The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-01-05
State News.

State News. .
A wretch named J. 0. Erving was
arrested At Boise City one day this
week at the instigation Of DR.. II.
]. Belts on charge Of cruelty to
animals. The inhuman brute was
seen to jab the teeth of pitchfork
repeatedly into his horses backs.
The Judge fined him $100 and
| costs.
Iliff, who forged Attorney Gan
eral Parsons name to bank check
for al 80, at Boise, has been sem
fenced to the pen for two years.
Asa Miles, employed as station
tender on the De Lamar company's
incline train, was struck BY heav-
| lily loaded car Wednesday Of last
week and instantly killed. He was
literally torn to pieces.
Senator Shoup reached Boise
from Washington Tuesday. A large
delegation headed by brass band
met him at Nampa and escorted
him to Boise.
Idaho Herald: It is said that
Congressman elect Edgar Wilson is
confined to the sick room with an
attack of some malady similar to
Ia grippe. His death would be a
sad blow to his family, but we can
not believe that his demise would
retard the progress of Idaho, either
politically or intellectually.
Idaho Democrat: Alfred Eoff, of
the Boise National Bank, in his
statement for Wells, Fargo & Co.,
places the mineral output of Idaho
for 1894 at 81 ,844, 900, doubling that
of 1898. Of this sum 81 1878, 900 is
gold, $2,359,000 silver and 50, $685.
600 gold.
There are places on Shafer creek,
Boise county, twenty miles distant,
where seams of coal stick out above
the surface of the ground, The
paragrapher hereof has seen it. The
indications otherwise are favorable
for banks Of coal, but there has
never been any genuine prospect
ing done towards finding it.
The murder of Briggs was the
FIRST committed in this county for
several years. Two or three have
been committed in Owyhee county
since Mcdonald was hung at Silver
ten years ago.
DR.. Leonard is negotiating for
three huge bears, silver tip, black
and cinnamon, which he designs
sending to his museum at Ann Ar
Dor.
Salmon City Recorder: Three
pack trains came in from Yellow
Jacket on Monday and will load
with supplies for the Yellow Jacket
and and other companies.
On last Saturday afternoon fatal
accident occurred about two miles
from here on the Leesburg road, re-
sulting in the death of John Taft,
better known as Tourist Jack"
He started to take a heavy boiler
of Barrack & Stevens saw mill to
the Four Mile house. There were
four span of horses hitched to the
boiler and in making the turn on
the grade the boiler was overturned
and the unfortunate man was
crushed beneath it. He died Tues
day morning.
Lemhi Republic: Frank Beagle
ran in very near to the dividing line
to eternity a few nights since. He
came in from the Yellow Jacket
with the pack train the first of the
week expecting to load and return
in a day or two. He purchased
some medicines to take in to camp.
among which was some morphine
In attempting to take q drink of
whisky in the night, he picked up
the morphine bottle by mistake
and swallowed enough of the stuff
to kill several men. The largeness
of the dose is probably what saved
his life. DR.. Whitwell was sum-
moned and administered emetics
three times before it took effect.
Frank has been a very sick man for
a few days, but is now much better.
Wallace Press: At Z 80 o'clock
Monday morning, Immediately after
the day shift went on duty at the
Frisco mine at Gem and while
picking down the ground loosened
by the last blasts of the night shift,
the ground above gave way, the
weight breaking through
five floors instantly killing Pat Sui
Ivan and James Carney and injur-
ing Fred Smell, severely cutting him
about the face.
To Work Idaho Placers.
The Salt Lake Tribune saws