Owyhee tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1869-1870, 1869-12-30

first under the supervision OF ST. isuu,
where can be found everything in the sa'oon
line Of the finest quality.
John BrunzeIl made an attempt TO 90
TO Cope District last week, but returned. and
reported the snow four feet deep on the Bru-
neau divide, and impossible with animals.
Robert Bruce, who resides On War
Eagle Mountain, has furnishes US copies Of
the Irish Times, published in Dublin. II is
daily as large as the weekly S. F. Bulletin
and industriously and ably edited, and sold
At penny copy.
The soiree given by Frsnkiin's dancing
school, at Hills Theater on Christmas eve,
was well patronized and very pleasant The
attendance was larger than is usual at dane
ing parties in this city. and everybody ap
pears to have been pleased.
PersOnal.---George H. Coe, formerly
Of Boise City, has removed with his family
to Silver City. 10 reside. We welcome then
rs valuable accessories 10 the society Of
0wyhee. We learn that Mr. Coe will occupy
an important position in the Ida Gilmore
company
The Cosmopolitan Restaurant placed us
under obligations for an invitation to the
elegant ball supper on Monday night, and il
was superb and relished with gusto by nu-
mcroas party. The War Eagle also provided
a splendid supper for the occasion, which
was we'll palronized and appreciated
Pubiie sales. The owyhee Avalanche
Office, including bu ildius and material, was
sold on tho 24th inst at the suit of Hill h
Willard vs. John McgongIe ct al, and bought
BY II. W. Willard for $3,0l5
All the government property at Camp
LYON was sold BY order OF the War Depart
ment 10 front Of Granite Block in this place
on the 2Sth, bringing only about $500. A
Mr. Westgale bought the houses.
lTasonic.--war Eagle Lodge No 8 held
an election Of officers on Thursday evening
last. and elected Charles Hilton, " N. b. NJ
Davis, S. W; George Young, J. "; J. 5.
Van slyke, Treas, aud r C. Learned, Sec
Owyhee Lodge No ). al a special election
heltl on Saturday evening, to fiji vacancy,
oecasioned by the ineIligiblity Of l. 7. Mix
lelsan. on account ofhis being Grand OIL
Ger, elected A. II. Webb, W. n.
Retu- nod.--Thos Ewing and Joe
Bury returned on Wednesday last from Il
living visit to the Eastern States Bury
went no further than Lancaster, ohio Ew-
ing visited New York, Philadelphia and 9th
or cities, but did not fnd time to be IN Wash
ington at the opening OF tue Congressional
session or al any other time during the trip
They came from Chicago to Winnemucca in
| a Pullman hotel train in little more than
three days The horses ran away with The
coach short distance below Inskeep's as
they came up on Wednesday morning and
Bury was quite badly bruised up in jumping
out We return thanks for can Of fresh
Eastern oysters brought by them from Chi
cage They were splendid
Supposed aFurder.---Ahout ten
O'Clock on Monday, Dec 9th, a colored mac
by the name Of Mills Moore, who lived in a
cabin on Morning star street, near Second
informed the neighbors that there was dea'
Indian in his bed. The matter was investi
gated, and Jack. the Indian boy that ha
been for several years employed about th'
Office Of the Ida Fillmore company, found il
MooFes bed, covered up. Closer inspection
revealed The fact that he was really dead, an
that he had beer shot in the mouth, the bal
passing up through the brain, and lodging j
} the back part Of the scuIl. Justice Mechanic
summoned Coroner's jury and held an in
quest Doctors Connolly, Burgi and Becke
( examined the body, and found the under ja'
broken, and as the bullet had entered III
cavity ofthe mouth, by taking out an uppe
tooth. and no wound on the outside suiiicier
TO Indicate fracture Of bone, the case b
came somewhat hard to understand. Ih
Jury found that he came to his death by VIZ
lence at the hands Of some party or parti'
unknown. Moore and a colored boy by II
name of Barney were arrested, charged vii
the murder, and on Tuesday morning had .
Il examination before Justice Mcdaniel an
. were bound over TO appear at the Distri
Court in the sum Of 5000. All the part
:. had been drinking together the day betor
d and it was shown that Moore and Jack hi
had fight, but as we did not hear the ties