The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-11-07
SOME LOCAL SKETCHES.
Notes Of Interest In and About Town
Worth Reading.
GRIM REAPER'S HARVEST,

Personal NOtes-Town Council Proceed.
ings-Police -Communicat ions-
Other News and Notes.
Mrs. w. E. Snodgrass is suffering
with pneumonia.
\ H. H. and w. d. Jones took little
duck hunt one evening and bagged 81.
The ball nine will 20 to Baker City
tomorrow for another 60 with that
club.
Mrs F. Hoffer is making extensive
improvements on her house, a short
distance above Caldwell.
H. X. Hartley, of Middleton, has
moved his family to town. They will
occupy the Maxey property.
Rev. George Buzzclle will hold divine
services at the Presbyterian church,
Sunday afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock.
The report that J. Hi. Jobe is a pris-
oner In Long valley is a mistake, as he
was seen on the streets of Caldwell last
Thursday.
Tho Police Gazette of November Z,
publishes an excellent likeness of Peter
j. Kelley, one of Caldwells saloon men,
with quite 2 descriptive sketch.
The tea given by Mrs. H. H. Jones
last wednesday night was well attended
and thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Jones
ana her accomplished daughters are
winning laurels as entertainers.
M: j. Devers, one of the leading
ranchers of Sand Hollow, sold 200 tons
? OF alfalfa hay to Picard & Roberts last
Monday, at 50 per ton on the ranch.
They will feed several hundred head of
cattle on the ranch this winter.
Mr.. Davis, an amateur pianist from
Chicago, favored Mrs. ]. Il. Morrison's
music class with several difficult se!ec-
lions last Wednesday. He is an ele-
giant performer and the treat was
highly appreciated by the class.
DR.. J. j. Armstrong was unfortunate
enough to fall from a horse and break
ms collar bone, some two weeks ago
The Dr. cannot be suppressed, however
as no was on the street the next day
The break is mending as fast as could
DO expected of old bones.
Rev. Barton gave his first lecture DO.
fore the students of the College OF
Idaho, last Wednesday afternoon, on
the "Objects of Study" The discourse
was highly practical, full of good sug.
gest1ons, and was both pleasant and in.
structive to the students.
The literary society organized unde,
the auspices OF the college, and which
meets every Friday night at the Pres.
byterian church, started off very vel
and bids fair to grow in interest anC
popularity. 1t is the best kind of train
ing. Everybody is invited to partici
pate.
Marshal Galloway was leading a hobt
to jail this week, and just as they passed
crowd the prisoner turned on til,
officer and delivered the following
You old Matched faced blk, you
What business have you to take al
American citizen to jail. can tell b!
that ugly mug of yours that you are
foreigner, and Ill bet you have no
taken out your naturalization paper
! yet" As DR.. is from Missouri h
couldn't refute the charge, and h
hustled the prisoner away amidst tn
J9eE2 of the populace.
The High Line Ditch survey wa
finished last Wednesday, and is yer,
satisfactory. 1t will be twelve mile
long, about II feet wide on the bottom
and will reclaim 1900 acres of splendi,
land surrounding Caldwell. 1t is four
teen feet and three inches higher thai
the::Strahorn ditch and is within twenty
three feet of the Phyllis elevation
The cost of building is estimated to b
about $1,000 per mile. For the first te
miles the ditch has fall of twenty-Gn
inches to the mile and for the remain
der Of the distance twenty-five inche
to the mile.
While going home the other evening
a TRIBUNE representative heard mir
gled threats. entreatieS, lamentatiOn
and sobs from little patch of sag
brush near the roadside. Three me
seemed to be prosecuting fourth, All
at last one said he would go for til
marshal while tho other two watche
the prisoner. They did not watch YER
close, however, and the imprisone
man made a break and escaped In til
in the darkness. THE TRIBUNE's pr
vate detective took up the case mex
morning and discovered that it was
put up job on the part of the three me
run the fourth man out of town, til
.. az that the latter ha
fOrllcd" friend OF theirs to the exte1
uring the day.