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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-12-12
sHERlFr.s DEPUTY CASE.

The case OF Daniel ID. Campbell
the board OF Commissioners Of Cuny.
county was decided in favor OF the {
PENDANTS.
In this case the sheriff OK Csnyr
County had made application 10 u
commissioners of that county for suti
ority 10 appoint a deputy. and th- r.
quest was denied The sheriff The:
took an appeal to the district court. ans
the court reversed and set aside the or
der Of the board. and directed the COM
missIoners 70 authorize the sheriff to ap-
point a deputy and fix reasonable
compensation for the same. An apre Il
was taken TO the supreme court bv the
commissioners and the judgment Of the
lower court reversed.
The syllabus says: "The sheriff can
not appoint a deputy unless empowered
by the board Of county commissioners
SO to do. aud the said board must. wheu
so requested. determine the necessity
therefor
'Ihe order OF such board authorizing
or refusing to authorize such appoint
ment may be reviewed on appeal by I'll
district court.
when such appeal is taAen. there
must be trial de novo by the district
court.
The district court is reversed on "A
po'nt Of procedure. The supreme court
holds the application for the deputy
must first be acted on by the commits
siohers only after they have taken evil
dence bearing on the application. II
the boards action is unsatisfactory an
appeal may be taken to the district
court The district court cannot arbnrar-
ilv order the appointment Of deputy
without these steps having been taken.
Caldwell Tribune.
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STORY OF AN ovERcoAr.

Rhinehart Schiller believs from the
signs Of the times that we are apt tp
have hard winter-one Of the kind the
old settler loves TO sit around the store
stove and tell about-and being a pfovi-
dent man Rhinehart prepared for u e
frost TO come by investing in a firstrate
overcoat for which he paid sl3. He
had only had the garment few DAYS.
and worn it but few times-hardly
enough to get il set" to his figure
when he discovered one morning that
the coat was missing. 1t was gone;
perhaps not with "handsomer man. -
but evidently with some fellow who.
when It comes to getting good overcoat
cheap, knew trick that beat Rhine
hart's sl3 scheme out Of sight
A night or two before the coat dissa-
peared man named Hoyt, who halls
from Squaw creek and who enjoys some
thing of reputation for "inding'
things. stopped over nighs with Mr.
Schiller and suspicious were at once
aroused that the coat may have con-
cieved an overdue fondness for Mr. Hoyl
and that il el0ped with him. Rhine.
hart therefore began to make inquiries
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The Only Chance Ditch Company location OF
prine'nal place OF business. Emmett Canvon
couutT. Idaho ~
There i delinquent upon the following de-
scripcd stock on account Of assessment ievi..l
on the tenth dnv of October lS16 the Seve-.,i
share holders a. follows.
Mrs A. b. Freeman one half share ........s 4.s7
And IN tccordancc with law. 20 many shares
or each parcel of such stock as NAV be neceSsa y
VIII DC sold In frunt OF the INDEX ONCE In Em-
nett on December 2i. az 2 o'clock D. M OF such
Gay % pay delinquent assessment thereon H.
eether with the cost OF advertising and expens.,
OF the sale
Emmett. Idaho A. p. PFrrnsox
Dec- ist $50, Secretary
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

The Last Chance Ditch COMPANY location OF
principal place OF business. Emmett Canvon
coCnty Idaho
There Is delinquent upon the following d.
scriued stock on account of aSScSSnenf lovicd
on the lotr day Of October 1896. the several
amounts set opposite the names OF the respective
shareholders a. follows.
Mrs A. B Freeman. one half share .... a., ~
Mrs A. Tiner. one fourth share ..... 100
And In accordance with law 30 many shares
or each parce of such stock a. may be necessary
Viii NJ sold 10 front of the INDEX Office in Fi.i-
NETT on December 2isf az O'Clock p. N. Of such
day % pay lcln1uect assessment there on TO-
eetner With cost OF advertisement and expense
of the sale There Is also delinquent on the en-
tire capital stock Of the only CHARGE Ditch
company one hundred and thi-fy nine doflars
AMI ~ virtue OF q contract entered into Feb
-itn i-sr ~ much % said stock a. + necessary
vii De sold az above mentioned time and piace
and for the purpose aforc said
Emmett. Idaho. FINLEY MONROE
Deeemper Isl lcso Secretary.
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TOWN TALK.
Latest News of Emmett and
Vicinity
Something that Everybody should know
if They would be up with the times

