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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-01-08

RECENTLY you repeated, in an artl-
che headed Reform in Capital Punish
ment," what you have frequently SAID
before, viz: "The neck is not broken,
and the victim pcrishes by the long
and painful process of strangulation."
The experience of John Burns, al
old and heavy citizen of this county,
leads me to believe that strangulatlon
by hanging, like strangulation by
drowning, is not a very painful pro-
cess, after all.
Some time ago, during the war,
some ruffians whodesired to be thought
bushwackers, came upon Mr.. Burns at
his house, intending to compel him
to give up some money he was sup
posed TO have. Burns had none, and
told them so. They did not believe
him: aud their next move was to cut
a cord out Of O bedstead, tie one end
around Burns neck, throw the other
end over a joist overhead, and pull
him up till his feet were clear OF the
floor.
This they did four times, question:
ing him between whites. Burns says
that he lost consciousness every time
as soon as his feet left the floor; that
he felt no pain at any time; that after
the second hoist he meant to sham
continued insensibility when they let
him drop again Ito lower him they let
go the rope and he fell to the toor),
sat it was beyond his power. His
FIST consciousness was that lie had
ra.sel his body to sitting posi-
ton, which put shamming out Of the
question.
He experienced no pain when the
rope frightened nor when he was sus-
pended nor after*he was released, ex.
capt the soreness caused on the skin
by the chatting of the rope.
Mr.. Burns is a man of truth, and
there is no reason to doubt his state
ment. His weight was sufficient to
tighten the rope well, about 2OC
pounds ST. Louis Republican.
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Summons.
TKRnlrony OF IpAno. ! e

TEREIroES 81 IpAHo. IS.
County of Boise.
A. b. Elfsls Co Plaintiffs. vs. Con lIealy. Tim.
thy pacy ana Mirhevi Earrtgnu. Defendants.
In the District Court for tAc Territory VI Idaho.
Second Judicial District.
$3.50 cox HEALY AND TIMOTHY DAcE ANp
Michse CarriRsn: IN the name q ta9 people
81 tho United States IT, The Territory q Idaho: apu
are hereby notified that there - now on ale ~ The
Office 81 the Clerk OF tile District Court ~ u. second
Judicial District OF said Territory. ~ Idaho City,
county OF Boise the pi4gt - !. T. Eltclt Co.
praying Judgment agaHst you FOR the sum Of 6no
Thousand aud Sixty Dellsrs. Gold coin 81 The
United States. a certain rronissuTy note dated
January 1 Is5T, for asI ~, and interest thereon,
payable sixty days altar date ard thss unless yoH
appear and ruswer 10 s~id complaint within ten
days from the service hereof. Il served within Boise
county and within twenty days II served out o! bad
county but within said Judicial District. aud within
thirty days If served said DISTRICT Exclusive
Of the day OF service. judgment wiu be taken
against you for tho Of sl,seo. gold coin and in
terest aud costs Of suit
ia testimony whereof. I, A. i. Richard
& SON Clerk cf said District Court. have hero.
A'S' unto set my hand and ailized tic seal Of said
- Court ct Idaho City. this i5ih dsy q July,
4. D. 1877. A. 4. RICHARDSON.
Clerk OK Tie District Court.
By GEo. ". RICHARDS. Deputy. IDeo. il-2m.
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WHAT Is L1FE?-1he mere lapse of
years is not life. To eat and drink
and sleep-to be exposed to darkness
and to light-to pace round in the
mill of habit and turn thought into an
implement of trade-this is not life.
In all this but a poor fraction of the
consciousness of humanity is awai-
ened, and tie sanctities still slumbcr
which make it worth while to be.
knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good
ness, faith alone can give vitality to
the mechanism Of existence. The
laugh Of mirth that vibrates through
the heart-the tears that frcshen the
Try wastes within-the music that
brings childhood back-tlIe prayer
that calls the future near-the doubt
that makes rs meditate-the death
that startles us with mystery-the
hardship that forces us to struggle
he anxiety that ends in trust-are
lie true llourishment Of our natural
being.
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Notice.
Summons.

