The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-21

Ed 1aYOrably upon the Dill creating
a new county in North Idaho. The
proposed new county is at present It
portion of Nez Perez county and
embraces the city of Moscow which
will be the county seat.
The fve-year old son of George
Corneal, of Bradford, died last
Monday from the effects of poison
received from eating canned fruit.
The fruit-green gage plums-had
evidently been canned long time,
as when the can was examined the
timed inside was completely gone.
Mrs. J. L. G. Smith, the woman
who killed her husband at HALEY
some weeks ago, has been held for
murder as a result of the prelim-
mary examination. This action, in
the light of the evidence, is thought
by many TO be completely unjusti-
fable, and that the plea of self de-
fence on the wonan's part was
clearly proven.
A narrow escape occurred at the
Shoshone depot last Wednesday
evening, says the Journal, as the
Wood river train was ready to
leave. While switching, Mrs. Sand
berg attempted to cross the track
but fell in front of the moving train,
and would have been run over but
for the presence of mind and exer-
tons of ". II. Savidge and a trav-
cling man, who pulled and rolled
the lady under the edge of the plat
form, out ofthe way of the car, and
held her there until the train could
be stopped.
J. J. Forst of Flint, says the Sill
yer City Avalanche, made us a call
on Thursday. Mr.. Forst informed
us that Superintendent Stanton is
looked for soon, when it is expected
that hosting works will be placed
on the Rising Star mine and a
shaft sunk to depth of at least
one thousand feet, then levels run
each way. This will demonstrate
whether or not the lodes in that
district carry pay to considerable
depth. We have no doubt that they
do, and that when work of this
character is done, that Flint will
prove one of the best mining camps
on the coast.
The case of murder mentioned in
these columns last week and report
ed as having been committed at
Camas, has not proven to be a MUIR
der at ALL The Blaekfoot News
says that in the cold weather in
January stranger stopped tospend
the-night with the parties and be-
fore the hour of retiring they fright
ened him away by the aid of one of
the parties who was ventriloquist
and the man has never been seen
since This is the statement they
make of his disappearance. The
man is supposed to have had a
large sum of money on his person
and it looks very strange that he
would have left and never returned
for his wagon and team.
The woman faith-healer, who
claims to be in partnership with
the Almighty at dollar a sitting,
has been operating at Boise City
for two or three weeks, says the
Democrat. Her followers say that
with lisp of prayer from her the
blind see, the lame walk, the deaf
hear, lost manhood comes bowling
back rampant, and she just fairly
dotes on paralysis and Bright's dis
ease. One move of her lips in silent
prayer knocks the stitch in a mans
back SO completely out that it is
never heard of again. One old
hypo crank whose face had been re-
versed for several years, another
who imagined his head was tea
kettle, another whose nose was a
foghorn, and still another whose
limbs were vitrefied and had them
packed in cotton to keep them from
| being broken, have all been righted.
The lady is the same healer who
healed all of Wood River.
Last fall a camp of thirty-four
Chinese moved on one of the bars
on Snake river, just above the juno
ton of the Imnaha with that river,
to spend the winter mining for gold,
which those bars arc known to con-
tain. When they moved there, it
was known they had a large boat
and a good supply of provisions, and
it was generally thought, consider
able gold dust; in fact, the estimat-
ed amount was from $4,000 to
100000 but the real amount is not
known. The bar which they were
encamped on is very isolated, and
since spring opened, party of men
passing one day noticed no one
around the camp, and on investiga-
ton found the bodies of two China
men who had undoubtedly been
killed by shooting in the head, and
the other Cinnamon were nowhere
to be seen. Their tents were blown
down, and after being taken up re-
vealed large amount of provisions
and mining utensils, which had
been used but very little. The boat
was missing, and everything looked
as if it had been deserted for some
time. On the bank near the river
were found several small piles of
cartridge shells, which seem to have
been thrown out together and with
which the awful deed must have
been committed. Everything look
ed as il a battle had been fought,