Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-02-16
COSBY NEWS.

Rev. Mr. Lyons will hold services
IN MS church Sunday evening.
Services at the Methodist church at
tue usual hour Sunday morning.
A dance is announced al the Hall
Tor the evening Of February 22d.
II Parson Jones will pay his cleo.
tion bet there win be a wedding n
town. -
The Board OF County Commission.
ers will hold an adjourned meeting
next Monday,
The dance at the Hall last Friday
evening was a success and all present
report an enjoyable time.
Bishop Talbot Of the Episcopal
church, will begin his visitation 10
the churches in Idaho next month.
Bingham county has advanced to
the head Of the class Of counties in
extent OF territory.
Empires rise, flourish and crumbIe
70 decay for an example the en-
pire Of Alturas.
Judge Hopkins has been appointed
deputy clerk OF the U. s. court at this
place vice j. B. Miller, resigned.
Bingham county has more miles OF
railroad than any county in the Terri.
tory and perhaps the new county Of
Logan mex.
win kirkpatrick took $50 head OF
cattle 10 the mountains Wednesday
morning last
Stacks Of money To loan on improy.
ed farms by Brumback & Lamb. En-
qurc at the NEWS Office
The valentine party by the W. c.
7. U, at the Baptist church Wednes.
day evening was largely attended and
hugely enjoyed.
II is reported that Geo. P. Wheeler
late editor Of the pocaiello Reporter,
will take a position on the Bellevue
Weekly Press.
Mr. Emmcrson sold his Snake river
ranch Monday 10 Mr. Capps, OF Fort
Hall The ranch is said TO be a good
one and so was the price paid.
Those who haye been praying for
more snow had their prayers answer
ell Wednesday night The deepest fall
Of the winter Is with us now.
CouSrY WARRANTS Bergman &
Rogers will pay the highest cash price
for county warrants.
| Enquiries from the East about the
lands, mines, climate, Sc, OF Idaho
are becoming numbcrlcss as the sands
by the sea-shore.
The new time table OF February 10
makes .he north bound passenger due
at Blackfoot at T:2s p. M and south
| bound at 6:ls a m. Local freight
north li:l5 a, m, and local freight
south at 1918 a m.
A hunting party, consisting OF Ben
! Holbrook. Bert Pierce, RALPH Morgan
and August Behle, are making ducks
As ON Snake river. They took rations
for five days The ducks will take
care Of themselves.
The Directors Of the Insane Asylum
will hold their regular quarterly meet
| inc in March, at which time they will
probably take stops to make the I'M
provements provided for by the legls-
lature.
Mr. Harrison said to an oiliceseeker
the other day; Ny dear sir were |
70 olive nm office to every man who
has applied for il already by letter or
IN person. it would take me six years
TO sign the commissions
Deputy Sheriff Mullen is having the
| iron railings put over the cells in the
county iail as directed by the board
of commissioners.
bingham county caught a number
~ nlnms in the slice Of pie she re.
ceired IN the division of Alturas. All
the settlers living along Snake river
os far down as American Falls are
now citizens OF Bingham county
The voting strength Of the three &c
now counties made Of old Alturas VIII
be about as follows:
Alturas--1,0OO
Elmore--700.
Louau-4.i0Oo-
uis Excellency Gov. Stevenson viii
onpoint Che county officers OF the new ,,'.',
"ppppnties. "pp Elmore and Logan, wltnln
a few days. the same to serve &c ,eoo u"'''
the next general election IN io'V'
Prominent Republicans who 0ugne
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