Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-03-05
Throughout The StatG!!
rHTEREsTING HAPPENINGS OF
OUR C0NM0NWEALTH,
Carefully Scissored Out
From the Columns Of Various State
Journals, for Your Parusal.
Nothing Old and Stale.

Journals, for Your Parusal.
Nothing Old and Stale.
The second hot water artesian well Of
the Boise Water Works is now down to
. depth of 200 feet. A considerable
low Of water has already been secured
with . temperature of l4S degrees
Statesman.
On Thursday Capt. DeLamar tele-
phoned from Boise to the mines that
the DeLamar stock would be on the
market at once, and the same day he
received q number Of orders from the
miners to purchase for them. That
shows what his own men think Of its
value. Several thousand shares will go
to the men in the camp. We wish
they had money enough to buy 1t all.
Avalanche.
Last Saturday, Tom Rowbery Of
Rexburg lost his team and sled while
attempting to cross the Snake at Big
Butte ferry. He was going from
Menan to Rexburg and when about the
middle Of the river the ice gave way
and the horses and sled went under,
Mr.. Rowberry barely escaped. The
team was found some distance below
and anchored to tree, and when the
ice gives away the harness and sled
win be taken care of.-IdahO Falls
Times.
In conversation with Surveyor-Gen-
eral Petit on Wednesday he informed
the Democrat reporter that there would
be devoted to the purpose of surveys
during the present season the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, double the
amount ever before appropriated for
the purpose. He is In hopes of a still
larger appropriation. Particular at
tention will be paid to the north part
Of the state the present year. There
10 land occupied for from ten to twenty
years In that section that has never
been but should be surveyed.-Boise
Democrat.
Governor Wiley has received letter
from the secretary Of the -Missis-
sippi Commercial Congress recently
held at Galveston, Texas, and request
ing that he name vice president for
Idaho. The next session Of the Con-
gress will be held at Denver, Colo, on
May 10th, and the Governor has re-
commended that the Legislature appro-
pirate $3.50 to defray the expenses of =
delegate from this State, believing that
the occasion Is of sufficient importance
to warrant the expense. It is probable
that the Board of Trade will also take
some action in the matter.-Boise
Statesman.
Things are hot In Bingham county.
Representative Briggs Of that county
recently voted for Clagett for United
States Senator, and rumor says was
hung in effigy, but this may not be
true. However, the editor of the Reg
lister, who is spoken Of as rank Dubois
man, . few days ago wrote and pub
lished an article which the friends of
Mr.. Briggs thought reflected too sew
erely upon that gentlemen, whereupon
an efiigy Of the editor man was SOL
EMMY and tremendously hanged ON a
hose house in the great city Of Eagle
Rock. Verify the Dubois-Clagett feud
hath many phases and much spread
out-ativeness about it.-Ketchum Key.
stone.
A Mr.. Burns, usually called "Scotty''
suffered terrible accident Wednesday
afternoon, about O'Clock. He was
working a claim belonging to DR.. Kel.
ley and e. A. Bevis, ON Big creek, sew.
eRal miles west Of Osburn, and was just
emerging from the tunnel after days
work, carrying in his hand box Of
caps. He was smoking q pipe and a
spark accidently dropped among the
caps. An explosion followed, blowing
of both his hands, destroying one OF
his eyes and inflicting terrible injury
to his side. He walked mile and a
half after the accident, when medical
aid was summoned and he was taken
to the hospital at Osburn. Both arms
were amputated near the elbows. The
other wounds were dressed and he is in
fair way to recover.-Coeur d'Alene
Miner.
On this Friday morning when the
Sheriff went to the jail to look after
and feed his prisoners, he found the
place empty. The two prisoners, Mike
Dolan committed for assault and at
tempt to kill, and Jack Brady, horse
thief, had taken their fight. The
front door which locks with q heavy