Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-18
JOTTINGS.

are from IIailey 10 Melton, Dy WOOD
River Fast Freight, only $l2. Freight
five cents. Time, three days.
Ask any newsdealer for copy of the
TIMES map of Wood River. 1t is the
most accurate extant, and only costs 25
cents.
Last Saturday Chinaman, just en-
gagged, MIXED the wrong COW, and some
body ut this end of town went short of
milk.
William Heusser, of Bullion, is in
Haley, to remain some time and secure
a residence here or i'm ketchum, for the
winter.
A good bowling-alley, it is reported,
is to be started in HALEY soon, but the
names of the parties who will start it are
not known.
If you want to while away an hour
comfortably while drinking glass of
good beer, 60 to George Kohlepp's Hal
ley Brewery.
The Black Hawk mine, on Warm
Springs creek, is producing 20 tons of
galena ore per day. 1t is owned by the
Philadelphia Company.
Tom. Bell will open school of in
struction for club dancers, this winter,
giving special attention to waltz-quad-
rifles and round dances.
The Fearnaught mine, opposite
Smiths Hot Springs, will be worked all
winter. Men. tools and supplies went
UP to the mine Saturday.
George Davis departed for the south
to-day, and will probably be gone all
winter. Mr.. Davis has long been en-
ployed by Charley Moore, and has many
friends in HALEY.
The assayers are busy on smclters'.
samplers, and prospectors' work The
latter is falling off, however, as the
present rains and snow in the noun
tains retards prospecting, and will soon
put temporary stop to it.
J. O. Swift & Co. have removed near
ly all of their immense stock of merchan-
disc to Bullion, Kctclum and Mulloon,
and whitman & Walker are prepared to
move into the store until recently occu-
pied by }. O. Swift & Go. in HALEY.
William Miller, Superintendent of the
Buffalo Mining Company, Of Atlanta is
in town, OH his annual visit to Wood
River. Mr. Miller reports things at At
lanta as running regularly, as usual, and
promises great things for next year.
Mr.. Craig, junior member of the great
Louisville and San Francisco liquor firm
L.
lie finds collections easier than last year,
and has no longer any doubt rs to the fu-
ture of this mining region. Mr.. Craig
will remain a few days.
George l.. Weeleknd was up here to-
day, trying to hurry some abstract work
being done for him in the County Record
er's Office, and without which he cannot
leave for San Francisco. rs he intends to
40, to place some mining property in
which he is interested.
Several heavy freight-teams are en-
camped upon the roadside below, wait
ing for the roads to dry. Teams are hard
enough to obtain now while freghts are
acctfnulating at the railroad, and prices
are advancing, but they will soon be
still more difficult to secure.
Ben. Stern, agent for John S. Bow
man 4 Co., manufacturers of fine cigars
and dealers of tobacco, of San Francisco.
is in town, Oh his regular biennial visit.
Mr.. Stern reports an increased trade Oh
Wood River, and prompt collections. His
goods are all best of their class, and
always just as represented.
Con. Tatro, the pioneer stage-owner of
Rocky Bar, is in Haley to-day, to Sc
cure a residence for his family Con. is
al old-timer and a great Indian-fighter,
with whom the boys will find it a pleas
ure to swap lies around the hot stoves
this winter. Bear-fghts and Indian con-
tests will be revived in downright pioneer
fashion.
Yesterday being blustery and stormy,
the attendance mt divine service was very
light. A secretary and treasurer is to be
appointed for the Sabbath School, and
contributions secured to purchase books
for library. Hereafter the Church and
Sunday School will be made comfortable
by good fires. The organization of
quartet is next in order, that the SER
mons may be rendered more attractive.
OF all the dogs, which, in days of yore,
sported and barked in the streets of
Bullion, not one is living to-day, and as
their determination was rather sudden,
an inquest was held upon the body of the
latest victim last Friday, and it was dis
covered that they have all died from
drinking out of the stream of water run
ming from the Maytlower jigger. This
stream contains lead poisons, and has
proven fatal in each case.
Two of the men who robbed the KEEL
ton stage about Il month ago, and who
were captured in Nevada, arrived Satur-
day, in custody of the Sheriff's officers.
~ AIDlOI, Ill Marsi1 DdslH, WHtTc tHty
are now in Jail and will be tried for their
crime. During the time that the stage
was being robbed the masks dropped
from two of the robbers, and the driver
recognized them by photographs sent
him from Nevada. The evidence against
them is said to be sufficient to convict.
The heavy rain of the past few days
has been of at least one benefit, to-wit !:
1t has indicated the whereabouts of ev-
cry crack or other opening in the roofs.
And the number and extent of these is
astonishing. A roomcr in one of Onr
most fashionable lodging-houses was
even driven out of his room in his night
clothes, early last Friday morning, by
three goOd-sized streams of water that
found their way in through the roof. In
his excitement he made for the land