Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-10
The Northern Pacific railway has

The Northern Pacific railway has
been bringing up Indians from Farm
ington landing and distributing them
along the river to cut wood for the use
Of the steamers plying between Occur
d'Alene and Mission. Some 200 bucks
have already arrived and we under
stand more will follow. 1t is sight
for sore eyes to see the noble red man
get i'm and wrestle wood with an axe,
and rcfute the old saying that San In
dian won't work. Miner.
The Morning mine and mill at Null
Ian are Temporarily closed down, pend
ing the arrival of the new steel wire
rope for the tramway. Mr.. Hussey pur-
ahased the rope when in st. Louis IA
couple Of weeks ago, and it will be the
strongest cable yet brought into the
country. 1t will be 900 feet in length
and is to sustain 100 tons of ore at one
time. A. S. Denuugh has the contract
for splicing and putting up this i'm
mems ropc.-Coeur d Alenc Statesman.
The brick buildings Of G. H. Jones
and J. w. Lieuallcn are being rapidly
built The foundation of the CONNER
cial Bank block and Hattabaughs
building has been eXcavated for and
next week these buildings will begin
towering upward. 1t seems certain
that the block of the old narton House
will be rebuilt with SO 600 hotel, in
which case John Schafer will Put up ii
fine two story building on his corner
adjoining the hotel property.-Star Of
Idaho.
George Miller was brought up from
Shoshone this morning and placed in
Jail by Sheriff Campbell, on a very
serious charge. Miller and a certain
official got u team from Scott & Adam,
Thursday to go to John Hailey's ranch.
The next heard of them was telegram
from Shoshone saying they were there
with a team, both very drunk. The
buggy was pretty badly broken up.
Mr.. Scott went down on the train yes
terday to get the team and Miller was
arrested and brought here for examin-
alton - Bellvue Press.
Charles Black says the grasshoppcrs
are bound to clean ont the lower Wood
River valley Letween Bellevue and
Silver creek. The ground is black with
them, and they don't seem to be hall
through Matching yet. Mr.. Black tried
everything he could think of. For in.
stance: he raked all he could find on
IL piece of ground 20 feet square into q
pile, through brush and straw on top
and set it aiire. S arcely any grass
hoppers were burned; nine tenths o
them getting away. He turned on al
the water he could on hay field, ant
Lowered the ground pretty well. The
hoppers climed out of the water unit
there were three or four on every blad.
of grass, looking on as if laughing at his
futile efforts. Nothing can rid tho
country of them, he says. They mus
be allowed to stay their time out
which seems to be two or three years i,
each locality. This is the third yea
for the Prairie and second for the valley
l-Blackfoot News.
l Francis Cousins sends the following
from a camp on Salmon river to tn,
Idaho Free Press: Al wish to stat
that while prospecting on Saline,
river on the 18th. inst, Is miles abov
the mouth of the South Fork, l fount
the body of a drowned man partly il
and partly out of the water. Bein.
alone and not having any tools wa
unable to remove it from the river
tbut on reaching camp the followin,
day informed A. j. Sleeves and Pat
rick Bremen, placer miners, who OF
the 18th went to the place and buriet
him. The corpse had evidently beef
in the water since last fall, was abou
5 feet 8 inches in heighs, and hat
nothing on but a small piece of shirt q
striped cotton material and pair o
new shoes with seamless vamps of fine
quality than those usually wore b.
prospectors. Credit should be given t
; A. J. Sleeves and Patrick Brennan 70
the humanity shown in travelling sev
eral miles over very rough country il
order to perform the last Offices for tn
dead. They left a suitable Inscription
on a piece of drift lumber over tn
grave"
John Lamb, who has been Owe i
the jumpers for the past two week
taking the census, returned on Tuesda
last. He was accompanied during til
entire trip by Guy Newcomb, and tn
two report that although they had som
long and rough rides, their experience
. were all the time pleasant ones. The
saw they will match the neOnle Of + ,