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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-21
Electric Girls and Wild Men.

"Fake" freaks often draw better than
genuine ones, but they do not last SO long.
A recent instance of this kind was AN
"electric girl 1t was asserted that she
was SO charged with electricity that one
received shock upon shaking hands with
her. This delusion was really produced
by the girl standing on wet mat charged
with electricity from hidden battery
and large enough for the visitor to stand
on also. Another fake Of The same class,
which came across not long ago, was u
"wild man of tho woods who was
crouched in dark corner of what ap.
peered to be heavily barred cage clank
Ing ths heavy chains that were attached
to his limbs. A strong railing was
placed in front so as not to allow visitors
to approach too close to the man. TIL,
lecturer told the audience how this re
markable creature bad been found run
ming wild by party of hunters on tn
west coast of Africa, and that he had bee
in captivity only few months, and wa
very dangerous, SO much so that his mea
which he would eat only in raw stat,
had to be placed ia the cage with lon,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-21
Killed Her Husband With Chain.

A London dispatch to the Gobc Demo.
crat says: A murder trial, believed to be
unique in the criminal history Of this
country, terminated at Liverpool Assizes
ON Thursday. Maraget Walker, aged 80,
had many pcculari,ies, but the one which
has brought her into trouble was an alb
surd objection TO her husband carrying
on An Illicit armour Her duty, judged
by the British standard, was to protest,
and, ii remonstrance failed. to suffer In
silence. Mrs. Walker not being made of
submissive material, confined herself to
the former course, and sha protested with
such vigor that she is now widow and
tho occupant Of the condemned murder.
erb cell 1t came about in this way
The husband last summer imprudcntly
renewed certain relations with woman
Of whom his wife had long been jealous.
On returning home Mrs, Walker gave her
husband a good thrashing, and as that
did not convert him she, in a masterful
manner, hustled him up stairs, chained
him to bedpost In the topmost room in
the house and kept him there to the day
Of his death, which was the 10th of No
vember last. During the four months Of
his captivity he was visited and thrashed
every day by his trong-nerved spouse
There were several dodgers in the house
and they heard the mans cries every day
but they got used to them and ncve
dreamed OF telling the police. Finally
on the morning Of November 10, Mrs
Walker finished her novel disoiplinar
course by battering IN her erring hus
bands head with massive steel chair
The doctors said the mans body was
mass Of wounds and bruises.
The murder, brutal and reyoting as
WAS, would not have attracted much a
tention bad the victim been some long
suffering wife. What strikes the publ
imagination is that the woman shoul
dare to kill her husband IN such a masct
line fashion. aud that 1t Is possible for
human being 10 the second city Of IL
eu.pire to be kept prisoner four mont
and slowly done TO death. Mrs. Walk
viii probably be hanged.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-21
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Starting a Balky Horse.


A colored man had just delivered a
trunk from a one-horsc wagon on N street,
Washington, the other afternoon. When
he came out Of the house and climbed to
The animal apparently did not under
stand what was said, for his only move
ment was to place his feet more firmly
on the pavement and give his tail slight
tremor. The driver repeated tho com
mand at the same time adding emphasis
to his words by quick stroke of the whip.
1t was to no purpose, the horse had
baked. The blows fell thick and fast on
the beasts back, but the horse had appar-
emily come to stay. The man climbed
down from his seat and began work on
the other end Of the obstinate creature
by pulling at the bride and speaking
heavily loaded sentences into the auricu-
lar rcceptacles Of the horse. The only
effect noticed by the News man was that
the horse pressed its feet so closely to the
cobble stones that il almost crushed It's
shoes. Many were the modes of moving
his horseship advanced by the bystanders
At last some one suggested that fire
built on the pavement beneath the animal
would be calculated to make him move
1t wa. to be tried as last resort.
A bunch of shavngs and some small
sticks were placed under the horse, and
the driver was just going to apply a
match to the pile that was intended to
melt the animal into action when stran-
ger who had been noticed joining the
crowd few minutes before stepped up
The newcomers Drowned face and hands
stout boots and broad hat suggested that
he had come from the rural districts.
s'IIold on there he said TO the driver
us he stepped ont in the street, "ihat ain
the way. You climb back into yer wagii
an I'll start the creatcher." The negr'
did so. 81 ken start im," said the mai
as he stepped to the horses head and be
gan patting him on the neck. Then, with
out further words he thrust his finger i
the ANNALS ear and pulled gently. tn
horse shook its head once or twice IN
vain attempt to get away and then starte
to move off. AS 1t trotted away arouu
the corner the farmer was heard to eS
, claim "Begosh, that moves 'em ever
timo.n
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Never Outdone.

