Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-04-14

the bearer, was not Tascott.
The NEWS regrets to learn Of the
continued illness Of Mrs. Rube Dunn,
wife of its respected friend, Rube
Dunn, on Blackfoot. When the spring
returns with its warm balmy weather
we trust her disease will leave her and |
she will be restored TO health again.
The Sabbath School entertainment
at the Methodist church, last Sunday
evening was largely attended; the fact
is Blackfoot people always turn out
TO the children's entertainment, and
1t is noble in them to do so. En-
courage the little ones and it will in
spire them to greater efforts.
Flowers planted here and there in
a new made garden and these increas-
ed by others soon make the garden a
spot Of beauty and fragrant with their
sweet aroma. The good works of the
noble lady workers in Blackfoot, if
continued and persisted in, must make
Blackfoot pleasing and beautiful in
its morality The Reading Room cs-
tablished this week under their aus
pices is one Of their noble works for
which men will bless them in years,
long years to come.
A partial inspection Of the county
Jail Saturday afternoon satisfied us
that everything in that institution
was moving along without friction or
jar Work on the stone floor was tenn
porarily suspended for lack of mate
rial. The prisoners, seven in number,
appear well fed and kept and all seem
ed cheerful enough except the two
murderers, Williams and Woods Will
liams spends his wakeful hours puff.
ing his pipe apparently Indifferent
about his approaching end; while
Woods is greatly concerned and de
votes much time to devotional SER
vice aud reading of the scriptures.
All the prisoners speak well of the
4 kindsess shown them by their keepers
The case Of 'ifoul murder" of which
mention was made in these columns
last week and reported rs having been
committed between Camas and Lost
River, has not been proven to be a
murder at all. Five parties, four men
and one woman, were arrested on sus-
picion OF having made way with a
man travelling and who was last known
to have stopped to spend the night
with them, but tho evidence was not
sufficient TO hold them on the charge
! OF murder and four of them were re.
( leased and the fifth one held for lar,
ceny in attempting to move off with
the property of the man who disap
peared. In the cold weather in Jan
c uary a stranger travelling alone in q
D wagon stopped TO spend the night
+ with these parties--before the hour
Of retiring they frightened him away
! hy the aid of one of the parties who
4 was ventriloquist and the man has
T, never been seen since. This is the
statement they make of his disap
pearance. The man is supposed tc
J, have had large sum of money on his
person and il looks very strange tha
! he would have left and never return
cd for his wagon and team, and strang
or still not TO say inhuman in the eS
/ trems for the parties to frighten
D stranger away in the darkness of {
4 night with the thermometer far be
: low zero.
Controller Wickersham has address
y ed circular letter TO the Assessor
It of Idaho giving special instruction
!, rs TO their duties and urging a faith
) performance Of the same. In said cir
cular he points out many short com
). ings on their part in the past and III
i ges that every requirement OF the laT
j in the future be met.
First; he urges fulfillment of tn
requirements that all property shal
be taxed in proportion to its value
r and that the assessment rolls shal
ie show with all possible exactitude eve
e ry particle of property liable to taxa
l. tion.
Second; touching lands, he say
I. they are worth great deal more tina
10 they are being returned for, and call
. attention to the requirements OF th
. statutes which say they shall be a
/, sessed "at their full cash value.
: Third; notes, accounts, bonds an
merchandise have not been returne
s, MS they should have been and he urs
: es a vigilant looking after this elias
e of property. Sixty per cent Of me-
10 chandise was not assessed in 1857
IS Fourth; household furniture, jewe
ry and silver plate are more unde
!. valued than any other class of prol
~ erty and should be returned at the
nroper value He calls the speci'
= attention of assessors to watches, leV
:" " elry, pianos, organs, etc.
" iMpti,, bn nolls attention to the III