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THURSDAY, July II, 1889,

By request OF the executor and heirs Of the lsts
Coursd sauer / shall sell ~ pubic auction, Oh
.-..- ILL
, 1889-08-29
FAR,IINGToN FACTS.
An Interesting Bunch of Facts From
Tint Thriving Community

ESPECIAL coRREsPoNDEscE To THE EEvtEw.l
FARMISGToS, Aug. 26---The thrashing
machine reports from this section OF
Washington and Idaho have contra
dictcd all the evil prophecies of crop
failures so prevalent one month ago,
The strain is short, but the yield of
grain Is little below the average.
There is at present in course of con-
struction in Pennington one large brick
building, one church and several resi-
dences.
The commission to arrange with the
CUur d. Alene Indians for the cession of
the reservation have returned here
from their consultation with the tribe,
and report the Indians as favorable TO
the object OF their mission.
The w. d |. railroad have paid the
Indians for their right of way s14 per
Indian. Many of the recipients of the
cash were in town Saturday spending
their money.
Our farmers in this section raised large
quantities OF vegetables this season In
anticipation OF u market by the compile
tion oil the Spokane Falls branch and
the w. Il /. railroad. Potatoes, toma-
toes and onions will be cheap this win
ter.
The sheep herder who was lost some
three weeks ago aud for the finding of
whom 500 reward was offered, was
found near the Saint Ives river in a de-
mcnted condition and brought home by
his friends.
Some very valuable quartz ledges
have recently been discovered in the
neighborhood of Holmes sawmilI about
ten miles southeast In direct line lfom
Pennington In Idaho tcrritoay. The ore
is galena and resembles the Coeur Il Alene
ore. One gold ledge has been discov-
cred which appears to be good. Samples
have been sent away for assay.
Street grading and artesian wells are
absorbing the attention of our town dads
and are being pushed with commendable
energy.
The republicans of this precinct met
hst Saturday and sent one of the best
and most representative delegations to
the county convention that has been
sent for many years.
Almost every rancher In this section
of country has an orchard.
The J. r. Searles ranch, Just across
tho Idaho line, two and half miles
from Pennington. consisting of 400 acres,
was sold last week TO William Master
son for $4,000.
Land is rapidly increasing in value
throughout this entire section of coun-
| try and sales are becoming frequent.
But for the natural steady increase Of
population our land disciples of Escu-
lapius would have nothing to do.
, 1889-08-29
SUPERSTITION ABOUT STORMS
How tho People OF Ancient Times Re-
RDrded Weather Phen0men.

Caverns were supposed by the Romans
to be Il secure place of refuge during
thunder storms, and they believed that
lightning never penetrated more than
two yards into the earth. Acting ON
this superstition the Emperor Augustus
used to withdraw into some deep vault
OF the palace whenever q tempest was
feared, and IL IL recorded by Suetonius
that he always wore skin ofSeal around
his body us Il prot ection against hight
ming. That both precautions are equally
unavalling needs scarcely to be mention
cd.
Lightning has been known to strike
ten feet into the earth; but not even
the marvellous accuracy of modern
sicence can determine at what distance
from the surface "A safe retreat may be
found from the decending fluid; and
even were this ascertained, the dangers
from ascending electric curiolts remain
the same, With regard 10 seal-sllins,
we find that the Romans attached so
much faith to them as non-conductors
that tents We're made of them, beneath
which the timid used to take refuge.
is curiors fact that in the neigh
berhood of Mount Cevenncs, in the Lang
uedoc, where ancientlyi some Roman
colonies were known 10 have existed,
the shepherds cherish u similar super
stition respecting the skins of serpents.
lHtst tiltN tNItluliN tullttAt iAltl HiNlllS
covered their hats vithai, believe them
selves SECURE against the danger of the
storm. NJ. Labossiere is disposed 20 see
link of interesting analogy between
the legend which yet fingers iii the mind
the OF peasant Of Cevennes and the
more costly superstition held in rever-
ence by his Latin ancestors.
The emperors of Japan retire into a
deep grotto during the tempests which
rage in such severity in their latitude /;
but not satisfied with the profundity
of the excavation, or the strength of the
stones ofwhich ii is built, they complete
their precautions by having reservoir
of water sunk in their retreat, The
water is intended to extinguish the
lightning--a measure equally turtle,
since many instances have been pre-
served in which the fluid has failed upon
the water with the same destructive
effect as upon land,
, 1889-08-29

