Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-11
HOME AND OTHER NEWS.

Last week, Illinois, Iowa and M,nn.
sofa were shivering with thermome
Ter 10 and 20 degrees below zero.
The traveller who steadily goes for.
ward day by day, win at last get 20 the
lar on station before him.
Over forty contest cases are pending
IN the Lewiston land Office, growing
out OF the rush at the opening Of the
Nez Perez reservation.
Hon. Y. A. Jordan, prominent citi-
zen OF Cassia county, died since the hol.
idays.
Prayer service has been In progress
At the NJ. II. church every evening Of
this week.
There is no better town IN all Idaho
than Blackfoot. That's what drummers
say.
The public school re-opened Monday
after two weeks vacation. A num-
Der OF new pupils were enrolled.
Miss Riley began teaching In the
Barrsii district on the 9th inst. She
makes the eighth Blaekfoot girl now
in charge Of g school.
Judge Shoemaker has moved from
bis ranch TO town for prompt medical
treatment He 10 suffering from facial
cancer and needs constant medical at
teniion.
DR.. Dub9ls and wife have returned
from San Francisco to Boise City, their
old home, and viii reside there In the
future. The doctor IL q brother OF
Senator Fred 7. Dubois.
An inquIrlng man thrust his fingers
into horses mouth 10 see how many
teeth he had. The horse closed his
mouth TO sec how many fingers the
man had. The curiosity OF each Was
fully satisfied.
Gem hoininy In Ave pound bags made
from selected tiint corn, kiln dried for
sc. per bag q, Vests.
Don't ie, your horse shiycr all his
fat OF when You can &C, blanket for
si.oo Al W. d. Trrgo's.
The director OF the mint at Wash
ingson reports the coinage executed
during tho year 20 have been: Gold,
s5s. siS, 3s7; silver. 5,ss6, 0i0, making q
total OF 90, sso.sss.
A young woman has the privilege
this year Of not only asking young
man 20 marry her, but also 10 take
bacon and greens or an oyster stew
with her.
A test Of grating tomato plants on
potato roots has been successfully made
by scientific gardner with the result
Of ionciocs above ground and potatoes
under ground.
james Mike, an Italian sent 10 the
pcnitcntlary from this county on the
charge Of being implicated in the kill.
ing Of David sioddard. at Beaver
Canon. several years ago, has been par.
doned by the Board OF pardons, with
the agrcemcn, that he will leave the
State.
Market Lakes rabbit drive last Sat.
uriay was the biggest thing Of its kind
ever witnessed in the North. East
south or West Of this country. |, was
success rabbitly speaking, and as full
OF genuine hunting fun as the State
promises 10 he Of politics next summer.
Over two thousand were driven In the
pen.
wAsTED-Good fresh ranch Butter
c. Bunting & Co.
l.. w. West has charge OF the Dia
mond Coal scales, and win receive or
crs for Diamond Coal.
A girl In an adjoining town found q
package Of love letters that had been
written TO her mother by her father
before they were married. The daugh'
ter saw that she could have little
sport, and read them to her mother,
substituting her own name for that OF
her mother and that Of a fine young
man for her father. The mother jump
cd up and down in her chair, seemed
terribly disguised, and forbade her
daughter having anything TO do with .
young man who would write such sick
cning and nonsensical stuff TO girl
When the young girl handed the let
tiers 70 her mother 10 read the house
became no still one could hear the grass