Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-11-01


departed for Oregon, Illinois, Yesterday.
Joe Alexander is out again after few
days sickness which confined him TO his
room.
Tom Oliver, the host of the Lake
house, Waha, was i'll the city Monday !
night
The business men of this city report 4
a very heavy trade for the last week in /
, October
Senator Shoup and Surveyor General |
Perrault departed by steamer for Boise
this morning.
A marriage license was granted to-day
: to A. ID. Mckenzie and Maud Mcfarland,
both of Spalding.
Harry Dowd delivered train load o
cattle Monday, which was shipped to
Spear Bros of Dakota.
/ Chas. Baker received Monday from
! Elk City fine specimen of the eagle
family He will have the whole bird
mounted as an ornament for his place of
business.
The city police force encountered an
obstreperous drunk today. They mopped
two cross walks with him and finally
landed him in Jail by a severe test of
tension of his clothing.
! Excavation for basin to float steam
dredge is III progress on the bar on Snake
river city front 1t has been determined
that this bar is rich enough in placer
gold to he worked by a dredge with
profit. The work of washing gold from
the gravel will begin about Dec.
The new town of Cul-de-Sac is rapidly
detracting from some of its elder rivals,
1 as will be noted by the number of mer-
h chants that are leaving other reservation
towns to locate there. Spalding will be
a heavy loser by this onward march OF
progress inasmuch that five merchants
= have already packed their stocks and
gone to Guides Sac.
The Juliaetta Register says. "Dr. J.
B j. Harrington has left Juliaetta and ha:
permanently located at Lewiston. Tho
Doctor has amply proved his excellent
y ability and skill while here and leaves
great many friends who heartily wish
N him success aud prosperity i'll his new
field of practice. His Office rooms are il
the Donzac building"
A very painful accident occurred t,
:. one of the employees of Camp about I
miles below Kauiah last Friday.
force of men were engaged in hauling
stone on stone boat, which was YER
ty trees broke and one piece few throug
the air, striking one of the men upon tn
-. nose, breaking it in three pieces. Di
as IIeinte was called aud had the patier
taken to the Orofno hospital for treat
ment and thinks he will be all right in
NJ couple of months.
10 T.. w, Dress, a merchant of Keutervillt
left yesterday for home after spending
few days in the city buying goods froi
VI Lewiston's wholesalers. Mr.. Dire.
~ states that everything is moving alon
Z" smoothly among the farmers in ii
vicinity; harvesting was completed
a, good shape and that plowiug and seedin
IL was now the order of the day. Most {
his the wheat raised in that locality
., manufactured into an A one grade {
-four at the Cottonwood mills.
'm Mcssrs. Erh, nowd and Gafney mac
>. important discoveries of copper and gol
cw deposits on Salmon river near the moui
on- and in this county last week An avera1
assay gave values of SOS to the ton, TIL
ars Is remarkable surface showing. I'll
en- copper in this instance occurs in quar-
her ledge in the form of carbonate and glauc
Ill. form that gives permanancy. The Iii
ing coveiers will return to the new camp
ON a few days; aud they will prosecute Il
velopment sufiiI.zna to demonstrate ii
me extent OF the deposit.