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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-29

GEORGE BENNETT returned Tuesday
from his six-weeks' visit East. He
saws he had fine time. He visited
New York, Rhode Island and his old
home in Massachusetts. George has
a Strong weakness" stomachically
speaking. for fish, oysters and CLANS,
and they kept him stuffed all the time.
He got gloriously sold, though, at Ev-
anston, Ohio. Hotel circulars were
scattered through the cars, announc-
ing that fresh mountain trout would
be on the tables Of the Evanston Ho-
tel for dinner. George sent quite a
number of the circulars to the boys
here to let 'em know what kind OF q
| fish time he was having. All tho pas
sengers made a break for said hotel
George leading the band. They squat
ted down at the tables, and George:
inside was in a happy condition In an
ticipation of the feast. and his phi;
was wreathed in happy smiles whel
the waiter came along and caused
cold wave of disappointment to pas
through his digestive apparatus b,
announcing that their fisherman hat
failed to connect"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-29

Fo1I.owING are the officers elected by
the Grand Lodge, ]. 0. g. T., for the
ensuing year: Jonas w. Brown &
w. G. t.; J. w. Kelly, G. W. Coun'i
Miss Naomi Smith, G. W. V. T.; L.
B. Munson, G. w. Sec; Mrs. John
Uphan, G. w. Treas; Mrs J. V. Wal
lace, G. Supt. of Juvenile Temp lars
c. S. Kingsley, G, w. G.; Thomas ;
Hart, G. w. NJ; Miss Hattie Parsons
G. w. A. s.; Mrs. K. W. Tompkins
G. w. D. NJ; Miss Matte Burns q
Nv. G.: Mrs. Warren Taylor, u. "
Sentinel.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-29

Deer are eating up and otherwise
destroying the crops of several of the
farmers in the vicinity of Bismarck,
Dakota.
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september 20, 1852


Tus Oregon Short Line graders are
Thin few miles of Bellevue.
Epv,GHr is five cents a pound from
rolton and hard to get here at that.
TUE Board of County Commission
ora will meet in regular session, on
| Monday next.
DR NJ. PEFFERLEE will make a pro-
fos.iopal visit through the Basin--will
be in Idaho City the 9th Of October.
Rry. K1RKMAN tells us that three
threshing machines are running in
Garden valley, with twenty men at
work at each. The wheat crop is
abundant.
JopN UpHAM tells US that VIM. Bax-
fer. killed by Hastings, at Silver City
the other day, was very peaceable
and Industrious young man and we'll
liked by everybody. His age was
about twenty-five years.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
met at this place last Tuesday. The
Delegates in attendance were A. J.
Borland, L. B. Monson, Mrs. j. V.
Wallace and John Upham and wife OF
Idaho Lodge No. l, at Boise; j. w,
Kelley, of Emmettsvile Lodge No. 4,
and Judge 7. S. Hart, ]. N. Hall and
Miss Matte Burns, of Boise Lodge
No. 9, of this place.
THE Ketchum Keystone says the
total valuation of taxable property in
Alturas county this year, amounts ,te
q $780, S0l50, of which $5l5,6 is per
sona and S434, 1850 real estate
n The tax on the same amounts to S2T,
069.34. OF this the Territorial treas
ury will receive $3,799.2l; the schoo
fund, $l,S89.60 and the county funt
$2l,37O5U
The Times, the solid paper of Woot
river, is anti.Ainslie and anti Mormon
Peacott shows up Aihslle in tina
Snake river land steal, and how h
was nominated by the Mormon Churcl
George has gone to Wood river t
slick over his actions while in Con
gress, and to tell "the dear people
how he will work like hi for the in
terest of the Territory if they wi
just give him third trial.
That bedrock fume racket has caus
ed good deal of quarreling and har
feelings for several months, and las
tuesday it caused a few hard lick
and flow of blood. Hot words,
seems, couldn't do the subject justic'
so more forciblc and striking argl
ments were brought to bear. Flst
were used with blood drawing emph;
sS. NO one was seriously hurt.
ooME of the Wood riverites are pre-
~ handy with their shooting iron
Antonio Signorasti and one Cozza G
a'ano got into difficulty over the
WOOD contracts, says the Keyston
Norasta claimed that Gratam shot
0lih with double barreled shot-s u
ana mad warrant issued for his a
rest The following morning betwe'
SIX and seven o'clock the two men h;
another difficulty which ended in &c
'ano getting shot in the left side. 7
oa'l was found between the fifth a.
s'8th ribs, it having struck the form
!. from behind and followed it to the Ell
Geatano still lives.
Rev, |. 7. OSBORNE, who has a CO
tract tor furnishing five hundred cor
N u wood for Fort Boise, has had twel
= "eh cutting on North Boise for TIN
lS VI 'our months. They have the fl
INJURED cords all cut and are now {
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-29
Murder at silver.

