The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-02-03
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest States
of miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.


WOOd is bringing S5.5O cOr0 on the
Moscow market
A permanent poultry association has
been organized in Latah county.
The Security Abstract Company has
filed articles of incorporation at Wal
lace.
The district court for the first ju-
dicial district convenes at Wallace
Monday.
The body of Joseph Hook, an old
placer miner from Myrtle was brought
over from Delta and inferred at Wal
lace.
Cal. White received letter from his
daughter announcing her safe arrival
at Dawson.
Lewiston has an ordinance prohib-
iting the use of barbed wire fences
along the streets.
There Is a smallpox scare at Wallace
and at Gem, there being five cases in
the two towns.
Fire at Gem destroyed the restaurant
adjoining the postoffice. The 2-year
old son of A. Magnuson, the proprietor
of the restaurant was burned to death.
Dan ellison working at the Father
Lode mine at Wallace was injured by
an explosion caused by his pick strik-
ing some powder which had failed to
explode at the time the blasting was
done.
Rev. w. NJ. Crowther of Salmon City
has COW that made a record of two
pounds and five ounces of butter from
one days average milking, fed on moth
ing but clover hay.
Robert Smiley, laborer at Bells
logging camp near Granite, was killed
by the falling of tree. He was en-
gagged in cutting down a tree when
dead tree standing near fell upon him.
crushing his skull.
Judge Stewart has overruled the mo-
ton for new trial in the case of Paul
Corcoran, the Occur d'Alene labor lead
er serving a 17-year sentance for muir
der. A great number Of affidavits
we're presented in support of the mo-
ton.
The weather has been exceedingly
favorable for fruit trees during the
past three weeks around Kendrick and
some express fears that February will
bring about some cold weather which
will prove disasterous to the trees The
damage that came to the trees last year
was under similar conditions.
The Inflated curve on the Northern
Pacific which has been the scene of two
disastrous wrecks and where the break
occurred that caused the food at Ken
drich. on the night of the 18th inst, is
being rebuilt in a manner that it is
thought will make it permanent and
strong enough to hold the river.
The preliminary hearing of Andrew
Barnhart and Walter Taylor charged
with the murder of Edward Leroy at
Wardner last week, resulted In both
men being held to answer before the
grand jury on charge of murder, the
former under $4,000 bonds and the
latter under $4,000. No effort was
made to furnish the bail. as it will on
ly be a few days until the grand jury
convenes.
E. F. Rowland. who lives on the
Bench near Boise, endeayored to kill a
sheep hearder named Kenneth Nolan
nan, because a bunch of the sheep the
latter was driving went on the formers
land. Rowland fired several shots at
McLannan with a Winchester. oneof
which passed through the intended
victims coat sleeve. Seven or eight
sheep were killed by the bullets. The
shooter is in Jail in default of bond of
$1,000.
WASHINGTON.
An Exposition Company has been
incorporated at Spokane.
Tacoma has determined 20 add school
section So to her already extensive
parks.
Whitman County Horticultural AS
sociation, Garfield, Feb. /.
whitman County Poultry and Pet
Stock Association. Colfax, Feb. 7-1O.
Nearly every branch of business at
Republic seems to be we'll represented
The erection of a salmon cannery in
Port Townsend is now an assured fact
The commissioners of Ferry county
have decided to rigidly enforce quar-
entine against all Indians.
The Mid-Winter Graduation of Spo-
kane's High School class exercises
were held last week.
Mrs. Katherine Wyman, wife of Dr.
H. NJ. Wyman, of Kettle Falls, died
from the effects of dose of morphine
evidently taken with suicidal intent.
Tacoma is receiving daily about half
million feet of logs.
There are contracts for over 100
spars to be taken out of the timber near
Elma the coming season.