The disposition of Americans to exag-
gcrate is especially prominent in what is
known as American humor. A story as
sociatcd with "picket firing" during the
civil war brings out this feature of nation
al character.
One day there was truce between the
two hostile picket lines.
Ho, Yank2" called out a lank Mis-
sissippian, who had just been posted.
"Csn you fellows shootf'
"Wal, Johnny, | guess we can, some
Can you9" :.
"Shootl |" shouted back the Confederate,
"Why down in Mississippi we knock a
humble bee off thistle blow at 300
yards"
"Oh, that's nothin' to the way we shoot
up 10 Vermont belonged to company
up thar of hundred men, and every
week we used to 90 out to practice. The
cap'n would draw us up in single file, and
set a cider barrel rollen' down hill. Each
man took shot at the bunghole as it
turned up. This barrel was then exam
ined and if there was Il shot found that
didn't go into the bunghole the man that
fired it was expelled. ! belonged to the
company ten years and there amt been
nobody expelled yet"
The exaggeration is often so pronounced
as to eclipse tho humor A Californian
hearing Brazilian tell of the wonderful
fireflies of his country, so large and lumi-
nous that ladies wore them on their per
sons inclosed in gauze, replied:
"Thate nothin'. Why, in California
the trefies are so large that they use them
to cook by. They set the kettles on their
hinder legs, which are bent for that pur-
pose like pothooks, and their bodies give
out heat enough to boil potatoes
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Application for a Patent.

No 22s.
REPuBLIsHED NOTICE OF
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HALEY, Idaho, September 10, 1887. {
Notice is hereby given that Alexander II.
Dollarhide, Lewis @. Dolarhide, Joseph
Pinkham and Albert Griffith, whose post.
Office address is Ketchum, Alturas county
Idaho Territory, have this day filed thefr
application for patent for fifteen hundred
linear feet of the
"EAST SIDE,
lode, mine or vein, bearing galena with
surface ground SIX hundred feet in width,
situated in Little Smoky mining district
county OF Alturas and territory Of Idaho
and designated by the field notes and off;,
cial plat on file in this Office as lot number
fifty-:seven. said lot No. 81 being described
as follows to-wit:
Beginning at the discovery stake, running
thence north 44o 59N 40" west lis feet to .
point on north end of claim thence south
49o 40 west 202 feet to east side line of Scott,
lode to post set in earth and stone mound
corner No. l; thence north 400 49, east 500
feet to northeast corner of claim, post set
IN earth and stone mound corner No. 2;
thence south 44o 59' 40" east $50 feet as
cendlng and qnartering hillside to ridge
1000 feet, descending on Warm Springs creek
SIDE 10 southeast corner of claim, post set
in earth and stone mound corner No 2.
thehce south 40o 20 west l55 feet ascend
ing small ridge 655 feet on level along hill
side to southwest corner of claim, post set
IN earth and stone mound, corner No 4
THENCE north 45o 10 west $50 feet, ascending
TO ridge 400 feet. descending and quarter
ing hillside on Little Smoky side, intersect
corner No. OF survey No. 610, 1214 feet
intersect corner No. 3 of survey No. 6l5
and angle in west side line of claim oppo-
site discovery, corner No. 5; thence north
45o 81 west 2S2 feet, descending and omar
tering hillside along east side OF survey No
| 6l0 to corner No. / Of claim and place Of
| beginning; magnetic variation $50 20, east
containing 1886 acres.
| From corner No. east side u SM NJ
No. bears south $50 16, west 224e. g feet
The location of this mine is recorded in
the Recorders office of Alturas county
Idaho Territory. The adjoining claims are
bunker Hill, Isabella" Covert and
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion OF said East Side y lode mine
or surface, ground are required to file their
| adverse claims with the Register of the
| United States Land Office at HALEY. in tIie
| county OF Alturas aforesaid. during the
sixty days period of publication hereof or
they will be barred by virtue Of the pro-
| visions of the statute
II. 0. BILLINGS, Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoinp
notice OF application for patent be pub.
hshed for the period of go DAYS ten con
secutive weeks III the KEYSTONE. weekly
newspaper published at Ketchum Idaho
II. q. BILLINGS, Register
A. j. PINKHAM. Atty for Claimant
First publication, Sept II, 1887
FIRST republication, August 30, 1890.
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No. $50.
Application for a Patent.

