The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-02-13
THE TERRITORY.

owner of a one.fifth interest in Wisconsin
lead mine, which brings her in $3.50 per month
An Owyhee cat fell down shaft 800 fee'
and was not hurt, only shook up her fiddle
strings little.
Washinpton's birthday is to be celebrated Al
Silver by means of grand calico ball, TO Of
given by the ladies. :.
Hon. John McNally. of Alturas. has gone tt
San Francisco on mining business, to De aoseh'
two months. :,
A strike of fabulous richness is reported tt
have been made in the Home Resort nine
near Silver City. 80,
Droyes of cattle on Snake river are said tt
be furnishing of thirst and hunger. 1t the own
ers of those cattle would cut holes in the ice
along the shore, their cattle would get all the
water needed and most of them would gel
through the winter. ;,
Snake river day before yesterday broke the
lev letters which had for some time held it cap
tive and is now free again. Mails and passen
GERS between here and Boise are crossed in
skitf, the large ferry boat being high and dry
on land.
At regular meeting of the Empire Lodge
No. Is. 10. G. T., held at Fairvlew last ihurs,
day evening, the following officers were eiected
to serve during the ensuing term; Allan NC
Auley, w. c. r.; Mrs Rhinehart, w: V. L.;
Geo r. Young, w. S; Miss Emma Hayden;
w. Treas; John p Shaushnessy, W: e.: 81
mon Harris, w. NJ; VIM. Crowley. w. !. q
Isaac Culp, w. o. G.; James Monroe is Lodge
Deputy, and w. F. Mckay is p. W. {. /.
The above elected officers were installed on
the following Thursday evening.
The Fairyiew Good Templars are in flour
ishing condition financially and otherwise.
From three to seven new members are joining
the Order every week Their Hall is beconl.
ing too small to accommodate their rapidly IN
creasiug numbers. and they propose to enlarge
it before long.
The upward bound Winnemucca stage crossed
the Owyhee river on the ice yesterday morn
ing and the weather is reported to be very
cold down there. Cattle on the ranges in that
locality are said to be dying off in great NUN.
bers We are informed that Con Shea will
lose at least two thirds of the Oregon stock
I hat he purchased last summer.
Passengers by yesterdays stage report that
they saw deer tracks innumerable along the
road between Ruby Ranch and Sheep Ranch.
O. H. Purdy. who went rs special messenger
for Wells. Fargo 4 Co, to Winnemucca. shot
a fine deer from his seat on the stage, between
Bonneville and Wagontown.
Uncle John Sims has turned up all right
He has been prospecting for several days past
on Florida mountain aud has located quartz
mine, which he calls Letter Rip II is large
ledge and prospects from sl5 to $50 per ton AN
the surface We hope he will make "A home
stake out ot it
The Jordan Valley people dance from four
o'clock +. VI. until nine o'clock next day. aud
consider the time short.
NORTH IpAuo-Wc clip from the North.
eraer, of January 23d:
One day during the early part Of The week
five head of cattle undertook I" o., water nj the
lower ferry on Snake river. They 90, out ON
the ice where it was Il little thin ani broke
through in bunch. The wafer was deep and
they swan around in the open space they had
broken all the afternoon, but We're unable 10
get upon the ice again. By next morning the
Hoe ice had pressed IN upon them and iroze IN
great masses around each one, leaving the five
heads above the surface of the lee while their
bodies were under water. They were actually
frozen to death while swimming in the river.
Yes. and Lewiston ought to be PROSECUTED
for cruelty, too, for the whole town seem to have
stood on the bank of the river and watched the
suffering brutes without an effort made to res
cue them. Shame.
About eight o'clock on Wednesday evening
the ice on Snake river began to break and pitch
in truly terrific manner, and great masses Of
It were lifted bodily from their place and
thrown in all conceivable shapes. The water
rose several feet and finally the jam gave way
1T the junction Of the rivers and the entire mass
plunged madly down stream. Next day the
banks of the river were lined with fragments
IF ice of every possible size from cakes weigh.
ing tons to PARTICLES as fine as salt. From the
sudden rise in the river it is surmised that n
chinook has been blowing somewhere on Sal
mon river. and the water from the melting
snow came down with rush, carrying every
thing before it,
A full grown bull was chilled to death in
Lewiston, one night during the severe cold
weather in January. Pleasant weather they
have up there
The proceedings of the County Commission
FRS of Nez Perces county show very small
transactions in that county
j. Q Monkey contracted for the medical and
surgical care of the INDECENT sick, for the year,
1t 1897
A road tax of 50 per capita was levied.
An order was drawn for 500 Of the hOspi-
al fund to defray the expenses Of Charles
Young, insane.
The sheriff was required to cause all persons
sentenced to Imprisonment in the county Jail
o labor on the public or any private work,
It least eight hours day, Sundays excepted
Nez Perces county was redistricted as fol-
Ows:
All of the territory east of Clearwater river
hall constitute District No. 1 and all OF the
errtory north of Clearwater river and east OF
he summit of the range Of mountains dividing
he waters of the Palouse river and Paradise
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