The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-09-26

and "hope" it will call often. "
&C. Bernard, the Snake river navi-
gator, was in town this week He has
one OF the most popular ferries and
stopping places on the river.
The Idaho delegation to the Salt
Lake irrigation congress didn't seem to
0e IN 1t to any great extent, Judging
from published proceedings.
Quarterly meeting at the M. E.
church next Sabbath. Rev. Alexander
Will preach at II a. M, and Elder Driver
at p. m. All are invited to attend.
The town will be full of base ball
cranks tomorrow. We would suggest
that our ministers hold open air ser.
vices near the ball ground at 3 o'clock
p. m.
F. NJ. Grain. organizer for the Farm
ers' Alliance for this county, returned
from a proselyting tour Sunday. He
reports the organization of three new
alliances.
The enterprising citizens of Silver
City recently gave a grand banquet in
honor of Capt De Lamar. John Lamb,
OF the Avalanche, responded to the
toast, "The Ladies'" Insomuch as that
gentleman is president of the Bachelors
club at that place and Capt. De Lamar
is his right bower, we question their
right to talk about the ladies at all.
w. E. Wear, of Succor Creek, shipped
IL cars of horses from Caldwell this
week. Thew were billed to North
Dakota and were purchased by the
United States government for the In
dams. Each horse must weigh 100
pounds or better when unlOaded at
their destination. A fine lot of horses
sure.
Last Tuesday Mr.. E. w. Quin and
Miss Della Payne were married at
PocatellO. Miss Payne lived with Mr..
and Mrs. B. T. Young for several years,
and has friends in Caldwell who extend
hearty congratulations. Mr.. Quin is a
brakeman on the road, and has the re-
spect and confidence of his acquaint-
ances.
There is a man on Pole Creek, SAYS
the De Lamar Nugget, who amuses
himself by beating his wife, and who
recently run her into town with a shot
gun. If the good people of that pros
porous camp are half as good as we
think they are, they will tar and feather
the big, cowardly brute and then nail
him to the town hall by the ear.
Mr.. B. T. Young, the veteran bridge
builder, has located a homestead with
in one mile of Mountain Home and
was in Caldwell Thursday making
arrangements to have a house erected
thereon at once. Mrs. Young will re-
side there permanently. There is a
great deal in Brunt's philosophy that
that 1T will be better to have land.
to sell than to have to buy it in this
country"
When at Weiser last Sunday Can't.
Beatty tanned out" the first thing,
when a horse laugh went up which
seemed to emit from the bowels of the
earth and disturbed the elements worse
than the efforts of the rain doctor
There is now a horrible suspicion that
Pat. Devers was in the crowd and
attempted to hoodoo Caldwell. Had
it been known before hand there would
have been no game. The average
Caldwell man is brave and can face
base ball grape, canister and dyna-
mite bombs without a tremor, but the
nOblest Roman Of them all would not
knowingly face that horse laugh for
the wealth and glory of = Caesar.
A terrible railway accident about six
miles below POcatello last week resulted
in the death of two mail clerks and
four Indians, while two tramps who
were riding the blind were seriously. il
not fatally injured. The names of the
unfortunate mail clerks were Wede-
myer and Lyon. The former was
pretty well known in Caldwell, having
stopped over here a time or two with
the intention of investing in real
estate. The cause of the accident was
a collision, and from all accounts seems
to have been criminal carelessness on
the part of the engineer. The TRI-
nUNE believes that in cases of this kind
the engineer should be turned over to
the authorities. A few examples
would lessen the number of wrecks.
In spite Of the many requests mot to
write OH these walls" at the depot. they
are covered with hieroglyphics which
to the uniformed are meaningless and
anything but beautiful. Station Agent
Alley says, however, that many a tale
OF woe is concealed in these apparently
crazy scratches. Ever since the town
officials adopted heroic measures to
break up the practice of peddling with
out license and jailed an Arab or two.
some OF these marks have a remarka.
bic effect on pack vendors They enter
the depot, study the writing a moment
and then hurriedly ask when the next
train goes to Nampa. Verify, the un.
sophisticated child of the desert is quite
foxy.