Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-12-30
J. S. Cox Quitting 60
Happy New Year,

Happy New ear.
r. {. Beach went TO Pendlcton yester-
day on business.
J. VI knight made a business trip to
Orofno Thursday.
Walter Hovey Hill, the civil engineer
from Grangeville, is in the city,
c W. Van Pelt the Leland -four manu-
facturer was in the city Thursday.
The friends of Miss Stella Reed gave
her surprise last "Wednesday night.
A deed and bill of sale from Eliza
White to Elizabeth White conveying right
title and interests to various property
interests were recorded to day.
Robert Gaffney of Weippe and Miss
Fannie Richards of Orofno were mar
ried in this city last Wednesday night
Rev. Father Myer officiating.
An exparte contest was fled today in
| the land Office by Mr.. Bland against the
| heirs Of Samuel Richards deceased The
| land involved is a reservation homestead
I Vernon & Smith, the wood dealers,
are building large shed on the railroad
grounds to protect their workmen and
their dry wood from the bad weather and
! the rain.
The Lewiston Water and Power COM
pany is building about 500 feet Of new
| finme near Asotin and otherwise prepar.
ing for next years water supply fol
Vineland
Newton Hibbs and ]. N. Widen have sold
rights Of way through their land north Of
/ Clearwater today to the Clearwater Valley
railroad in consideration of S24o and S3oc
respectively.
|, Capt. Baughman and d. c. Gribb1s
went to Pierce city yesterday morning
They will look after the Columbia mine
to be sure that no rights are forfeited b,
failure to do legal assessment work.
4 Assessor Speaker and his deputies hav,
been very busy lately, They reported
that the collections for the month ha,
amounted to S2S,o9I ,9S, and the receipt
for the evening yet were estimated a
s. 500, total of over S31 900.
It might be observed in reply to som
pessimistic kicks that are registerere,
long and often these times, that tn
death rate for December in Lewiston i
the smallest for years and the smalles
of any town or city in all the uorthwes
; for the same period.
The Idaho Investment company mad
? the second payment on the bond of tn
y Cannon Group on Birch creek yesterda,
. Mr.. Thompson says he fully expects t
r make mine of this property before tn
1 third payment is due in April Develop
4 ment work will be reached in the NEAR
time.
q Mr.. and Mrs. Goldsmith will visit the
J old home in Engisnd early in the he
u year. They have been in America owe
: ~V sSatS aiit Al tiiio fINlHlty - year
y By industry and frugality they hay
I earned competency and rest and til
] pleasures of visit to the old home is tn
reward they have chosen.
+. !. Sco6eld will have his new soa
a factory ruring in this city early in jar
). uary. He will utilize butchers wastes
. and he will also buy worthless horses {
a nominal price. In conjunction wit
the soap factory meat cannery will b
A instituted III the near future in whic
a horse meat will be canned for foreig
: trade.
The Charity Martin Opera Compan
u will appear in Lewiston Jan. 5th. TIL
Z caecilian society of this city guarantee
the company $aas and give them half til
proceeds over that sum, Mrs. w. F. Ke
tenbach and Miss yollmer canvassed tn
city yesterday and secured Si6s wit
$40 more in sight. With this guarante
the society made the offer above whic
was accepted.
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