Frank Noland, the Sweet merchant.
was in town Monday.
Grant Bartlett WAS over from Cald-
we'll during the week.
--Dr. Lufz has taken rooms at the
Carter hotel and established his Office
there.
William Fuller jr. and his family
have all beeen down with scarlet fever,
but are now reported better.
w. d. Patison, the meat market
man went over to Pearl Tuesday on
business trip. Mr.. Patison has branch
market at Pearl
Reports from Cuba are to the effect
that General Maceo was killed in an en-
gagement with the Spaniards on the sth
John W. Mackey. of Californea. has
just purchased string Of Kentucky
thoroughbred horses at cost OF over
500. 900. One stallion cost him s26,
600.
DIR. o. II. Davenport the reliable
dentist will be at the Bancroft hotel in
Boise for the next four weeks where all
persons wishing first class job OF dental
work are requested to call. 7dl0
Reed & Stanley. OF the Mountain
Lumber Co. at Dry Buck. have dissolved
partnership and Mr.. Reed who will con-
tnue the business went up Wednesday
with crew of men to cut logs for next
summers run.
George Boone has had Jerry Good
sell arrested for taking some timbers
from the river which Boone claims be-
longs TO him. The case was postponed
until Monday to give defendant time to
secure witnesses and counsel.
Frank Carpenter and Jonathan
Moulton have fitted up ,he west half o.
the Carter hotel Office with neat coun-
ter aud shelving. The room will be
occupied in few days by Mr.. Lowe.
who will open fine line Of confection-
cry and holiday goods there.
r Z. Lockwood of the Weiser Sig
nal is candidate for Secretary Of the
senate in the next Legislature Mr..
Lockwood is well qualied for the duties
OF the position snd we believe would
make careful and painstaking officer.
We take pleasure in commencing him
to the senaiors-elect.
w. III. Lowe came in Monday from
Silver City to look our town over with a
view to locating. He was so well pleas
ed with the outlook that on Tuesday he
rented rooms for his family and also
arranged for business location. He
returned to Caldwe Wednesday morn
ing to bring his family over and expects
to be settled by the first Of the week Mr..
Lowe will put up line Of fine confec-
tionary. tobaccos. cigars. holiday goods.
etc. The INDEX bids himself and fami.
ly welcome to the town and wishes him
success IN his business venture.
MARRIED-At DeLsmar. Idaho. Nov.
IL, 1896, Mr.. Hans Hanson and Mrs.
Ida Mills. r. 5. Baws, Esq. officiating.
Sly as the popular pair tried TO keep the
affair. more than hundred of their
friends turned out and gave them a
regulation DeLamar seronade. They
have the good wishes Of an army Of
friends, the Nuggott belonging to that
army.-DeLamar Nugget. Mr.. Hanson
is son Of Mrs. Hanson who lives few
miles below Emmett and is well known
to almost every one from one end Of the
Payette river to the other. HIS friends
in tins section will wish him much JOY.
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Land Once NJ Boise Idaho.
November 1896 (
Notice Is hereby given that the foliowinr-
named settler has nlrd notice Of his intention 10
make rnal proof IN support OF his claim. and
that >aid proof viii De made before Clerk OF the
Probate Court Of Canyon Co. Idaho at Caldwell
Idaho. December q. 1894. viz.
Aaron Richardson
FalSs Store Idaho I'd. application No s5fs f,-
the sw = sec Il - n Boise Meridian
Idaho.
He names the following witnesses 70 prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of.
said land viz.
Edison Bishop. Ebcnezer p. Towl. william
~ Wh-lchel. Edward r Barter all OF Falxs
Store. Canyon Co. Idaho
CHARLES HNRoD. Register.
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NorIcE cF FoRsElruee