A correspondent of the Statesman
says that William Hastings shot and
Killed William Baxter at Silver CITY
on the morning of the 18th. Some
parties sold the Morning Star mine to
Eastern parties, who employed Bax-
'er and another man, giving them or
ders to commence grading for the
erection Of hosting works. Hasting,
who Claims some right to the ground,
went there, secreted himself behind
some rocks about fifteen yards dis
tant, and upon Bakers appearance
shot him through the body. Fourteen
buckshots lodged in his body, causing
almost instant death. Townsend
asked Hastings what he did it for, and
he said: II intended to do it," Town
send said: "well, you have killed him .
Hastings said: is that so? intend
ed to kill him, and if he is not dead
will give him another Baxter suf
fered a good deal until death relieved
him The feeling is very bitter agains
Hastings. There was talk Of lynch
ing him.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-29

Two irrigating bitches will be taken
out of Lower Payette ere long, one at
Emmettsviile, by J. V. r. Witt, and
the other twelve miles below, near
Falk's store, and which will be dug BY
Stevenson, Noble and Anderson. Both
bitches will cover large tracts Of sage
brush land. This land, with irriga-
ton, is very productive. There is a
tract Of sage brush land on the South
side of the river that is thirty-fve
miles in length, from the foothills five
or six miles above Emmettsvillc to
Snake river, that averages half mile
in width, and three fourths Of it is fine
farming land, but of course, will all
have to be irrigated. Besides this
there is stretch on the north side o.
the river eighteen miles long by mile
and a half wide. 1t will not be &
great ,uany years before all this large
area will be under cultivation A
present farming is confined to tn
narrow strip next to the river. Whel
the railroad comes along market will
he found for all the grain that Lowe
Payette can raise Then the work O
retaining this sage brush land wi
begin in earnest, and the desert wi
, "blossom as the rosP.'
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
FITZ JOHN PORTER,
The President and Cabinet Fully Detor-
mined to keinstato Con. Porter In tho


The President and Cabinet Fully Doter-
mined to Keinstato Gen. Porter In tho
Army.
Washington Special.
The case Of Gen. Fitz John Porter has been
several times efore the cabinet aud favorably
considered 1t is said to be the opinion CT the
Porter should be gwen justice, to which he is
entitled. The decision of the advisory board
that Porter was not only unjustly de alt with.
but thai II it had not been for him there would
have been great disaster to the Union army.
has had great weight with the president and
I'd d7isory board. 1t was sta ted by the Star that
the case had been referred to the attorney gen.
eral for decision TIE principal point
upon which that official will decide will be in re-
gard to the music! lug out of Por er from the VOL
unfeer force. Gen. Porter was when cashiered
major general Of yolunteers aud colonel Of the
regular army, Fifteenth infantry. The ques-
tlon is whea his back pay as major general of
of volunteers shall cease. There il no
such force under government employ as q
volunteer force: The question is whether
shall tie back pay to Gen. Porter be
whether he can claim it to the date of his pro-
posed reinstatement He can only be rein
stated by nomination to the senate and confir-
mstion. He wi be nominated as a colonel of
infantry to ill vacancy. The question Of the
date Of his being mustered out as major gem
era! OF volunteers will be settled BY the
decision Of the attorney general It is
estimated that when confirmed by the senate
as colonel OF the regular army, Porter will be
entitled to about $l1 900 back pay. When
Porter was castiered he Was forever dis.
qua;ified from holding any Office Of publis
trus, or profit. His nomination to be colonel
OF Infantry, which will be made with ont doubt.
will carry with it pardon from all the Gisa.
bi'ities imposed by the verdict Of the original
court.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02

