Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-16
Idaho Supreme Court!
FIRST TERM IN THE NORTH, IN
SESSION THIS WEEK.
Camas Prairie Aroused.
A Severe Cutting Af1ray-New Firm
for Lewiston-The X. of P. So
cial-And Other News.

The Idaho Supreme Court COM
menced its second session for the State,
which is The first term held in north
Idaho, at the court house Monday
morning. The court is composed of
Chief Justice Sullivan and associate
Justices Huston and Morgan, with Sol
Hasbrouck as Clerk The court has,
up till date of going to press, but fairly
organized and gotten through the pre-
liminaries of calling the cases and ar
ranging for hearings. A full account
of its proceedings will be given in the
next issue.
The citizens of Camas Prairie, accord
ing to the Free Press, are agitating the
railroad question. An enthusiastic
meeting was held for that purpose last
week, during which full and free dis
cussion of the matter was had. After
Il frank expression AS to ways and
means vote was taken to get an eX-
preston as to whether the people
wanted u railroad or not. The vote
was unanim usly in favor of II railroad
II was the unanimous opinion also, of
the same meeting, that subsidy should
be offered, and that the best way to
raise subsidy would be to levy tax
on all taxable property in the county,
to be paid when the railroad is COM
pleted to the prairie. The people Of
the pra rie have the spirit that wins
and we hope to see their wishes con-
summated before the year closes.
L. P. Neal and A. Schiebe, of Lare-
more, North Dakota. located ut this
place LIST week and expect to become
permanent citiz ms of Lewiston. Mr.
Neal has rented the Moxley building
lately occupied by the Lewiston Eagle
and will put in complete stock of
furniture and fixtures. He expects
also, to carry full and complete stock
of undertakers goods. He received Il
car load of goods on Tuesdays boat
and will be open for trade i'm a few days.
Mr.. Schiebe is IA carpenter and builder
and will engage in the business here.
Both gentlemen have purchased prop
erty in the city already and will pro-
ceed to build at once. Mr.. Neal bought
property of DIR. Kelly and Mr.. Schiebe
, Il vacant lot on the opposite side of the
| street. Lewiston is glad to welcome
such energetic business men among her
citizens.
Last Sunday evening lively cut
ting and shooting affray occurred at
Mason, on Craig mountain. The COM
batants were Jules Dervignez Rus
sian Finlander, and Mats Nyman a
Frenchman. The quarrel originated
over the settling Of small account.
Words gave way to blows, both men
fighting desperately. Nyman struck
| Dervignez twice with knife, once in
the right hip and leg and once in the
l side, both severe wounds. Dervignez
:. releasing himself from the furious
: Frenchman, drew and shot Nyman
D twice, one ball lodging in the shoulder
| ranging upward, and the other in the
hip. The men were then separated
: and DR.. Turner of Cottonwood, called
D to dress the wounds. Up till date o
: the report he had succeeded in finding
e and removing one of the bullets. Ny
e man Is in dangerous condition anG
J. will hardly survive the effect of hi.
/ wounds.
!. Castle Hall of Knights of Pythias
s Lodge, No q, of this city, was attacked
J. on Wednesday night of last week by .
v strong storming party of ladies ant
}, gentlemen armed to the teeth. TIL,
J. outer guard, though usually brav,
n and Courageous knight and man o
|. iron nerve, gave way at the sight ant
!. surrendered the anti-room to the inva
:, ders, without struggle. There i
y strong suspicion among his fellows tina
v he was bribed and when it was mad
known that the pass word used to gail
% entrance was "Coffee, sandwiches an,
, chicken salad" the suspicion is strong
% ly confirmed. The inner guard warnet
the Castle Hall and the assemble,
knights rallied forth to repel the inva
e ders, but found deputation of thei
70 wives, daughters and friends to whom
Y according to an ancient and chivalri
u custom, they surrendered the hal
r Music was forthcoming and soon til
II knights and ladies were tripping tn
light fantastic to Prof. Ross most bt
> witching strains. AT IL O'Clock th
y ladies served an elegant lunch; 500
y after which the party broke up and tn
Z. guests departed, voting the affair t
II have been most admirably conducte
and great success.