Magnitude OF Railroad Interests.
[From The Atlanta constitutional

lrioih
The magnitude of the railroad interest
of this country is little realized.
1t equals ono-tourth the assessed value
of all property in the United States, and
is twenty-sevcn times as large AS the
whole property of Georgia. This is stag
gering to belief. but in the estimate at
lowance has hecn made for all increase of
the taxable properly of the country from
sixteen TO thirty billions since 1ss0. 1t
is the greatest interest in this country,
and its infringement requires rnanhinery
not much less imposing than that OF the
government itself.
And all OF this has come about in
fifty years. Two-thirds of it has come
about since 1871, and half of II since the
centennial. Now more than half the
railroad mileage IN the world is in the
United States.
OF these magnificent thoro,ighfares.
tho South has more than its snare in
proportion TO population. The south
western group of states has 20, zoo
miles--more than any other group ex-
cept the north oeptral--and Tho sorth
Atlantic group comes next with $1,000
miles. 4att
, 1889-08-29

From The Boston Travellerl

The newest game takes the form of an
information party, and is begun by
passing to each gentleman o card and
To the ladies small pieces ofpaper, which
should be numbered. Those who dis
cover lie same number ON their card
and paper arc partners for the game.
Each couple must think of a question,
sensible or ridiculous, historical, or in
regard 10 the weather, to be written on
the cards, after which the cards are to
be gathered together, and the leader
reads each in turn, giving a few moments
for the partners 10 consider tue subject
and write the answer. which should bc
read aloud in turn. This is where the
fun of the game begins, AS many of The
answers are exceedingly queer.
Those having correct answer mark
their card 10, q wrong answer 9, ana II
the answer is anywhere near right, 1t
is counted 5. When all are added,
prizes may he distributed as in progress
sive games for the best and the poorest
record.
Thcius;ructivc part Of the game is
the discussion which follows the. aues-
tions The height of Bunker Hill mon
umcnt IL what everybody living near it
ought To know, and yet at an iniorma-
ton party held a few evenings ago only
one person in u cumpauy of twenty was
sure OF the exact number OF feet.
, 1889-08-29

IN pursuance of such adoption. At the
meeting In August three members at
tempted to hold q session of the board
and to rcsclnd tho action in July. Our
chief desire In tho application before
Judge Hunford was to have an express
ion from this able and distinguished
Judge, as to the validity of the August
meeting, because, II tho holding we're
with us then the July action was neces-
sarily left as tho ouiy legal action of the
board on textbook adoption.
We ask you to cnrefully reed the ac-
companying opinion and thereabout we
mined in proceeding properly raising
the question as to the legality of the al.
tempted August meeting, that the three
members had absolutely no authority to
meet as a board, and that their proceed
ings were and arc wholly void. This, of
course, deprives their circular of the 9th
of August last of all authority as n dl-
rection to you of the boards action, and
the whole matter stands as If there had
been no such attempt on their part to in
validate the lawful and proper adoption
made In July.
We are confident, therefore, that by
laying fully before you the opinion of
the chief justice, You will see ut once
the true status of the case, and that you
will take the proper steps to have intro
duoed the books referred to in the circu-
lar of date the 18th of July, 1880. We do
not wish to put OAR clients or the county
officers to needless worry and expense,
and therefore to avoid litigation bring
all the facts before you hoping thereby
to avoid the necessity of resort to the
courts. B. +. DENSIsoN.
w H. EFFINGER.
, 1889-08-29
EVENTS IN IDAHO.
A Man Killed by the Cars--A
Shooting Sorape--Judge Lo-
gan's Resignation.
Candidates for Office - Adven-
lures of Party of Gold
Hunters.

