Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-06-18

1880 pennies in the local bank one
day.
There will be 1903 churches within
the boundaries of the greater New
York.
Springfield, Mass, Is building a car |
to carry fire engines over the electric |
roads.
Scandinavian sailors are said to pre- |
dominate on vessels Of nearly all ma |
tional;ties.
Last year 17.5OO.OOO pounds Of hops
We're imported from the United States
by British brewers.
The London markets have been Hood
cd with pearls since the outbreak Of the
plague at Bombay.
Comorn, Va. and vicinity Is revealing
in wild turkeys. which are more plenti-
full than ever before.
The Oldest national flag In the world
Is that of Denmark. which has been In
use since the year 1919
=. A st. Paul judge has awarded a citi-
zen S. damages because a motOrman
refused to stop car for him.
Vice President f. c. Chamberlain. Of
the Western Mining Company. Is train
ing elks for driving Mt Portland, Ore.
The Arkansas Senate has repealed
the law which allowed members to
read twenty papers Mt the States ex-
pensc.
An "autcmatic singer" has been ex-
hibited in Paris. The voice can be heard
22O yards of. The apparatus Is said to
be simple.
Nova Scotia has been very slow In
making Dominion Day. July 1. public
holiday. but now. after lapse Of near
ly thirty years. 1t has done 1t.
Over 400 diamonds are known to
have been recovered from the ruins OF
Babylon. Many are uncut. hut most
are polished on one or two sides.
From ripened cornstalks are now OBJ
tanned cellulose. celluloid. smokeless
gunpOwder. lacquer, roofing cloth and
a substance equal to papier mache.
A bright little newspaper, the Indian
Guide. is published at the Shoshone.
Wyo. agency the editors. printers and
devil all being fullblooded redskins.
Tho most dangerous waters In the
world for the passage Of ships lie on
the coast Of England. Cape Ushant. In
France. and Cape Finisterre. In Spain.
The Supreme Court Of Missouri has
decided that women are eligible to hold
any elective Office in that State from
which they are not specifically debar
red by statute.
A delicate surgical operation was per
formed at gainesville Ohio. when Har
ry Waters was supplied with an alumni
\ mum nose. 1t Is the first case Of the
; kind on record.
The most valuable fur Is that Of the
sea otter. One thousand dollars has
been paid for n single skin Of this AMI
= NAL not more than two yards long by
= three-quarters Of yard wide.
A London chemist. who analysed :
sample OF chair restorer." sold mt hal
g crown for a two-ounce bottle. fount
r 1t to contain only common water. will
traces Of salt and sage extract
l A gentleman recently deceased II
r Portland. Me-. bequeathetl $4,000 for
r fund. the interest Of which Is to be ex
Y pended in caring for neglected grave
a in Evergreen cemetery. that city.
} The city Of Mobile. Ala. has just SOLE
o some Of Its bonds at par for the frs
r time. It Ia said in it's history. The nom
d nation Of business man for Mayo
carried them up per cent. Mt on
e jump.
G II all the cows in Illinois were stand
Il ing heads and tails. in single Ale. tn
Il leader might have her nose stuffed 4
d feed box in Maine while the last on
l. thoughtfully switched flies in sum
e California.
e A frog makes his home in tn
7 wheel pit of the engine room at F. "
q Hunts tannery at Island Falls. Me
and comes up from below only befor
u ranstorm. He Is honored as propl
ct in the tanners country.
1t is reported that an Eastern cap
tallst has purchased the Stonewall ful
" mace in Cherokee County. Alabam,
- where some of the Confederate war;
" ors east cannon during the war. an
y, will develop the ore mines there.
n The Russians are coloniZing til
n whole Of their vast Asian possession
A. and carrying with them everywher
-, the mir or selfgoverning villag
>. wherein women who are heads {
=, households are permitted to vote.
s. The midnight music of eats so ammo.
to ed Jerome Summers, Of Weavervill
a y. V. that he hurried out barefoOte
)r with his pistol to shoot them. In Il
- yard he stepped on rusty nail, whc
VI caused lock jaw and in ten days he die
m The cheapening of literature in En-
to land has resulted in the production
as books creditably printed and sold for
penny. Dickens, Scott, Goldsmith, Ly
ton and other standard authors. bouI
in stiff covers, are now procurable
ma this series
he Efforts are being made by railroa