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

IND in the Spokane river at Post falls,
'sobo last Saturday. 1t was that of
. Young man, age about %, medium
s,;,bt no beard, dark hair, dressed in
.,,,o shirt, black vest and blue overalls,
18th n leather strap instead of sIspen-
Iors It had been i'm the water for
Tout one month. There was found
=, Tho rockets a tax receipt of road dis
.-,ct No. /, Nez Perez county, idaho,
...uad by William Sigler to George
Easton, supposed to be the name of the
deceased.
company which has for its object
Tho manufacture Of horse-cohars has
been formed by Boise people, and art-
cles Of incorporation have been filed
As soon as practicable a factory re-
ouiring the services of forty men will
10 established. The company has al
roadv been offered lot and building,
Int no definite arrangements will he
made until conference is held with
the board of trade. The capital stock
of the company is $500, and it will
operate in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Ore
oon and Nevada.-Statesman
VS.. Mack, warden of the Idaho
pepitentiary will on March 10Th, re-
tire from his official position. His sue
cessor has not been named as yet, but
Frank Jenne, of Weiser and r. ID. Nc
Connell, of Moscow, brother of the ex-
limited States senator, are the most
prominent candidates. Mr.. Mack will
resign, but he was recently acquainted
with the fact that a majority of the
members of the state prison commission
are not favorable to him. He was in
formed that Governor Wiley and At
torpey General Roberts considered a
change necessity, while Secretary of
State Pinkham was satisfied with the
present management of the prison.
Statesman.
We have it from good authority that
the Hopkins Inland Empire Telephone
Company. have already purchased the
necessary poles and wire, and as sool
as spring opens and the ground thaws
so as to permit of its doing so, will eX
tend it's system from Moscow, on
through Vollmer to Kendrick. TIL,
Hopkins Inland Empire Company
reaches to all important points frcn
Lewiston, idaho, to Conconnully
Wash, and from Walla Walla TO Col
vile. The extension of the system t.
this point will prove of great benefit tt
our business interests. In fact its nee(
Is already badly felt by our bushes:
men, who will hail the arrival of the
telephone with great joy.-kendrcl
Advocate.
A sad accident occurred at Pocatello
Feb, %. Engineer George Haynes
who for some time had been runnin!
between Glenn's Ferry and Hunning
ton, having been granted leave of ali
sence, was on his way east to visi
friends and relatives living at Preston
Iowa. When he saw IL friend and ;
brother engineer on an engine in tn
yard here, he jumped off the train am
went to jump on the engine to sa.
good bye to his frien6, but slipped AM
fell, the tender running over his RICH
hand, cutting the hand of near tn
wrist. He was taken to Ogden by
special train where surgical operation
will take place. Haynes carrys insul
ance in the Standard and Traveller
accident; also in two railway bene'i
associations.
Last Saturday night the L. 5. stor
came very near going up in smoke. y
it was, about 800 worth of good
Were damaged by fire and water b.
tween II and o'clock one of tn
clerks, who had been spending the e'
ening with friends, returned to tl'
store to go to bed and found it full {
dense smoke. With the assistance
the night Waterman and some OF tll
AhC'lSu tlIC DlltLc "to NNt'i'E1'''''N
with water carried in buckets. tn
fire originated from sparks from an III
light which hung directly over til
goods. Had the clerk gone to bed
the usual time, no doubt the bulidi"
would have been mass of flames b
fore it was discovered, rs the Windo"
and doors being closed on all sides e
cept the front and there the smoke o
scured the vision so that it was impo
sible to see the fire. As 1t was, 1t Is
very lucky escape for the tirm.-Mo
COW Mirror.
Kendrick, like great many 9th
towns in the west, has grown so ia
that the circunlocutory slowness
the postofllce department at Washih
ton is unable to keep pace with 1t al
the result is that we are receiving
OOorur mail coryino than we should |