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LOWER PAYETTE LETTER.
EMMETT, Idaho, Dec. 26. 1885.


has come ard gone, brought his smiles
and tears, his happy reunions and
unhappy separations. The children
of to-day put the same unmistakable
faith in him that we children of more
mature age were wont to do, in those
times that make our mouth water to
think of now. Emmett came to the
front and trimmed the new Metho-
dist Church in fine style for him, and
the good land bad) people of the val
ley packed it full, and two fine trees
well filled glistened beneath fine
motto, "a Merry Christmas. Mrs.
Wardwell, Mrs. A. Thompson, Miss
es Ray and Wardwell and Nr. J. A.
Martin furnished some good music.
The little ones of the Sabbath School
rendered some fine specimens CT ora
tory, and all did so we'll that no one
deserves special mention above an
other. Mr. Ed. Blanchard did the
scaling off," and at Z o'clock an
nounced that Santa Claus was stuck
IN the mud out near Freezeout, but
would be in only twenty minutes late,
and his predictions were verified.
The old man came loaded, and gave
all the boys, good and bad, some spec
linens of his confectionery and dain-
ties. Then Ed. Marsh, assisted by
}. M. Martin and lot of pretty little
girls, just rained the presents off from
those trees. And such presents!
There was everything from Bill Will
Jams dog to Deacon's baby and Rev.
Thompson's pumpkin. The census
of Emmett will show quite an increase
) of population. Why even Bill Wall
: is not childless since that tree was
! "shook." We noticed among the
presents some fine vases and many
valuable presents, and everyone went
home, thinking 1t was good to have
been there.
Items of news are scarce. The
ranges are beginning to look green;
: the new grass is growing. 1t is
warm and pleasant, with an OCCASION
: al shower.
There are rumors of approaching
= weddings, and l for one hope they
e will hurry them up, as we Will have
S something to write about.
b Senator Stewart viewed the canal
i site and pronounced it good. Now
: will he, with others, "whack up" is
a the question. Takes money to buy
whisky.
:. The dance on Christmas Eve was
:, success. We failed to learn just
), how many tickets were sold. Mr..
h and Mrs. Lancaster got up, as usual,
n fine supper.
o There will be dance and supper
:: New Years Eve. Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
st ley will furnish the supper. A good
h time Is expected, if the roads are not
S impossible, as they are fast getting
- to be by mud, and rain seems to be
J. on the daily program.
J. The valley people seem to be blesi
l. with grneral good health this winter
r, although the old adage, "a greer
h Christmas makes fat churchyard,
n may prove true.
t. The sold baches" feel like holding
D. an indignation meeting because the
It, batch from Squaw creek squandereC
es 800 on so worthless piece of prop
A. erty as woman. They all say the,
" knew how it would turn out, and sa,
as that fellow must be smear sighted" O
Id he could have seen too.
L. CATCHALL.
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Hills MESSENGER: The con-
has been let to M. R. Cheever
nlSh the lumber for the Rams
po,'s Hume, and he commenced
lVer it a few days ago. The
p calls for about $4,000 feet.
pune will be built along the
pm side. 1t is to be "a inches
bottom with 20-inch sides,
pen completed will be one mile
u and will carry the water to
gat OF $50 feet, perpendicular
ement, above the smelter and
'Fators at the town of Bay
where it is to be used. The
pe' which Is to convey the
from the mouth of the fume
mountain side to the works, is
warehouse in Blackfoot and
shipped in the early spring.
workmen are putting the
= concentrators rapidly into
~ getting everything in and
'ne shelters in shape for &C.
e'atons early in the spring
ere Is a force of thirteen mel
smshorn doing development
putting the mine in gooc
! ior producing the coming
as In former days, large
Oh her high grade ores.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

still continues. This section
~ have fallen heir to the chief
.,eristic of far famed "Webfoot."
E.srs filed with meteorological lore,
i such weather as tins, in Deem
J, aneyer did see," before.
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hand. and to arrive, at Emery's,
|, watches and elegant Rhine
iewelry and hairpins, fur capes.
and many other new articles
very low prices.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

E. LYON, one of the parties who did The
shooting at Dynamo, Lemhi county on
the 18th of November, has been heiu un-
der $4,000 bail.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

