The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-01-14
NEWS OF The STATE.
What Goes on Among Our
Neighbors.
Tragedy ut Chni1is.

The grip has struck Caldwell.
Nampa boasts Of a white cap organ
ization.
The Cassia County Times has
changed hands, passing Into the pos.
session of VIM. Davidson.
The Silver Messenger has been
completely renovated and comes to
our table in home-spun style.
The indictments against some
eighty-four Mormons for illegal vot.
ing at the last election, which has
been spending in the U. S. district
court, has been nolled,
The Idaho Commonwealth is tho
name of a semi-monthly paper shortly
to be issued in Payette under the
editorial management of A. <. Gipson
says an exchange. The paper will be
devoted to leading industries of the
state, such as mining farming, fruit
growing, irrigation, bee culture, etc.
A young cyclone at Occur d'Alene
played havoc with large booms Of logs
and several small transportation and
passenger boots were swamped.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
down in every direction, and commun-
ication with the surrounding towns
was practically cut or.
The encouraging news is at last
confirmed, and it can now be asserted
on full authority, that the right-of.
way controversy so long pending be-
tween the government, the Northern
Pacific railroad and the Nez Perce
Indians, is definitely settled, and the
Spokane & Palouse has now clear
right to enter upon the reservation
and complete their lires into Lewis
ton.
Brother Temple, of the Rcxburg
Press, has had the misfortune to lose
his entire printing establishment by
fire. The plant had been in use
nearly ten years and with she stock
on hand was valued at from So, 500
to $4,000, on which there was an
insurance Of S.875.
Mr.. Mcinke, an oidi gentleman
living two miles west of Cottonwood,
near Grangeville was instantly killed
on Craig's mountain the previous day,
December 20, 1891. Deceased was
cutting down a tree during the late
storm, when the wind blew down
large snsg which struck the un-'
fortunate man, killing him instantly.
The Range & Valley, of Mountain
Home, jubilantly announces that those
who have waited there for years for
the turn of the tide are about to real
ize their fondest dreams, all brought
about by the era Of irrigation that has
come upon them, though, not as the
Assyrian, "like wolf on the fold,"
still its "cohorts are cleaning in pur-
pie and gold"
The last Legislature created the
counties of Alta and Lincoln and
assigned to each its quota of members
of the Legislature, but the decision
of the Supreme Court played havoc
with these counties, knocking them
into 'spi, and the question now arises,
"How will they be represented2"
The territory and people composing
the annihilated counties are entitled
to representation Unless some
thing is done, however, they will have
no representation in the next legisla-
ture.
Challis, Custer county, Idaho, was
the scene of double tragedy on JAN
uary 4th. Two quite prominent citi-
zens of that place, Lew Kestler and
George Jacoby, became involved in a
quarrel over bill of SO which one
owed the other, and finally Jacoby
whipped out revolver. At the same
time Kestler, with lightning-like quick
ness, drew a large bowie knife, and,
catching and holding Jacoby,s 8 weap-
on, he cut his adversary's throat. The
iugular vein was severed and the blood
gushed forth in perfect torrent.
Jacoby staggered under the mortal
, blow A moment later he steadied
himself, and shot three or four times
at his murderer. Some of the bullets
took effect, and at $3.50 Kestler died,
Jacoby passing away some hours pre-
yiously.