Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
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Geo. W. Stone came up from Salm.
on City TO see to some stock he had
on Pah Simari, starting on the 18th
inst. On the morning of the Sth he
left little Rye Grass Flat near oppo.
site the mouth of Hat Creek on the
trail east side of the Salmon river. He
was riding lazy, dull horse and the
weather was SO severe that he became
chilled and moved on very slowly;
arriving at the crossing of Pah Simari
late at night When he came to the
river he tried to make his horse cross
but he stubbornly refused. He was so
benumbed and dishearted he turned
away from the river and tried to walk
to keep himself from freezing; but he
could only walk few steps before he
would fall. Seeing he could not save
himself in that way he took the sad
die blankets off his horse and some
other wrap he had with him and
wrapped up his feet the best he could
and threw one blanket over his head
and sat down to wait for day light so
that he could proceed or relief come
to him. A strange dog had followed
him from Salmon City. He tried to
drive him back but he still followed
on. When MIR. s sat down he called
the dog to him and covered him with
the blanket and nestled to him the
best he could and waited results.
Morning coming he proceeded to VIM.
Weller's commonly known as Shot
Gun Bills. Upon examination Mr.. s.
proved to be frozen in his hands, his
ears, his nose, his face and badly
frozen in his feet The weather was
very cold but if the horse would have
performed his duty faithfully instead
of badly and at last refused to go at
all, there would have been no difficulty
in his reaching people where he could
have been relieved before any serious
freezing would have occurred. But as
he failed, undoubted he would have
persisted but for the warmth he re
ceived from the dog which had so
faithfully followed him, This was un-
sought fortune. Doubtless Mr.. S would
not be with us now but for the tena-
cious affection of this animal. 1t seems
almost as il the creature foresaw the
coming peril of his master. At least,
it was wonderful relief. Shot Gun Bill
took great care in drawing frost from
the frozen man. Mr.. George Ellis
brought him to Challis where he is
mending as well as could be expected.
Some fever and considerable pain, but
no fears of an unfavorable result
ChaIllS messenger.
Snake river at this place is solidly
frozen over, loaded teams, horsemen
and all kinds of stock crossing the
stream at any point they can get
down and up the banks. Oregon rab-
bits are coming into Idaho by the
thousand. Leader.
Statesman We gather the follow /
ing information from the controllers
office through the courtesy of Hon. J.
Fl. Wickersham 1t gives the number
of prisoners in the penitentiary from
the different counties as well as an
enumeration of the crimes for which |
they were sentenced: Ada, 8; Alturas
IL; Bear Lake, none; Bingham %;
Boise, 2; Cassia, 4; Custer, 3; Idaho,
/; Kootenai, 2; Lemhi, 6; Oneida, 4;
Owyhee, none; Shoshone, /; Washing
ton, l. Total, 72. OF the foregoing
there were convicted of murder in the
second degree, IL; manslaughter, 8;
grand larceny, 10; arson, 2; incest, 2;
incest, 2;.,burglary, 8; assault, with in
tent to murder, 4; aiding prisoner to
escape, 1; rape, 1; embezzlement, 4;
robbery, 8; forgery, 2; bigamy, l.
Tribune.-We have often been re-
proved for not attending church more
regularly, but we stay away to save
the rest of the congregation embarass-
ment, as the following incident will
illustrate: A practical revivalist
preached to western congregation
from the well-known text ''render unto
Caesar" and requested all the congre-
cation who had paid their debts to
rise. The uprising was general After
they had all taken their seats, call
was made for those who didn't pay
their debts. One solitary individual
rose, who explained that he was
country editor, and that he could not
pay his debts because the rest of the
congregation, who had risen before,
were owing him on subscription.