she over sang In her great domestic ahliction
Her husband could not survive the wreck Of
fortune and mind and died In the insane hos
pltal 1t Paris, Wednesday. Her lose, however,
WI 30 tho worlds gain for she will now sdng
again.
The daughter Of . confederate colonel, living
near nurfreesboro, Tenn, 1t his death was
loft to the onFe Of hin old soldiers, kind Of
daughter OF she regiment She has loved not
wisely, but too vel, 10 about 70 present the
regiment granddaughter, ~ it were, and the
veterans are in hot pursuit Of the betrsyer.
Tho Standard Oil company admits, in ito suit
mia, that it, dividend fof seven years we're
over BIO, 600, 600, and that its assets aggre-
gate $3O,OOO.OOO. The question ia whether
the state has power to tax the entire capital
stock OF IN interstate corporation.
Active arrangements are being made for the
meeting et st. Louis, on Nay 10th, OF the So
mi.sees composed Of prominent citizen. % have
BEEN ,pp9inted, and every effort will be made
to mako the coming meeting tho most brilliant
and succeesful ono Of the society.
A gentleman just arrived from the northern
portion Of Wyoming, states that the Indians are
running Of stock and Otherwise creating
trouble, although no ono il known TO have been
killed Il seems probable tLat tho depreda-
lions viii result In clash with the military, a.
the Indians arc very obstinate
Gen. Joshua L Chamberlain, president of
Bowdoin college, has accepted the manage
ment Of one OF the largest business enter
prises in Florida. He will not sever his con-
neotion with the college,
Rev. Samuel johnson, laborer with Gar
rison and Phillips in the anti-slavery times.
died At lawrence, Mass, aged sixty eight
yeaEa
The Minnesota Dairymen will hold their
first convention at Rochester, March z to 8 in
elusive.
Vanderbilt has established an asylum for
orphan girls 1t Long leland with twenty-six
beds.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
Across France In Winter l1me.

J. R. G. Hsssard, New York Tribune Letter.
10 difusiye and extravegant Americans
the most striking features Of the country
are the compactness of the inhabitations
and the extreme econOmy-I may almost
say the parsimony-of the method Of till
age. Every square foot Of ground is put to
use; has been in use for unnumbrod gen.
erations. Here and there in the distance
appear patches of wood, carefully preserved
and guarded, but the rest of the land 10
almost bare of shade. There ls no brush
or tangle of weed and wild flower by the
roadside, or thicket by the stream. The
last Of these trespassers were ersdicated
ages ago, along with the last stump. A
gray stone wall borders the highway. The
cross roads are often sunk two or three
Of earth mark the boundaries of the
fields, and the furrows are driven 60 close
to them that it is a wonder how the plow is
turned. Single rows Of pop!ars stretch
with exasperating regularity across tho
landscape. They are trimmed sloss, and
sometimes every twi1 is removed except .
bunch at the extreme top; then they look
like liberty poles with bushes tied to them.
There are willows by the brook, but there
are pollard-willows, kept for their tvigs,
which are scrupulously cut off and they lift
their scared and kpotted trunks, like
hands from which all the fngers have been
amputated. One beauty of the county 10
in its fertility and the varied contour Of the
ground: but the traveller who looks upon it
can not help longing for little of natures
luxsriant irresularity, and thinking how
much more lovely the meadow would be If
a clump Of alders grew by the water and .
maze of clematis and blind. weed covered
the boundary wall. We passed . village
built in terraces upon ridge of limestone.
The rock under the houses was perforated
with caveras closed by wooden doors and
used apparently as stables or store-rooms.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
To Keep the Girls warm.

The Providence journal has looked into
the statistics of the seal trade and presents
tho following interesting points relating t<
It: A seal skin sacque costs fifty per cent
more than it did five years ago. Seal skine
nave not been worn more than fifteen o,
sighteen years. Fashion and the discovery
of new methods of preparing and dyeing,
u first the latter and second the former,
brought them into use. The seal fur. as
seen here. is the inner cost. When on the
back Of the seal this fine fur il hid by
coarse hairs, which are removed by pro-
cess Of pairing down the under side OF the
skin. The color Of the fur Is known to
wearers is artificial. If the government
had not taken meas ures to protect the seal
new wearers Of seal sacques would be few
In . short time. The Shetland seals we're
once numerous, but have been externlnated.
The Newfoundland seal is in the market,
but il inferior to the seal of Alaska. The
islands Of the BehrinR Sea are the only onel
in the world where seal catching has great
commercial importance.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
Rates OF Postage.

