Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-03-07

HAAA AilulNs
Ninery-nine deaths were reported at
Butte City in the month of February.
oeVenty-three Of these were from
pneumonia, and twenty-six from pneu-
monia following la-grIppe.
Idaho Falls wants a court house
and wants it bad too, but she cannot
De accommodated just yet. Blackfoot
wlll continue TO be the courting place
for the people of Idaho Falls.
Rev. Lyons will hold services at
the Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening. Strangers in the city
are cordially invited to attend.
Lizzie sthreshley, Of Austin, Texas,
has patented typewriter for the
blind. This is a machine to produce
writings for the blind on the apointn
system, and embraces improvements
N the construction and combination
OF parts in the carriage feeding, the
spacing and embossing
Hon. / \. Costin, Major Kavanaugh
and Mr. Hill, directors of the Insane
Asylum, favored The News office with
a pleasant call on their first official
visit TO Blackfoot.
John Herman is still shipping hay
TO Butte Cily. There will be plenty
Of hay left in this county after the
ranchers get through wintering their
stock.
Representative Ballentine said in a
speech Thursday-"There are men on
this floor who do not represent any
county Does a single one on the
floor come up to the standard of rep
resentatiye. We don't know and ask
for information.
Geo Hammond, travelling auditor
OF the Pacific Express Co., on the u.
& \. Line, has had his work increas-
ed to embrace the Oregon Short Line.
Senator Dubois has defeated the
confirmation Of Judge Beatty; that
fact alone ought to be taken as a Ger,
tainty Of his getting the seat in the
Senate over Judge Claggett An out
slider could not carry that weight and
influence.
Representative Price is credited
with saying in a speech in the house
OF representatiyes-"There is not one
member on this floor who has earned
one dollar day, let alone FIVE allow
ed. The expenses OF the body fol
the session will foot up $4,000.
The victory is not always in mum
bers. Illinois has 204 members il
the Legislature and that number bal
loted 1856 times and could not elec
one senator; Idaho has 81 member
and elected four senators.
The House refused to concur in tn
Senate resolution to adjourn this week
but it is safe to guess that join
body that can elect four senators can
not hold together always.
The Progress says another paper |
soon to be started at Nampa, and otE
, or parties are contemplating starting
, still another. Then Nampa will nee'
another poor house.
. Ex-Sheriff Woodin is having an III
! pleasant time waiting the action 9
the court in matter placed in hi
, hands by order of the court durln
his term of office. The delay has an
is still working great hardship 0
, him.
The busy ones this week are til
c attorneys Judge Standrod says Q
the cases are calIed-"That case wi
have to be disposed OF this term, gel
I tlemen, and il you are not ready
: will be stricken from the docket
: and the attorneys are getting moN
on themselves.
4 The president says that the repo
!. that he intended TO send speci
o message urging the passage OF Il
federal election bill was not true.
would be, he said, both superfiuol
y and useless. The president says
y has no idea that an extra session
/ congress would be necessary. AS
the talk OF special session OF Z
g senate, the president said he had !
IS intention of calling one. There W
i, he said, nothing in the present OF
d look of public business which woa
IS REQUIRE it, The president then sa
he was going on shooting trip abo
ir n week after the adjournment OF &C
eress, to be gone a few days,
70 The Times correspondent at Boi
titv has interviewed the members
III the general assembly as to choice
n. President in 1892, Five of the I
st domocrats favor Cleveland, and TIVE