TERRITORY OF IRAHo, SO
County OF Boise.
W. W Dodge x Co. Plaintiffs Ya. Con Healy
Timothy Daey and Michael CarrigAn. defendants
In the District Court for the Territory OF Idaho
Second judicial District:
Ewao cox HEALY. TIMOTHY DACf AMI
Michael Carfigan In the name OF the people
OF the United States In the Territory Of Idaho Yu
are hereby notified that there il now on file IN tia
office OF the Clerk Of tho District court OF the SEC
end Judicial District Of said Territory. III Idaho
City. county of Boise. the complaint 81 W. "
Dodge Co. praying Judgment against you Tor the
sum Of Thirteen Hundred and Si1 and al-lea
ISL 3oo 81 Dollars. gold coln Of the United States
on eertAin promissory note made by defendants,
dated January 4 lS5T. for sl,l5sa7. payable thirty
DAYS after date and that unless YOU appear aud All
swer 20 said complaint within ten days after iht
service hereof il served within Boise county. and
within twenty days If served ont Of said county bal
within said Judicial District and within thirty days
IL served out % said District exclusive q; The day
% servirel. Judgment viii he taken against Seu by
default Tor The sum q oasi, gold coin. aud III
tercst and costs II sntl.
la testimony whereof ]. A. l.. Richard
q sen. Clerk Of sasd District Court have
/ - ? hereunto SCI my hand and s9b1ed ths
- seal Of said Court al idaho CITY. this. istl
day Of July, A. u. 1877. A. l.. RICHARDSON.
CleFk OF tho District Court.
Dy Gao. W. nicuARDs. Deputy. lDec.ii-2an.
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Summons.

TEaRrroar or IDAHO. "a
County of Boise
Jonas W. Brown. J. V. r. VIE; and n. wetzeu. as
asguees II Weller & Co. Plaintiffs. corneliu'
HealY aud Timothy nacy. under The Grin name a
Con HeAly CO.. defendants;
IN The Dossrteg Court If The Second Judicial Dis
trct 81 sho Territory 81 Idaho III and for tue eoun
Is of iusso.
Haao CORNELIUS HEAIY AND TIMOTHY pAcY
4 defendants IL tho name 81 tho people 81 ths
United states % tie Territory 81 Idaho: You are
hereby uuglfsG thss thtrs s. Ole ia tho uace
Of the Clerk Of the District Court 81 tho Second Judi
csal District 81 Aad Territory ia Idaho City. county
81 Boise. the complaint 81 tie above named Pain
iiaK claiming II aad from sou the tum 81 Tht~s
Hundred zfi Elsty. and Es-ib0 Dollars and legal
interest thereon isom jnly II. 1877. certain
prssutaaory uote made. executed aud delivered By
defendants under thesr tfga nainn 81 Con Ucaly 4
c. 10 plaintiffs nsy ~ ISL. and thai unless you
appear ard answer "a sald complaint Within ten
da,s after tae service hereof II served s;ihin Boae
county. aud siihsu twenty days scryta oa; of sasd
county. but Within said Judicial District. aud within
thirty days II served ont ~ said District exclusive
Of th- dsy IT srfVicn' ju8smes; a - sabea ayasss
yen hy dsfsrIt 1r tbs u s3s3 - and s4tstesi
a. prayed for IN coin.
In testimony where. /. A. l.. Eirhard.
lr : } sop. Clesk q ss.d District Court have
| hercunio as my hand and AFFIXED tie seal
- - sad Cuuvt e. Idaho city th4s Eth day
II Scvcuher A, y. lss-. ). l. RICH AuDSOS,
by Gro. " EgcHAhps Clerk.
Deputy Clerk. lDoc.II~am.
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Summons.

TERE1ToRY or TpAHS, CO
County Of Boise. o.
BENJAMIN Hobsrt. Jun, and Samuel A. Wood.
partners under the name aud style of Hohert. Wood
4 Co, Plaintiffs, vs. Cornelius uealy and Timothy
Dacy. partners under the name aud style os Con
Healy & Co. defendants:
In the District Court for tho Territory OF idaho,
sscoad Judicial District;
$40 CORNELIUS HEALY AND TIMOTHY DA-
Z cy: In the name of the people of tho United
Statee in the Territory of Idaho: You are hereby
notified that there ID on file in the Office Of the
Clerk Of the District Court of tho Second Judicial
District Of said Territory. in Idaho City, county 81
Boise the complaint Of benjamin Hohert and sam
vel A. Wood. praying Judgment against You in tho
sum OF $40 aud So 100 dollars gold coin on Ger.
tain promissory note. dated April Is. 1877, made
and delivered by defendants to plaintifIa on said
date for 1851 -, and interest at per cent. per
month and that hnless you appear and answer %
said complaint within ten haya after tho service
hereof, II served within Hoisp county, and within
twenty days served out Of aid county. but within
said Judicial District. and within thirty days II
served out Of said Dissrct excnaive Of the lay uf
servicel juagnent will tken against you By iefanlf
49, Ia testimony whereof l. A. +. Richard.
7 son, Clerk Of aaid District Court. have
herenuto set ny hand and affixed the
49, Seal II said Court al Idaho City, this. asd
day Of July, A. n. 1877.
A. +. RICHARDSON,
Clerk II the Uiatrics Court.
p Go. II. RscnAnns, Deputy, lDec. ll-2ms
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Summons.

