, 1863-09-05
News from Boise.


was killed instantly on the afternoon of Sun
day, Aug. Sd in BannOck City, by man
named Charles Hoclin. The killing oc-
Cured short time after the adjournment
of an indignation meeting, held by the cti-
zens relative to some official acts of Gov
ernor Wallace, many people being still in
the vicinity of the place where the meeting
was held. Jones was not more than halt
way across the street from the stand that
had been occupied by the officers and
speakers at the meeting. The person who
killed him had an alteration with third
party, who was very much intoxicated and
the two finally got into a fight, in which
Hoclin drew revolver, struck his antago-
mist over the head with it aud in drawing
it back to strike second time it exploded
backward over his shoulder, the ball pass
ing through the head of Jones, and he fell
dead without speaking a word or making a
gesture. The deceased was a butcher by
trade. IIoclin was taken into custody by
the sheriff,
SALT LAKE ExPREss.-The messenger
on Davis, Patterson & Co.'S Bannock City
and Salt Lake Express line, after an inter-
val of several weeks, has again opened a
cline of communication; reaching the
former place on Saturday, Aug 2Sd,
bringing dates from the East to date OF
Aug. sth. The trips are promised hereaf-
ter to be regularly made. Express rates
to all parts of the States, (letters mailed
at Salt Lake City, so cts
MIDDLE BoIsE.-The stampede of mi
ners to the Middle Fork of Boise, upon
news of new and rich discoveries there a
short time ago, has resulted in stampeding
back again-false alarm Proceeds of the
Trip; torn shirts and ragged breeches.-
Most of the steamboated miners who re.
turned, look too wol6Sh to interrogate as
to particulars of the journey. The report
ed rich diggings were about 65 to so miles
from Bannock. The very air is said to
have been blue with their curses, on the
return trip.
BUILDING AND BUsINEss.-The erec-
tion of buildings, which has for months
been actively going on in Bannock City
and Centreville, has now nearly come
10 a stand still Little more in that line
will be attempted the present season.
Rents have decreased in a corresponding
degree within the last four weeks, and
business places do not now command on an
average more than moderate fortune per
months rent. Many are already making
preparations for comfortable winter quar-
ters, early as it is in the season, perhaps
because like he in the old song, they have
nothing else to do"
Business is growing perceptibly duller.
The towns hardly have as large crowds Of
Sunday, as were to be seen every day in
the week through the months of June and
July. Men are daily leaving Boise for the
lower country, most of them with the de-
sign of returning early in the Spring
Some of these are merchants and other
business men.
IDAHO ClTY-New Fort Boise, recently
established as a military post by Major
Lugenbeel, boasts a new candidate for city
hoDors adjoining the military reservation,
1910 acres of land have been surveyed by
Mike Murphy of Bannock City, into
blocks, lots, and streets and a town is COM
mencing there promising to be quite a vii
lage Of course single building large
enough for store, rum mill, hostelry,' and
residence, with the usual appendage8 in the
shape of out-houses, entitle it to be called
city, and hereafter Idaho City may be re-
garded as reality having both q local
habtation and name, albeit there is very
much of FAIRY nothing" in the pretensiOns
of the place to speedy greatness.
DEMOCRACY MOvING.-A large and en-
thusastic meeting of the ''unterrifed' de-
mocracy of Bannock Precinct took place
on Sunday, Aug 23d, numbering between
1000 and 5000 persons. After electiug
delegates to meet other county delegates in
Convention at Bannock City on the Oath
inst, for the purpose of electing Demo
cratic County Committee, several effective
and telling speeches were made by various
gentlemen The attendance at and inter
est manifested in taking the initiatory step
toward the formal organization of the
party gives evidence of considerable vitality
and strength.
Similar meetings were held al Placerville
Centrevlle and Fort Hogem, on the same
day for the same purpose; all of which
were numerously attended and conducted
throughout with the utmost harmony and
good feeling If the Wallace e-RepubJcan
regency get any the start of the Democra
cy of Idaho in the coming canvass, partic.
uarly in Boise county. it will be by olher
means than numerical strength
INDIGNATION MEETING.-An Indigna.
tion Meeting of the citizens of the Sd Min
ing District, irrespective of party, took
place at Bannock city, on the afternoon Of