The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-06
NEWS OF THREE STATES
NORTHWEST GENERAL ITEMS.
Odds and Enau From washington,
Idaho and MentAna-MurdeFeF Of
sheepherdeFu Mast Rfmng-crep,
woel and Cattle Notes.

The city council Of Cheney has electei
J. w. Winnick TO ill the vacancy causeI
by the failure Of George w. Eagle. eoun
eilman-elect, to qualify. The ordinances
reducing the retail liquor license iron
$500 to $500 per annum was passed.
The following persons have been grant
ed certificates to practice pharmacy in
Washington: +. C. Shutleff and Eugene
Lukinger. Seattle; E. A weiehbrod and
Walter Ehrenberg, Tacoma; c. E Lay.
lor, Port Angeles
Three whales have been disporting for
a week in Puget sound, within sight Of
Tacoma
The crops are fine in Garfield county
and there viii be at least four million
bushels to export. There viii be excellent
grain Of all kinds and larger yield than
last year.
Jasper COrkrum OF walla Walla has
finished harvesting his barley. 1t was a
splendid crop, and went so bushels to the
acre.
The cabbage crop in walla Walla eoun-
ty is almost a complete failure.
AhG ahhoAA IAcCAAhA VI hhC SeAAC NCeCA-
mary Medical Association, which was
held at Seattle, elected the following of,
ieers: President, DR.. S. b Nelson, Pull
man; vice president, DR., A. J. Mcintosh,
Seattle; secretary and treasurer, Dr. +,
H. Cassels, Tacoma The annual meeting
next year viii be held at Tacoma
The application Of the Inland Telephone
Company for . 3oyear franchise for its
poles, wires. etc, was laid over by the
Cheney city council The company has
had their line there for years, but have
never obtained a franchise They are
now putting in local telephone exchange.
Occasional showers have been interior
ing somewhat with hay-mAking near Che
welah, consequently only q small part
Of the meadows have been moved. The
abundant crop Of raspberries is being
shipped north. where it finds n ready
market.
Robert MeLAren Of Edwall reports that
the ground squirrel, which has been such
a grievous pest in that county in past
years, is again making his presence felt
in the neighborhOod-
Fred Slender, who lives one mile south
of Tekoa is harvesting 100 acres of splen-
did fall wheat which promises an immense
yield. He is cutting the wheat with s
binder. The wheat is dead ripe, and is
the earliset field in this immediate viein-
ity.
Mrs Jennie Messenger, stenOgrapher for
the Whitman County Abstract Company
lost the end Of one of her little fingers
by sticking it in a cigar cutter TO see
if it worked" 1t worked
A large number Of people have passed
through Davenport westward bound dur.
ing the past fortnight Every description
Of caravan and outfit has been seen, from
pack horse to prairie schooner Many oi
these drifters have consisted of the old
fashioned wagons, containing the house
hold belongings and the household goods
Of the parties hunting new locations. The
majority Of the travellers. however. are
ProsPectors, heading for the reservation
with now and then a squad bent on a
summer outing.
IDAHO.
The crop outlook all over Idaho county
is the finest ever known.
The athletic association Of Sand Point
has Just obtained new lease of its club
room for six months and elected new Of
ficerS The club is in a hourishing con-
dition.
Miss Efie E Plummer. the nominee for
school superintendent of LAtah county
on the populist ticket, is perhaps the first
lady in Idaho nominated in regular CON
vention for a county office.
The Southern Idaho Fruit Growers As
ISOLATION met in Boise the other day. The
new freight rates were read as follows:
One dollar per hundred on green fruit to
Chicago, 90 cents to all Missouri river
points, and IS cents to Denver. It was
stated that the Union Pacific offered to
furnish refrigerator cars free.
William Grimes Of Clark's Fork lost his
team of horses, harness, wagon and load
Of lumber by the horses becoming unman-
ageable while crossing the stream on a
ferry and backing of the boat. The lum-
Der drifted to = point below, but every
thing else was lost.
ID. W. Snider, charged with having
broken into the pOstoffiee at Montpelier,
was boand over to the United States
grand jury, his bond being fixed at $500
Nessrs. Vollmer, wilkins and Piper
have arranged to erect at Spalding in the
near future 4 storage and forwarding
house on a spur track running to the
river. The building will be lOOx3OO feet,
and will accommodate both steamboat and
railroad traffic.
A. J. Macnab Of Salmon City, has re-
eeived a telegram stating that his son
James had received his commission as
second Lieutenant, and was assigned to the
Twenty-third regiment, United States in.
fantry, under General COPPinger, depart
ment Of the west.
The board of pardons has granted
pardon to William Franks, who was sent
to the penitenthry from 0wyhee county
for seven years in 1894, under conviction
on the charge Of assault with intent to
commit murder. The pardon will take
effect on August 2. Allowing for his good
time Franks had but nine months TO serve.
The supreme court has denied the Pc
tition for a rehearing in the case Of Jack
Davis Diamond Field jack under sen.
tenee TO hang in Cassia county for the
murder Of Cummings and Wilson, the
sheep herders. With this decision Davis
last hope, so far as the courts of Idaho
are concerned, vsnishes. The board OF
pardOns is the only power between him
and the hangman, unless an appeal should
be taken to the United States supreme
court, which is not likely.
The report of the superintendent Of the
Idaho asylum for the insane to Governor
Steunenberg for the quarter ending July