The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-09
IDAHO NEWS.

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Mountain Home Bulletin: Hon.
John s. Lewis, of Three Greek, Wis
tied Mountain Home during the
past week. He is undoubtedly the
toughest nut" of any living
human. He was shot all to pieces
in the Mexican war; packed sand
on Alcatraz during the late ''un-
pleasantness; ;" been scalped by
Indians in Idaho had his arm and
ribs broken by being thrown from
horses; broke leg not long since
by a fall, and just before Christmas
last, on his first visit to his stables
after this last accident, he received
a kick on the lame leg from a vi
cious horse that dislocated his knee
and fractured the thigh bone. Ev-
erybody thought this last kick
would "cook the old mans goose"
but he said with emphasis, mot by
a DIN SITE" He was helped to
his house and there being no sur
geon within a hundred miles, he,
with the assistance of friends, got
his knee in place, splintered the
thigh and placed the leg in wood
on box and remained in bed until a
few days ago, when he thought it
was about time to get out and see
his friends. He came to Mountain
Home and was cordially greeted by
every man woman and child who
met him. There is good leather in
"Uncle Dick" yet.
Idaho World R. Turner, the
largest man in Washington Terri
tory, died the other day. The coffin
and body weighed 800 pounds. The
casket was seven feet long and three
feet wide, and required ten men to
lift it. This is undoubtedly Robert
Turner, who lived here in early
days. His father, Robert Turner,
who died a good many years ago,
was proprietor of the Warm
Springs, now owned by Frank
| Cooper. Bob, when ten years OF
age, weighed over 200. Eight OF
ten years ago he was one of the
largest men in Oregon. weighing
nearly 500. Bob would now be
thirty two or thirty-three years OF
age.-Cougars are getting sc
numerous and bold here that they
come right to the houses. One O
George Vanwinkles' boys took g
lantern the other night and went tt
the spring for water. A cougar
went for him, but the boys screams
brought the old man to him, ane
the animal left. One night las
week O. S. Moore heard rumpu:
under his floor, where his dog slept
but did not get up to see what thu
racket was. Next morning, when h
went out, the dog did not come t.
him, as usual, and Mr.. Moor
looked under the floor, and behelt
the tracks OF a cougar, ard the trai
where the dog had been dragged
He took the tracks, crossed tn
fence, went a few hundred yard
and found the dog, partly eater
up. He put poison in the dog'
carcass, and went back in a shor
time and found one cougar tina
measured nine feet. He was lyin,
with his paws on the dog. TIVE
more had been there, but they dic
not get the poison. Cougars ais
captured two of McBride's dogs.
/ Journal: Old man Wigs, wei
known weather prophet ofnortherl
Idaho. announces that the winte
yet to come will be the severest eve
known. He bases his prediction OF
the assertion that the moon is ava,
out of it's place in the heavens, bein
seven degrees further north, which
in his opinion, is an unfaline
sign of cold weather. Il never kne'
it to FAIL" he said in discussing tn
matter. "If the moon had onl,
gone little out of it's way | woul'
not say word, but here it is at leas
1000 miles further north than i
has any business to be, | never say
the moon so far north before though
and l will tell you to look for what
coming."-Last Thursday nigh
the vehicle which was bringing He
mer Stull from Boise to Namp
broke down, and while the drive
, went to farm house for wagon
Stull concluded to walk along unit
overtaken by the wagon. He GO
on the wrong road and the wagoI
missed him. After walking durin
that cold night for about six hours
he arrived in Nampa, exhausted an
! suffering from cold. He was all RICH
the next day, however.
Statesman: Tom Gray, Twin
, about sixteen miles down the river
, made it quite lively on Wednesda
2 night for the dancers at Aver
place near by. He attempted t
run the dance to his own notion
, slugged several young fellows owe
the head with his six-shooter fire
off his pistol and raised Ned gene1
ally. He is now trying to outru
:. the sheriff of the county, but wor
E comes that this official is hard O