Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-01-23

ers Hays and breckenridge place
and beer given the scoring that Judge
Standrod gave them in open Court,
for 1000 in my pocket"
Ex-President Cleveland is visiting
the home Of Joe Jefferson, the great
actor, in louisiana. Mr.. Jefferson has
one OF the most romantic and at the
same time one Of the most delightful
homes " all the South, and Mr.. Cleye-
land has gone there. to fish and hunt
for a week or more.
j. w. Lamoreaux, newspaper man
OF ability and experience, has assum-
ed control OF the Idaho Falls Times.
Mr. Lamoreaux ran the Cassia Com
ty Times successfully for years, and
we welcome him with pleasure to this
new field % journalism for him. and
wish him an abundance OF success.
The jury in the case of o. S. Her.
bert, TEX" for the killing OF dutch
John was locked up 25 hours. Eleven
stood Tor murder m the first degree
and Que for murder ia the second
degree. A compromise verdict OF
murder in the second degree was re-
turned and Tex thus escaped with
his lie.
AT revival down in old Georgia
an editor was converted. Az the close
of,lhe meeting the minister anuounc-
ed that he had $50 To send TO the
heathens that week. The editor heard
him and said 10 the man Oh his left {:
"Whal fool was 10 get converted
at this meeting; hanged if don't be-
live I'll hackslide before he sends
that money of
Attorney Dietrick. OF Blackfoot.
WAS highly complimenJ.d for his sue
cessful examination before the su.
prmc court OF the state, at Boise, this
week From all accounts ID, comp!i.
menls were well won. According 10
the grade ot the court, on one hun
dred and niurty.six questions, he was
given ninety.six per cent OF the whole
Koolenai county assessor assessed
the Northern Pacific road at $4,000
per mile; the county equalization
lroar,i reduced il to $4,000, and the
state board raised it tn $1,000. This
hrought about n erious complication.
Tue state board was knocked out by
the supreme court and this week the
county commissioners compromised
and settled with the road ut 81. .945,-
80 per mile,
Mis- Olgdeu, the young lady 80
whom Tex was belrothed, and was
soon to marry when arrested. attend.
ed his trial, aud had parting utter
view with him in the sherif's office
immediately following his sentence.
What promises and pledges were
broken or renewed, we would not
make public, il we knew Their part.
ing words are their own secrets and
let them he sacred in their secrecy To
themselves
The government is sending big
guns to the Pacific coast to be used
in the Chilian war, should there be
such a war, This week ''monster"
passed through Ogden to San Fran
cisco. 1t carries an $40 pound shell
and will send ball 10 miles Four
hundred and thirty pounds of powder
is used in the charge The freight
On it from Omaha to Ogden was
$l,67O Such gun as that will not
| ouly shake up Chilli but vii! jar the
Audes mountains.
II you would increase your happi.
ness aud prolong your life, forget
your neighbors faults. Forget the
Islander you have heard Forget the
temptations. Forget the fault finding
and give little thought TO the cause
which provoked It. Forget the pecu,
IiarItIes OF your friends and only re.
member The good points that make
you fond of them. Forget all personal
quarrels of histories that you have
heard by accident, and which, IL re
peated, would seem thousand times
worse that they are.
Says an exchanges; Every man
should paste this in his hat or put il
where he will stumble over IL about
six times a day Drink nothing
without seeing it; sign nothing with
out reading it, and make sure il
means nothing more than what il
says; don't go to law unless you are
forced to aud have something to lose
In business never wade in where you
cannot see the bottom. Put no de
pendence in the label of a bag, and
count money before receipt for it
See the sack before you buy what's il
it, for he who trades in the dark asks
to he cheated Never repeat slander