Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-09-28

applied himself to reftting and improving #.
| by the Introduction Of the latest approved ma
chinery, so that the mill shall turn out the best
quality of -four He has also added to the
mill distilfery, and, whatever strict teetotal-
lers may say to The contrary, that Improvement
viii be the means of keeping within that COM
munity and the Territory great deal Of money
which would otherwise be sent out it. Whis-
key will be drank despite all the efforts of all
the Good Templars, and this being the case,
we much favor the patronage of home distil-
lers over those who make the liquor far away,
for it is simply to keep the money among our
selves instead Of sending it off to others who
contribute in no way to the veal of IdahO
On the block next above that on which Ja<
cobs & Co.'s store stands, and immediately
next to the corner store of as Elliott, another
pioneer and most worthy citizen, two other
brick buildings are under way One of them,
indeed, is nearly finished This is the one next
to Elliott's store, and has been put up under
the supervision of Mr. A. Rossi, the Assayer,
who proposed to make it his assay Office Fl
is, without exception, the most complete and
thoroughly built and finished building we have
seen this side of San Francisco The walls,
the floors, ceilings, rooings, chimneys, fues,
furnaces and freplaces, mantels, doors every
thing in Short exhibited the care and hands
craft of master workmen and the. superior de.
signing skill of the architect We learn that
by recent purchase the banking house of B. NJ.
DuRell & Co. have succeeded to Mr. Rossi's
assaying establishment. and we presume, wiz
occupy this new assay office.
THE NEW MASONIC HALL.
The most stately and largest of the brick
buildings in Boise City is the new Masonic
Hail. on the South side of Main street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets It is two stories
high, the lower part and upper hall each hav-
ing high ceilings, and it stands twenty-five feet
front by eighty feet depth. The upper hall is
fitted especially for the Lodge, with a raised
flooring of about three feet width extending
along either side, slightly elevated platform
across the front, upon which is the dais for the
place in "the East" The proper rooms are pc
titioned off at the rear of the Lodge, and the
entrance is gained by q fight Of steps in the
rear Of ALL The building is an honor to the
Fraternity and an ornament to the city. BY
the kindness Of Mr.. Jos. III. Misener we were.
enabled to take very good survey of the
building, and note interesting features con-
nected with its erection. The cermOnes at
the laying of the corner stone, some time ago,
were appropriate and impressive:
COUNTY BUILDINGS, HOTEL AND CHURCHES
About the poorest brick building in Boise
City is the Court House, southwest corner Of
Idaho and Eighth streets. lis OF one low story,
is far too small for county purposes, has dingy
hall for the Court room, and the offices of the
County Clerk, Sheriff, and Recorder, are small
and nconvenient. The county Jail, in the rear
of the Court House, is a miserably insufficient
structure for prison purposes. Altogether, the
Ada county building cannot be deemed either
handsome externally or commodious internally.
The Overland House is one of the chief fea-.
lures of the city. 1t is the best hotel and
about the largest one in this Territory. Capt.
Griffin and Mr.. L. III Barber, the prOprietors,
assisted by Mrs Griffin and Mrs. Barber, per-
sonally superintend the hotel in every depart
ment, and consequently guests are assured not
only excellent table fare, but unusually cleanly
apartments and comfortable rest at nights.
Mr.. Barber and his estilnable wife formerly
kept the City Hotel in this place, which, under
their control, won am enviable reputation ev-
erywhere. Their former patrons and friends,
and all who patronize the Overland, viii find
that they still know show to Keep hotel" in No.
style, and that George, the polite, attentive,
and excellent chief steward, has not forgotten
his happy way of contributing to the enjoyments
of the table. The Overland is the General
Stage Office for Hailey's Pioneer line between
Umatilla and Boise City, and for Henry Great
houses line between Boise City and this place,
with Mr. Hubbell the agent there; for Hill
BeacheP's Humboldt and Central Railroad
line, and Sam. Kelly's Owyhee and Boise CITY
line, with Mr.. Eugene Howard as the Boise
City Agent; and also of the mail stage line be-
tween Boise City and Rocky Bar. f
At present there are but two churches in
Boise City-the EpiscOpalian and that built for
the Baptists, but which, we learn, is likely to
pass into the hands Of the Methodists Both
are simply neat and unpretentious edifices, eli
giblY located. on Idaho street, the principal res-
idence street Of the city. The Rev. G. D. B.