Ketchum daily keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1884-1884, 1884-09-16

W A"'S VI etSoSAipiuS pCIsOilS III 1uu-
no, leaves this morning for his home in
New York. He will return in the spring.
The HALEY precinct delegates to the
Democratic County Convention met last
Saturday and nominated Capt. Ralph
Bledsoe and Judge james Carr for JUS
tees OF the peace; for constable Frank
Oliver, the present officer. These are
all strong nominations.
Robert McCulloch, of Haley, was
nominated District Attorney of Custer
county by the Republican Convention
at Challis. This is quite n compliment
to Mr.. McCulloch, as he was not present
the Convention. If elected he will make
good OFFICER.
Our ''old dependable" Hi Newton, OF
the prospecting fraternity, and ..Altu-
ras Literary fame, tells us that we can
troll uphis little ball of yarn and toss it
to Arizona" Hand Mrs. N. accompan-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. White, leave
this morning for Southern Arizona; go
miles from old Mexico
The name of Hon. John B. Pierce ap-
pears among the Democratic nominees
of Ada,county for the Legislature. Mr..
Pierce has had more Legislature exper-
fence than any man in the Territory
having represented three counties, at
various times, in both Council and
House-and always did it well, and with
courage and fidelity
The body of Lee Dougherty was found
last Monday on sand bar III Payette
river about mile above Miners bridge,
at Horseshoe Bend. The body was con-
decayed. The remains were taken to
Placervillc, where the funeral took place
on Tuesday. The last seen Of Dougher-
| ty was at Jerusalem about two weeks
| ago. He had delirium tremens. His
| clothing were found on the bank of the
river, at Jerusalem. Daily Sage Brush.
/ The railroad bridge at the fourth
/ crossing is rapidly approaching COM
| pletion. The false work is up, and one
/ span of the iron is ready for use. The
| other span will soon be in and then we
may look for great changes in the time
| of trains on the Short Line. just what
| the effect will be upon the HALEY branch
| is hard to say. The probabilities are,
however, that it will be night run,
leaving Ketchum in the evening and re-
turning at an early hour in the morning.
| Lycurgus w. Jackson, formerly a well
known resident Of Boise city, Silver,
Cornucopia, and Elko, and deputy
Sheriff of Owyhee, was recently shot
and killed by some unknown person in
Arizona. He was travelling to his mine
with companion when shot in ambush
His watch, valued at S400, and all per-
sonal property, We're taken. The other
man escaped and gave the alarm. A
company headed by c. L. Cutler, form,
erly of Mountain city, found the body
and brought it to Tombstone.
The San Francisco Chronicle of the
10th, contains an account of the suicide
of Pat. Shea, and of his poisoning foul
of his young children at Petaluma
Two of the children died, and the Other
two were in precautions condition. He
had lately arrived there and had camped
with the young children in II corral
When found the four children We're
stretched out on blanket, and Shea
near them, who said they had the chills
One of them said Shea had poisoned
them by giving them white powder
Shea and the two boys soon died. This
Shea wasa we'll known man who form
erly worked for the railroad between
Ogden and Truckee, his family residing
at Elko. He WAS hard case wher
drunk. He was separated from his wife
and had probably stolen the children.
Hotel Arrivals.