Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-08
|fNS OF THE NORTHWEST
rrxs FROM THREE STATES
w,.siouary DrOWned-Sei ere
,u,s Around MOscOw-A Myn-
,erio". Murder In spok"ne-A
.,,d House K leber-
:, Crop Good This Year.

water.pout struck the vicinity of
u.,on, in kittitas county, a few days
.n striking near the residence Of A. S.
p,hanks. The path visited by the storm
s,s torn up badly, and boulders weighing
mnch as Il ton and half We're tossed
,ho,t as if they were mere pebbles.
4 large colony Of Dunkards has just
cached the Yakima valley. The people
,rp from Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Da-
loa, where there are strong settlements
4 Dunkards, and they are going to the
Yakima valley with the plan to build up
strong settlement there.
Fire destroyed the round house of the
Central Washington railway at Coulee
Gty last week, together with engine No.
@,. When discovered it had gained such
fbadway that all efforts to eXtinguish the
flames were unavailing. There having
teen no fire around the building, the
opnion is that it was of incendiary origin
The stockholders of the First National
bank OF Waitsburg have resolved to 90
into voluntary liquidation, and the local
stockholders with Levi Ankeny of Walla
Walla have organized the Merchants
Bank of Waitsburg, with a capital of
$4,000, all subscribed and paid in. This
change was made for the reason that the
National bank with it's capital of $4,000,
and thereby heavy taxes and other ex-
penses, has been an Improbable institu-
ton The officers of the new bank will
probably remain the same as in the old
mganization.
The last issue of the Colfax Gazette con-
tanned an interview with Sheriff Sims in
which the latter states he has discovered
positive evidence against dakota Slim"
which would prove him guilty of the muir
der Of Orville Hayden. Two Of the wit
nesses who would give this evidence, the
sheriff says, are in the Philippine islands
and two more in Alaska. A. NJ. Craven,
who defended "Slim," says he has equally
positive evidence that ''Slim" was in an
other part OF the world when the murder
was committed, but three of his witnesses
are, unfortunately, with Andree in his
balloon excursion to the north pole and
and have them here by the time the sher-
i'll secures his witnesses from Manila and
Kkondike.
Cheney il not famous for fish stories
but here is one related by H. H. Hubbard
Last Friday he, in company with Clarence
Martin, +. p Fellows and others, tried a
novel method of catching fish in small
pond near Tyler. The outlet had dried
up, leaving great many pickerel en-
trapped in the pond, which was an acre OF
two in extent and perhaps three feet deel
at the deepest point. They were polling
small raft along. The water being muddy
the fish were unable to see, and in endeav
oring to escape from the noise made b!
the raft would jump out of the water
light on the raft and become an easy pre-.
to the fishermen. In this manner one hun
dred or more pickerel about foot il
length were caught in few moments.
The object of State Fish COMMISSIONS
Titles visit to Dayton was to look up tn
feasibility of establishing fish hatcher
in Columbia County, probably on the up
per Tukanon. On the lower Columbia l
has been found difficult to handle tn
early run of Chinook salmon, and it
thought much could be gained by the e'
Enlistment of hatchery near the MAJ
ural Matching grounds. 1t is now tn
practice to1ket the fish into pond nets an
hold them until ripe for spawn. Althoug
fairly successful, .lis plan is not satisfa'
tory. A hatchery is needed at the ma
nral spawning grounds, and ii sufiicler
number of fish can be obtained a hatcher
will be established on the Tukanon tn
season. The cost of such an enterpri'
will be between five and six thousand do
lars. Quite force of men will he ell
ployed, twelve men being required
handle 100000 spawn.
The almost nude body of young ma
was found in the loft of a small barn
the eastern part of Spokane last Wedne
day. 1t was in an advanced stage OF d
composition. The body plainly indicate
that murder had been committed, Il
head having been crushed in with an ire
pm that lay near the body. From Il
story told by Mrs. II. +. Mitchell, up'
whose premises the barn stood, it wou
appear that two unknown men commits
the deed a week before. The dead mi
has not yet been identified.
The Nezperce News has suspended pu
lieation.
The Moscow section of the country "
visited by severe frosts two nights Ia
week. The nights were clear but We
cold, and some damage was done to gro
ing productA Garden truck Of all XII
suffered the worst, but it is not thoue
That wheat or fruit has been damag
enough to retard growth.
+. p. Harris, postmaster of Harris
mas rendered his resignation, to take
Iect July l. After that time Ess
wheeler will serve the people in that
paeity. Mr.. Harris has been postmas
TOT four years, and now retires to ia
charge OF the new saloon, "The Senat
ne has purchased the Argo hotel pr
efty' leased the upstairs for hotel P
poses and prepared the lower story for
saloon.
Nasn D.