IT,. S. Land Office, Haley, Idaho,
March &, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that Nicholas C.
Sullivan and Erik Anderson, whose post
office address is ketchum, Alturas county,
Idaho, have this day filed their application
for patent for 1873 linear feet of the
s.TRAPPEEs"
mine or vein, bearing lead and silver ore.
with surface ground six hundred feet in
width, situated in Warm Springs Creek
mining district, County Of Alturas and
State of Idaho, and designated by the field
notes and official plat ON file in this office
as Lot No. SO, said Lot No. 50 being de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at discovery point, thence s
$50 40 w 237 feet to fir post marked wv.
central end Trapper lode;n thence N go
aos w a57.s feet to eorner No; /, Identical
So; thence S 300 so, L 800 feet to corner
No. 2, whence U. s. NJ NJ. No. bears n 500
l5N 6o6.7 feet distant; thence COO Is Il 800
feet to y W corner of Sullivan lode, ln-
surveyed, and corner No. / of Tip Top
lode, survey 927, HI feet to corner No. 3:
thence n go 30' w 600 feet to corner No. 4
thence ) $50 ~ w ISIS feet to corner No
l, the place of beginning survey of exterio,
boundary of this claim, embracing an area
OF liGGl acres applied for. No conflicts.
| Magnetic variation $50 80, Il.
| The location of this mine is recorded in
the Recorders office of said Alturas county
IN Book II of Quartz Claims, page 4.
The nearest known locations are the Tip
Top, Sullivan and "Ophir" lode claims
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any. portion of said "Trapperh mine or
surface ground are required to file their
adverse claims with tile Register of the
United States Land Office at Haley, in the
State OF Idaho, during the sixty days pc
riod of publication hereof, or they will be
barred by virtue of the provisions of the
| statute. W. T. RILEY Register
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing
lisheti for tie period of sixtv DAYS (ten con.
secutive weeks i'll the KETcHuM KEYSTONE
a weekly newspaper published at Ketehum
| Alturas county, Idaho.
W. II. RILEY, Register.
First publication March I, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-21

iron fork. After the museum was closed
every night this wild man dotted his
chains and suit of hair and took the car
to his home, where he was accounted one
of the mildest and most henpecked Of
men.-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-21
No. 10.
Application for a Patent.