MEN of America whose fame will be al
most as enduring as time, they having
been the chief actors in the most stirring
and trying times of the nineteenth centu-
~, are falling fast. Senator John A. Lo.
gan's name is now added to the shining
list of glorious Americas illustrious dead,
He crossed the sable river on Sunday last,
and was carried away by rheumatism of
! the heart.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31


A story is going the rounds of the
papers that young girl twelve years
old has been rescued from an old
Indian in the Salmon river mountains,
who, with her mother, was captured
by the Nez Perces about the COM
mencement of the Nez Perez war of
1877, when the girl was three years
old. The mother escaped but soon
after died from the shock. Nothing
was heard from the girl till recently
she was found with this old Indian in a
cave in the wilds of the Salmon river
mountains, and that the father mourn
ed the death of his wife and the loss
of his child. The writer of the story
describes the father as named G. n.
Hobrook, a stock raiser on Salmon
river at the time, and now citizen
of Denver" We have interviewed
many old settlers on Salmon river at
the time Of the war and none of them
ever knew of any resident on Salmon
river named Hobrook, nor of the cap
ture of any family of the name nor
do the Indians seem to know of any
such capture, and the people don't
believe the story Lewiston Teller.
THE following officers of Idahs Chapter
No. |, of this place, were installed Dec
Gath: S. c. Silsby, HIP; John II. Myer
r.; w. Lass, S.; D. McClintock, c. H.; j
Kennaly, P. s.; Chas. Mann, X. A. c.
John Garrecht, Jr,, NJ. 3D. "; 5. Demp
sey, NJ. I'd v; F, Small, NJ. LIST v; N
Haug, Treas; George Ainslie, Sec.i A
KALI, Sen.
On Dec. 25th the following officers Of
Idaho Lodge, No. 1, were installed; ID
Ferguson, NJ; j. Garrecht, Jr, 5. W.; Is
idor Smith, j. W; J. Kennaly, Treas.
w. S. Galbreaith, Sec; ID. McClintock
is.D.; W. Lass, j. D.; A. KALI, Ty.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

Mrs. Chas. Kohny, and eldest son,
Gus, of Placerville, are visiting friends
at this place.
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/ Flat and Territorial
Concentrates.

| WORLD returns thanks to Gov
Stevenson for a copy OF his
Ice, in pamphlet form.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

|all mistakes of the new year, the
Fequent will be the placing of 6
AZ should be. For MANY weeks
be old year has abdicated the throne
e-stepped down and out and taken
fsight and downward road to OBJ
Rand his successor has been crowned
pen the scepter-the inclination to
ully recognize the ex-chief ruler, as
las still on deck, is irresistible.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

b Wood River papers record the
n the Carrie Leonard and Queen
\ Hills mines, the former for
hoo and the latter for 100000.
mines were purchased by Salt
parties.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

A LATE number of the Portland
News contains twenty pages, mostly
descriptive of the Northwest.
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The public school of this place will re-
open on Jan. 10th with j. S. McQuade as
principal and Miss Ella Kingsley assis-
tant
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

THE theatre last night was well attend
ed and every body was well pleased with
the performance. Grace Huntley, a
drama, and the Train to Mauro, were pre-,
sented in good style. Following are the
names of those who took part in the per,
formance: Mrs. H. W. Dunton, Mrs.
S. 7. Davis, Miss Emma Jones, S. I.
Davis, Jas. Davis, julius Mautz, AL
bert Zipf, VIM. Orchard and Willie
Mautz.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

REMEMBER the dance in centennial
Hall this evening. A general invitation
is extended.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

RALPH GooDLIFFE came down from
Banner few days ago. He came in
to have felon on his hand doctored.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

DR.. RANKIN, the Seth Green of
Idaho, is in town with load of fish,
He has about six hundred pounds of
what he terms herring, a species of
white fish. They were caught in the
lake at the head of Long valley.
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GEORGE A. R4HM, a clerk in the
Assay Office at BOISE City, arrived
here Tuesday and returned yesterday.
Mr.. r. made a sociabIe call on the
World. He was here gathering
statistics Of the gold and silver pro-
duotion of this county. He informed
us that the business of the ASSAY
Office is constantly increasing.
W. Y. PHILLIPS, president of the Snake
River Co, ian eastern Incorporation, or.
gained for the purpose of constructing
canals, stockraising, etc, along Snake riv
err was in Shoshone and Mountain Home
last week. He informed the Range and
Valley that the contract has been let fol
putting in the dam for the big ditch on
Bruneau, which is necessary to get suf
ficient head of water 1t is expected q
few miles of the ditch will be completed
this winter, and the water will be turned
in next spring. When finished it will be
twenty miles long. For the present it i.
to be extended only so far as the require
ments of the settlers demand; but widen
ed and pushed ahead as the demands in
crease. With this ditch in operation. Brn
neau may expect boom next year.
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Mrs. J. w. REEL.
|,Ho CRY, Oct. 22, 1886.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-31

