Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-03-08

holds other interests i'll the Blu tlalo camp
He believes the Big Buffalo iS the biguest
mine i'll the world and he regrets having
sold his Interests for the figure received.
Mr.. Mckenna has interests in Floretce
also He says the boom at Buffalo has
oVershadowed Florence at present, but
ultimately the revival OF interest in The
interior will benefit this old camp.
A fire alarm WAS sounded last night at
nine o'clock. a lamp exploded in 1he
rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. uorna-
day i'll the Richards house ON Eugene
street, during the absence Of the oc-
cupants, and set fire to the furnishings
Clark Stratton who was passing dis
covered the fire and breaking i'll a viii
dow entered the room and extinguished
the fire. The room was hard finished and
the fire did not make much progress.
The carpet and curtains and a large
mirror were damaged by the FIRE.
l.. NJ, Martin of Neg Perce, has been
III the city this week trying to get redress
for span of horses which were taken
from him by the judgment OF the probate
court after he had purchased them out of
the city pond, The claim was set up
that the horses were sold irregularlv.
Mr.. Martin is the sufferer, and it will
perhaps require an expensive law suit to
recover the value of the team which was
taken frcm him after he had purchased
and paid for it i'll good faith
The Northern Pacific engineers have
surveyed a line down the Snake, on the
north side, to point two miles below AL
powa. At that point the wagon road ends
SO that the party could not get convey
ance farther. They then moved camp to
point opposite Wawawai, and they are
working back up the river from that point
to connect the gap between camps through
the canyon of the Snake, which is very
rugged OH the north side between AL
powa and Wawawai
! The governor has made the following
appointments: State engineer, d. w.
Ross, of Boise; regents of the state uni
versity, A. II. Afford, of Nez Perce, F..N
Gilbert. Of Latah, +, T. Cornwall, of La
tab, A. B. Campbell, of Shoshone, {. r..
Harris, OF Bear Lake, Josiah Hickman Of
Oneida, John B. Goode, of Kootenai and
George Williams, of Blaine The first
three serve six years, the next four wears
and the latter two years.
| The farmers of the Lewiston valley
awake to new conditions will SOW large
areas to barley. They anticipated
heavy demand for feed in this region
| and this early crop will be first to reach
| the market. 1t is believed that the lie
| nand for railroad construction will equal
any possible supply of feed during July
| and August.
Engineer Bethel for the Snake RIVER
Valley road is making a Typographical
survey OF the route between Lewiston
and Riparia. He has finished this work
to Jones ferry, opposite Alpowa. Frbm
this survey accurate estimates ofthe work
| OF construction is made, and on these
figures the contracts for grading will be
| let.
Seventeen passengers left Lewiston on
one stage coach Tuesday morning.
| 1t Is like business when these six horse
coaches with cargoes of human freight
roll through the streets and on over The
roads to the interior. The rumble OF
these big vehicles cheer like the strains
of a time that was half forgotten.
There seems to be a probability that
Gen. Joe Wheeler will succeed Secretary
of War Alger. Gen. Wheeler is demo
crat from the south but he is an expan-
sionist and hero of the war. His Nd
pointment it is contended would be it
ting recognition of the patriotic element
of the democratic party.
s. II. Brown, of Enterprise Bar, was
awarded the contract for keeping The
| county poor. The contract is much
lower than the one under which the in
digents are kept at this time and the
| saving to the county will be very con
siderable during the next two years.
w +. Kettenbach returned from a
business trip to Portland and the Sound
country last Sunday. He reports a
general interest in our region in all The
trade centers which he visited. Our
mining interests, he says, are attracting
general attention among capitalists.
Small pox has made its appearance in
Spokane. On Monday delirious small
pox patient escaped from his room and
roamed the crowded streets and even en-
tered crowded street cars. No little ex-
citement prevails in the metropolis onac-
count of this exposure.
The governor has vetoed the anti-fus1on
bill. The democrats are determined to
keep fusion alive, The principal is dead
outside of the Democratic party but The
hope of winning the Populis.s over still
fingers in the Democratic bosom.
Ed. Quasi, of Steptoe Butte, had The
misfortune to be thrown from a wagon
and suffered compound fracture of The
arm. DIR. Brown was called Sunday and
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