The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-12-21
state News.

killed himself At Albion, last Sat-
urday. Miller was drunk and fell
against . table, discharging ! 45|
calibre revolver buckled around his
waist With, fatal results.
The Shoshone Journal says horse
flesh has taken Z tumble in this
market. Tuesday last . piebald
cayuse was sold for Z dollar and
six bits. We would have gambled
it was bought for the horse cannery
bnt for the fact the buyer insisted
on the bride and pack saddle being
thrown in.
Mrs. John J. Hurst was granted
a divorce from her husband at
Malad last week and was immedi-
ately married to James Hawkins of
Oneida, departing for her new home
the day after the marriage. It will
be remembered that Mrs. Hurst's
actions with Morgan P. Morgan
caused her husband to take the life
of the man who bad despoiled his
home, and for the crime Hurst was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Governor Mcconnell has pre-
pared, at the instance of the Chi
cago Journal Of Commerce, paper
of interest which will tend to at.
tract immigration to Idaho. It
shows the progress Of the State
since its admission into the Union
in 1890. Then the population was
10000 and assessable property val
ued at $25, $50, 600, assessed valua-
ton ran up to $33 .341 .S9l in 1893,
and in 1895 is $29, 332,S1O. The
present population of the State is
given at $4,000
The death sentence passed on
James Ellington has been affirmed
by the Supreme court and the date
Of execution will be fixed by Judge
Richards. The crime for which
Ellington is doomed to hang was
the killing in Boise on December
20, 1894, Of Charles Briggs. On
December 28th he was indicted and
his trial and conviction followed.
On March Is, 1895, Judge Richards
sentenced Ellington to be hanged
and a few days later issued the
death warrant. fixing the date of
execution on May II. Execution
was stayed by reason of the appeal
to the supreme court.
A dispatch from Lewiston Dec.
18th sage: A special agent of the
treasury is at Austin for the pur.
pose Of disbursing another pay
ment of the $4,000 to the Nez
Percs Indians. This is the first of
the interest payments which are to
be made semi-annually. The pay
nent will be made without red tape.
As soon as the rolls are amended
10 correspond, with births and
deaths that have occurred since the
treaty was signed, checks will be
iirawn upon the government de-
positories for the sums due living
Indians. It is estimated that 343
native Nez Perces have died since
the Fletcher allotment of lands was
completed 1t 1898. The births are
recorded to the number of "a.
These statistics show the destiny
Of this favored Indian tribe.
Boise Mail: Doc Leonard is back
from HALEY, where he was called
10 answer q warrant for arson. The
doctor says there was not any real
evidence against him, and what lit
tie they did have was of a circum-
stautial character. Mule tracks"
said the third.houso governor
mule tracks they found in the vi
cinity OF the fire a week after the
hay was burned made up the evil
dence, and as my wife's application
for divorce comes up soon, the
whole business was an attack to
break down my standing. Instead
Of being held for the grand jury,
my case was held for the next term
Of district court. I don't believe
The district can find sufficient evil
dence to ever file an information"
Watson NJ. Nesbitt, Jr., son of a
well-known Utah mining man, was
discharged Monday from the peni-
Tertiary at Boise by the Supreme
court, the court finding that there
vas no legal evidence against him.
The case is u peculiar one. Young
Nesbit's father was appointed 81.
perintendent Of the Gold Hill mine
at Quartzburg in 1893, the young
man accompanying him to Idaho,
and entering the employ Of the
mine under him. While they were
in charge, the safe Of the company
was robbed, SUN Of money belong
ing to William Frame, the former
superintendent, being taken, to-
gether with a gold watch and q
small bar of bullion. The safe was
opened and rifled, and small keys
cut from tin were left lying on the
floor. Tue Nesbitts left about that
time to return to Utah, but were ar
rested before they got away. The
elder man was discharged, but the
Young man was held, and subse.
ouently convicted in the District
ccnrt and aentanced to two wears