Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

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Vegetables of all kinds, cranber-
rles, fresh eggs, preserved fruits,
bacon and fresh butter for sale by The
Lewiston Commission Company, at
the head of Srd street.
| -First-class workmen, with years of
experience on all kinds Of sanitary
work and pipe fittings at c. G. Bum
nell's.
Miss Lillian Hembree, departed on
Sundays boat for Portland, Oregon, to
visit with relatives, and get the latest
ideas for spring millinery. She ex.
poets to return in three weeks.
Prof. Fox, the state horticultural in
! spector, has declared a quarantine on
apples grown in the Offield orchard on
Snake river. He declares that orchard
to be infected with the San Jose scale.
DR.. Shore, who spent two weeks in
Lewiston last August, has been ar
rested in Oregon City for trying to
practice medicine without diploma.
Our liberal citizens contributed about
$1,000 to this gentleman's fund.
In moment of study nothing is
more consoling than a good cigar.
Try McGrane & Boise latest Key
West, the "El Pintado." They
also handle the celebrated FL Cap
itan General cigar.
The steamer Lewiston last week
made the round trip to Riparia and
return in twenty hours, handling
cargo of three thousand sacks of
wheat and carload of cattle as
we'll as the usual upriver freight.
Mr.. w. v. Garrett, travelling
representative of that great daily,
The Spokesman Review, was in
the city few days last week. He
is working up some immigration
literature for wide distribution.
The report that the Lewiston Water
and Power Co. had contracted for the
lumber for their fumes is not true
They are not ready yet to make con-
tracts for lumber and when they are
ready the lumber dealers will have an
opportunity to bid for the contract.
J. Doe, who is patching IN IL shack
on Snake river, was arrested at late
hour last night by Deputy Sheriff
Lydon. He Is charged with stealing
sheep from the w. p. Hunt stock.
yards. The theft was committed
by local detectives has pointed to Mr..
Doe os the evil.doer.
The man Cole. who was arrested
with Smith and Gordon, for the MUIR
der of Emmet Fox, in Genesee, was
discharged upon preliminary hearing
yesterday. Smith has retracted the
confession made in Genesee, claiming
that the statement was extOrted from
him by violent demonstrations.
The Cottonwood Packing Co. is
shipping bacon made from wheat
fed hogs to Chicago 1t is rever-
sing the channels of trade when
hog products go from here to Chi
cago. There is no better bacon in
the world than the product of this
company.
The bicyclists are complaining about
the fact that some mischievous person
has strewn fiatheaded tacks upon the
sidewalks for the malicious purpose of
puncturing pneumatic tires. There
are some ungallant and even impudent
wheelmen in the city, but the TELLER
would not encourage such heroic
remedy as tacks upon the sidewalks.
Next Wednesday, (Feb'y 5th) at 7:3O
p. m, literary, musical and social en-.
tertainment will be given in the school
hall, rear of the Academy. Mrs. New.
lin, our splendid elocutionist, will de.
liver n recitation. Ladies will have "A
fine lunch ready. Admission, lunch
included 25 cents.
The delegation which went from
this city to Moscow to attend the Katie
Putnam Theatricals last week. report
grand entertainment. Len Mitchell,
the Lewiston boy, was the attraction.
This young man has worked his way
to high place in his profession. The
Lewiston public is proud of Len Mitch
ellis success. He has good part i'm
one of the leading companies of the
! land.
Mr.. Searles, the live stock agent of
the Great Northern railway. WAS in
Lewiston yesterday. He is bidding for
the transportation of the stock from
this district to the east. In this CON.