Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-24
OVER THE STATE.

pacific track near V0llmer and a
80 Ian train narrowly escaped wreck
ri.
Attorney Ayers, Of Weiser, says that
~. town is to sink an artesian we'll at
~. $500 having already been rasied
Or that purpose.
c..te fair matters are looming into
.A.ne Subscription books will Ike sent
=. u each county in the state in a few
..eka. Moneyed men are taking hold
,S,he enterprise and will make it a
success.
rsrd,nand Van Zandt, who was
,.,,ely interested in the Blue Bird
nine at Butte, and who is said to have
reut g., 600, 900 or IS, OO0, 600 within the
MT six years in trying to handle this
nroperty, suicided in London March l..
financial troubles are supposed to have
heen the cause.
Commissioner Wells claims for
idaho an average of IS bushels of wheat
% the acre, aud says he stood on the
eround and seen the wheat measured
that Welded more than eighty bushels
10 the acre. He further claims the
disabilities for Idaho of 100000, 600
bushels in single year.
Nj. McCreary, superintendent of the
bridge and building department of the
Northern Pacific is in our city looking
after the new bridge which will have to
be put in near Vollmer where the en-
bsnkment gave way. He says it will
be sometime before the bridge is COM
pleted.-Moscow News.
Governor Wiley and Hon. J. N.
Coston, as board of supervisors of the
Idaho insane asylum have just returned
from Blackfoot where they have made
thorough examination of that insti-
tuition. They say the charges to the
effect that the superintendent was
guilty of gross neglect and other ire
gularities, as complained of by a man
who was for some time connected with
the institution. are utterly groundless.
There is queer kind of mineral
that appears in the ores taken from
the recently discovered East Fork
mines. 1t resembles gold in color and
also by tests, for place it in strong
nitric acid and the acid seems to have
no effect upon it whatever, while all
the other minerals it carries dissolve
easily. Some of our mining men say
It is not gold, but the question now
arises what can it be.-Silver Mes
senger. ~
An artesian strike is reported near
Washoe. 1t is said that water was
struck at depth of forty feet in rock
formation, itcame pouring in through
q crevicesin the rock and rose so rapidly
that the diggers were forced to hustle
out. The water soon reached the sand
Or gravel strata several feet from where
It was struck, but there came to stand,
which was caused no doubt by seeping
away through the light soil. 1t is
thought that if properly piped tile re-
suit would be flowing we'll.
The DeLamar's Company's mill aud
mine are doing just what they do all
he time, viz, producing bullion. Dur
ng the week six bars were shipped,
Valued at Sl3,3OO. There h an old say
ng that 1.-THE proof of the pudding is
the string" and the fact that
he mill keeps running and the bullion
coming, is evidence that the property
all that is claimed forit, viz: paying
Investment. No effort is being made
o boom the stock, The cold figures
ell the truth, and shareholders are
nt.-Commonwealth
Tommy Ferguson, newsboy, died
t Sand Point Feb, 16 Eunder what
many consider mysterious circum-
At 8 O'clack in the morning
'e was peddling papers, apparently
trong and healthy. Shortly after
'ard he was taken violently i'll with
pasms and died in about an hour.
lis family don't want post mortem
Examination, but the officers of the
aw, II the family will not consent,
vill force them to have one, as people
gho have seen the body all agree that
looks as if.the boy had in some way
ct poisoned.
The snow Is going fast. The hillsides
actng the south are nearly bare. The
right, spring-like mornings are taking
fleet Oh our young people, and soon
efore breakfast ''constitutionals" will
. In order. These will shortly give
lace to, pleasant evening strolls under
he glittering stars, when brave Romeo
VIII tell his love to fair Juliet. Then
he weddings next fall. Winter comes
gain with its snow and sleigh-rides