Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-29
The Escheated Property Of the
Mormon Church.
EVANS AND soNTAG in ENGLAND.
Two Indians and Suspected Moonshiner
Carried Over Forty-Foot Wa.
terfall In Idaho.

Inc American snip homh nhe uoou
seized at Victoria, b. O., for not entering
and clearing under the revenue laws.
Martial law has been Suspended In
Ehoshone county, Idaho. and the civil
authorities will At once - ume control.
A syndicate Of Chicago business men
IL reported to be negotiating for the pur-
chase OF the cable system at Los Angeles. /
The new mode Of logging with wire
cable. thereby dispensing with the use
Of oxen, IL being tried by Captain Parker
In his logging camp on the Coquille
river.
A ledge Of tin ore, four feet In width,
has been discovered In Cassia county, |
Idaho. The ore also contains both gold
and silver, but in what quantities Ii not
yet known.
The herds Of Eastern Oregon, particu-
IarIy In Wasco, Sherman and Grant
counties, are fast diminishing. The in.
crease by no means equals the number
driven ont Of the State or slaughtered.
Miss Lena Lltchburn, an elocutionist
formerly Of Kansas City, now Of Long
Beach, Los Angeles county, lost her
speech, and Ii Ia claimed that she has re-
gained 1t after nine months through
prayer.
The citizens Of Phoebe, New, believing
the Shoshone Indian predictions OF
hard winter, are procuring large supplies
of wood Tor domestic uses, and are other
wise preparing for m extra cold and
snowy season.
The Supreme Court oil Utah has ruled
that property OF the Mormon Church
which had been declared a. escheated to
nh IN IN
schools and to the repairs oil Mormon
places oil worship. The amount In dis
pute 10 about 1850, 900.
The preliminary surveys for the large
storage reservoirs and irrigation canals
70 be constructed on Indian creek, about
twenty mites from Boise, arc now being
made. The three reservoirs to DO built
will cover !, 200 acres of land each, and
about forty miles Of canal will be dug.
Thomas Quiddie and George Bassett,
two young men who held up the wife
and daughter OF Joseph Workman
ON November at Los Angeles and
robbed them OF 800 In iewelry and
money, pleaded guilty and were SEN
fenced TO ten years each In the peniten-
tisry.
The DsIamar Nugget announces the
discovery OF valuable opal fields in owy-
hee county, Idaho. Some OF the stones
have been exhib. ted in DeLamar. Some
are fiery, others are dull white. and a
cut one has been pronounced by an ex-
pert "A fine specimen OF Its size ~ he
ever saw.
Since the inauguration OF the North
srn Pacific line TO the Orient there has
been considerable falling off Ia both
passenger and freight business from the
Canadian Pacific Company. as evidenced
by tho fact that that company has re-
Gently inaugurated monthly instead oil
semi-monthly service.
Thomas Butler, formerly an engineer
on the steamer Isabel, went hunting In
the vicinity OF Comox, b. O., q short
time ago, and as he did not return, a
search party was sent after him. They
found his body. He had been caught by
the leg In bear trap and had died from
hunger and loss Of blood.
Wilson CARRIER, who for four or five
years has been suspected OF being a
moonshiner, and whom the Federal Off
GERS OF Idaho have long suspected oil
supplying the scattered Indians OF the
Big Greek country with Illicit whisky,
met a violent death about week ago
while fleeing from party OF men whom
he thought were officers OF the law. lie
with couple OF Indians while In u boat
were carried over a forty-ioot waterfall.
Allene Case, Assistant Worlds Fair
Commissioner for Idaho, has returned 10
Boise from Chicago. He reports that
the department OF construction has fin
ally decided 10 give Idaho space for its
building, with frontage OF ITO feet
One-half OF the lot formerly set aside foi
New Mexico is included, and the other
half OF the building will be devoted to d
joint Territorial building. Work will be
commenced on the Idaho building jus,
as soon HI possible.
Evans and sontag are reported NJ
Fresno to have left the United States
and been traced TO London, England.
An officer engaged in their pursuit is re-
ported as saying that Sontag took the
train at Trnckee In disguise as q preacher
and Evans ut Moiave as miner. The
two met ut Baltimore, and took the
steamer for Europe. Parties from the
mountains state that the robbers are
thought to have left there early In Octo-
Der. No one snbstantiates the report to
certainty.
The Marshfield Sun reports work pro-
gressing rapidly along the line OF the Coos
Bay and Roseburg railroad. The com.
psny's force OF men Is being enlarged at
every opportunity. The big bridge, 1900
feet long, at China Camp creek has been
completed and the track laid one mile
beyond that point to AcAdsm's place.
Superintendent Fred McI4ain started a
force OF men az work last week In the
construction Of the bridge at AcAdam's
and Il will take three weeks 10 complete
IL. This 10 the last bridge that has TO be
constructed this aide OF the coquille.
The work OF surlaeing and Strengthening
the track 10 fast nearing completion.
Over eighteen miles Of the road 10 com.
pseted and the track laid.
Work ON the new arnaored cruiser
olympia AZ Fan Francisco has been Ell
pedited 20 the utmost since abe xas
iannesxed. Only the detention cl plates
by the Homestead strike can prevent
her neins .oxed over 10 tho government
nary yard by JrSe Is, 1888, which will
BE- In advance of the time called for tsy
the ecntrzgs By several months. Her
enxizss are nos In position, and ne ri
week the pon2eroas boilers viii be
placed in the hall The Olympia laorns
up in magnificent shape, and iooxs
larger ia exsex thsa she appeared on
lad The gan carriages In tie forSsrd
trssrsss are nssssy IN Tie gins are BE-
fzx prepared aSF their positions in the
ta<Tss, sad sill Be sho&f1 In lev days.