Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
General N ews.

Un. nublic auction the property of
S ss C Comfort Consolidated Mining
toe ANY in Gilmore county for s35 600.
topr hid in in favor of the owners.
,,nreme court Of the District Of
,h;a delivered an opinion In the
lo'' . hrick case. The petition CT Mer-
Wv uorse and others, for manda-
Nv. ~. 10 compel the secretary of the
. ns to receive and coin into dol
w. w. the silver brick rendered him by
b., s' petitioners is denied.
N association for mutual protection
..s been formed in Little Rock, Ark.
:. ~ tbe leading colored men of that Sec
IL and articles of incorporation of Il
w.. ..ock company of s2,5oo,ooo stock filed.
%ho association will Ike national. Its
..,sct is the establishment and opera
.sn If business houses for colored peo-
=. m I've conducted by members of
their race.
Another heavy snow storm Is raging
l.,orchout southern Idaho greatly to
.ha encouragement of stockmen. The
.,ouont fall will amount to six inches
a. more, making 1t impossible for
Starving cattle or horses to uncover
.ho;r scant feed. The stockmen say
there is no hope for stock Oh the ranges.
thousands Of animals have already
died and many thousands more will
erish before spring. The present win
Ter was never equalled in south Idaho.
Chief Engineer +. II. Mix of the
Seattle, Boise City & Salt Lake railroad
left last week for New York, where he
will meet other officers Of the road and
where it is probable that the bonds of
the company will be disposed OF and
the road ordered to be built. Mr.. Mix
is quite enthusiastic over the proposed
road and says that it will open up n
valuable mining and agricultural coun-
tfy and be of great benefit to eastern
Oregon and Idaho.
T.. Lemon, of HALEY, Idaho, L. M.
Merrill, Of Idaho Springs, of the same
state, with ex-senator Mcconnell are
doing what they can to assist Senator
Dubois to retain his seat in the senate.
These gentlemen say that the senator
was duly elected by the republican leg
stature and republican votes and
should be retained in a republican SEN
ate. Everything now looks as if the
senate would decide to keep Senator
Dubois, Notwithstanding the fierce
fight that has been made against him
by some of the republican senator's
The editor of the Bellingham Bay
Revlle offers as Il solution Of the In
dian question, that all the Indians be
sent to Alaska and be made to live on
fish. The result he thus graphically
pictures: When the Indian gets wei
saturated with fish oil, and the flesh is
built up from Salmon, he loses his
fierceness. Game can he driven away
but the fish cannot. The Pacific VA
tiers are eXhaustless. In the Indian
war of the fifties, had the tribes bee'
wood or prairie Indians, every settler
on the Sound would have been pu. Il
the knife.
Long Valley, idaho, eighty mile
north of Boise, is a new region which
has rapidly improved in the past TIVE
years. 1t is fifty miles long, six mile
wide, along the Payette river. 1t is al
rich prairie land, but bounded b,
heavily wooded hills. The principa
point is Van Wyck, Il town of 1000
which has grown from 800 in a httl'
more than Il year. 1t is 7,ooo Zee
above sea level, but wheat, barley oats
peas, and all the harder vegetable
6IOW us wei us AstiiIC Ei"'N''
cool in summer and has heavy snow II
winter. The climate is not yer.
changeable. There is abundant waite
for irrigating, and easily taken ou'
There is but little land taken us yet.
The legislature of Mississippi ha
passed a bill appropriating e64,-oo
year for pensions. This will give thos
now on the rolls $50 each. The presen
appropriation is only $50, 900. lhis pl
provides that all INDECENT coniedera'
soldiers, sailors, servants and ind'geI
widows of such shall be entitled TO 81
a month, unless the number at tn
rate exceed the appropriation, in whic
event the amount will be pro rated.
is estimated that the INDECENT ciau'
will put at least 5000 on the pay ro!
within few years. Compared VIII
the 12S now on, if it turns out So u
sum that each will receive will he on
about $12. The bill makes the anoi''
the pension commissioner.
Secretary Blaine had eoniereo'
with the president regarding our ,r"'
relations with Canada. As he was iea
ing the White house a represeh'a.,'