OUR old friend, Hon. H. A. Mattox,
one of the pioneers of this county,
and now a resident of Vincennes,
Indiana, In a business letter in which
he sends the price of the World for
another year, subjoins the following
to the business portion of the letter:
"Permit me to say you have the best
man in Idaho for Governor, although
he is a Democrat. He will always
be found "right side up with care. u
This, coming from a staunch Repub-
lican, who has been elected to po-
sitions of honor and trust in this coun-
ty, and an old friend of the Governor
is deserved compliment, and such
as are frequently expressed by men
of both political parties. The straight
forward course our Governor is keep,
ing, and which he has always kept
both in private and public life, give:
a good, solid foundation for the often
expressed opinion, coming from every
section of Idaho, and elsewhere a,
well, that a better appointment coulc
not have been made for chief execu
tive of "The Gem of the Mountains.
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|P. Thompson and other Port
capitalists, have become interes-
! new town on the Short Line,
Nampa, which they will en-
i to make the shipping point
Bib Boise and Silver City, in
Of Kuna, the present supply
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A Full Line OF Holiday Goods at
Mrs e.. Marcus

VEL ~ ~
Glass vases, toilet sets, cups and
saucers, silver-glass candlesticks and
vases, mustache cups, children's cups,
card receivers, she'll boxes, flowers in
shell boxes, flower hanging baskets,
work baskets, plush boxes, plush toll
ct cases, morocco toilet cases, plush
picture frames, walnut picture frames,
silver individual castors, silver nap
kin rings, book shelves, wax dolls,
bisque dolls, China dolls, sets of China
dishes, Brittania, tin and wooden sets,
bureaus, trunks, trumpets, whips,
guns, blocks, tool chests, tables, chairs,
writing desks, spelling games, marble
games, ten pins, wooden horses,
children's knives, forks and spoons,
banks, safes, paint boxes, pencil cas-
es, sad irons, balls, marbles, watches,
wool dogs, tops, rubber ANIMALS, har-
monicas, cradles, cologne, plush, sat
in and lace tides, ladies and children'a
hoods, jerseys, ladies' and children's
cloaks, newmarkets, infants cloaks,
shoulder shawls, double shawls, felt,
flannel and quilted skirts, neckwear,
furs for children, boys cardigan
jackets, hats, caps, shirts, pants and
suits, neckties, gloves, ladies' kid
gloves, mits, silk, linen and children's
colored hankerchiefs, Chistmas cards.
dress goods and plaids of all kinds.
IDAHO REPORTER: We have re-
Gently read a letter from Washing.
ton City stating that there was nc
possible chance for the Pocatello lane
grab to succeed. We believe the
present Legislature of Idaho will be
the best the Territory has ever had
1t looks to US as though it would more
distinctly represent the people. There
will be no representation of churcl
to trade and dicker and suborn ev
cry other interest to their own, anC
less Of ring dictation in other res
poets. We are told that conscience
less and soulless corporations will
meet with but little favor. An eff
fort will be made at the present ses
sion of the Legislature to get a me
mortal through both houses favorabl
to the Pocatello land grab. The rail
road has two lobbyists in Boise Git
who are engaged in working up th
job by endeavoring to get member
interested in the proposed city, whic
is to eclipse anything that has existe
since the days of Sodom and Gomol
rah. Another credit mobelia on
small scale.
ORR old friend. Hon. Fl. A. Matto,
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\ received-a new lot of ladies
he'd hats, misses hats, all colors
bat feathers, washable dolls,
hats, dress ornaments, Saxony
land knitting yarn, embroidered
bags and purses, ETC., etc.
Mrs. G. CRAWFORD.
lao CRY, Nov. %, 1886. l m
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|,,onrse, and clothing repaired
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
STEEL RAILS FOR THE A. G.. s.
All the Track from Chattanooga to
Meridian to Be ReIaid.

