The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-03

Sheriff lreton, Of Canyon county, and
deputy Duncan, of Boise, came down
and did the JOB Friday-again proved,
to the thief's salts faction, to be an
unlucky day.
Gov. Mcconnell has commissioned
forty delegates to the bi-metalic con-
ventlon in Chicago
John Burns and son have just COM
pleted neat job of calcimining at
the Vendome. The Sr. and Jr Burns
are excellent workmen and Weiser
people have no need of importing a
plasterer when they desire any work
in that line.
Bro. L. A. York, of the Silver city
Avalanche, was out from beneath
the cool shadow of war Eagle last
week to warm his bones in the genial
Weiser sun, but owing to the excite
ment of the silver convention we failed
to duly chronicle the same last week
Geo. Dean, always ready to run a
ticket, came down from Salubria
Tuesday, and we have noticed him
Ginning Bill Riggs, but as Bill has
no running stock up, it is a good
guess that he will take water.
Judge HAWTHORN has completed the
school census for this district. The
result is showing of 214 school
children, LOG males and 10S females.
There is an increase of about thirty
over last census, but the district now
takes in more territory and includes
the families of Shaw, Day and Nc
Ginness
Hoyt got back from Salt Lake
Saturday evening and pulled out for
Devils Sunday morning without
handing in information and before we
| had learned he was back. We imme
5 diately armed ourselves with the in
rention of starting after him and en-
force our authority in our usual man.
ner, but as he had two hours start
4 we gave up the idea. Withal, Hoyt's
e actions are mysterious.
, BY trying to make Il wooden peg
fill the place of his king bolt last
Tuesday evening Sheriff EckIes found
Y out that his horses were pretty
s fair runners. just after crossing
Monroe creek bridge the peg broke
f and the front wheels, as natural con
y sequence, ran out and let the from
:. of the buggy down with jolt. The
lines were jerked from the sheriff
hands and he was left in the dus
with the greater part of his vehicle
but no motive power, while his horses
sped on down town to tell tn,
news to the drowsy denizens and ere
{ ate the usual rush to the window
:" and doors to see the runaway. On
10 wheel struck and nearly laid tn
town pump low, at the "Commercia
Company's corner" as the steed
= sped by and ran up to the flour mil
a and came up standing against ;
y heavy plank. Beyond the great con
III sternation and alarm of the crowd q
l. the threatened calamity to the tow
pump, there were no bad results
Of Buggy and harness all right.
or Roe Buchanan came up from hi
T. placer digglngs two miles below Parm
lie near the mouth of the Boise river
with the "clean up" from twely
es days run, last Thursday. He ha
oil $161. 36 in gold dust. This is M
I'd very bad wages for twelve days worl
ct Mr.. Buchanan says, however, h
ul claim is extraordinary rich and som
what limited, there being about fo'
mr. acres of it, He has taken out $25
h and not worked to exceed fifty yard
mr. He is much interested in the ne
in machines mentioned frequently in Il
cd Tribune, and says if they can {
10 what is claimed for them, he CT
make 800 day out of his groun
nc SO far he has used an old fashion
'io rocker. Caldwell Tribune.
,sd Silver Convention at Ketchum.
The Union Pacific will make a rs
of one fare for round trip. Sell
Vi dates, August 18th and 18th. L