. ton hold their annual fair at Spokane Fa
ain ". T. Sept. 3rd, 4th. 9th. 9th, 7th. a
Sth. The N. p. agent at Genesee, will q
excursion tickets from that point to s.
NJ kane Falls ami return, one fair. round II
nd, S. SIS, Sept. LIST. End. 3rd, 4.h, 5th,
rod It'll and Sth. Good to return up to and
GLIDING Sept. 10Th.
ere At St. Vincent, MIMI. Aug. II,
roe thermometer registered 80, and til
vac n killinu frost