The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-28
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| Is years ago, has been captured 4
/ California and retuyned "a his oh
quarters 70 serve ont his unaxpirel
term.
Evening Nail: Those interested
about Pocatsllo have decided o.
Major Petsr Gallagher % ! commits
sioner to arbitrate on Fort Hall re-
ervation. All right. Lot 'er 60
Gallagher.
A Mrs. Bird, Of Biackfoot, at
tempted to take her life Monday b
first taking 4 dose of laudanum and
then following it with : dose O.
aconite. DR.. Beale was promptly
called and by heroic efforts soon
had tho woman out Of danger.
The west bound passenger train or
the Oregon Short Line Was wrecked
. mile east of Shoshone Monday
morning, by the breaking Of = rail
under the train. A number of per.
sons we're slightly injured, but none
! suriously. The most seriously hurt
was Fulton Haight Of HALEY, who
had q number of cuts.
A prostitute called Georgia shot
and instantly killed Albert Paquin
at Burke last Saturday night. Pa
quin was saloonkeeper. The wo-
man was taken to Wallace under
arrest. She claims Paquin choked
her in q jealous rage, when she
fired. The third shot killed him.
The Tautphas Packing and Cold
Storage Company's plant At Idaho
Falls wxs entirely destroyed by FIRE
last week. The loss lie said to Be
about 5000, with no insurance.
It is supposed that the FIRE was
caused by an incendiary, as there
had been no fire in tho building for
week, and noue near it.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office ct Washington has re-
jected the entry of $1,000 acres Of
land under the Carey act. The
land will now be open to settlement
under the United States homestead
law. This decision has caused gen.
eral rejoicing among the citizens Of
Blackfoot. It 10 said that there will
be- many settlements made upon
this body of land during the COM
ing spring and summer.
The Second Assistant Postmas-
ter General has taken action on the
protest filed by Representative Will
son against q change of mail route
from Nampa to Silver City, and has
ordered that the same be continued,
via Walters Ferry instead of being
changed 90 as to 60 via Demands
Ferry. The route will remain as
Ut present. Mr.. Wilson secured an
order increasing service from Wal
ters TO Bernard's Ferry to twice .
week:
John Hall, 81 years of age, COM
mitted suicide at Pocatello Monday
by taking . large dose of morphine.
He died in terrible agony few
hours after taking the poison. The
young man was q machinist and
had lived in Pocatello from infancy.
Recently he had been paying atten-
ton to . young lady bat on account
Of her being . Protestant, Halls
mother objected to the prospective
match, and it is supposed that this
vas the motive which prompted
him to commit the rash deed.
The jury in the case of Sid Lar
kins, who was tried 1t Blackfoot for
the murder Of his mistress, Josie
Hill, at Idaho Falls several months
ago, after being out two hours and
thirty minutes returned verdict Of
murder in the first degree. Counsel
for the accused tried to establish
insanity for their client
when the shooting was done. Lar
kins' aged father sat behind his son,
an object Of interest and pity to eli,
and testified that Larkins' mother
had died in an insane asylum. The
counsel for the state contended that
Larkins was simply drunk, not in
sane. Judge Standrod sentenced
him to be hung may 18th. The de,
Tense has asked for : new trial and
II denied tho case will be taken to
the supreme court.
Challis Messenger: One Of the 1
richest strikes reported in Custer
county has just boon made in the
Silver Bell mine on Poverty Flat,
owned By tho Clayton n. 4 =. Co.
They have struck ! ledge Of chloride
ore which 10 from 10 TO Is inches 10
thickness which goes 1000 ounces
10 silver Per to. It i clean ore and
can b traced for some distance.
Mountain Home Republican
Sheriff Oliver returned Wednesday
from ! trip 70 Cripple Greek, Victor
and other Colorado points. He
nays that business i booming y
those camps, and every inch q
ground ID tho district has been lo-
lated. He talked with ono mau
sbo had just sold four prospects
tor 80, 600. Lots IN Cripple Cseek
nd Victor that sOld for 33Q0 eix
ago are nov bald u from
l3 600 70 1900.
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