Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-16

1tcms Of lntcrcst From the ne1vegs
sido Town.
Decoration Day was kept In = quiet
manner in the day time. Business
was suspended during the afternoon
Memorial services were held in th.
Akins building under the aurpices Of
the q. A. X. and 8. Of V. Comrxde
7. X. Stephenson was elected Chair
man. The exercises were opened with
y prayer by james Chapman. for the
welfare Of our nation, and chat the
sons Of the heros whose memory We
celebrate would never depart from the
path Lod by ,heir fathers. The hymn,
+" Hold the Fort" was next rendered
all present joining in. Some fitting
remarks were then made by the chair
man, after which the song ".rhe Sol.
.lier's Grave" was sung by John Reid
Justice Sinnott, representing the s. Of
", then delivered the oratien Of the
evening on the subject "Our Fallen
HsOs." The ladies next favored vi
with the song, "John Browns Body
Miss Abbie Necdham leading, and
the entire assemblage joined in the
chorus. Mike Murphy then sung the
"Soldier Boy Of Gettysburg" and being
eucored favored US with the old but
good song. marching through Geor.
gia." A. M. Sinnot by request recitee
the poem. commemorative OF the dealt
OF Gen. John A. Logan, entitled, "Ls
gan is mustered out" Comrade John
N. Evans then sung "The Faded Goa,
of Blue" The exercise then cluseC
with the hymn, "The Sweet Bye ant
Bye" in which all joined. The fol
lowing old union veterans were no
ticed there: Comrades T. r. Stephen
son, John I. Brewer, A. r. Nellie
J. H. Safely and John NJ. Evans.
A mirtli provoking incident occur
red in the early pat Of the exercires
The ladies had just concluded the frs
two lines Of the second stanza of Hole
the Fort,
''see the Mighty hosts advancing,
satan leading on
Az s..on as the second line wa,
sung in filed delegation from tn,
"Flrst Ward" over Little Canon creel
with Major E. J. Coady at the head o
the column.
The fret number Of the BuLLETr,
was well received here and highly ap
preciated. The article on county iii
vision was generally endorsed by tn,
progressive element. It is the frs
gun fred in the campaign and ma,
its thunder re-echo until it stirs vi
the hearts or scares the mind
Of the Wood River pull backs to
sense of justice toward Gilmore county
Hank Delano, engineer OF sol, Ina,
to lay off from duty here on accoun
of sickness last week. A lady physi
clan from Salt Lake City was here q
the time, was summoned and sh
pronounced him out of danger.
Frank Roberts, John Fallon an,
Will Dial returned from CANA
Prairie last Friday, after ten day
stay. They reported Camas Ok OF
the county division policy.
Engines SOL and $50 returned from
the Shoshone shops last Monday, ella,
in new coat of paint and look,n,
like bellies of the rail.
A large quantity Of ice is sold dali,
and shipped to different points ON tn
line from the U. p. ice house.
G. c. Glenn brought a quantity O
new potatoes to town on June LIST
which were raised on his ranch, half (
mile east of here.
DR.. Redmond, of Shoshone, wa
summoned here by telegraph to attent
Mrs. C. j. Atkins who has been yer,
sick the past week.
Fireman Enger OF the 757 started t,
Salt Lake City last week, accompanies
by his bride ON their wedding tour.