Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-05-29

Will haAsaS SlUy anu iohn rTaHclScO
capitalists, is preparing to put $780,
600 into pork packing and beef cam
ming establishment to be located at
San Francisco.
Explorer Stanley is soon to wed Miss
Dorothy Tenant, of London. She is
the daughter of the late Sir Charles
Tenant, woman of great artistic
ability, sensible, lovable and in every
way fitted to be the wife of rugged
man of the world like Stanley.
The plant belonging to the Electric
Light Company, at Dayton, was
burned last week. The company have
already ordered "a new plant for fifty
arc and 800 incandescent lights.
Work has commenced OH the erection
of u brick building for the plant.
President Harrison has directed that
the flag of the country shall hereafter
fly daily over the executive mansion
from sunrise to sunset, instead as now
of being hoisted only on the days when
the Marine Band gives concerts. The
flag will fly on Sunday as we'll as on
week days. The custom of hosting it
daily was discontinued during the
administration of President Grant.
An engineer corps arrived at Wal
lace, Idaho, May "a, under the chief
surveyor of construction, B. F. Bush,
to survey line from Wallace to Burke
for the Union Pacific. Immediately
after the survey, the work of grading
is to begin. There is report that the
Union Pacific will also Immediately
begin the construction of branch line
up the North Fork of Occur d'Alene
River to Sunset, Pear and Murray.
Carbonate discoveries on Pritchard
Creek, near Wallace, Idaho, are as ex-
tensive as previously reported. An ore
ledge has been found for a length of
three and one-half miles. The assays
astonish everybody. They run from
thirty ounces in silver to 800 ounces
per ton, and from SO to 20 per cent
lead. No such carbonate discovery has
been made since the Leadville and
Eureka Excitements. They will prove
great blessing to the Spokane
smelter.
On the oath. of May, at 10 o'clock
a. M, l.. ID. Hopson, of the geological
survey, and assistant, Frank Moore,
were drowned in Snake River while
engaged in banking the stream near
Eagle Rock, Bingham County, Idaho.
The body of Hopson was recovered
and will probably be sent to relatives
in Columbia, S. c. Young HopsOn
was in charge of the photographic
work on the irrigation survey and was
regarded as one of the most efficient
and valuable members of the corps.
Judge Deadly decided in a late writ
of habeas corpus case that Chinese
women if married are not subject to
the exclusion act. The court stated
that the object of the restriction act is
to prevent laborers from coming into
the country, but from the nature of the
national customs women are not
laborers. The law does not include in
its restrictions merchants, teachers
and students. The law permits
merchant to bring his family servants
and all persons constituting his house,
hold, hence the wife and daughter cam
not be separated from him.
George Francis Train arrived in Ia
coma at Gas Saturday, May Oath,
having made the trip around the
world in sixty-seven days, twelve
hours and fifty-four minutes. He beats
the Nellie Bly, record by five days.
He thoroughly enjoyed the trip and
Will now star the country giving his
impressions and experiences. He was
welcomed at the depot by an immense
crowd Of citizens. His friends, the
children, were present in great NUN.
bers. A military company escorted
him to the Ledger Office, whittier he
was drawn by the same horses as were
used when he left for the wharf.
H. H. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, has de-
cided to present to the city of Galena,
his former home, a bronze statue of
General Grant. The model, executed
by Gelert the sculptor, is pronounced
by all who have seen it to he a most
representation. The General
is represented as being in a standing
position, dressed in a military suit.
the model having been taken from
picture of him drawn in 1866 at the
close of the war. The left hand is
placed inside the vest and the right
thrust in the pantaloons
pocket. 1t is expected that the un.
yelling of the statue will take place one
year hence, April II his birthday, and
Mrs. Grant, If alive and well. will no