Y. 5. LAND OFFICE, HALEY, IpAno,l
- July a. 1880
Notice is hereby given that John ID. GRAY.
by his attorney in-faCt. Isaac |. Lewis. and
Isaac /. Lewis, whose posto!,ice address is
ketchun, Alturas County, State of Idaho
have this day filed their application for q
patent Tor fifteen hundred linear feet OF the
"INDEPESUENCE.
Lode mining claim or vein, bearing silver
and other minerals, with surface ground
six hundred feet in width, situated In Min
eral Hill mining district county of Alturas.
and state of Idaho, and designated by the
field notes and official plat on file in this
office as lot number S. said lot No. g be-
ing described as follows to-wit:
Commencing at the discovery point and
running thence with magnetic variation
at $50 So l. n $50 CO. w rs feet to the W
end line Of claim; thence S $50 95' " SIS
feet to corner No. Z; thence N $50 rs, Il G55
feet to corner No. 9; thence $50 7O' II
5l55 feet to corner No. 5; thence S 200 so W
655 feet to corner No /; thence N ego 7Ot
w $500 feet to corner No. I. the place Of
beginning survey Of exterior boundaries Of
claim.
The location of this mine is recorded in
the Recorders office of Mineral Hill min
ing district and Alturas county, State OF
Idaho.
The claim is situate on the Mt. ridge on
). side OF Il. fork of Wood river about four
. miles from its confluence with main Wood
| river. No known claims in the Immediate
| vicinity.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion OF said Independence lode,
vein, mine or surface ground, are required
| to file their adverse claims with the Regis
ter of the United States Land Office, at
HALEY, in the county of Aturas, State of
Idaho, during the sixty days period of
publication hereof, or they will BE barred
by the virtue of the provisions of the stat
ute.
IL is hereby ordered, that the foregoing
notice of application for patent be pub
lished for the period of sixty days ten CON
secutive weeks in the KETCHuM KEYSTONE,
ii weekly newspaper published at Ketchum
Alturas county, Idaho.
W. I. RILEY, Register.
VIM. HYNDMAN, Atty for Applicants.
ketchum, Idaho.
First publication, July 20, 1890.
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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-07
A Rucus Defined.

A rucus is the next thing to a scrap,
and a scrap is something a reporter is
always looking for in order to keep out
of it. A rucus is not nearly so interesting
as the latter, but they had one Thursday
evening near Fifth avenue, Neihart, that
was worth a good deal more than the
average. 1t seems that Charles Fickes
was visiting J. F. ~Swingley and the topic
of conversation curiously drifted into
politics. Fickcs grew loud in defense
of his side and was ordered from the
house. Both parties were itching for a
fight and two minutes later they had
clinched in the yard, and independent of
attraction of gravition were re evolving
around each other. Prof. Bryant heard
of the engagement and hastily drawing
his forces into line proceeded by rapid
marches to the scene of conflict and tax
ing a neutral position begun an attack
upon both sides which soon decided the
conflict. 1t was worth a dime to see
the demonstrations.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-07
Occur d'Alene Snow Slides.

A. NJ. Hotter received a telegram
yesterday containing the news that
five snow slides had occurred be-
tween Frisco and Burke, in the
Cnur d'Alenes, and that 800 feet of
the Hume of the Helena and Frisco
company had been carried off. The
dispatch also said hat four houses
with their inmates had been buried,
but the probability is the people
were all rescued without injury. The
snow this season is deeper in the
Occur d'Alenes than ever known be.
fore in the history ofthat section, and
snow slides and floods are to be ex.
pected. Along the line of the
Norheren Pacific the snow is so deeI
that in many places the section mer
use ladders to get upon the snow
banks and from them to the trains
Independent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-07
Death of Mrs. Fister.

J. P. Fister returned Monday evening
to Neihart from Tekamah, Neb., whittier
he was lately summoned by wire to the
bedside of his wife. This lady, visiting
her parents at that place, was taken sud-
denly down with acute inflammation of
the bowels and before her husband could
reach the place her spirit had taken its
flight to another world. The sad death
occurred March 18th, when the lady was
PA years, 10 months and 10 days of age.
Her maiden mann was Rose Ella Tay-
lor. She was married to Jephtha P.
Fister at Tekamah in November of 1885.
They have lived in Montana five years
four of which have been spent as respect
ed citizens of Neihart. Two children.
a bow of 5, and "A girl of 7,
remain with the father to mourn the
great loss. The children are still in Ne
braska with their grand parents at thi:
writing while the father will resume hi
business at Neihart. We offer them oul
sincerest sympathy in their profound
distress.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-07
Local Reciprocity.

