Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-19
JOTvINGS.

Cliff 4 Mckay's. ms
Jucge Gray and family arrived o,
tuesday evenings stage from Bois
CITY and left this morning
for ketchum, in company with 10
seph Pinkham. They will renal,
the guests of MIR. and Mrs. Pinkham fo
some time.
+. w. knight has just arrived from
Eastern Oregon with Kenne,t & Bal
ley's band OF horses, numbering 45
head, which are now feeding on VIII
low Creek. They are brood mares 70
+. l.. Maginnis, of Montana, and vii
be taken on.
Joseph Neville, formerly con
tractor, builder, and brick manufac
turer in Ogden, has arrived n HALEY
with the intention of max II it hi.
home, and engaging in the "a ne line
Of business here. His i. mi v will
follow him here in about thee weeks
The plats showing the route OF
the Oregon Short Line in HALEY
Land District, which establish tl.e!,
nght-ol-way and withdraw it f.um
entry, were filed in the Land Office
to-day.
A number Of men and teams with
scrapers are a. work excavatlnu the
foundation for the new County Court
house, and the contractor gives evi.
dence, SO far, that he intends to com
plete the work at the first moment
possible. lie expects to begin laying
brick by the 18th Of September.
Charles J. Young, for burglary or
robbery, which he committed III sa.
loon at Shoshone, for knocking man
down, was sentenced yesterday morn.
ilig to term Of ten years in the Ter
rltorlal Prison at BOISE. lie was to.
tally demoralized on hearing of his
sentence, though lie expected five
years.
The Muldoon stage-driver reports
that the Muldoon shelter, owned by
the Philadelphia Company, is run
ming steadily. The sm.lter receives
ores from prospectors or mine owners
IN any amount, and pays cash. Av-
erage ore is purchased at ST. per ton.
~ number OF prospectus are taking
out ore, and business is improving.
When you see a man walking gin
gerly along, carefully stepping on
every boulder and loose stone IN his
way, while at every step his mouth
pulls up to one side and his counte.
nance appears rs if one OF his teeth
was being pulled, it does not Indicate
that he has the toothache badly. Aei is
only breaking in new pair Of boots.
United States Marshal Dubois arr-
we'd this morning from Boise CITY, and
Will leave this evening for Oneida
county. lie is on official business.
de states that the Territorial Prison
1t Boise City is crowded with prison
'rs, and the AIturas delegation. which
cit this morning, will go into close
quarters and be given plain diet and
'l,enty Of strict discipline and hard
abor.
Two prisoners tried to effect an es.
ape from the County Jail last Tues.
lay ght-.Burgher and Tarbell--who
IRE under sentence Of Is months for
'orse stealing. They got hold of
<nife, and were cutting their way out.
In an hour more they would have cut
through. Officer Campbell caught
hem at work and locked them in an
ron cell with leg irons on, for
change.
Messrs. Blakeley, Lennon and Dim.
nick own the jolly Sailor mine, on
Deer Creek. and Mr.. Blakeley has
ecently been at work developing it,
The men started sinking a Shaft on
he groupings, and a few feet down
ut good body of iron. At about
70 feet streak OF galena and iron
vas cut, and yesterday, at a depth of
70 feet, the men cut fine BODY of
arbonate and gaIena ore, which runs
lp III the hundreds.
{. w. Mitchell, who has been de-
clipping the Bannack mine, one Of
he Narrow Gauge group, which is
lnder the able management of Su-
'erintcndent Wilson, has been on the !
liver five months and operating in the
5annack group during that period.
lie has run tunnels, crosscuts, ETC.,
md opened a promising VEN Of ore.
about 100 tons of ore are now upon
he dump, and plenty more in sight.
lis friends predict for Mr.. Mitchell
prosperous career III the Wuou River
ountry, as his intelligence, persc.
erance and great faith in the mines
II Idaho cntltle him to the best that
ortune can grant a disciple of the
lick and drill.