The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-03
IDAHO NEWS.

Wallace Free Press: A gentle
man who is well up in the matter
Of rates on ore charged by railroads
stated the other day that the com
bined smelling and transportation
charges on Ceur d'Alene ore ship.
ped to Denver are less than the
transportation charges alone from
Wood river to Omaha.-The
steamer Ceur d'Alene started sew
eral days ago to make the run to
Mission, but encountered too much
ice on the lake. 1t will be quite a
while yet before she is able to make
trips. In the meantime ore will
continue to accumulate ut Mission.
The track has been extended to the
Kootenai landing.
Shoshone Journal: The first
visitors to the Great Shoshone Falls
this season were taken over yester-
day by the Shoshone Falls Passen-
ger Line.
Blackfoot News: Lazy Joe, an
Indian, peeped in to-day and asked :
You hea.' m paper some smallpox
at Butter and when answered affir-
inatively, he added-"Indian, he
no like'm; me no ketch IN, small a
pox he no good, heap no good. -
1t is reported that the population
Of Dakota is rapidly diminishing
every day and by the time mex
winters billiards. arrive large
portion of the inhabitants of that
territory will have found homes il
a more congenial cline. If the,
lesire to find country where tn
blizzard cometh not they SHOULD
come to Idaho and settle.
Boise Statesman: DR.. Christie
extracted tooth from horse yes
serday, which now lies on our table
and is enormous. 1t seems tina
two teeth had made connection
grown together. The poor ANNA
submitted to the operation patient
ly and thanked the doctor for The
skill he had exhibited in the oper
alton. The horse was the propert,
Of Mr.. Gutchen.-And now tina
Judge Hays has been assigned t.
this district we intend to tell story
or two on the gentleman. About
two and Il half years ago, be tn,
same more or less, the judge was
holding a term at Blackfoot and
trying a case where a fellow had
broken into the house where his
honor boarded, to-wit, the Com
mercial hotel, and purloined a pair
of breeches. After court had ad
journed for supper, and while the
jury was celebrating, julie Bassett.
the under sheriff, was leading the
defendant along, who stubbed his
toe on the railroad track. The
chief justice was near at hand and
remarked in his urbane manner,
Look out, my good man, that you do
not injure yourself" The prisoner,
turning to Bassett. said, What a
Kind hearted gentleman the judge
is. lust love the man." An hour
afterwards the jury came in with a
verdict of guilty and the court said
seven years. A remarkable change
took place in the mans mind so far
rs relates to his estimate of Our
chief justice. We have no space
for the exact language. They were
remarkably expletive, SO Bassett
says.
The Idaho Democrat: Mr.. Perks, |
who has charge of the mines and
mill at Graham. was in Boise few
lays since. He brought down the
good news that the main ledge had
been struck and the quality of the
ore greatly exceeded all expecta-
tions. Silver district will be one
Of the liveliest camps in the terri
tory the coming season.-U. S.
deputy marshal I. L. Timer is the
only Mexican war veteran here
abouts that was in the battle of
Buena Vista. He was with the Hi
nois boys and fought under Col.
Bissell. Mr.. Timer has never failed |
70 observe the anniversary Of that
memorable event by performing no
labor on that day and participating
IN any ceremonies that might take
place, which latter is not in.requent
as the 22d of February is also
Washington's birthday. This OBJ
he has kept up for forty
years and will continue to do SO
ong as he lives.
Idaho Avalanche: On Monday |
asst Judge P. A. Tut, after an ILL
ness of about ten days, closed his
eyes and gently passed over the
lark river to the realms of eternity.
aged 50 years, one month and Il
lays.
Aagle Rock Register: It is sup
posed by the ranches of Camas that
'3 degrees below zero has blasted
Ill their immediate prospects of an
lbundent fruit crop in this region
or the present year.
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