Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-07
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
6athered From Our Exchanges From All
Over The Territun.

port quiet times Christmas.
Travel to the Custer mines from
the Wood River country is now via
Blackfoot.
The Times in its holiday edition
gave splendid history of Cassia
County.
A. j. Graham has retired from the
Bellevue Herald We are sorry to
lose him.
The Caldwell Tribune is to be en-
larged, THE News sends congratu-
lations.
The Territorial Democratic Central
Committee will meet in Boise City
about the goth inst
The school board at Shosnone pub
fishes the number of classes in school
text books used, and the rules govern
ing the school. Other schools might
profit by initiating its example
The Idaho Department Encampment
of G. A. R. meets in Boise City Jan
uary 18th. A big time is expected
for the old vets in attendance.
Journal. Nov is your chance,
maidens, old maids, and widows too.
70 show the world what you can do,
for tomorrow Leap Year begins, you
know, and there's many man who
can't say ''No." So be astir before too
late, and catch ''hub'' in SO.
The advantages offered to settlers
by Idaho have too long been hid I'M
der bushel and it is. gratifying to
see our bretheren of the press coming
out with graphic descriptions of their
respective localities.
We suppose that most of oar read
ers will remember an account publish
ed in the Statesman about two months
ago relating to the murder of Arch
bishop Seghers, by Frank Fuller on
the Yukon river, Alaska. A trial has
taken place, Fuller has been convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to
O'Neirs Island for ten years and to
pay a fine of $1,000.
Salmon City Recorder.-We are al
ways glad to see visitors in our office,
and will do all in our power to make
them welcome, and advance their in.
terest, only we. ask that they do not
throw us into a state of extreme nerv.
BUSINESS by grabbing hold of our copy
and reading what we are setting up
looking over our galleys to see what
news we have in type, and to examine
our books to learn the list of our sub
scribers and wind up by squirting
tobacco juice all over our new OF
cloth on the floor.
VIM. Hurley, in Jail at HALEY
charged with burglary, came up miss
ing one evening. The night before
the turkeys saw him lying face dowr
on his bunk in his cell, and believing
him to be asleep, locked the door TO
the night. The next morning Hurley
was missed at breakfast, and the jaile
went to his cell and saw him still il
the bunk in the same position. Be
lieving him asleep the jailer went il
and shook him, when it turned out t,
be dummy and not the prisoner
Hurley had two suits of clothes, on
Of which he had rugged up as dun
my. He also had frequently been oh
served lying IN his bunk in the sam
position as that in which the DUNN,
was placed. He was captured on Cana
Prairie and returned.
Statesman segregationist
have hit upon novel plan of pre-
senting their case to congress. The,
lose petitions and then get somebod,
to swear to the contents of the los
paper and send the affidavit on t,
Washington. This was done in tn
case of one signed IF. Beck, postmas
ter, Grangeville, l. T." and will prob
ably be played for all that it is worth
By this means the signers can fl,
their names to other petitions withou
detection. This is worse than til
method previously practiced Of gel
ting signers from Washington terrific
nv. When men make up their mind
to pursue a low-liyed, filthy scheme
actuated chiefly by feeling of resent
ment and become fairly embarked il
their enterprise, they will do thing
that would disgrace Digger India
fresh from his pleasing entertainment
of feasting upon the vermin pickle
from his own body.