Boise City, Idaho. No~er,tl
To J. " Cray
Tol ar hn"a.r rr|. I.f ft.. I.
i. .-.-'r- -a Gre
y ~ i-'' ono nurrrt1 .l avs 'r lr.u. I'D. Hn-
PROV .i-trrS and also alliur I.. .fr. f-.' ..l..,
HUNDRED 'oI'1's 'u labor and i,i., -r.'r .-'i.
u-on tnc tunAs lcd' sitcltsd on No.sh VIII
low Creek IN West View Nini~r iStrict
County o. Boise. state OF Iiaho Of which the
location certificate Is found Of record in Book :
fase - or Quartz Claims 0f the once of the
Recorder IN said county IN order 10 hold saii
claim under The provisions OF section ef2f OF III.
revised statutes OF the United states. and the
am cn1Incnt thereto. approved Jauunry e2nl.
iroo concerning annual labor upon mining claims
being the amount required 10 hold said loie fo-
tho period ending on the 3lst iay OF Decemh-r
lsaa and the 3lst dav OF December. A d. isqs And
n within ninety so) days from the personal SER
vice OF THIS notice or within ninety ~ days after
the publication thereof you fail or refuse 10 cos
tribute your portion cf said expenditure a. a CO.
owner, your Interest In the s aim Will become
the property OF the subscribe. your c,-.le.--
who has made 10. required expenditure ri -
iesns OF said seciion- L. II. DEWEY
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DUBOIS RESIGNS.

When the republican senate caucus
met on Tuesday OF this week the mem
bers who had bolted the st. Louis con
vention on account Of the gold standard
platform, were conspicuous by their alb
sence.
Senators Dubois. Pettigrew. Mantel.
Cannon, and Squire were all in The city
and had been invited 10 attend the eau
Gus. and the following letter. which was
read by Senator Sherman shortly after
the caucus was called 10 order. proved
that the absence Of the silver men was
Intentional
Washington d. c. Dec. s.-To Hon.
John sherman, chairman caucus OF re-
publican senators. Sir; hereby re-
spectfnlly resign my position as secre-
tary Of the caucus Of republican SEN
ators. also resign my position as a
member aud secretary of The republican
advisory or steering committee of
the senate.
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Best black fence wire So 20. Bo,

Best black fence wire 1920. Boyer
Bros. X Co.
Wanted-Two or three loads Of wood
on subscrition at the INDEX Office.
Our line Of dry goods is complete,
send for samples. Boyer Bros. Il Co.
The largest line of clothing in On
tario. price from $500 up. Boyer Bros.
X Co.
Attention Miners have several hnu-
dred cords Of good fir wood and mining
timbers at the mouth Of Rock creek. for
sale on reasonable terms Enquire OF
or address, 1oHN CARTER.
Emmett. IDA.
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NOTICE

All persons living in road district No.
6 will please take notice that they msst
take care Of their waste water and. not
allow il 10 flood the public roads. All
who allow water to flow from their
bitches or fields on the roads will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent OF the
law. There will be positively no ex-
ceptions TO this rule.
THOMAS RUSSELL,
Road Supervisor.
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Holiday Excursion Rates.

On Dec. 2ith. 25. 3lst, and January lst
we will sell round trip tickets to any
point IN the state at one fare tor the
round trip. tickets will be good returning
until January 4th.
G. l.. ALLEY, Agent L. p system.
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Very truly yours.
fRED 4. DUBOIS.

Senator Teller was not in the city. but
had be been there is TO doubt but that
he would have acted with the other
silver men.
Wilson. Of Washington. was chosen
to succeed Mr.. Dubois as secretary Of
the caucus, aud Shoup, Of Idaho, sue
ceeded his colleague as member Of the
steering committee.
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NJANTED-SEVERAL FAITHFUL Memoir
W women 10 travel for responsible established
house In Idaho. Solary $50. payable SIS week
ly aud expenses. Position permanent. Refer
ences- Enclose Self-addresSed stamped en-
velope. The national. Star Building, Chicago.
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PASTURE.

have feed and pasture to winter 90 or 70
head Of cattle at my place on the Butte that
will Sc Il cheap for cash or trade. Call on
or address. J. W. MARTIN.
Emmett. Idaho.
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S. A. SLOPER,
ARTISTIC BARBER.
Shop next door to Riggs
Billiard Hall.
NOTICE

The regular annual meeting OF the stoctho'd-
ers OF the Enterprise Ditch Co viii be hello at
the residence OF Edison Bishop in Stuart prr-
cinct Canyon County Idaho on "Wednesday
Janu1-y 9Th 1897. al I O'Clock. for the uurno -
OF electing officers and transacting such other
business as may come before the meetink.
EDsON BISHOP. Sec.
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Fayete valley advantages: Sslu-
enp~s climate. nch soil, abundant wat
er supply. Investigate
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05