Meridian to Be ReIaid.
1t is officially announced that by Jan.
l, 1887, every inch of track of the Alabama
Great Southern division OF the Queen and
Crescent route will be relaid with new
steel rails. Ever since the present
management OF this great system secured
control of the line there have been reports
that the track would be laid with steel,
but not until now has that information
come from official sources. This time
the news is official, and there is not one
question OF doubt but that the work will
be done.
A few days since the board of directors
OF the Alabama Great Southern road met
in London and decided to lay the entire
road with steel rail. On Monday they
concluded the purchase of forty miles of
English steel rail, and that with what has
already been purchased in Philadelphia
will be sufficient TO lay every inch of
track, distance Of 295 miles. Under the
contract made every pound OF English
rail is to be delivered to the railroad dur
ing the months Of August, September and
October, while that from Philadelphia
will commence to arrive WITHIN ten days.
The first installment of 10000 tons con-
tracted for sometime since with English
and American manufacturers has Just ar
rived. The company Is now working an eX-
traOrdinary large labor force on all parts
of the road bAllasting and laying new rail,
having four ballast trains in operation
distributing about 1900 yards of ballast
per day.
During the next week the roadmaster
and MS corps OF foremen Will collect u
large additional force of hands and by
Aug. 10 the work will be under full head
way, and there will be no cessation until
the last rail is spiked down. General
Manager JOhn &. Gault says the last mile
of the new track will be laid before Jan.
l, 1887. The Queen and Crescent people
will then have an all-steel track from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, and will run
the fastest schedules, of both passenger
and freight trains, ever known in the
South. The Queen and Crescent official s
are Jubilant over the action of the direc-
tors.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
TO COMMAND IN THE SOUTH.
Commodore Daniel L. Brainc, OF
Arctic Fame, Selected.

WASHINGTON, July 2T.-The question
OF the command OF the South Atlantic
squadron, which has caused so much
anxiety among navy officers, has at last
been settled. AS there are not enough
Rear AdmIrals to command the squad
rons, the selection Of a commandant from
the list of cOmmOdOres had to be made
and there has been no little strife among
the officers OF that grade to secure the
prize. Commodore Daniel l.. Braine, No.
9 on the list. has been selected for the
place by Secretary Whitney, and he
will leave New York for Rio
de Janeiro by the United States and
Brazil line on Sept. s. He will hoist his
pennant on the frigate Lancaster. Capt.
). Livingston Breese has been selected as
the fleet captain.
Commodore Braine is at present PresI-
dent of the Board Of Inspectors OF mer-
chant vessels in New York. aud nOtWith-
standing heis the junior of his date is the
first one ordered to command a foreign
squadron compliment to him. He was
born in New York city on May Is, 1929,
consequently he Will not reach the retir-
ing age till May, 1891. He was appointed
midshipman from Texas in 1916, and re-
celved his commission as commodore in
March, 1885. During the Mexican war
nc o5l NGO III inc nome squadron,
and was in the engagements of
AlvardO, TobascO, Tuxpan, Laquua, Tam
pico and Vera Cruz. He served through
out the civil war in command of various
vessels, and commanded the Monticello
in the first naval engagement of the war
at SewelPs Point, Va, on May 10, 1861
Among other engagements in which ne
took part were the attack and capture OF
Forts Hatteras and Clark, on Oct. 5, 1861,
and Forts Caswell, Fisher, Anderson, and
three forts on the Cape Fear river. He
commanded the steam sloop OF war Ju-
niata In the POlsris Search Expedition in
the Arctic in 1873, upon which vessel
Lieutenants George W. De Long and
Charles w. Chipp, victims of the Jean
nette Arctic Expedition, were navigator
and watch officer respectively. The
South Atlantic squadron has not at pres
ent, nor has 1t had for seven months, a
commander, Capt. Edward L. Potter,
commander of the Lancaster, being the
senior officer present. The last COM
mander was Rear Admiral Earl English,
who was detached in December last.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
Local Personal.

