Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-11
OVER THE STATE.

-. ,,cht-of-way with pedestrians, We
t'.,ss and dogs. Marshal Galloway
his little gun soon found the key
' .,e situation and settled the affair at
~. cost of funeral.-Tribune.
The signal service bureau reports the
.,orspe precipitation in Idaho during
=. month ending the 22d instant, at
...rlv two inches. This is more than
aouhle the usual precipitation of mois-
.u,e A drouth is therefore impossible
| :. Idaho this year.-Wood River Times.
Owing to the excessive cold this win
-, the ice in the river increased in
thickness until the channel was unable
tocer to carry the water, when it over
aowed, flooding the surface and melt
inc the snow, which freezing second
time has afforded skating such as is sell
dom seen here in Shoshone, and our
,o,,ne folks and some older ones are
snioying themselves accordingly.-
Shoshone Journal.
Senator Shoup and Mr.. Sweet went
to the postof1ice department last week
to see about free delivery for Moscow
and Pocatello. They found that the
law making free delivery applicable
only to places having a population of
10000 or more, or to such as show
$4,000 or more annually in postal re-
CENTS, is absolute. 1t is therefore i'm
possible to extend the system to those
places.-Statesman.
A dispatch from Boise City reports
that the Last Chance Mining company
have won in the Last Chance-Tyler
suit. The amount involved approx
mates one million dollars. Laying aside
all legal phases Of the controversy the
sympathy of the camp is with the Last
Chance company. Their money and
energy has developed the mine and the
sense of right entities them to the i'm
mense ore body to which the Tyler peo-
pie made no strong pretensions until
the money Of somebody else found it.
Occur d'Alene Barbarian.
last year there was but s13, 900 in the
school fund. This year there are in
round numbers $350,00O. There was
distributed among the counties for the
year 1891 the sum of 81 800, which was
the accumulated interest on the thir-
teen thousand. The sales of school
lands during the past year have
amounted to Il sufficient sum, together
with the 81 300 already i'm the treasury,
TO make the amount of S350,000 atove
named. Ten per cent of the purchase
money was paid down, the balance
draws interest at six per cent. Twenty
four thousand dollars have been invest
ed in state bonds. There viii! he about
$4,000 for distribution in July next as
soon as all the returns are in from the
various counties.-Boise Democrat.
Commissioner Wells has received
from Nez Perez county some geological!
specimens that are sure to attract Il
great deal of attention i'm Chi ago. One
OF these is Il magnesia stone, of dazzling
whiteness. When Iuarricd it is so soft
that it can be carved with an ordinary
knife, but after it has been exposed to
the air for length of tir,e it becomes
surprisingly hard. 1t is proof against
heat and cold. Even when heated to
redness it can be plunged into cold wa
ter without the least bad effect. There
Is a 500, 900 building in Lewiston that
Is constructed from this beautiful stone,
and Commissioner Wells will use
quantity of it in the construction of
IdahO's building at Chicago.-Boise
Statesman.
The appointment of state senator
Wells as Worlds Fair commissioner
for Idaho, has put new life into the
matter of our exhibit, and in a short
time the commissioner himseli, or bis
secretary, will pay a visit to every
prominent locality in the state, with
view to appointing assistant commits
sioners whose knowledge of the respec-
tive localities is thorough. The duties
OF those appointed will be to collect,
classify and organize each county's ex-
hibit. When all these organizations
are perfected a pamphlet for general
circulation will be issued, naming the
county commissioners and the duties
which devolve upon them. The Ga
zette believes the Potlatch Will carry
on the prize. So we must get up an
exhibit of our cereals which Will be
second to none. Every one should eN-
hort himself in this matter.-kendricN
Gazette.
The county commissioners OF sho-
shone county have issued circular
letter to the commissioners of all other
counties in the state proposing acohVeh-
tionOf county officials to be held IN boise
in November next, for the purpose OF
considering legislative needs III con-
nection with county government.
The Dlan Is tn have each board Seiect