The pope's favorlte poets are Virgil
and Dante He knows great part Of
both by heart and takes pleasure in quot
ing them. When Father Michael, the
apostolic project TO Erithrea. was taking
his leave with the other Franciscans
who accompanied him to Africa his
holiness recited TO them with great
spirit Dante's canto upon st Francis
The pope reads the newspapers, pas
sages Of interest being marked for him
by readers III order TO save him time.
He frequently writes letters 20 the bsh-
ops and encyclicals in a polished and
Cicerouian style of Latin. The encycli-
calls are printed at the private press of
the Vatican, aD institution founded by
him and furnished with all modern i'm
prOyements. They are first published in
The OsServatOre Romano, the official
daily paper of the Vatican, and then
finally translated into Italian and other
languages and sent OUT TO the bishops
abroad. Leo Mi writes excellent
verses, both in Latin and Italian, and
likes to see and talk with men Of letters
as we'll as 10 read their works. Two
years ago he requested Professor Brunelli
Of Perugia 10 buy for him the poetical
works of the Able Zanella. The request
is characteristic, for his holiness insisted
upon paying for the book like any enc
else Marion Crawford in Century
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
DIRECTED HEP LETTER TO HEAVEN
Pathetic Little story 81 "a Child's EpistIe
Ia Her Dead Mother.

At recent wedding the bride had
retired 20 her dressing room 10 don her
travelling gown. Her mother had been
dead year or more, and she had had
the constant care and companionship of
her little sister ever since their afilic-
tion. The 7-year-old entered the room
and Went 10 her sisters chair very
thoughtfully. Drawing ii letter from
the little pocket, She said:
Alice, here is IA letter 10 mamma.
have JUST written, telling her all about
the wedding Will you send it to herr"
The elder sister, little shocked, re-
piled as gently as possible that she
couldn't send a letter to mother.
Then the little one, looking quite
bright, said promptly:
ooh, yes, you can, because now you
are married, you will be getting little
girl, and when you send for her, just
give the doctor this letter, and he can
take il TO mamma when he goes for the
baby -
And there on the envelope was the
address, printed as best she could "To
Mamma, IN Heaven. Kindness Of the
Doctor.
She took the letter, and Rugged the
little one TO hide the tear which was
rubbed of on the curly, brown head. -
Washington star
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
WHO CINDERELLA REALLY WAS.
Her sto-y l. Very Ancient and Appears
In Sacred IIiudoo Books.


The story Of Cinderella Is Substantial
y the same as that told of Rhodopis
and PsaminiticLus by Elan, who lived
in Rome in the third century Of the
Christian era. The story, as told by
Elan. l. thai while Rhodopis was bath.
ing, an eagle carried away one of her
sandals and dropped il near the feet Of
Psammtichus, king of Egypt, who, like
iiulrcIla', prince, WAS struck 10y its
diminuJive size, caused the maiden to
be sought tol. and married her when
found Make the sandal glass slipper
and add the ugly sister, for the sake Of
contrast. and the stories are much the
same The glass slipper, by the way. j.
an acknowledged fiction being in real,
ity a Instrumentation Of 'pdItoutie en-
yGr' Ga fur shVper), and not Zen
yerte.
This, at all events, is what j. claimed
by Iuauit ~ Dbl, "CUtes de Fees.
Both these stories have doubtless com
mon origin. but Ii is necessary 10 20
further back in the history of the htera-
ture 10 find ito people who lived in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
America Through English Eyes.

They like giving big names TO things IN
America. y pond Is "a lake and hill is a
mountain. They never speak OF the sea: IL
must be called the ocean; "a meeting Is %
convention, "a dictionary Is "a "speller and
a definCr, a town j. "A city, a chairman is
a president and 50 on The only excep-
tion | know OF Is that the wealthy people
who own those charming country resi-
dences AT Tuxedo and LenOx call them
cottages But these are not average Amer
leans, and in that country the manners
and customs, as sccn by the ordinary tray.
eler, are governed by the average man.
who i, not good specimen He Is apt to
be a most awful bOunder 3" has no taste
and does not know the meaning OF the
word "repo-c, but you need never NEE,
this type except in railway trains and no.
tells.
His ideal, rs one OF them told me, Is to
spend his nights ION the cars and his
days in getting the better of his fellow
men. But the refined American Is quite
different. These are mostly met in Wash.
ingtUn and the south, and, of course, Bos-
ton Is a thing apart, and Is you approach
this town you are told that the humming
you hear Is the noise of people reading
Browning Tuxedo also il "A great excep-
tion, whore you can have congcnial sOcie-
~. 1t Is a large estate with woods and
lakes and 40 miles of we'll laid roads
Country houses or cottages have been built
ali over It, and there Is an excellent resi-
Dental club-intO which, however. the fo.
male element has progressed 50 far rs to
have introduced even babies into the bod
rooms l-Goorgs Forbes in BlachwoOd
Ma1aziDe
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
(oCee drinking.

