Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-12-21
State News

Coptain Gum is rapidly improving
and expects to leave for Washington
soon.
An unknown man fired a shot from AMI
bush at Night Watchman Henning in
Moscow last Friday night,
Original pensions have been granted
Orange McCumber of St. Anthony and
Clark NJ. Wilson of Caldwell.
Upon recommendation of Senator
ShouD, Theodore Simon of Boise has been
appointed superintendent of the Boise
public building
Rosy red Idaho apples are new Of
ferng in the Salt Lake City wholesale
market They are plentiful at I.25 and
+ so per bushel.
A Portland paper says that every valley
in Idaho will have a branch railroad and
the state will lead all others in railroad
building in the next two or three years.
Dick Burns of Pocatello an educated
Indian youth who has learned enough
civilization to forge Agent Warner name
to SIS check, has been sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Martin Anderson of Idaho Falls,
will probably come in for share of the
$1,000 estate left by Peter c. Chris
Jensen, the bachelor who died February
II, last, at Stockton, Cal She is one of
three children of the deceased mans sis
ter.
burgler, giving the name of Robert
Manning, broke into J. Il. Lanes grocery
store at Pocatello on December s. Will
and Temp Smith, who live next door,
heard the fellow and saw him crawl in at
back window. Temp ran for gun,
while Will stood guard at the window
and called on the burglar to come out.
The fellow did, and Smith beat him into
a Jelly will, 4 board before the officers
arrived
The mail carrier on the kendrick-
Southwick mail route met with a mishap
ascending Spcrry grade Yesterday morn
ing. When about half way up the grade
the vehicle slid over the grade on slip
perry spot, smashing the wagon to pieces
and spreading the contents in every di-
rection. The driver jumped rust in time
to save himself He had on an extra
load of Christians goods some of which
were Slightly danrged.
Mr.. W. p. BOYLE brings considerable
news out with him from Buffalo Hump,
he having made trip over the camp
with W. II. Hill, i'll the interest of Sam
Silyerman He reports Flint and Hawley
at work developing the Cracker Jack
claim, the banner free gold proposition
of the camp. These gentlemen showed
Mr.. Boyle the returns from two assays,
the only ones that have been made, one
of which showed something over $4,000
and the other $1,000 per ton.-Florence
Miner.
Moscow commandery, No. 5 Knights
icecs Saturday night the installation to
u,cur the Goth inst The election result
c as follows: I. c. Hattabaugh, eminent
commander; +. A. David generalissimo;
Il, Buehahan, captain general DR.. WV.
Watkins, prelate, DR.. c. T.. Worthington,
treasurer; John Moore, recorder o. B.
Edgett, senior warden; ID. c. Mitchell,
Junior warded, c. A. S. Howard, standard
bearer; J, c. Wolfe, sword bearer; F..
Gillette, warden; l.. b. McCartor, setinel
A Washington special to the Salt Lake
Tribune says: In making recommends
ton for the discharge of an Idaho soldier
now i'll at Manila, Senator Shoup has
been informed by the war department
that owing to the probability of a very
early general muster out of the volunteers
in the Philippines it has been determined
by the war department to make no more
individual discharges. 1t is the general
expectation that the Utah and Idaho vol
unteers at Manila will be ordered for
muster out very soon after the opening
of the new year
The coming legislature will be one of
the most important in the history of the
state. The supreme court has decided i'll
the fee law case that four-ffths' of the
laws of this state are invalid on account
of technical noncompliance with the
provisions of the constitution on part of
legislatures. Upon the next legislature
will devolve the responsibility of bring
ing order ont of this legal chaos. A
strong effort will be made to secure
authority for code commission to codifv
all the laws, patching up the defective
ones and proposing new ones Unnecessary.
ST, Anthony News says a quorum of
the joint populsts silver republican COM
nittee met at this place the latter part of
last week and appointed Dick Costly for
deputy sheriff. The committee claims
that during the conventions it was given
the right to make this appointment.
Shcrif-elect Taylor don't see it that way
however; he says that when he is in
charge of the sheriff's office he will appoint
deputy to his own likeing, regardless
. of the action of any committee. There