Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-21
JOTTINGS.

JOll1NUSe
John NJ. Boyd Of Rockford, Illinois,
and A. Jessen, of Salt Lake City, are
in town.
Reyes & Son are having a big run
on clothing, which they have marked
dowd to bedrock. a21w1
Judge Roseborough and Arthur
Brown and family left last evening for
Salt Lake.
Go and examine Reyes & Sons
fine line Of fancy dress skirts and
shaker underwear. a2lwl
James H. Hawley returned yes
terday morning from Banner and Ida.
no City, and reports Banner lively
camp.
An old-time trapper who has been
observing Indian signs, prognosticates
severe winter ahead for this sec.
| ton.
Fred Hunnel has taken the contract
to build the new Miners Union Hall
in Bullion. The building will be 24x
As feet.
Mr.. Vernam, Vice. President of the
Columbia and Beaver Company, Saw
tooth, returned home to-day, stopping
over at ketchum on the way.
I Joseph Rupert has established a
nursery for grasshoppers. Big ones
are scarce, and he is rearing crop of
little ones for fish bait.
Major Tom Bentley dropped down
to-day from the heights Of Deer
Creek, where he has been dclving in
the recesses of the hills for ore.
Mr.. Brearley, of the firm of Brear-
ley 4 Co., of this city, left last night
on important law business. He may
return in three days, and may not fol-
10.
Six gentlemen left town yesterday
and to-day, to prospect for ranches on
Camas Prairie, and three of the mum
Der intend locating and building
dwellings Immediately, to reside there
during the coming winter.
What's up in the mail route? The
DAILY TINES mailed to VIII johnson,
Bellevue on the 18th instant was only
delivered this morning, the 21st in
slant. Five days is too long time
to consume in going FIVE miles.
Charles Bender, formerly of
Ketchum and latterly one of the pro-
prictors of the upper Main street
meat market, left for Ketchum to-day,
to be united in matrimony with one of
the bellies Of the smelter city. The
affair is not made public yet, though
it will not be an elopement.
Advices by letter received to-day
are that the great chloride camp re-
ported as struck last spring in Gunni-
son county, Colorado, is complete
6zzle. 1t was soon proved of no
value when the snow melted, but
some willy spectators cleared many
thousand dollars while the excitement
continued.
Ex-sheriG Gray is camped about a
mile from Bonaparte, developing a
cIalu winch lie OWLS. Al laSC auNlces
from there he had cut into the ore vein
a distance of IA feet, and still had ore
in the face, with no appearance of a
foot. wall. Mrs. Gray camps with
him, but makes occasional tri ps tc
Rocky Bar, where her mother lives.
Curt. Jackson, driver of the Bull.
ion and Haley express, brought tc
town to-day three months-old eaglet
which was captured near Muldoon two
months ago. Curt. refused an Offer
of $2.5O-made by Captain Black
to turn the bird loose, but intimated
his readiness to part with his pet fol
S5-which magnanimous proposition
was rejected.
Louis P. Walker and Messrs. Jes
sup, Orviley and Blake have returned
} from a prospecting and investigating
} trip to the Arco mining districts
They were especially interested III
some copper claims shown them b,
Mr.. Walker, and expressed them
selves as determined Oh purchasing
, Messrs. Jessup and Blake returned
, last night to Cincinnati, Ohio, and
, Mr.. Orviley to Louisville, their re-
. spectiye homes.