There are some persons who indulge
to a considerable excess III coffee drink
ing, and many more who go 10 even
greater excess in the Use Of tea. 1t has
accordingly been contehded BIZ some alb.
stainers from these two substances that
they ara capable of generating form Of
inebriety corresponding TO etherism.
PROFESSIONALLY incorporate tea and
coffee drinking will give rise 10 serious
mischief. The inordinate consumer Of
strong tea may become dyspeptic
wreck, s!eepless hypochondriac, with
decrepit nervous system, the victim
Of deep, Intense melancholy, with, in
some cases suicidal tendency. The
immoderate indulger in coffee, black
and strong may lose all appetite for
healthy food. eat little, suffer from
tremOrs, acute neuralgia and other
pains, excessive thirst, agonizing head
ache and feeling of intolerable dryness
and heat. He may become pinched and
emaciated, have a feeble circu latiOn
and constant fear Of falling, with a
blurred vision, as if looking through
light brownish media.
These, however, are the symptoms of
TEA and coffee poisoning. They bear wit.
ness, so TO speak, to theme and caffeine
intOXication. minus the anRsthesia ard
paralysis Of alcoholic drunkenness DR..
Kerr, in his practice, has never seen an
uncomfortable craving for tea or coffee
10 which all natural affections and du-
ties We're subordinated. He Is therefore
unable to recognize these phases of ex-
ce,sive drinking a. manifestations Of
narcomania the disease which Is char
acterized by an overpowering impulse
TO intoxicatiou at all risks New York
Suu
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
Americana In Nova Scotia.

A lady of Nova Scotia, writing 70 the
Boston Transcript. says that the Ameri-
cans who visit Nova Scotia are almost
without exception pleasant and we'll
hammered people 1--WE note some slight
difference between their speech and ours.
Their voices are higher and sharper, and
they are more up to date as 10 slang.
am afraid that in our heart of hearts
we feel ourselves "a little superior in re.
pose Of manner, for the rollicking enjoy
ment of the ordinary American when on
"a holiday III Nova Scotia Is, perhaps, too
evident. But when the patience with
which they endure many Inconvenience,
the zest with which they enter into any
pleasures that come in their way, and
the good viii with which they are ever
ready TO help any charitable scheme
which may be afoot in place where
they are staying are put in the scale
against the loudness which sometimes
oifends us, the trifiing peculiarly kicks
the beam -
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
A Settler.

On the occasion of visit of an Eng
lish junior football team 10 Glasgow 10
play an eleven Of Scottish juniors, two Of
the members We're taken down in rather
an unexpected manner.
They did not arrive in the city until
nearly IL p. M, but, despite the late
ness of the hour. two of them expressed
their intention Of having a look round.
The landlady of the hotel where they
We're staying, a motherly old Scottish
lady, suggested that bed would be pref
cradle, especially as they We're in a
strange city, closing her remarks by say
ing:
And. besides, We might get lost and
took to the police station, and l should
have TO pay saxpence each to get ya
back. -
81 Is that all they charge TO bail man
out?'' inquired one of the pair
II Is ma what they charge 10 bail
man out" answered the good lady, as
she gazed on the youthful counienances
of the football players, but II Is what
we have 10 nav for the recovery of lost
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-05
WIND AND SEA.

The sea Is a jovial comratle;
He laughs wherever he goes
His merrilltnt shines IN the dimpling lines
That wrinkle his haze ropose;
he lays himself down at the feet OF the sun.
And shakes al over with glCc,
And the broad backed pillows fall faint on the
shore
In the mirth Of tho mighty seal
But the wind l. sad ana restless
And cursed with an inward pain,
Sou may bark nj Will. by valley or hill.
But you hear him ~till complain
IL walls on the narreu nlOunttins
And -hriok~ ON the wlntry -od;
De -obs in the cedar ana means in the pine
And shuddors al over the aspen tree.
Welcome are both their voices,
And know not which l. bcst-
Tho laughter that slips from oceans lips
Or the comtortlcSs wiud'- unrest.
There's pang ln all I. loiclng,
a joy in the heart ~ pain,
And the wind that suddcns, the sea that glad
Acns
Are singing the sefsame strain.
-Bayard Taylor.