Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-07-16


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FORT BOISE. 81 yb E-s. 9o !.
On the 9th dayo July, 1868, Major P. Luz
gen6eel, 9thU S. Inf, arrived at this place
inlcommand of two companies of volunteers,
under orders from the War Department to
locate a postisOmewhere on the Boise, or ad-
AGENT thereto. The Latitude given to the
commander in this case was proper one i'm
properly used by an officer for the pecuniary
peneht of himself and a few friends, some Of
whom at once commenced the survey Of a
own plot simultaneously with that of gov
rn,nent reservation, on which the then future
ort Boise was to be built. The interest Of
he government becoming secondary TO the
interest OF few spectators, crowded to the
lisa fort which never ought TO have been
pcated nearer than the Camas Prairie. and
ne when located here should have stood ex-
city upon the ground upon which Boise city
3w stands. Added to the present strife with
hich we have been afflicted nationally. notb-t
g has so paralyzed the efforts of Govern-3
emit or spoken louder to the people of Eu- I
peof our lack OF pure patriotic feeling. than
system of private peculation that is car /
9d on wherever we turn our head. Fort /
use was located here that there might. be-
me stealings; and the same people that
lit the post, built the town. On the 7th
July, 1853, men in uniforms were to be
%. alike on the town aud post sites, that
IRE mlghtbe some perquisites attached to
PostiOn-a new name for stealings. All
sent Fort Boise is under new regime, and
post is completed. under the supervisors
Lieut.. Robinson. Many of the buildings
were put up last year IRE to be rebuilt.
ing TO the careless and hurried manner in
which they were thrown together. The
FOURTH OF JULY 1921 ,dl1I =
celebrated with considerable eclat; both
: and at the Fort. At sunrise the town
aroused from its sIumbers by the boom,
of thirteen guns from the garrison, and
DON thirty-six were fred, one in honor Of
State-South Carolina included. 1t was
erng to think that in every State in this
Union the same number doomed forth,
that the dag fioated in triumph in some
OF even the most rebelliOus. The eveg
was celebrated by two balls, one given
he soldiers and one by citizens, several n
es from Idaho attending each Daa
THR TERRIToRTAL CONVENTION ItV
bel Democratic party, met here on the 9
ing Of the Fourth, and nominated Hol "
k as their candidate for delegate. They a.
tolerably respectable looking body of "
and one would think to look at them en-
they had more sense than to come down -
togo through farce of nomination. p,
the convention adjourned, two anvils
procured and salute fred in honor of
ominee. :
r.5 aANUsBMENTs. PA A..
e Boiseans were favored last evening with
formance of the minstrel kind, the first r
given in this town, The mckinley l
'e, consisting of Mrs. Sue Moulton, Liz Fl
ibson, Billy Sheppard, and four others ter
I'd here from Idaho on Wednesday, and SIC SIC
veE.ng performed to fair house. They tSl
here three or four days and will prob che
retnrn to BannOck, not richer but wiser. sen
l TIE WEATHER, q p'''A'' .
gh worn out for . topic OF conversation, :
occasionally to ring in to fill up the in
;es. 1t has not been as agreeable as we
ted, being changeabIe in the extreme
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