TERRITORY OF IpAHo. *
County Of Boise.
Frank Dellamand Co.. Plainsiffs. vs.. Con sAly
& Timothy Dacy. Defendants
In the District conEt for the Territory q IdAAos
Second judicial Di4trlct; -
$3.50 cox HEALY AND TIMOTHY uACi. IN
the name OF the people OF the United States y.
the Territory Of Idaho: You are hereby ho1Iael
thar there is now on Ee IN the office Of the District
Court OF the Second Judicial District q sad Terri
tory in Idaho City county OF Boise, tho complaint
Of Frank Daliamand < Co. praying Judgment
against YOU in tits sum q STiSa1 gold coin al the
United States. on certain promissory note made bg
defendants dale January 4. is15, for sets ana IN
terest payable thirty days after date and thar IN
lass Won appear aud answer said complaint WITH
in ten days after the service hereof II served within
Boise county, aud within twenty days u served olE
Of said county but within said Judicial District and
within thirty days IL served cat of SAID District
exclusive Of tho day 81 ssrvscsl Judgment viii 10
taken against you by default for the sum o. salsa'
gold coin, and costs u suit
In testimony whereof ]. A. /. Richard
! son, Clerk Of said District Court. have
l. hercuuto set my hand and affixed the sea!
- Of said Court 1t Idaho City the lsth day
Of July. A. u. 1871. A. /. AIIaAhpooN'
By c. W. Ricusaps. Clerk Il the Diet. Court.
Deputy.
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Notice.

ESzHE FOLLOWING WARRANTS WILL BE PAID
on presentation at the County Treasures o.
fee out of the County General fnnd:
Warrant No. 200, draw Il in favor OF Thomas Toy.
amount $40; warrant No So. drawn in favor of Nm
Nalonev amouut SIS. T. W. TOMPhINs
County Treasurer.
IDAHO CRY. December IL, 1871
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Motiho.

ngoTTcE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT WILL,
M on Monday. the 18th day Of December. A. II.
1871. ut II o'clock, A. Of said day, &C my Office in
Idaho City, Boise county. /. T.. offer NJ public anc.
ton tho sum Of Two Hundred aud Fifty ts2sDj Dol.
lars TO the lowest bidder therefor in Comfy War.
raets OF said Boise comfy. issued aud registered
Comic Treasurer.
IDHHo CRY. Dec. Z, 1877.
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PLAIN, OR IN coLoRS,

And of prices 20 per cant. below
our former rates.
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Mari Taylor is named as the editor
f the Independent, new paper about
10 bc stated at Pendlcton, Oregon.
Mart nose all about the business, and
sure 10 make . lively paper.
Walla Nfalla Statesman.
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WISHING TO D1E.-When q man
goes round the house signing and
wishing himself dead, you needn't
trouble to put the bottle away. He
wouldn't touch it for the world. II he
should be suddenly attacked by collie
you would hear him screaming out for
doctor at the top of his voice. One
day Pompey said he wanted to die
and go to glory. He wrought him
self into an ecstatic state, and told the
people at the prayer meeting that he
positively couldn't wait much longer
That night, at twelve, some one
Knocked at his cabin door. what
YOU want?" said the colored man,
trembling. Il went Pompey to take
him to glory" replied the gruff voice.
Tie darkey thought q moment and
then said, "Ir Angel, Pompey done
moved up Norf three months ago, and
don't never expect to come back
again. Now, go awayw White OF
black we arc all the same.
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Hoard Of County commissioners

OF Boise county, Idaho Territory. " II meet in
regular session II the Clerks Office, in Idaho City on
Monday, January Z, 1878,
That being the hrst Monday In said month All
accounts or other matters coming bafoie said Beard
should be hled tyo days prior 10 hat time.
Al accounts and papers must 70 legally verified
. insure acuon thereon. and no bin viii be pre-
scented unless al the teas are paid.
JAMES M0KrARTY,
Clerk BoAFd CO. Com.
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Notice.