A citizen of Rathdrum, Idaho, was In
the city yesterday and related in the
hearing of REVIEW reporter a narra'
tive of events in that locality.
man named Cowen was. run over
and was supposed to have been killed
by Northern Pacific train on the Gath
inst. He had previously been engaged
in fight with saloon man at Clarks
Fork, during which he was badly bitten
and bruised. Afterward he started home
afoot on the railroad track, and was
found near the track badly manglcd.
The coroncr's jury found that he came
to his death by being run over by tile
cars.
Samuel Boutwell, was bound over last
Saturday ut CGur PAlone city for shoot.
ing at Eugene Gay, three times, with q
Henry rifle, on the st. 10. river, several
days ago.
Ii is reported on what Is con nsidcred
good authority, that Judge Logan has
resigned the district judgeship of North
ern Idaho and has gone to Florida, on
account of his i'll health. Hon. Willis
Sweet is reported to be II candidate for
the position, and has secured the en-
dorsement of the members of his party.
The following are aspirants for office
in kootenai county at the coming cleo
ton:
For sheriff; w. J. Mcclure and John
Ferman.
For county auditor: Robert s. Bro
gaw and Joseph II. Hoyte.
For probate judge: Adolph Post.
Quite an interesting story Is i'm circu-
lation at Rathdrum, growing out of the
recent escape OF Paul Harrie, the Indian
accused of the murder of Msr. Peevy.
When he escaped from the Rathdrum
jail he took with him the principal wit.
| ness for the prosecution, an Indian
woman named Susan Ian Teaux. After
Paul Harrie's recapture the woman
represented that sue knew the 10.
cation of valuable gold
prospect near Lolo, in the
Blue Ridge mountains of
southern Idaho. William Dillard and
his brother and Mr.. Hummaford and
| Others, constituting party of six,
started with the Iudian woman for the
place designated. Upon tiieir arrival in
| that vicinity they were confronted by q
| body of armed men and ordered to re-
trace their course. Finding themselves
outnumbered more than two to one, and
being wholly unprepared for battle, they
accepted the maxim that discretion is
the better part of valor and returned TO
Rathdrum. There is talk of organizing
and equipping party TO go In search OF
| the supposed bonanza, but owing to the
uncertainty OF the location, If IL really
exists, il will probably be difficult to
organize the expedition this season.
, 1889-08-29
The Poorman Gold Mine,

Prospcctors in from the Kootenai
country bring encouraging reports from
the Poorman gold mine, owned by John
C. Davenport and Ike Nail. They have
now exposed 800 feet of stopng ground
drifts will meet at 100 feet depth. Al
ready there are 100 tons of ore on the
dump. This is all free milling ore.
Within six weeks the mill should be in.
The road of two miles is completed, and
n ditch threc-q quarters of mile in length
is nearing completion. This will unite
Sandy creek and Eagle creek, and the
combined waters will give 100 inches
and the pressure is 200 feet. a Pclton
wheel will be put in to operate two
stamp mill,
, 1889-08-29
THE COLyILLE KILLING.
A Writ OF Habeas Corpus Granted In
the Case of Fred Adams.

A writ Of habcaf corphs was granted
yesterday by Chief Justice Hanford,
holding court IN chambers in this dis.
trict for Judge Calklns, in the case of
Fred Adams, of Colville, who is held for
the killing of John Mahoney. Adams
will be brought to this city by the sheriff
of Stevens county, and ON September 2
Justice Hanford will investigate aud de-
eide whether the case is bailable or not.
Adams has been remanded to Jail with
out bail, and If not admitted to bail,
will be required to lay in Jail several
months.
IL. q. kirkpatrick, of Colville. and
Turner, Forster g. Turner of this city
have been retained as counsel for Ad-
ans. and the friends OF the prisoner have
strong hopes that he can establish the
fact that the killing was done in self
defense when IL comes to trial.
Adams father was a sub contractor
under Colonel Hakes, and it is stated by
n friend of the defendants that certain
matters regarding money due Adams on
contract were in controversy, and that
the defendant was interested In seeing
that the books were not lost until the
matter was settled, and for that reason
he was solicitous concerning the books
at the time the affair occurred.
, 1889-08-29

