The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-12-17
OCCIDENTAL MELANCE
The Bank Statistics of Idaho Show
Surprising Prosperity.
SPECIES OF DEEP SEA FISHES
An Old Married Woman With Manageable
Sons and Daughters Elopes
With Young MN.

The great copper smeltsr at Bisbee, A
T., 10 idle.
The movement at Victoria, B. c., t.
establish . direct stes mship line with
the Hawaiian Islands 10 taking definite
shape.
Phoenix, A. T., toas's that its rnrula
ton Is increasing at the rate OF 900 pc,
month, 30 per cen, of which Will Tie per.
manent-
Prescott, A. T., is feeling the bene-
fetal effect OF . railroad which is vet I'M.
completed. Mining investors are flock.
ing into that section.
The great onyx quarries at Los Tules,
Lower California, have been sold for
$1,000 Eli Murray, Ex-Governor OF
Utah, is one OF the purchasers.
The Donahue estate lie suinx for poe,
session OF land in South Westminster,
b. c., valued at ~ o 0Oo The title was
found in Peter Donahue's posses sion al
ter his death.
There is much feeling At San Diego
ever the murder of the boy, George E.
Neale, by Captain Sam Smith and whose
body was thrown into the sea- Alynch-
ing party Is discussed with earnestness.
The smallpox scare at Marshhsld il
about at an end. The town authorities.
aided by the medical board, have re-
eeived the thanks OF the community for
their effic emit work in saving the town
from the disease.
The Bradstreet mercantile agency re-
porte thirteen failures in the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the past
week, rs compared with thirteen for the
previous week and ten for the CORE
spending week OF 1882.
Tacoma has rec lived nearly five thou.
sand carloads, or about three million
bushels, OF wheat during the past two
months. The indications are that the
receipts this year will reach $500 900
bushels, as against 4 COO 900 Bushels last
season.
Juana Trimmer, the Mexican wife of a
respectable German living at Jstatul.
forty-two miles east of San Diego, has
eloped wi a young ranch band named
Estaguio. The woman is 90 years old
and the mother OF msrr agab.e sons and
daughters.
The bank statistics OF Idaho issued re-
Gently chow the individual deposits OF
the saving banks over s26 900 900, and in
the state banks 10 be SID, 600 600. The
total OF cash as ets OF both class of banks
Is nearly 8 ooo 0oo These figures are
surprising, aud certainly very clear proof
OF the States prospt rity.
About one hund- ed species OF deep sea
fishes have been 90 aimed by the Alba
tross in the depths OF the ocean off the
coast of California. These creatures are
as rule very soft in body, almost black
In color and many OF them covered with
phosphorescent spots, by which they can
see their way in the darkness.
Success has at last crowned the eff ,r.s
OF the railway company to obtain arte-
sian water on the desert, SAYS the Yuma
Sentinei. When the great well at Walters
Station, | 8 miles west of Yuma, had
reached the depth OF $40 feet a bountiful
stream OF excellent water was struck.
which instantly arose to and four feet
ABOVE the surface and ran off down the |
desert as ireety as if i. had always done
20. Such was the flow OF water that the
company was obliged at once to protect
It's roadoed from being washed away.
The San Francisco Gail has been in
vestigsting the subject of the presence
IN the Hour mills OF that city and State
vi the mediterranean flour moth. and it
declares it has already become an alarm
-e 'todtiHk III tue loss tlOu- |
sands Il dollars 10 a number of larve
establishments, and that il will result in
still greater loss before very long. The
statements are based mainly upon the
with w. q. johnson, profess
or OF entomology in Stanford University.
anu with mum Ter OF -four manufsctur-
ers They state that there is hardly .
mil IN the state which is not infected
by moths. The moth is continually ,
spinning strands OF silk in great quanti-
Ties, which not only get into the -four.
but also clog the machinery 90 badly T. AT ,
the mills are obliged to shut down tenn
Prof. johnson, VINO has made
. careful study of the beet, says he
has discovered that the moth propayates :
and natures more rapidly in the Cali {
lorna climate than in Canada or the {
Eastern part OF the United States and /
other cold countries where it has ap- I
peared. he expects that the disastrous {
effects OF this moth will be very appar. 9
emit in nearly all the mills OF that State !
before the end OF another year. and it is
Almost Impossible to drive out the pest. :
Charles Vandorn, who is interested in 4
me alleged diamond discovery on Snake
river, Idaho, tells the following story in T
regard TO the discovery and his connec- q
.lon with it: In the COS he was At h
Kimberly, Sou b Africa, and became ac- Ia
luainted with diamond mining. Ahont d
Tx years ago, after coming to Boise. a
,rospector showed him a stone. which o.
ne pronounced to be a Kimberly dia- CT
nond; When the man told him that he in
,icKed IL MP on Snake river he ridiculed d
he idea. subsequently he made an in dl
'estigation, and found that there was a b,
ofnatlon there similar to that at Kim ),
'eriy. Tie had II. Bratnoben, the widely. b
hown mining man, look into it, and that DIT
entieman told him to have the ground ds
respected. He then took Mr.. Wa,eys OF
no was running ferry in the vicinity. re-
nto MS confidence, and the latter has re-
cen quietly prospecting the country,
av'ng recently found the alleged gems. ce
ne or more OF these ct ,nes was sent to NJ
lfany < Co , who made a Favorable Pr
port. Nandorn does not say what RI
he report was, but states that he will tb
ION have one OF the stones that il being nm
". The party who has gone to the IN,
IDS IL composed Of Engineer yelling. w
n and an assistant, three employees of Sill
sndorn, who are to take up additional in,
ound; l.. w. Weilan, an expert from N,
~ York, and Mr.. Cassceront and ca,
:. Builhnch, experts from Baltimore. In
lis Il the story Of the diamond discoy. sio
y. What 1t will amount 10 only time vi,
n tell IL SHOULD be stated that the the
eyed fields are in that part Of In. ca
ate which shows such great evidences cas-
voicah action. being on the border hee
the famous lava flow which stretches ois.
cherries desert for hundreds Of "
lee across the country. mai