The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-11-16

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them. But the Butte man failed to
show up and on looking at the buy
ers contract it turned out that he was
to deliver them in Butte instead of
Weiser. AS the money was not
forthcoming, the owners refused to
release their possession of the hogs,
accordingly the whole lot was ship
ped to Butte in charge of Mr.. Alli-
son.
Rev. E. A. Paddock returned last
Thursday from the east, bringing
his family with him. A reception
was given them at GOWNS hall on
Friday evening at which nearly every
one attended. Mr.. Paddock did
some tall rustling while in the east
and as a result he brought back a
car load of chairs, sashes, doors,
moulding, heating apparatus, great
big bell, ETC.. for the new Congrega-
tional church; mostly from donations.
The Walker boys have returned to
Weiser, having only succeeded in
getting as far as the Little Payette
lakes with the Riebold hoisting ma
chinery. 1t rained on them u week
at stretch and knocked all the bot
tom out of the roads and they could
not pull the loads with the stock they
had. A man named Clark will at
tempt to skid the machinery the rest
of the way with oxen
Mrs. Cordelle was taken suddenly
i'll last Friday evening and her condi-
ton since bas been almost hopeless.
Her son Albert, of Weiser, and two
daughters in Nevada and Oregon,
were at once notified, Albert arriving
Sunday morning, having come in from
Nampa by private conveyance. For
few days her condition has been
more hopeful, but at the time Of
going to press she is very low and
there is little or no hope for her
recovery. Idaho Avalanche La
TER From the Nugget we learn of
her death.
The second night of the Stuttz
company saw an almost empty house.
The prices were too high for the peo-
pie under present circumstances and
some were kept away through fear OF
a repetition of the disturbances o1
the evening before. Hoodlumism was
conspicuously absent, however, hav.
ing been checked up a little, and
those who were present heartily en-
joyed the play which was even better
than that of the first night, and its
passing off so quiet and uninterrupted
was a pleasant surprise.
Mr.. D. Overton has been here sew
eral days from Harney valley, Oregon
where he has been engaged in thu
cattle business. Mr.. Overton wa
mashed right away by the countr,
and bought 40 acres of the Balm plac
on Mann creek, paying 81, 900. H
will move his family here at once an,
,, take possession. The SIGNAL ma
knew him in Oregon and can vouc
for him as being the kind of maj
e we want to settle here, and the NOR
we get like him the more luck fc
Washington county.
If Mrs. McGregor hadn't moved til
: shot gun, Mac might have had a rol
= Der for breakfast the other morning
: He woke up in the night and hearir
: someone trying to force the windo
: into the barroom down stairs,
, slipped out of bed and went for h
, shot gun. 1t had been moved fro
, it's accustomed corner and he WI
- forced to strike match to find
The burglar probably saw the fla
W of light from the overhead windo'
:, ~ as, when Mac slipped down with t
Y cooked gun, he had decamped.
q N. B. Breckenridge, of Omah
y bought seven carloads of beef catt
y from Lund, Hit, Pence, Willoughl
'e Adams, Jim Galloway and othe
but when they were delivered at t
lie Weiser stock yards he failed to cor
Of to the front with the cash and t
" men refused to turn them over.
IN was finally decided to let him sh
a them in Tom Pence's name, Pen
10 and Charlie Craven going along
or charge