The application of the principles of re-
ciprocity should be made in every town
that is ambitious of attaining prosperity,
says the Dillon Tribune. The mechanic
or laborers who lives in a town, and who
is dependent on the people of that COM
muuity for employment, who spends his
money in another has no right to com
plain if his neighbor refuses to employ
him, but instead imports workmen from
another locality to build his house, lay
his wall or paint his barn, as the case
may be.
The merchant or shopkeeper who ig-
nores his townsmen in a different line of
business when he wishes to make a pur-
chase and goes from home to trade is not
entitled to the least consideration from
the people of his town. 1t is the duty
of every person residing in a community
to so far as possible r%eciprocate the
many benefits which the community has
conferred upon him, and the individual
who fails in this regard is not endowed
with that public spirit which character
ICES a good citizen.
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Ole Grenda1 Speaks

We were fortunate enough to get a
plain and comprehensive statement from
our friend Ole Grendal expressing his
relation to the populist candidate for
mayor. 1t is most expressive when Civ
en- in the gentleman's W vernacular,
the Norwegian, and in that tongue can
be perused by many of our readers:
"Michael E. Lennon haver furt sag
imod mig for $459 og haver taget Diet
til district court thi han tengte jeg
kunde like faa pengc nog til at mode
ham der, og han Wide da tage nit prop
erty for skylden. -Jeg sverger at jeg
eier ham like en- eneste cent of skylden
som han siger han haalder imod mig,
Jeg kjender ham gaat, og tenker at han
er saa stor en- skulk SON jeg haver set"
The following is the translation OF
what Ole Grendall has to say concerning
the gentleman mentioned:
"Michael E. Lennon has sued me fol
$45S and has taken the case to the dist
riot court because he thought I could
not get money enough to meet him there
when he would sieze my property fol
the debt. 1 swear I don't owe one cen
of the claim he makes. I know him wei
and consider him as big a rascal as
have ever SEEM"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-07
Who Are Qualified Voters.

Judge Woody of the district court OF
Missoula county has given legal answers
to a number of questions submitted to
him as to the eligibility of voters of for
eign birth at the forthcoming city cleo
ton in Missoula, and as the same ques-
tons and answers will apply to the cleo
ton in Great Falls they are given below
Can any person vote Mt the city cleo
ton on his first papers only2
No.
Must IA person be a full citizen to vote
at the city election?
Yes.
Must a person taking out first papers
wait two full years before he can procure
final citizenship?
Yes.
Does it make any difference to the
voter whether his first papers were Sc
cured prior or subsequent to to Oct. 5,
1889, in order to vote at the coming city
election?
First papers must have been procured
prior to the date mentioned.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-04-07

James Mcintosh and Miss Lizzie
Boyle were quietly and happily married
in Great Falls last Sunday, April 1, re-
turning to Neihart next day. The cere-
mony was performed in the Presbyteri-
an church by Rev. Ramsey. james
Mcintosh is president of the Miners
Union, an active member of that organ
ization and a trusted, industrious citi'
zen. Miss Boyle is quite popular in the
town, and is we'll liked by everybody
The happy pair has our best and SINGER
est wishes.
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Its Muchness is Objected To.

What's this mess the galley boy has
fixed up9 editor reads.)
''Shaw." said Lennon, {" IT'S as Clear.
y race as any Ladd could wish. You
can't dis-Parry-ge Thomas nor Healey
wound by squirting soup into his Craw-
fOr-d-essert."
Here, proofreader, call up the little
scapegrace and let him take his time.
The puns of that juvenile wiseacre are
the basest impositions upon a distracted
public.