The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
IDAHO NEWS.

last, by mannamed Hughes, living
near the Winnemucca crossing OF
the river. From what we can learn
| of the ARRAY, it grew out of a lease
that the deceased had made with
| Morgan about sheep, Morgan being
the lessee. During the quarrel
Nelson seized knife with which he
attempted to cut Morgan, when the
latter seized shot gun, and after
a scuff1e, in which Nelson still had
the knife trying to cut Morgan, he
wrested the barrel of the gun from
| Nelson and shot him dead, the
charge tearing away nearly the whole
ofthe shoulder. Morgan then went
to the nearest ranch, told what he
had done, and gave himself up.
No other persons than Nelson and
Morgan were present at the time OF
the shooting.
Messenger: Through letter re-
ceived from Geo. Kirk, dated Silver
Rule Mine, January 21st, 1889, we
learn that he had just received a
dispatch of the death of his brother
CAL, which was caused by an abscess
from which he had been suferin.
for number of years. He died
and was buried at Salida, Colorado,
the home of three sisters. He had
received his portion of the money
from the sale of the Cinnabar mine,
only few days before his death.
Mr.. Geo. Kirk goes east, to Salida
and St. Louis, in a few days. Il, !.
Idaho Democrat Hon. John
German arrived OH Friday with the
remains of Richard Cunningham,
who died in his cabin near his min
ing claim six miles above Idaho
City, on Tuesday last. A sister of
deceased, at Ballston, Saratoga
county, New York, was telegraphed
of the event, and she requested that
the body Of her brother be for
warded there for burial, which Mr..
German made proper arrangements
to have done. Mr.. Cunningham,
who died suddenly, was a native of
Ireland. aged tifty-one years, was a
pioneer of Boise Basin and an hon
est and industrious miner.-Mr.
Robert Barber, who arrived from
Long Valley last week, says that
but little snow had fallen there, and
fourteen below was the lowest tenn
perature that had been recorded !;
weather delightful for winter and
the best of health prevailing. He
also says that not more than one
fourth of the land in that magnif-
cent valley had been taken up.
surveys are earnestly prayed for
and that a bigger rush than ever
wall take place for that favored
region in the spring. Fifty immi-
grant wagons are now at Salt Lake,
that arrived last fall, waiting for
spring to continue their journey to
Long Valley.
Idaho Independent: Elder VIM.
B. Lindsay, notice of whose death
appeared in our last issue, was born
in Leeds county, West Canada.
Dec. 25th, 1921. He emigrated to
| Wisconsin in the year 1912 and was
baptized at Lafayette. July LIST
of the same year. He moved to
Nauvoo in 1914 and took part with
the saints against the mob during
the prosecutions of that year. He
was married Feb. 18th, 1845. He
assisted with his labor and means
to build the Nauvoo Temple and
was with the Saints during their
expulsion from Nauvoo and shared
in the perils and hardships which
the Saints endured. He crossed
the Mississippi river with Prest.
Brigham Young and Others Jan.
18th, 1845, as one of the Artillery
under Gen. Scott. Arrived i'll Salt
Lake Valley in the year 1852 and
resided there until 1854, when he
moved to Paris, Bear Lake county,
Idaho, where he resided until his
death, which took place Jan. 8, 1889.
He leaves behind him three wives,
is the father of rs children, 10 of
whom are still alive, Sc grand-child-
rem and 3 great-grand children.
Bro. Lindsay was an upright, kind
and peaceful man, and died as he
had lived faithful and consistent
Latter-day Saint.
Mountain Home Bulletin More
than likely the Ophir and Noun
tain Goat companies will combine
and build a 2O-stamp improved
gold mill early next spring. At
present the Mountain Goat he's the
Reeser custom mill leased and is
running ten stamps on high grade
ore. This is water mill It was
frozen up for few weeks but it is
all right since last snow STORM
The Alturas Gold Limited mine is
looking way up and the mill doing
we'll in fact the bullion output is
increasing each month, With pros
poets of getting back to it's old-time
record soon.-The mining out
look is very bright. The Ophir,
Mountain Goat and Alturas are all
producing high grade ore.-The
Red Warrior mines are doing con-