Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-12-31
State News

instituted at DSl+iiAAi 1855 go
,torted off with a membership OF sixty
one.
T. n uasbrouck has been employee,
&c teacher in the Genesee school. Al
;,creased attendance made fifth teache
necessary.
sbort-order house will be opened NJ
:, the Ruffalo as soon as the road il
a,a.ed In fact there will be all kinds
,fh,s;ress there in the near future.
Warden Van Doren brought 1. N
rors nm from Caldwell last Monday
and placed him in the penitentiary
,,,here he is to serve a life sentence 70,
the murder of w. H. Bradley.
I'd Heitsman refused an offer of $25,.
ooo for the Winslow in Buffalo the past
veek He is confident he has a mine
and wants to do more development work
before he parts with difference Miner.
A shooting scrape occurred Tuesday at
Mountainhome in the Palace saloon be-
tween Joe Farrell and Perry Waters,
which resulted in Alec Bruce being al
most instantly killed and Farrell fatally
wounded.
1t is now understood that Bosses Bad
man from Skaguay was an Owyhee wood
chopper and Joe Lawsou's partner whom
Zoe supplied with bogus checks. Joe had
a partner at South Mountain whose
name is Morgan.
Nagle & Bomberg, butchers of Genesee
have been awarded the contract to fur
nish meat to the grading crews working
on the Northern Pacific extension up the
Clearwater from Spalding. About $1,000
worth of beef will be delivered each
month.
Last Tuesday morning Miss Nora
Simpson of Cottonwood met with quite a
painful accident. She had started to
school on horseback. The animal be-
came unmanageable after going short
distance, and threw the young lady,
severely injuring one Of her wrists.
While Mr.. Holmes was impersonating
Santa Claus at the Presbyterian church
entertainment his coat, which was cover
ed with cotton. caught fire from the wax
candles on the tree. A panic was only
prevented by few cool headed people,
who quickly extinguished the flames
Post Falls. ~
The Florence Mt. Idaho stage line has
again changed hands, the Costin Bros.
now having it. These boys give the best
satisfaction of any who have carried the
mail on this line, and the travelling
public as well as the patrons of the
Florence postoffice will be glad to see
them again in charge.
Mrs. F. Serveney of Post Falls whose
husband is with the Idaho volunteers at
Manila, was the recipient of a Christmas
box containing many beautiful presents,
the handiwork of the Filipinos. A solid
silver, gold-lined chocolate set, curiously
embossed, and several elegantly
embroidered handkerchiefs, were among
the gifts from Manila.
ii. A. Russell reports about six cars of
prunes held here for shipment, and the
price III firm or advanced condition.
This is the first real combined move to
handle this fruit dried and is good show
ing for the five or six dryers, most of
which landed last fall. If success attends
this effort, another year will see big
move in this line.-Kendrick News.
Attorney G. w. Goode caused the ar.
rest OF 0. J. Holmes, landlord of the
MOSCOW hotel, last evening, upon the
charge OF assault with deadly weapon,
claiming that Holmes snapped revolver
AZ him' and after It failed to go off
punched him in the face with it. A
nearing OF the case was held before Police
ndge Barge and the defendant was re-
leased upon $500 cash bond to appear
and stand trial.
DaVid Herren, we'll known citizen of
Boise, applied to the courts for the
guardianship of his grandchildren, boy
~ - and girl of II, alleging that their
palmer, Roy Herren, and thsir step
Gno'her ill-treated the children. He al
eeses mat his son and his wife habitually
P'ea' and otherwise punish the children
Efn' also fail to provide food for them.
he court gave the order for the children
- he temporarily turned over to their
,a'i''iather pepdine hearing of the
thursday, December 18TH, Ramsey
'aS'ii'aii was assisting his father in the
e.''on oil new dwelling ON their farm
= Neer Flat about four miles west of
f'~h, and IN some unknown way slipped
Ha ieli some II or IS feet to the ground, |
''Ni'g on his head The ground was
zen and the fall rendered him un-
'"se'ons' The doctor was called i'm |
ea'a'eiy, and although everything |
medical aid and loving hands
~" no That was possible, he died early
''n''ay neutrality-suspicious. Leader.
I'r some time past IT has been rumored |
'ne republicans, with the aid of the |
straight populist members, would |