Capt. Tom J. Burney, representing the
Macon Telegraph, was in the city yester-
day.
Among the arrivals at the Marshall
House yesterday were c. II. Conelly,
MattOck, Ga; w. II. Fraser, Mcintosh,
Ga; DR.. w. II. Whitehead, Ways, Ga. :;
NJ. Albertson and son, Braganza,
Ga; b. Drew, IL. c. Drew, Hamp-
ton, S. c.; j. b. Brown, Miss Rob
inson, Florida.
AT the Harnett House were II. Rey-
noldson, Boston, Mass: f. B. Keller,
Knoxville, Tenn; W. 5. Lyons, r. b
Stephenson, Fall River, Mass; (. T.
Scott, New York; d. 5. Fellows, Chicago;
G. A. Alfred, J. G. Mcdaniel, Sumner,
Ga; G. j. McCrary, Albany, Ga; M.
Park, Braganza, Ga; Ii. Il. Symons
Brunswick; VIM. Ralleston, Florida; W,
r. Flanders, Paterson, n. j.; c. b. King
w. Campbell, Georgia.
AT the Screyen House were Leon Apo.
liant, l.. n. Erwin, S. DAVIS, New York f;
c. 5. Rutter, Philadelphia; IsadOre Plat
shek, Boston; T. NJ. Bourke, Philadelphia;
A 5. Lee, Rochester, n. y; Mrs. n. l.
Bennett, George McCrary, Albany, Ga.
Il. McSweney, Charleston; Ed. H. Dickin.
son, Greenwood, Fla; J. L. Dickinson,
Georgia; c. 5. SKATER, Griffin; w. NJ. Da-
wilson, Jacksonville.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
Stabbed N TUE MOUTH.
Jerry Thomas Attempts 10 Cut
Ioiolcd Numan's Tongue out.

Jerry Thomas Attempts 10 Cut i
Coioled Noman's Tongue Out.
Rosa Brown. acolored woman living IN
Perry street lane, near West Broad, was
brutally assaulted aud cut last night by
Jerry Thomas. The man was jealous ana
provoked a quarrel with the woman. Al
ter working himself into a rage. Thomas
caught her and choEed her until she was
almost breatnless. Her cries attracted a
large crowd outside OF the house,
Before any one ventured In Thomas
drew a knife and swore be would cut the
wOmau's throat and cut her tongue out.
He prIed her mouth open with his knife
ana taen pushed the blade down her
taroat. Bella showed him back, but the
knife blade made an ugly cut in her
mouth just under her tongue. Thomas
fled Immediately after the cutting. DO
liceman was detailed % look for him bat
he had not been captured up to late
hour. The affair created great deal OF
excitement in the neigBOOrhoOd. The
woman was treated by Dr.. Parsons.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-30
RIDING ON FREIGHT TRAINS.
The Reasons Why the Central Rail-
road Company Cannot Allow 1t.


The Wholesale men aud drummers Of
Macon have been endeavoring to induce
the Central Railroad Company to revoke
its order prohibiting passengers from md
Ing on freight trains. The local authori-
ties laid the matter before the officers OF
the road, and tue res nit was made known
on Wednesday at Macon. The Telegraph
SAYS:
The authorities Of the road while desir-
ing 10 render every accommodation 10 the
business men, are compelled TO refuse the
request. They say 1.-The custom OF passen-
gers on freight trains has been thoroughly
tested on our several lines, and has been
found very Objectionable in all respects.
The proper accommodation and protec-
ton cannot be given to passengers on
freight trains. The cabs on said trains
are, 70 say the least, anything but COM
Portable, and the conductor and crew have
no time TO give attention to them. You
are well aware that freight train, in
stopping at a station 70 discharge freight
from certain car in the forward
part OF the train. the cab, in which the
passenger is compelled to be, will of
course be a considerable distance from the
station; consequently the passengers will
nave to get OIL at place not at all suited
for debarkatiOn, and, as a consequence,
there is great risk OF accidents. You are
also aware that this company mas suffered
seriously from suits for personal injury in
consequence of parties getting on or off
at out-of-the-way places. When these
cases have come to trial in the courts
no consideration was ever extended
to the road because the passenger
was being transported on freight train,
where they were certainly not wanted. A
majority OF those who prefer riding on
freight trains are OF conYivial turn of
mind, thus drawing the attention OF the
conductor and crew from their duties.
This mas a very demOralizing tendency,
and is apt TO lead to accidents. The praC-
tice of riding on freight trains cannot be
allowed"
The local authorities have taken every
occasion to explain the matter fully to all
parties interested.