The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-19

9tafo News.
There arc NOW 121 convicts IN th'
penitsntiary at Boise.
Henry Bofinger, an inmate in ID,
insane asylum 1t Blackfoot, Will,
in an epileptic st, fell il m irrigat
ing ditch recently and Was drowned
He had been in tho asylum thre,
years, and came from Nee Perc,
county.
The school-house 1t Montpelie,
with al its contents wse destroyed
BY FIRE last week. Loss estimates
At $4,000. The fro originated from
q chip pile at the rear Of tho school.
house, caused By children playing
with matches.
James Harrington, who made the
complaint about the manner in
which the Soldiers Home was con.
Quoted, has been dishonorably dis.
charged from that institution. He
had been tho cause Of . great deal
of disturbance and the officers de.
cided to tolerate him no longer.
Monday he made q remark to the
effect that to raise the flag over such
a place az the home was a disgrace
to the Stars and Stripes and his
discharge followed.
The charges made against the
management of the Soldiers Home
have been investigated by the board
Of trustees. Secretary of State l. w.
Garrett, in his report says:
"The charges of mismanagement
and cruelty against the command
ant, adjutant and matron are not
sustained, but on the contrary the
board finds that said officers are
satisfactory in their management.
and have been kind and even leni-
ent to the inmates Of the home, and
that there has been no cruelty or
unjust treatment of any inmate"
DeLamar Nugget: Mrs. w. B.
Biggerstaff Of Boise City is now in
DeLamar presenting a subscription
paper asking for aid to carry q case
to the supreme court, to secure her
rights in q matter where she claims
to have been wronged. She was
awarded . decree of divorce from
her husband without allowance of
alimony, her husband being a
wealthy man. She is endeavoring
to get the case carried up to secure,
what she claims to be, justice to her,
and is endorsed by Bishop Glorieux
and other prominent citizens Of
Boise, who have subscribed to the
fund.
Silver Messenger: A terrible
crime against nature was commit.
ted last Tuesday in Challis, upon
the person of little Thos. Jose, aged
4 years, by man As years old, by
the name of Albert Randall. The
little boy was enticed with candy
by this brute. Such an act is sell
dom heard of. The little boy went
home and told his parents. but
Randall BY this tirne had prepared
10 make his escape, but however,
was seen over by the cemetery, and
. posse Of citizens at once pursued
him-some on foot and some on
horseback-and he was captured in
about three miles chase down to-
ward the river. He was brought
back to town and lodged in Jail,
and on the following day he was
brought before Judge Zeisler and
bound over to await the action of
he District Attorney. District
Court was in session, aud in this
Court he was tried by jury as to
whether he was insane or not.
The jury decided he was sane. He
hen plead guilty, and Judge Stocks
ager sentenced him to the State
penitentiary for 20 years at hard
abor. Col. Sharp departed for
Boise City yesterday morning with
he prisoner.
Boise Democrat: The great fruit
crop in and around Boise this year
las been rich wind fall to the In.
lians from the Fl. Hall reservation. !
Almost every train for the past six |
weeks has brought a delegation of
! half q dozen or more wards of
he government who spend a week
" ten days gathering and drying |
allen fruit. They have thus &C.
cured thousands of pounds of fruit
or the coming winter and in some
became q great nuisance
o the fruit growers.
Grangeville Cayuse: Chas. ely
ner, a gentleman we'll known in
daho county met . horrible death
vhile 1t work on q threshing ma
hine on Yates place, near Denver,
y falling into the cylinder. His
rm was torn from the socket and
ne side of his face was badly mu-
Hated. His death occurred in .
ew minutes after he Was taken to
be house. Clymer was q table,
snder and in trying to get out oil
he way of the derrick fork he fell |