The following shows the rates of postage
on letters, printed matter, and mail matter,
foreign and domestic:
First class-Letters, and all matter wholly
or partially in writing. and all matter sealed
against inspection, three cents per half
ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards,
one cent.
Second elass-Regular publications is-
sued as frequently as four times q year,
when mailed by the publisher or news agents
only, two cents per pound.
Third c]ass-Transient newspapers,
books, circulars, and all other matter wholly
in print, rate one cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof. Reproductions by hee-
tograph and similar processes are classed as
printed matter
Fourth class-Merchandis and all matter
not included in the other three classes which
has not been declared unmailable, as being
liable to damage the mail or injure the per-
sons of those handling it in the mail, rate,
one cent per ounce or fraction thereof. The
sender may write his own name or address
on matter Of the third or fourth classes.
Foreign mails-Upon letters to all coun-
tries in tho Postal Union, five cents per half
ounce or fractional part thereof. Postal
cards, two cents. Printed matter, CONNER
cial papers and samples of merchandise,
one cent for each two ounces or fractional
part thereof, but at least five cents must be
paid upon commercial papers. Registra-
ton 10 all parts of the United States and of
the Postal Union. ten cents for each pack
age, upon which postage must also be fully
prepaid
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
MIS- CELLANEora

At Cincinnati, entries we're made in the
United States court in the four cases-two
against Thos. Ambrose alone, to recover money
collected by Ambrose while clerk Of the court.
and illegally withheld by him. judgment NJ
rendered in the surety cases for 81 S, ,OOO. and
$4,000 This disposes Of the civil claim
against Ambrose and his sureties amounting to
about $27, 900. The surities get of BY the
payment Of $3.50, ,OOO There is small sum
IN possession OF the court, fees collected BY
Ambrose, which is ordered to be applied to the
payment OF Judgments against him.
:, The Philadelphia election Of Wednesday
last, show decided victory for the citizens
committee, whose candidates were elected In
almost every ward: Ten democrats and two
republicans are elected to tho select council
ana twenty-three democrats and nineteen ro-
publ'cans to the common council Counting
the hold Lover members, this result reduces the
republican majority in the select council to six
and in the common council to twenty -threa.
Brcxn (repoblican> is elected polioe magistrate
BY 500 majority out Of = total vote OF / a.
OOO The ringsters were wholly defeated.
Madame Christine Nilsson will receive The
hearty sympathy Of every people before whom
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
CRIMES

Two mon, named Murrel and Healev re-
spectively, were arrested in Dubuque Saturday
night and tried on the charge of robbinR the
station at Low Moor, Clinton county, Ia. on
the Chicago Il Northwestern railway. L. n.
Belknap, telegraph operator at Low Moor.
was present and swore that the prisoners enter
cd his Office between the hours Of 80 aud l
O'Clock on the Sd met, held revolver to hia
head, gagged him, and tied him to = chair.
took $40 from the Office drawer and Z revol.
ver, watch. and $50 in money from him. The
prisoners were jailed
At Mankat.', Mrs. suderman, sister of Pc
ter Jensen, OF the firm of Jensen 4 Hoerr. car.
riage manufacturers, committed suicide bv
hanging. The only cause alleged 10 povertv.
Two years ago her husband deserted her. leav-
ing two small children for her to support and
educate, whick she has striven to do. But and
ing that with her best efforts she still failed to
make living, che solved the problem Of her
ife u this very summary manner. The straits
TO which she had been driven were unknown.
even TO her most intimate friends Had thew
been, there were those who stood ready to do
al IN their power to help her along.
Rev Taylor Clum, formerly pastor of the
5sp1st zap M church IN Andover, N. Y, appeared be-
1ore the city justice at Moorhead q few days
ago. on charge Of breach Of the poaoo In
threatening to shoot his wife whom he hsd fol-
lowed there She had come to Noorheed md
tooe toesn Fefage from hs fiery under the
the sum u1 nef of @oo Failing to furnish b.l in
pending his examination.
George Ellis, whose confession led to the
conVlctlon OF himself, Craft and Neal A tha
preparatory OF the Ashland. Ky.. traaedv.
Iepumstes Als whole statement, and claims
n.t:n tnat ne Is innocent, and Craft and Neal had
ao"ml dao.rps 10 20 40 o. with it He says he was
life w f'" VI n''
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
-PITH OF THE NEWS.
RAILROADS