RI. 7. d. In the Wallace Free Press.l
Affairs in this camp are looming up
little. There is no excitement, but the
business for which we are here mining
lis increasing each week and II IL fore
gone conclusion that ere long Monarch
will be recognized as being Individually
one of the most promising silver mining
camps in Northern Idaho and valuable
tributary to our etropolis-Wallace.
The mines have already ceased To be
prospects; each one is almost daily in
creasing its working force, and those
that are not actually shipping ore are
getting i'm shape to do so without loss of
lime. The mines are not in any sense of
the word inaccessible, but in order To
ship ore much preparation and labor has
of a necessity to be done. Ore houses,
trails, wagon roads are all essentially
necessary, and are matters OF time, ana
of course, money.
The forest fires were to-day far too
close to be agreeable, butthey seemed TO
us to be chasing the sun and ii they
don't do amp worse than that may be we
can stand 1t. But concerning the
mines
The california is working with con-
siderably increased force and the con-
slant noise of the ore going down the
chute to the ore house sounds all over
the gulch like distant thunder, and such
orcl No funny business about this.
The Black Cloud men are vigorously
pushing the work on their lower tunnel,
which will, when they get to their ledge,
give them fine depth.
The Panhandle and their people are
still hard at work,
The Easter Sunday the property of
Messrs. NJ. l.. Hewitt, A. j. Currio and
X. S. burke, has lately been bonded to
Spokane capitalists, and work has com.
menced in earnest. A shaft has been
started and it is to 60 down one hundred
feet.
SO much for our silver mines, but we
have gold.
Sam Black has force of men at work
digging bedrock drain alongside his
fine hume with IA view to making moth
er earth yield some of the treasures he
knows is there, waiting only to be trans.
ferred to an industrious hand.
, 1889-08-29
MICHIGAN WORK.
A Michigan "Blaok Bart" Does
Just What He Likes.
Passengers Held Up and Robbed
lone Man Will Die
A Murder.

AsuLAEp, Wis. Aug. 26.-Black Bart's
most dnring deeds in tho mountain
passes of California and Colorado were
outdone to-day by "a lone hlghwayman
who held up and robbed tho stage that
runs between Gogebic, on the Milwau-
kec, Lake Shore & Western railroad,
Just over the line in Michigan. Gogebic
Lake is summer resort, whore people
from the large cities spend the dog days.
AS the stage was running along at q
lively gait through dense forest, and
when about two miles from the station,
a man jumped out in front of it, and,
pointing two big revolvers Mt the driver,
commanded him In good old
WESTERN STYLE
TO throw up your hands" at the same
time extending the order to four pas
sengers inside the coach, with further
provisions that they shell "Out' all
loose valuabes and currency. One of
tho passengers went down into his
pocket, but instead of bringing up his
pockctbook ho olinched pistol in his
hand and
BEGAN FIRING
at the robber. The desrorado imme.
diately returned the fire, and although
the driver whipped the horses
into. mad gallop mis- aim was true, b.
Matkcrcher, bookkeeper in the First
National Bank of Minneapolis, received
the first bullet i'll his cheek, while the
second went crasl ing through his leg.
Another passenger named a. g. lrleech-
barn of Belleville, ILL.,, was mortally
wounded. lie raised up in the scat as
the horses We're whipped away Just in
time to receive a bullet In his hin. He
fell forward and pitched over the side of
the coach into the roadway.
The horses continued to run and the
wounded man was loft to take his
chances with the robbers. The villain
threatened at first to kill him, but
finally desisted after securing $37 and
his victims watch and chain. The
wounded man lay bleeding on the road
for three hours before anyone
was courageous enough to 20
TO his succor. Physicians say he
will not live over night. MatKercher
was taken to Eagle river for treatment
and from there to his home at Minneap-
oils. There are grave doubts as to his
recovery. There were two other passen-
gers in the coach but neither Of them
were molcstod,
, 1889-08-29
A FOOLS LUCK.
He Goes Through the niagara Rap.
Ids Alive.

NIAGARA FALLS, Aug. 26.-Carlislc ID.
Graham made 4 successful trip through
the whirlpool rapids this afternoon in
barrel shaped like boat, At first the
boat travelled easily, but soon it was in
the grasp of II more rapid current that
hastened its journey. II rode beauti-
fully in the trip through the rapids and
frequently disappeared from sight.
When struck by n wave In front of But
tery's elevator II was out of sight so long
that many believed II to be lost. The
course 1t took was down the center of
the river. AT 4; ;52 o'clock IL entered the
whirlpool, and thousands of people who
had gathered there to witness
his friends recover the barrel vera
doomed to be disappointed for,
instead of being caught in the main
current and carried across, as is usually
The case it Rugged tho American side
and was carried into the quiet water in
front of the outlet and carried slowly
over nearly to the Canadian side. Fora
minute 1t was a question whether 1t was
to go around the pool or down the river,
but the outward current was too strong,
and at 4.54 Graham passed out of the
pool and down the rough, fearful water
opposite Fosters flats, which is a spot
most feared by all the rapids navigators.
All these dangers Graham to-day passed
in safety, and at 5:05 A.. NJ. Seymour
Fleming and John Lonsdale, of Lewis
ton, picked him up near the old Lewis
ton bridge,
, 1889-08-29
DESPERATE CONvICTs.
Bold Attempt at Prison Escape in
Jnclison. Mich,