I9CuCe.
EEaLED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
e. by tho Board Of County Commissioners 81
Boise county, At the AUDITORS sfce in Idaho city.
Monday. January 8, 1878,
up TO o'clock Of said day. for tho purpose oi
taking Of the INDECENT sick. county poor idiot.
&c and insane Of Boise county for the ensuing year.
Bids To- bo as follows. to.xtt:
one bid for the board. lodging nursing. clothing
and washing for the indigort sick. county poor idi.
otto and insane Of Boise county including the buri
al expenses Of all INDECENT ack county poor. doto
and insane who may die iu said Boiee county, for
one year from January s. ISIS.
One Did for medical attendance and furnishing
medicines for the INDECENT sick county poor. idiot
ic and insane % Boise county and for holding post
norton examinations all who NAV die ia the
county hospital Of said county, and for all post
tenn examinations made At the county scat Of said
Boise county where the same would be ehargeaIe
to the county, for ono gcar from January S, ISIS,
Bidders may include the above two subdivisions
In one bid IL SO desired.
Parties receiving the contracts will be required 70
enter the same in writing. and Gle bonds with al,-
proved security in the sum Of double the amount
of their bid. JAMES MORTALITY.
Clerk Board Co. Com.
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Notice o Yaxpayers.

z~HE TAX PAYERS OF BOISE COUNTY WILL
take notice that the Territorial and County
taxes are now due and payable, and that the law IN
relation 10 their collection WITH be strictly enforced
and that the time for collecting expires ON Monday
the 10th dav of December. Suits viii be- immedi.
ats,y commenced on all delinquincies after that
date a JOHN GoRMAN.
Assessor and x-ofclo Tax Collector OF Boise coun-
~. l. L.
IDAHo CIrI, Nov. IL, 1877.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF BOISE COUNTY.
3 Territory Of Idaho.
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WEEKLY WORN

Price, SIS to subscribers IN Fl.
and 1926 when sent out Of the - = lrfilaA
The New York herald., 1878-09-30
Truo Heroes.

War has its heroes whom men delight to
honor, but not alone in fort and field and
ON the vessels deck, not only amid deadly
strife against visible enemies is the glor-
Gus courage OF great souls displayed. For
months noble army of men and women
have been waging unequal warfare against
an unseen foe, more insidious, pitiless and
deadly than was ever met on field or food.
Into the fever stricken towns of the South
these heroes have gone, armed and de-
Tended only by their own courage
and humanity. Instead Of the stimulus
that comes OF the touch of the elbow, the
pride of trained strength, the hope of pre-
ferment the ringing cheer the glorious
charge and the anticipation of quick and
decisive end-the physicians, nurses, corre-
spondents and other brave spirits in the
South have struggled, each by himself, in q
fight in which there has not come even
momentary lul. Instead of the inspiriting
cries OF combatants they have heard only
the means of dying men, women and chill
dren. Not once have they joined with
comrades in victorious shouts. Every
one of them has led forlorn hope.
Seldom has there been any one nigh to fol-
low them, and when one has returned from
the deadly breach it has generally been to
die of mortal wounds received. The heroic
Lindley, who escaped his whilom foemen
of the civil war only to die of his efforts to
save them and their dear ones from q
destroyer moro merciless than bullet or
u,l,n Ia
with new plan for vanquishing the
destroyer and was himself struck down
before he fairly began operations !;
The New York herald., 1878-09-30
Tn. Great scuiiers, Race.

The Lachine course has thus far proved
most unfortunate one. Courtney says that
owing to its roughness he is entirely ig-
norant OF it, and Hanlan, who has had little
more experience, pronounces it one Of the
worst courses he ever saw. It's eddies and
currents will, Courtney says, make the
time in the race very slow, and far better
track could have easily been found. If,
after all, Wednesday brings smooth water,
these eddies and currents will have much
to do with deciding the race if it is at all
close. Fortunately both men continue in
excellent condition. Courtney's dreaded
sideache and pleurisy, caught in the cold
bath he got when he tipped over in the
Dempsey race on Geneva Lake, have all
disappeared, while he is doing plenty of
fast foot work, and SO losing no time.
Hanlan has not been out Of order at ALL
Much as the American deprecates the rough
water and credits the Canadian with being
far better on it than he, there is probably
no great difference between the two in this
respect. A shell less than three inches
deep cannot go at all in water really rough,
end as the articles call for racing water
there is little doubt that the referee will
not let the men start unless the water is
either smooth or very nearly so. Rowing
in lumpy water is an art easily learned,
and it seems surprising that sculler should
have reached the deserved prominence of
either of these and yet have any hesitation
about rowing wherever the other dares to
venture.
The New York herald., 1878-09-30

