Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-25
cENrEaviLLE LETTER.

'N s"o "iuCeF, ant
more detected set YOU never J..
"e'a. We knew nothing of the doing
/" Congress in regard to Star.bood
of London market quotations Of nj,
'ro'---'natters of such great imnor
lance to us. We of Course had ,rpc,
trashy literature on hand, such n,
virgil, Cicero, Shakespeare, Brown
ing and Byron--vcry inferior Rad.
ing when compared to tho g,e,,
American newspaper. For 200 /,
solid and instructive reading civ. u.
'he newspaper first, last and all ,tb.
time, or give us death. Our yerv
ob''ging =. NJ, Norman Young ~,
'e'ng asked t''a cause Of this long dc
lag, would politely inform US tia, the
depot had not yet arrive at Boise
wy or that the railroad had run off
tue track 10 miles below Sliermap's
Oh Moore creek, this being abo,t all
inc consolation we could get from
him.
Mr. 5. X. Gol'l,rap contracted a
severe cod last fall and has been
confined TO the house most of the
winter. His many friends will be
glad To learn that he has 50 far re.
covered AS to b. able to take daily
outdoor exercise.
20 Poncio and Bud Digelow are
the parties who contracted with Supt
Bowen, of Elkhorn mine, to raise
from lower tunnel 10 surface; DIS
tance supposed to be in neighbor-
hood of three hundred feet.
Mr. Pinney, of the well known Pin.
ney ranch, in Garden valley. has
spent the greater part of the winter
with us.
Homer Granger will begin work on
his valuable placer claim, situated on
Henry creek, within Il week.
&. q. Norcross, of Lynn, Mass,
who spalt m,st OF last summer ex-
anInlng AMI prospecting quartz
mines throughout the Basin, has or.
ganized quartz company at Saco,
Maine, with ii capital of one hundred
thousand dollars, for the express pur.
pose of developing quartz mines
within Boise county. He will
he hero early i'll the spring.
Our great and glorious climate
that has so successfully warded off
all threatening -pdemics in the past
must have been taking a vacation for
awhile during the winter from the
fact that that hateful grip got in its
work OIL US aud mollleyeI around for
three or four weeks, aud put nearly
all of The boys in their little beds.
Out of our whole population but four
aud strange as it may e.m
these four are said 10 be the finest
looking young fellows in town -pict-
ures of health Your cor. escaped.
One of the most serious cases was
that of Mr.. Harry Carter, foreman of
MeIT-rt's livery ctable, gentleman
of allermanic proportions, who weigh
ed before the attack one hundred and
ihirtytwo pounds. Careful nursing,
horse medicine and conditions pow
ders saved him from being con-
verted into beauti.ul angel.
He is able to gad about town, mere
shadow of his former self, having lost
during his ten days sickness some
thing over 4 hundred pounds. DIR. |
at time when his profes-
slonal services were badly needed,
: got 1t in the neck" that part of his
anatomy swelling prodigiousIy; so
much so tat his friends became
A armed and watched at his bedside
IA ,ght and dlv. Through all external
application of mustard plas,ers (his |
original remedy extending from toe
nails to eve brows, she still lives"
Norman Young, another desperate
Ease, has pulled through all right,
though not really well. A protu-
herance has appeared upon his left
ear, which our resident physician as
serts is hunion, originating from two
causes, grip and frequent nse OF tele-
phone ear trumpet. The Doctor will
perform an operation on Mr.. Young
as soon rs weather permits experl-
with his new discovery for
treatment of cases of this nature, that
of blasting, using very light charge
of giant powder, cap and fuse, and
should he knock an car OF
to replace ii with a much better one
in fortv-elght hours.
Will inform you as to result alter
explosion. ,ooo
CrSrEgvlIlE, Feb. -, 1890.