Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-21


sane Asylum was in session Monday
and Tuesday. A full board was
present.
Hon. Frank W. Beane was notified
this week of the appointment of Mrs
D. b. Hawley postmlsrress at Howe.
in the Lost River country.
Everybody is pleased with the new
school building and its arrangements.
The indications are that all the rooms
will be comfortably filed.
O. II. Ash, formerly of Blackfoot,
but now Of San Louis 0bispo, Cal,
spent several days Of the week shak-
ing hands with old friends.
Marshal MacMahon, the great French
soldier and ex-president OF the Repub-
lie OF France died, at ripe old age,
Tuesday morning OF this week at 10
o'clock.
Mathess & Simmons, two expert.
enced caterers, have leased the Idaho
House, and would be pleased to receive
share Of the public patronage. See
their card ir to-daY's NEWS.
The Butte and Market Lake canal,
just completed 70 Market Lake, is Is
miles long, 80 feet wide at the bot
tom, will furnish water for 90, 900
acres Of land and cost SOS, 1000.
The American express company
lost few days ago, package con
tanning 100000, which 1t was taking
from New York to New Orleans. The
company has been unable TO find out
where 1t few the track.
The Victor Brothers win give a
musical entertainment at the Metho-
dist church this, Friday, evening. The
programme will consist Of all the
latest music Of the day, together with
"musical echos OF many lands"
An aged lady, passengea on a U. P.
West bound train, died on the train
when near McCammon, Sunday morn.
ing. She was travelling in company
with her husband to Portland. Heart
failure was the cause.
The fires in the United States in
the month OF September destroyed
over 100000 worth Of property,
about 20 per cent more than in the
same month in 1892.
Parties holding U r. railroad time
checks, bearing date prior to June lst,
1898, will find themselves in trouble
about getting their money, The re-
ceiyers will pay nothing due by the
road prior that date.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,
in session at Boise City, elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Grand Representative. C G. Patton.
Grand Master. ......D. w. Higgins.
Deputy Grand Master. j. NJ. Howe,
Grand Warden n......N. G. Price.
Grand Secretary A. X. Steunenbuig.
Grand Treasurer. John Lemp.
A peculiar feature of the yellow
fever epidemic at Brunswick, Ga, is
the fact that the colored people are
most affected by il, and furnish more
than three. fourths Of the victims. In
previous years and in other cities the
negroes have enjoyed comparative inn
munity from the disease, and were
employed to care for the stricken and
dispose of the dead. They seemed to
be impervious to the disease Now,
however, the conditions are changed,
and TIE negroes are the chief sufferers.
What physiological changes have TAX
en- place in the race, or what new
phenomena have developed in the
pestilence itself is yet unexplained by
the physicians. The matter is certain
" worthy Of a thorough investigation.
Chicago's luck in proverbial. Every
thing is fish that comes to her net.
Saturday a man bought a bunch of
bananas, and found coiled around the
stem a young boa constructor, about
three feet long, hungry and vigorous.
1t was fed and presented to the Lin.