rency will undergo n considerable change
during the next year If the resumption ex-
pertinent should prove to work well. When
our currency is once re-established on q
sound basis the whole business community
in all parts of the country will shrink from
disturbing it and throwing everything again
into confusion. What the country most
needs is stability of values Debts must ne
paid in the same medium in which they are
contracted, otherwise business is mere
guosswork and gambling. Every month
that passes after resumption next January
will dispose the business classes to acqui-
esce more and more in the new state OF
things, and by the time the national party
conventions assemble in May or June, 1880,
the currency question in all its greater fea-
lures will have become settled, provided
only that there be no step backward after
January l, 1879, when the Resumption law
goes into effect. 1t is difficult to see how
there can be any step backward with Pres
ident who has the power and the will to
veto any retrogressiye legislation on the
subject. 1t is safe to assume that the great
mass of the people will submit to accom-
plished facts The stand taken by both
political parties in this State tends to check
the agitation, and let us hope that it will be
supplanted by other issues before the sum-
mer of 1880
The New York herald., 1878-09-30

the brave Redding-operator, corre-
spondent nurse and finally victiln-at
deadly Grenada the clergyman Schuyler,
who was among the first volunteer nurses
from the North and who speedily rested
with many of those whose death he had been
powerless to prevent the heroic women who
went from various ssterhoods to work and
die in honor of the holy bonds in which
Christian love has united the suffering and
the sympathizer these and scores OF others,
known and unknown, rom North and South
alike, have sealed their heroic devotion
with their lives. Besides these there are
hundreds who are now working amid de-
pressing, narrowing scenes like those
depicted on another page by the Mother
Superior of the Convent of Mercy in
New Orleans they are fighting against ter
rible odds, often fighting alone, with
everything to dishearten, discourage and
defeat them. In the presence Of such
heroism the bravest soldier and sailor
stands abashed in honorable humility.
Unknown though they, their sufferings
and their victories, may be to mortal pens,
there are unseen hands writing a roll Of
honor which will outlast brass and marble,
and when the worlds heroes appear at the
grand review the decorations of the soldier
will be invisible beside those which these
heroes will receive.
The New York herald., 1878-09-30
What Was the Motive

In a few days the Jersey courts will in
all probability be called upon to take up
the threads of law and evidence in the
murder of the young painter Finley at the
Highlands of Navesink by George Franklyn,
an old man, who lacks one year of the
thrsescore and ten which the Psalmist
allots as the span of human life. An element
of mystery enters into nearly every murder,
and the one in question is no exception to
what seems to be the universal rule. The
facts, which have probably escaped the
recollection of our readers, are elsewhere
recalled by one Of our correspondents, and
it will be seen that the motives of the crime
are enveloped in as much darkness and un.
certainty to-day as they were months ago
when the deed was committed Finley and
Franklyn were to all appearance entire
strangers to one another. The one was
young, the other was an old man. There were
apparently no reasons why one should have
taken the life of the other quarrel, how.
ever, seems to have sprung up between
them, the old man resenting the familiarity
of the younger one and finally numbering
him in the most brutal manner. 1t is
limited that they had known one another
in other years, and that grudge had
existed between them, but no one appears
to be able to speak with certainty on tho
subject. If the public prosecutors have
any information on that point they do not
see fit to make it public. The case will
probably be called at the coming term
of the Court, and the lawyers may be able
to lift the veil of mystery which now en-
velops it. 1t certainly possesses some very
singular features
The New York herald., 1878-09-30
GhOstly Testimony.

There is one habit commendable in the
police everywhere. AS soon as man says
that ghost told him some one had been
murdered in certain place they investi-
gate, and il they find any reality in the story
they lay violent hands on the man who re-
ceved the information from the ghost.
Thus, if Hamlet had mentioned to any one
on tho Danish police that he was sure his
mothers husband had murdered his father
because n ghost had mentioned the fact to
him on the ramparts he would have been
Immediately locked up until tho Coroner
and Dr. Cushman, senior assistant saw
bones, had inquired into the facts. AT the
first glance this course on the part of
the police generally may seem to
be injudicious, as tending TO pre-
vent the Intervention of ghosts and
thereby to cut off extremely important
sources Of information. But the habit
seems to flow from an irreverent incredulity
on the part of the police as to the very
existence of the ghosts in these stories, and
their experience seems to justify their
doubts. 1t will be remembered that in the
case of the late Pesach Rubenstein their