Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-10-13

Railroad surveyors on almost
every side;
Go TO the Idaho drug store for
school supplies.
Ben Berger has an ad in this is
sue, see his ad.
The Main Street Restaurant hae
an adj, in this issue.
J. H. Won Bargan was in town
this morning on business.
Mr.. Swarts, of Whitebird is now
employed by Wax & Brown, as q
clerk.
Webster and Wright tell you
what they do in this issue. Look
up their ad.
Mrs. Frank Clark was visiting
her parents in Grangeyille on Mon
day and Tuesday.
S. J, Peterson. Gus and VIII
Heartberg, have been taking in the
fair at Spokane this week.
We have fine residence property
for sale cheap, fine home, little
cash takes it if taken soon. Better
take it now.
Webster and Wright's sash and
door factory have been turning out
considerable interior finish, and
store fronts lately.
Word came yesterday morning
that there were several cases OF
small .pox in Lewiston. II such is
the e-case Lewiston should be put in
quarantine. -> -.-~~
Captain Bulatowich, the head Of
the Russian Abyssinian expedition,
has discovered in South Africa a
hitherto unknown range of noun
tains; it has been called Emperor
Nicholas ii. Range.
Pencils made from slate dust
moulded by hydraulic pressure arr
made in large quantities in Ten
nessee. They are much more popu-
lar than the solid-cut slate pencils
One concern last year made 25, ,000,'
900 moulded pencils.
At the Pasteur Institute in Paris
1465 persons were treated in 1898
and all but three were cured. Fol
the thirteen years from the founda'
tion of the institute to the end O
the year 1898, 13, ,1S1 persons were
! treated in Paris, and out OF thil
! number only SO died,
Two little tots were kneeling al
their mothers knee saying ths
Lords Prayer. The older one was
repeating it after his mother, and al
she reached the part that reads
! "Give us this day our daily bread,
, what was the mothers astonish
ment when his brother exclaimed
, "Hit him for pie, Johnny! Hi
him for pier'
On Sunium's marble step the ex
,, cavators have laid bare the founda
tions of the thirteen marble col
umns that give the promontory it
modern name, Cape Colonna, ano
have found Inscriptions showing
that the temple was dedicated tt
Poseidon and not to Athene, as wa'
supposed. 1t corresponds with the
temple of Poseidon on the island O
! Aegina opposite.
; Indian Agent Stranahan of the
Nez Perce tribe has made the follow
: ing census report of the Nez Perc'
, Indians to the Commissioner OF In
dian Affairs for the year 1899; Male
. over 1S years of age, 440; female
, over ID, 607. Children over 6, male
Ander IS, females under IA, 321
/. children under 6, 271. Total, 1883
Five hundred and fifty seven allot
| tees have died since the allotment
John Hoover, of Center, Idah
passed through town, on Tuesday
with 125 head OF fat cattle. MI
Hoover says that it is common tall
in the section from which he cam
that the P. & I'm. railroad will
build on the prairie and through
t Cottonwood to connect with tn
: o. r. & N. And also that the sur
Y veyors have found two feasibl
!, routes to reach the prairie. Thi
] is in line with our statement mad
1 last summer that the junction 9
the two branches would form pei
feet system and unite the north an
south parts Of the state.