Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-01-11

'Sai SolnpilchIto1is ana TWO men claim
ing the judgeship.
II Lyttleton Price, Hailey's attor-
ney, now in Washington, can get the
Aituras division question resubmitted
to the supreme court of Idaho, Logan
and Elmore counties will lose their
local habitations and names on the
map of Idaho.
i The Eagle Rock Register says the
post Office business of that town is
steadily growing. That means Eagle
Rock Is growing.
| Attorney Whittier is receiving let
ters addressed 10 him as Hon. Judge
Whittier; this may be little prema-
tnre but it may be all right little
later on. Who knows.
II Is reported that seven car loads
OF cattle and one of horses froze to
death in the blockade near Montpelier
Sunday night.
| Growing Is as natural with some
people as eating. They do not want
snow to be white because the suns re-
Election thereon hurts their eyes.
The railroad troubles at High bridge
and Beaver Canon have been removed
and the trains are on the regular go
again.
Plum trees are in bloom in the
south, but man here Tuesday morn
ing would have doubted 1t because he
felt as IL the cold wave extended to
the equator.
A petition signed by large major
ity of the people of this vicinity will
be presented TO the county commits
sioncrs Monday, pray ing them to pur-
chase the bridge across Snake river
vest OF town and make the same
free bridge.
A Montpelier butcher exhibited a
dressed pork hog last week that weigh
ed seven hundred pounds. So Idaho
can raise hogs as well as cattle.
II you should spell word differ
emily from somebody else don't weep
over it, The men who make die
tionaries do not always spell words
alike.
Our little bird was twittering yes
terday on the sunny window sill Of
our Office again and when approached
TO take him In he Curtis-ly asked-Do
you see that furniture going over to
the residence on Second street? and
before We could answer. he said ta.ta,
and was gone.
Every dog has his day" the re-
porter for a newspaper has his when
the snow is knee deep and the ther.
mOmetor l6 below zero. And even
then his motto should te--fnd news
or make it.
August Behle has demonstrated the
| fact that trees can be successfully
grown on Front street, His paintings
OF last spring grew nicely. 1t would
he useful and ornamental to have
them in front Of every business house
on the street
Young Mr.. Hutcheson, of Virginia,
who spent last summer with THE
NEWS family is now q member Of the
legislature OF his state. He was the
first democrat elected from his county
since the enfranchisement OF the
negro in 1866.
| Eagle Rock town council has levied
tax OF two dollars per head ON all
dogs in the corporate limits OF the
town. That's good New Year move,
and IL Blackfoot could do likewise we
would get rid of 237 out Of 474 that
infest our streets and alleys.
Attention is called to the law card
OF Hawley & Reeves in this issue OF
THK NEWS. This firm is favorably
known throughout the Territory, par
ticularly In all the counties of Third
Judicial District, and we bespeak for
them large share of legal patronage.
A New York millionaire was seated
at his desk New Years morn looking
pale, haggard and i'll, A friend ap-
preached him and asked
whats the matterH you don't look
well"
"Dont n Do / look bad2"
ayes; you look bad"
"well, | guess you'd look bad, too,
II YOU had s5,0O0,O0O lying idle in
the bank not drawing a - cent OF
interest"
The old man who assisted in ferry
ing Booth over the Potomac the night
he killed Lincoln, and who has been
employ ed at the navy yard in Wash
inGton for years past was discharged
a few days ago when 1t came to the
tsnnvvlad,ya of the boss that he helped |