JACKSON, Mich, Aug, 26.--A sensation
has been unearhed at the state prison.
The matricido, Irving Latimimer, whose
crime and trial attracted such wide.
spread attention, was detected in plot
to blow up the prison, and a quantity of
explosives were found within the prison
wall. Latimer lurked in solitary dun
geon.
The warden suspected that I.atimer
was at the head of some scheme, and he
had been watched closely. Last Friday
the chore man was detected in getting a
package near the north wall, which had
been thrown over by outsiders during
tho night A watchman got the pack
age. 1t contained aquantity of hercules
powder, Warden Hatch has refused to
state the details and wants to keep the
matter quict,xo he may catch Latimer.
His outside accomplice will not state
what Latimer says about 1t. From reli-
able sources 1t Is learned that there was
scheme which would, II entirely sue
cessfll, have partly destroyed the prison
and let 500 cOnvicts loose.
, 1889-08-29
Stealing a Ride.

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 28.--Charles d.
Chambers, just released from the
eastern penitent,iar&y, & came to M this city
press on the Peansy ylvania railroad pulled
out of the station at 1 :25 this morning he
boarded Pullman car and ondeavored
to rob the passengers. Charles Murk,
tho porter Of the Jersey City, struggled
with him and was shot twice. Cham
bers was then overpowered by train men.
Murk will recover. t
Chambers an, says ne Was i;,;sr s.ea,ing rids ds
erasped pistol and it went of. The
porter says Chambers was in berth and
when discovered drew . revolver and
commenced firing.
, 1889-08-29
The Eook-Maker. WIN Firht.

The attorneys Of Mcssrs Ivison, Blake
man d. Co. have sent the following cir
cular to the county school supcrintend-
ents of the territory, and the document
explains itself;
TACOMA, w. T., 1880.
We address you in the matter OF the
new school books adopted by the terri
torial board At their last meeting in July.
man IL Co. and Mcssrs. Taintor Bros,
we argued tho case recently decided by
Chief Justice IIanford at Olympia.
The points TO which we specially
attached Importance were as TO
the legality of the August meeting,
and the validity of its action In the item
OF or RESEMBLING =, the adoption Of new books
, 1889-08-29
Wa. 1t blessing in disguise.

The losses from the fire In Spokane
Falls have fallen to S5,0O0,0o0, the ear
lier estimates having been magnilied. as
is usually the case. A remarkable evil
dcnce Of the elasticity of the fortune of
Western cities is shown by the rise of
value IN real estate in the burned dis
trict. The fire has actually added a
premium TO the valuation of the avail
able building lots. The municipal au-
thorities, by prompt and decisive action,
have forestalled the erection of inferior
buildings of combustible materials in
rebuilt in brick and granite, and will be
handsomer and safer IN all respects than
rival cities, which have not been favored
with that blessing in disguise--a thor
oughgoing fire.
, 1889-08-29
VIII Speedily Rise.
From the North west Magazine.


A third city in the new state of Wash.
ington has been terribly devastated by
fire. The first sufferer was Seattle, then
came Ellensburg and last Spokane Falls.
In each case the flames swept the entire
business district. In each the case was
the same--defcient water supply and
fire engine service. In Spokane Falls on
the night of August g. twenty-five
blocks were burned-not blocks meaning
business buildings, bnt twenty-five city
squares, for the most part well built and
containing all the business part of the
young city, between the railroad tracks
and the river. In the burned district
were five banks, four large hotels, many
tall and handsome structures of brick and
stone and all the mercantile concerns eX'
cept "A few neighborhood groceries in the
suburbs. Little was spared except tho
houses of the people. Spokane Falls
has shown surpriNng rapidity and solid
ity OF growth. III 1882 1t had only 700
inhabitants. This disaster will fall
heavily upon individuals but will not
choke the growth of the place. In less
than two years time-perhaps in II year
tho devastated blocks will all be re-
built and no traces will remain of the
great fire. Spokane Falls is a necessity
TO Eastern Washington Ii Is a natural
site for large city, with great advan-
tages of water-power, farming lands,
timber lands, mines and railroads. 1t
will speedily rise from its ashes.