The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-07-17
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sured.
1t is now a well known fact that
Bishop Tuttle will accept the Bis
hoprick of Missouri. The many
warm and ardent admirers of this
good man will sadly regret his
loss.
Mrs. Boomer and Mrs. Lemon I
left on last evenings stage, the
former for Shoshone Falls and Og-
den, and the latter for Wood River.
Statesman, 18th.
Avalanche: Fourth Of July
passed Of very quietly here so far
as the day was concerned, except
that it was ushered in by a salvo
Of thunder claps and considerable
rain, with sprinkling Of snow,
which could be plainly seen on the
hilltops surrounding Silver City.
Some of the papers are giving an
account of the hanging of Warlick
at Mt. Idaho, and say it was the
first legal execution in the territory
They are mistaken. An Irishman
named Murphy was hanged at
Boise City in 1867 for the murder
Of Chinaman at Weiser.
The editor Of the Daseret News.
published at Salt Lake, is in jail
for having four wives, and the San
Francisco Alta offers to pay his
fine if he viii divulge to the profess
sion the secret Of how he managed
to support four wives upon the
profit Of one newspaper.
The Idaho county horse thieves,
were recaptured Wednesday even
1 ing Of last week at sheriff Talking
tons ranch on Cottonwood. They
remained all night in the willows
on the creek bottom and were very
hungry. They were speedily lodged
in Jail where they are not likely to
disturbed by the busy scenes of the
outside world.
Why, oh why don't some Of the
Christian associations of that pro-
hibitory town Dayton get in and
prohibit the romance writer on the
Inlander. The story Juke's
Fourth of july and the local gush
headed "a Sweet Picture are
enough to give hand-press the
rheumatism, and either of them
would kill the scab on sheep
Nez Perez News.
i The Board Of County Commits
sioners met Monday in Haley, and
after approving the bonds Of sever
al Road Supervisors and Consta-
bles, bills to the amount Of $594S0
were allowed, and the following
bids for the Hospital for the ensu-
ing year were opened:
Dir. W. t. Riley ............. Il. 81. $50 o.
Dr. d. w Higgins ,......... ,g25 Oh
Drs. Brown & Mckay ..,...... $3.50 OF
DR. Il. w Marshall .... 1850 0G
DR. NJ. Jones ...........-s.... 4,l45 o.
No decision was arrived at as to
who should receive the contract,
and an adjournment was taken.
Later adyices tell us of Dir. w,
7. Riley's withdrawal of his bid
and Dr. Higgins followed suit
We are reliably informed that
since the passage of the adverse
Mormon legislation in the winter
of 1SS4-5, very little Mormon i'm
! migration has come to Idaho. Dur
ing 1884 more than one thousand
/, Mormons settled in the southeast
ern counties, but since then Nor
, mon immigrations has almost
/ entirely ceased. This is good news
r as the Mormons, like the Cinnamon
!. are not a desireable class to have
t in any community. Now if the en-
5 forement of the anti Mormon laws
4 has for its effect the driving ont Of
5 the Mormons already in the terri
i tories the result would be haileC
4 with pleasure by all law abiding
c and loyal American citizens
5 Boise Statesman.
4 rumor has gained in Idaho
says a Boise exchange, that judge
Hayes will not be confirmed chic
: Justice of Idaho, 1t is held tina
the president cannot legally remov,
q a U. S. Judge in the territorie
: during his term of Office, and tina
. in this instance the removal {
; Judge Morgan was contrary to lay
!, and usurption of authority. Il
+ also held that failure to confirm
r Judge Hayes by the senate vii
I reinstate Morgan. A test case vii
= probably be made of this to deter