Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-08-24

UNE of Vim Tincher's fine stage horses
That he purchased from Frank Cooper was
found lying dead the other morning at the
dolconda mine He was tied to small
sapling the evening before. and when Green
Martin, who had hauled load of lumber
to the Golconda, went down and found the
horse dead, supposed he had choked him.
self to death in some manner. Afterward
Green, John Monroe and AL. Hull went
down and examined the morse closely and
found what they believed to be q bullet hole
in the head. They then skinned the head
SO as to make closer examination. The
blood, which had clogged, came gushing
forth, and the, found that the hole extend
| Ell in as far rs the small blade of a pocket
knife could reach, which left but little
doubt in their minds that the horse had
been shot sometime during the night.
they say there was nhthing to indicate that
the horse had snagged himself Mr. finch
or went up Wednesday but had not return
ca when we went to press last evening
/ H"' = A1shoND diiiVcu HeTe yesterday
from Sheep Mountain. He tells us there
are now about one hundred men in that
district, and they are still coming in at the
rate OF from three to ten day Several new
discoveries have heEh made recently thai
look well. TIE discovery made few weeks
ago ON the river and three or four miles
from Sheep mountain, is showing up fine
ly. The vein is three or four feet between
walls, with vein of galena that runs 200
ounces silver per ton, and varies from three
to fourteen inches in width. This location
is owned by D. G. Kerlee, who is the dis
covercr, Harve Esmond Hon. q. B. Bald
win and man named Solomon
Mrs J. G. KIRKMAN took her departure
last Wednesday for Waitsburg. Washing
ton Territory, which is the charge assign
ed Mr. Krkman by the Conference of the
NJ E. Church The people of this place
would have been very much pleased to
have Trad Mr.. Kirkman re-ass gned TO Ida
no City. Mr. and Mrs. X, leave hosts of
friends in this county, who extend their
best wishes, with the hope that their stay
in Waisburg may prove as pleasant to
them as was the past year in this place
J S. WALLACE, who has bond on Jas.
lrwin's prospects, near Banner, arrived
here Tuesday from San Francisco, where
he went couple of weeks ago to see Hurst
Il Co. He was accompanied by P. Kervin,
also in the employ of Hurst and superin
tendent of the Ontario mine, in Utah. He
goes out to examine the prospects above
mentioned. They started for Irwin dis
trict yesterday.
The rails of the D. S. L. were laid last
"Wednesday to point fifteen miles south of
Boise, says the Statesman. tits rumored
there will be no freight nor express depot
atthis point. Everything will go to the new
town Of Caldwell, laid out last Tuesday on
the Boise, and which already numbers its
dozen or so of houses and tents.
THE tie-drive on Payete has reached the
Main or South Fork short distance above
Jerusalem. The ties were cut at Long val
ley, on the North Fork, and near Payette
Lakes at the head of the stream Those
cut near the lakes are tamarack. There are
900, 900 ties in the river
WARDwELL's sawmill at E nmettsvillc is
running, and Wits will soon start up
again. Wardwell has planer shinglc ma
chine, edger, etc. in connection with his
mill. Wits mill also has planer. The
drive of logs for the latter mill reached EN-
mettsville short time ago.
Mrs. VIM. AUSTIN, of Banner, was Ia
ken quite, sick last Wednesday night. Ed
Leigh, her brother came in yesterday after
DR.. Zipf, who started out Immediately.
A. Straus, Of this place, has for sale a
fine span of mules, harness, and three
and q quarter Balm wagon. Terms-easy
August 21-tf
Rev. F. w. CROOK say s the finest pota
toe crop he has seen in the Territory was
on Wood River
WE heard some one casually remark that