Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-12-09

"ou'e-Change OF Short Line Diyis-
mns-An Affecting Observation-Disclosures
Already In the Fleld-The New Capi.
tOl Building.
Boise CRY, Dec. 8, 1886.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE T1MEs.-
I our correspondent left HALEY Mon
oay afternoon, departing from Sec
ton clothed in raiment decidedly
wlntry, and in few hours was in a
region
Where balmy breezes blow,
And the natives have no snow"
There was quite large delegation
OF Haileyites aboard the train, bound
for nearly all points of the compass
in fact, the passengers were almost all
from the county seat of Alturas.
ohoshone was notwithstanding
to the new method of reckoninp
time-at 1880 O'Clock. The west
bound passengers gathered at public
hostelry near the station and turned
themselves loose for a jolly time while
awaiting the 23:4O train.
While at the supper table that
evening, your correspondent noticed a
bill of fare upon which one item read.
"Quash pie" The attention of a
HALEY lady being called to it, she
remarked: GOOD feed for Judge
Broderick when grand juries are too
prolific with indictments.
The "Goat Outfit" (the Criswell
brothers, mother, and sister) passed
through Shoshone Monday night, with
their entire caravan of goats, "much-
branded CATTLE" dogs, trained deer,
etc. en- route for one of the Snake
river ranges.
The eagle-eyed sachem of the Sho-
shone Journal has corraled nearly a
block of town property, and is erect.
ing thereon brick building of mass
i've dimensions for use as a sanctun
and print shop; also, lot of smalle
structures for rent. These thing
would signify that the life of an edito
is sometimes "a happy one" fnan
cially.
The Shoshoneites are considerable
exercised over the change in the Shor
Line divisions, as it makes that tow
somewhat of a way station, if we eS
cept the Wood River branch. TIL
new divisions on the Short Line, t
be created on the 18th proximo, l be
lieve: Granger to Pocatello; Pocatell
to Glenn's Ferry; and Glenn's Ferr
to Huntington. AS Glenn's Ferry
to be the western home station for tn
middle division, and the eastern HON
station for the western division, She
shone will lose all her resident railroa
men employed as trainmen, as we'll q
the other trade advantages to be DE-
rived from division terminus. I'll
change will make Glenn's Ferry
town of some Importance.
A TOUCHING MEETING.
This morning, at the Overland Hot
in this city, while your correspondent
was going to the breakfast-room,
saw an old gentleman enter a sic
door who was Immediately greeted b
, a young man by the single exclam
ton, "Father!" They then fell upc
each others necks, kissed, embrace,
and wept. The parties, who had N
met for 26 years, were the Hon. jam
H. Hawley and his father. The old gee
tleman came out from the States f
the express purpose of seeing his so
who left the parental roof before Il
civil war to seek his fortune in Il
then "wild, untamed West" TT
:, pair have been taking in the capt.
today, arm in arm, attempting
shower enough affection upon one a
other to make up for the long yea
of separation.
Few legislators have put in an a
f pesranoe up to date, but the lobhyis
e and wire-pullers are quite numerou
e The ring formers have been at wo
i for several days, and combinations a
+ rapidly forming.
v The new capitol building is undout
4 edly the grandest piece of archite
J.. ture in Idaho. 1t is first-class in I
its appointments, and a credit to
q builders and the Territory.
= f. o. HARDING.
., Bucklen's Arnica Salve.