The track on the new Omaha extension OF the
Chicago: Milwaukee &st Paul railroad IL now
laid 1877 miles west Of Marion, IL to Coon
RapidsI The grading il al done clear through
to Omaha Construction trains are nov run
ming from Marion to the Des Noines river and
from Perry to Coon Rapids. In six weeks pas
senger Grains will run over the CHICAGO Mil
waukee, Il st Paul from Chicago to Coon Rap
ids, which is less than 100 miles from Council
Blufs: Trains will run from Chicago to Coun-
Gil Bluhe next June The big bridge
pleted.
There il we'll founded rumor in Madison
that A: K Osborn Of OsAosh, sawyer's conf
dental man, is to be appointed Disturbing agent
IN the settlement Of the claims assumed by the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis l. Omaha Rail-
way company, on the acquisition by that COM
Pany OF the land grant Of the Chicago. Portage
d superior.
The Chicago. Milwaukee l. st. Paul railway
company have issued 4 tariff Of reduced rates
On o.! emigrant moys5les shipped from Chicago.
St Paul, Minneapolis l. Manitoba, Northern
Pacific and Canadian Pacific railwaysL
In the United States court ut Madison Mr..
angie, contractor, commenced suit against
Chicago. Portage & Superior company for
$oOO,OOO for work done in the construction Of
itsroad, for implements. etc purchased, and for
damages sustained in the breach OF oontrsat,
The Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis Il 6ma-
NJ railway company paid to the state treasurer
1881. oA'
The earnings Of the Minneapolis l. st. Louis
railroad for the second week in February, $780,
U4.41 earnings for the same time in 1881.
$13,3S4.O3; increase. SIG 6,71O.3S.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
ROSCOE CONKLlNG.
His Appointment a. Associate Justice OF the
Supreme Court.

His Appointment ~ Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court.
The sensation OF Friday Last was the omina-
ton Of ex-senator Conkling of New York to fill
tue vacancy on the supreme bench caused by
the retirement Of Justice Hunt When
the intel igence was first circu-
lated, few persons would believe il
The eurpri.e, however, was but short lived,
and the At majors settled down to debating qui.
etly the question Of confirmation. The opinion
Of speculAtion and gossip was that no trouble
would be experienced in taking up the names
and promptly confirming them withou refer.
ence to the proper committee; but when
the nomination was read In the executive ses-
SIN OF tho senate motion was made to tske il
up for immediate confirmation. Senator Hoar
thereupon took the floor and warmly said
that while he conceded Oonkllug's great abil-
tiles, and that no man since Webster had sur
paseed him in intellectual force. he believed
Copkling had used his powers for bad
purposes, and he did not believe him honest
His ovation 10 the supreme bench, said Hoar.
with great excitement Of mann er and pounding
bis desk BY way Of emphasis iug, would be .
disgrace to the judicial ermin. 4Ad he, there
fMe. inteIpoeed An objection T. the present con-
elderatiOn of tho nomination and insisted that
1t shOu d take tho regular course Of reference
eo the judiciary committee A
single objection being sufficient to prevent i'm
mediate conside, a'ion, the nomination was &C.
corciogly referred 10 the committee under the
rules without opportunity for debate or any
repy to Mr.. Hoar's remarks.
There 10 no doubt Of Conkling's confirmation
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
FOREIGN.

The London Times, commeb ting on Skobe-
leh's speech, says: The Russian government,
by its laxness in discipline, becomes morally
responsible for state of things distinctly en-
dangering tho peace OF Europe, Gen. Skobe-
leds position cannot fail to breed alarm and
suspicion in the financial and political world.
Europe has = right to ask that the cars au-
thorlty be used to prevent Z recurrence Of fire.
brand speeches from Russian generals.
The Catholic bishop of Cork, in his Lenten
pastoral, refers to tho immense benefit Of the
land act, and says the violation of just laws Of
property, individual rights and personal safety,
afford dark cover for the introduction of a
system of brigandage by wild and unprincipled
persons. Many persons were arrested near
Scarih, county Clare, on charges Of treason and
felony.
The Bradlaugh issue vas precipitated upon
the commons Wednesday by the great barrel
who entered into the forbidden field, was de.
clared in contempt was expelled by vote OF
29l to S3, and . now election ordered TO,
Northampton. Labou,here announced thai
Bradlaugh would be = candidate again. Brad.
augh will break into the charmed circle yet
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-02
The First Woman at MoOre's Flat.

In some of the Mining villages Of Neva-
da and Idaho woman of any kind is -
much curiosity as pretty girl is said to
be in the land of the Hottentots. From
the day Moore's Flat was founded until
about the middle of last month it was en-
tirely without representatives of the sect to
which the pick and pan are strangers. Last
fall, however, Michael Sullivan, QUE OF the
miners, declared that he was altogether
dead and buried without the girls, and be-
ing strengthened by his fellows he wrote to
his "swateheart' in Ireland to please bring
herself over The girl undertook the jour-
ney alone and one day last month she Ar
rived at Moore's Flat. Work was suspend
ed in the mines aud the men cheered time
and again as the girl walked up and down
tho single street that they might feast their
eyes. A priest was sent for and though he
had to travel many miles over the noun
tains he arrived at Moore's Flat that eve
ming in time to marry the couple. After
tho ceremony Sullivan and his bride were
cal1ied in the arms Of the laughing crowd
to the public house and there the festival
was prolonged until broad day light.