Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-02-11

The Good Samaritan society furnished
money to send Mrs. J. A. Naming and
her children to her friends last
Wednesday. 1t was revealed to the
agents of the society that this family was
i'll need and it was decided upon investi-
CATION that the mother and children were
worthy of charity
Felix, Warren & Co., with FeliN in
| charge, opened the Old Corner saloon
last night. Lunch and drink and music
were free for all. Felix never knew be-
fore he had SO many friends. Tie "Old
Corner was mass of happy humanity
for two or three hours Felix was voted
prince of entertainers by ail classes of
the Lewiston public last night.
Charles Wilkins, agent on the
Umatilla Indian reservation, drove into
Pcndleton and brought the report that
range horses and Indian cayuses have
bsen dying i'll great numbers since the
last cold spell came on. ludefnate re-
ports had been heard, but Agent wilkins
says that as he has driven over the
reservation he himself has seen them
lying on the range frozen, and giving
evidence by their emaciated condition of
having starved to death.
J. ID. Porter, of Big Canyon, made a
journey this week to kamiah i'll the ca
pacity of deputy sheriff, to bring i'll the
horses which were recovered by Hamil-
ton Cans by judgment of the probate
court from T.. NJ. Martin, of Nez Perce.
Mr.. Martin bought these horses out of
the city pound, but upon the claim that
they were not properly advertised before
the sale, these horses were turned over
| to Mr.. Cans. The city is mulched in the
costs, and perhaps the end is not yet.
The sleighing has been exceptionally
good in the Lewiston valley this week.
A day of good sleighing was a day of
recreation for the Lewiston public. 1t
is greeted with fervor like holiday in
a busy season. The tinkling pells and
the singing runners rejuvenated even
the listless mossbacks till they forgot
their gout and staid habits of early
hours; and they frolicked till night was
well spent Every old cutter, sleigh
and bob sled in the city was pulled from
she rubbish piles and placed in service
last Wednesday night and those which
did not break down have been i'll con
slant use since that time.
Luke, the wealthy Indian who lives a
the Mission. brought suit against hi
neighbor Jas. Stuart, for money loaned
Luke went on to Washington d. c., OF
business for his tribe in which he wa
specify interested, and he took Stuar
with him as friend and interpreter. The
young man, Stuart, was to be supple,
with money for expenses. Luke pait
his passage and board but Stuart uset
some sixty dollars tor incidentals which
Luke repudiated. The matter was eluci
dated before Justice Sweet, who seems t
have entertained ideas of economy il
line with Luke, and he taxed the Incl
dentals upon the festive James Stuart.
Il While J. ID. Porter, of Peck, was a
Kaniah on official business as deput
sheriff this week he encountered thre
surveying outfits which were blockade
by ice and snow. There were thre
+ corps of engineers and 90 horses III tn
+, rendezvous. The engineers, or at lea'
: two parties of them, were in the emplo
{ of the Oregon road. One of these crew
9 was under the direction of ]. o. Mako
q of this city, They were waiting to cro
A the river which was gorged with ic
! They were evidently bound for Midd
fork which leads to the Lolo pass. B
sides these blockaded engineers the
O were two or more N r. camps reports
i in the vicinity of Stuart.