Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-05-31

?. John Ryberg, of Howard was in TIL
v city Monday
f.. Erickson, of Pine City, WAS III tn
r city Wednesday. He made a visit t.
Moscow and the Palouse this week.
J. Glendenning the superintendent o
the Bitter Root forest reserve will max
II Lewiston his home in the near future.
Miss Ina Gray who has been visiting
a during the past two weeks with th'
Misses Pefy returned TO her home il
Boise Monday.
Rev. Walton Skipworth has been pait
some nice compliments on account o
his memorial sermon delivered at the
NJ. F. church last Sunday morning.
George Stonebraker and Ezra Baird
started Tuesday for the late discovery
} made by J. b. Perkins and Albert
; Madison on the Middle Fork of Clear
water.
There will he a celebration at Lake
Waha on the Fourth. There will be
public speaking, boat excursions and a
dance for tbs edfcation OF visitors. The
public is invited,
". A. Gilmore, of Seattle, secretary Of
the Washington Republican Central
committee came to the city Tuesday. He
is out for his health and to investigate
some Buffalo properties as a side issue.
An old man by the name of Dover was
arrested Sunday night for being drunk.
He was pitiable old disomaniac. The
city was cinched for five days board and
IS. so fees for the vigilant guardian of the
DRINKS.
The public is invited to attend mass
meeting to be held this evening at the
city hall to arrange for Fourth of July
celebration. Everybody is invited.
The meeting will be called to order at
s p. III.
! !. o. Maxon returned from the upper
Snake river by way of Portland today.
He has been engaged on the proposed o.
K. & n. extension down Snake river in
the capacity of boatman for an engineer
ing crew.
Elmer Waldrip of Asotin passed
through the city Monday enroute to the
coast cities to visit relatives and to at
tend the l. O. o. +. Grand lodge oil
Washington which convenes in Tacoma
next week.
Pete Thompson of Leland was i'll the
city yesterday. He reports the loss O
400 acres of fall wheat from the ravage:
of the wire worm. The field was sowf
to spring wheat and now promises a yer,
big harvest.
II, f. Elliott who has been foreman O
the construction department on tn,
Snake river bridge will have finished hi
special work on or before next Monday
He will leave Immediately for Skagua,
i'll Alaska where he will .superinten,
some work in his line. Mr.. Elliott say
the bridge will span the river within
three weeks SO that foot men at least cal
cross and the bridge will be complete,
at least by the Fourth.
The Golden Star grocery loss wa
adjusted Monday. The full amount @
policies was allowed. The books show
; ed the loss conclusively to have been i,
excess OF the insurance and the adluster
rightly allowed the full amount of x,Soo
The loss was carried by four companies
the General Alliance Philadelphia
Association aud the underwriters O
Philadelphia. Jacobs < Richards will
open up again as soon as their proiecte,
brick on the old site is ready for oc
cupancy.
{ Capt. s. C. Fisher, c. n. Thompso,
and Milt Mourning have located a min
on Bedrock creek near the Clearwate
which promises to be bonanza. The,
. have a thirty-toot ledge of free millin,
ore which gives satisfactory assays an,
the conditions for operating the min
are very favorable. The men viii
develope without delay and as soon a
the conditions will justify the expense
quartz mill will be put on the property
: This location is within thirty miles O
r Lewiston.
burglar was abroad Monday morning
lie tried to force the back door of the
Boston store then he broke in the Rang
meat market screen door and tried I,
, tap the till. The cash register gave tn
alarm to watchman who slept upstairs
The man upstairs followed and tn
r burglar ran away. He then tried I,
force the Boss meat market door open
The noise aroused man in the bac,
room who came out Just as the man wa
hall way through the door. Again h
ran away. These attempts were all mad,
after daylight.
MIR. Dubois says in an interview. Tn,
silver republicans will meet in nationa
convention at the same time and place a,
the national democrats. The persistent
statement made by the republican pres,
that silver is dead issue is the expression
OF their wish but not of fact. Those
who supported Bryan in 1896 will SUP
port him again, unless they have some
special reason for not loinu 60 Tha