The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-21
NOTICE TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS,
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
AFTER A FORTUNE.

AFTER Il FORTUNE.
Frank Harold Hamilton, q Boz
ton attorney, is in Portland, Or,
gon, and claims to have been ser
by an old New England family
lay claim to S., 600, 900 or Sc, OOO, 90
worth of real estate in the heart Q
the city. lie says:
l came here ut the solicitation OF
family by the name of Brownfeld, an
the grandfather of the head Of this fam
lily is alleged to have been here from 1873
to 1888, or in this locality. While here
right On the banks Of the Wil!amett
river, he took up q large tract of land 0
which the Brown6eids became cognizan
but six months ago by looking over som
papers which the old man, now dead, ha,
stored away in chest years ago. ex
amined the papers very closely and be
came impressed that the land the eide
Brownfeld took up was located here, an(
is among the most valuable real estat,
owned by some of the wcalthiest citizens
Ny investigation into the matter Leads
me to think that my clients have valu
able interest here. The moment an
ENTIRELY satisfied on that point I sha!
begin an action at once.
The reporter to whom the above
remarks were addressed, called on
come of the oldest residents Of
Portland, after leaving Mr.. Hamil-
ton, but none of them recollected
ever having heard Of a man named
Brownfeld living here during the
pioneer days. Hamilton, who is a
man of about fifty years Of age,
claims to be u wealthy retired law
yer. Should he prove that the
property in question really belongs
to his clients, it will cause a good
deal of rather unpleasant excite
ment among those in possession.
WASHINGTON.
The Washington Post gives some
very sensible advice in regard to
the name of a future State. 1t adj
mits that the new State Of Wash
ington may resent the suggestion,
but says that:
If that commonwealth has an eye to
the future she will hustle around and
adopt new name. The amount of OBJ
scurity that will presently be engendered
by the two Washingtons is vexatious to !
and, with extended relations
IN national affairs, this mixing process |
will be inevitable. Hereafter, in refer
ring to Washington, the I'D. c." or Estate
Of" must be continually lugged in. A
Washingtonian may be man from either
end of the continent The name as a
Territory was bad enough, but rs State
It will develop more annoyance to every
body IN the country than will compensate
or retaining the name through mistaken
action Of patriotism.
a COWBOY sALvATIoNIsr.
The Rev.(?) J. K. Griffis, pastor
If the Baptist Church atWaconda,
who has led q life Of sharp
contrasts, so far, added another dra-
natic incident to his career last
week, by clipping with Miss Anna
Cidmarsh, a member of his flock,
7ho lived next door to him. Griffis
lad been in Waconda but a few
months, having came there from
Toronto with letters of recommen-
lation and introduction from Bap-
list people of high standing in that
ity. He was we'll liked, and DOS
esscd unusual gifts as a public or
tor. According to his own story,
lis history is a peculiar one. lie
7as captured by the Indians when
My a baby, and remained with
hem until ne was sixteen years of
sc, knowing nothing whatever of 5
rs parentage, nor has he ever been I
bic to find the slightest clue to his 6
ami!y. At seventeen he took up
he life of cowboy and became an t
xpert in that industry, adopting /
Il its vices and characteristics gen. !
rally. While in Toronto, about q
x years ago, he became one of the v
rigntest converts Of the Salvation 4
rmy and soon attained official C
INK. He married one of the Sis v
RS Of the Army, and soon after v
9th he and his wife united with a
he Baptist Church. After preach O
g there three or four years, and P
ehavlng in a most exemplary man. c
'r, he went to Illinois and finally il
titled in Waconda. His wife and G
iss Tidmarsh became very init. ii
ate friends and were constantly h
gether, until about six weeks ago P
e concluded that her husband h
Is becoming altogether too atten- u
re to the young girl, and called il
m to account for it. She had in tt
r possession several of Miss It'd T
arsh's letters to her husband, but CT
ION his promising to have moth al
more to say to the young lady, d.
e destroyed them. But his prom tt
was only blind, for few days W
.er Grittis left home telling his ia
te that he was going to Chicago e
attend a meeting of the clergy. in
stead, ne went to Darlington, re
lags near by, and procuring fiji
:se and buggy in the evening of
urned to Waconda and drove to lu
, home Of Miss Tidmarsh. Not to
y feet from where his faithful ut
&c was sleeping he was met by ca
: rerhdious friend, who had with dc
= a III hor o,,o l. n 600 l.