, 1889-02-14
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOT Es

NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES.
DR.. Houck will leave Sprague soon.
Cause. NO business for three doctors in o
town Of 1000 inhabitants where II 10 20
healthy. -iI
Forty degrees below 10 or was the tenn.
perature prevailing In Canada and tho
New EuRlsnd states on Monday, when the
Yellowstone valley was reveling Ia q
chinook. 'r0 iN
A new townsite has been located on the
Big Potlstch. Id Iyatah county, Idaho. A
saw mill and . grist mill have been con-
structed and other manufactures are con.
templated.
list 10 90 small that the printer howls
Although the Missoula county list is not
very large II 10 q matter OF pride to the
official paper rather than source of sor-
row. w.-Missoulisn.
Wheat 10 rolling In at Q very lively rate,
Notwithstanding the cry that there was no
wheat In the country. Several hundred
dollars were paid on. by our grain mer-
chants last Saturday, snd still there is
more 10 come. -Rosalia Rustler.
US. 'Capps Of Capps postofiice, this
county, IL authority for the statement that
as soon a. permission is obtained from the
department the postoffice known by the
above name win be removed to Fair.
weather, sixteen miles west Of Medical
Lake. on the Northera Pacific railroad.--
Sprague Herald.
Hon, M, Mitau Of Ohio visited Palouse
City this week. When be was told Of the
immense, grain, lumber, mineral and
seemed much pleased and greatly sur.
prised Such men, when informed, be-
come great advertising mediums.-Pa-
louise City News.
Mr.. Blevins, An attorney from Kentucky,
who arrived In Sprague late last fsll and
had TO erect himself residence because
he c0nt4< not rent one, 10 moro than
pleased with this city and its prospects
He has purchased several lots and will
erect buildinRs upon theni this summer
which will be for rent or sale.--Sprague
Herald. -.
H. A. Boyle, in charge Of the property
belonging to the Flint Idaho Mining
Company, ten miles from Silver City, a
few days since very severely wounded him.
self BY the occidental discharge of his re-
volver. The ball entered near the lip.
and came out near the shoulder. The
physician reports it a. very serious in
jury, with much uncertainty as to his re.
coyerv.
Some OF orr editorial friends cannot un-
admission" We can explain. IL u called
the omnibus bill because there is always
room for one more amendment TO It. The
| senate will add the necessary amen 1ment
by striking out ''all after the enactinR
clause" The title wall also be amended
| TO read: IAN act to give the razzle dazzle
to the territories.'' As for the provisions
of the bill itself, they are not intended to
be understood. .--Wslla Walla Statesman.
The North Pacific Placer Mining Com
pany have filed articles of incorporation
with the territorial secretary. The incor-
porators are 3. Marchesseau, j. Chauvin,
w. 9. Bartlett; E. M. Rising. J. E. Hir-
bond. George Pascoe. Louis N. Chauvin,
rard, J. I. Mattingiy and q. S. Mattinaly.
The capital stock ia 81, ,350, 900 in 100000
shares of %. The object of the company
is TO carry on general business in placer
mining, with principal Offices and head
quarters in Butte City. Herald.
A gentleman travelling from the West
informs us that ex-County Attorney Sam
Wildly Of Yellowstone county, whose
whereabouts were supposed to be unknown,
recently made q trip to Walla Walla.
When there he acted as counsel in an im-
portant lawsuit, won his case with great
eclat, made speech to the citizens, W as
rendered an ovation and returned to the
smaller town In Washington territory
and no mistake.--Livingston Enterprise
There was closed contract this we elk in
Las Vegas whereby William E. Hawks.
president of the Soda Springs, Idaho, and
the Plymouth Rock Cattle Company. of
n a1 Rack Monkoua boca -, he c,vrc. IS
all the steers owned by the FL Captain
Cattle Company and the Lea Cattle Com.
pany of Lincoln county, from 2.year-olds
and upward, amounting to between 5000
and 5000 head. Tney are to be delivered
at the railway by the middle of May. The
prices paid are not stated. but are said to
have been better than any steers have sold
for on the range here in the past two
years.-Stock Grower, Las Vegas.
The Burke Galena contains the following
items OF general interest: IL ia stated on
good authority that f. M. Frank has sold
his interest in the San Francisco bond for
$4,000. The Gem Of the Mountain, under
the management of Mr.. Porter, is Begin
ming to attract attention. Work Is pro-
gressing rapidly in the three tunnels, six.
teen men being employed at present, all
that can he worked to advantage. The
mortgage on the Golden Chest, in the
Reeder aulch, falls due in March. News
from Louisville is to the effect that this
mortgage will not be taken up. The
owners Of the Silver Cliff have commenced
crosscutting the ledge.
An enterprising Mongolian in the yell
lowstone country had established wash
house over one Of the many boiling springs
In that section. Celebrating the China
New Year, he and his friends got drunk
-. a Il
his box OF soap into the slumberinR Qey.
aar which In the niRht com anced thrn,x.