The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-06-13
State n ews.

bill.
! A new Episcopal church is to b,
built at Boise which will cost about
$4,000.
Silver City was trested to snow
storm June Sd, but the snow melteC
as soon as it fell.
/ Henry Jackson, shift boss at thu
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine q,
| Wardner was killed few days age
by being struck on the head with 8
falling rock.
The Idaho Mining Exchange il
short of funds. Some 200 mem
bers signed the roll, and a large list
of these have failed 10 dig up the
promised $40 on demand.
About 500 Bannock and Sho'
shone Indians are having "grass
dance" at Fort Hall, Idaho. The
The master of ceremonies is an old
white haired buck said to be over
100 years old.
Adam Robinson, aged so years.
an old resident of Boise, committed
suicide in Caldwell a few days ago
by taking laudanum. 1t is. sup.
posed he took his life because Of
continued suffering from asthma.
The Lewiston Teller says stock
company has been organized with a
capital of $25O,OOO for the purpose
of placing a good up-to-date mill
at Florence, to save both gold and
silver. H. K. Owen, of Seattle, is
president of the company, and C.
NJ. Huff is manager.
Mrs. Della Bowling of Idaho, left
this city Tuesday night with her
young daughter. Mrs. Bowling
some time ago was divorced from
her husband, the child being given
to her keeping. Subsequently the
child was spirited away, and at last
located in St. Paul.-St. Paul Herald.
Boise Statesman: The river has
cut an additional channel through
Ninth street between the big bridge
and the small bridge that was
washed out near the Chinese gar
dens. The cut is 40 feet wide and
is believed to be fully ten feet deep.
A few parties have crossed the
stream at that point, swimming
their horses.
Salubria Citizen: W. f Jewell has
sold his entire band of sheep, be-
tween $500 and 5000 head to 0. w.
Porter, of Huntington. Mr. Porter
paws 81 40 a head for the yearlings,
81 % head for the old sheep and
Is cents head for the lambs. The
sheep are all sheared. The clip
this year aggregated over Is tons
and ought to bring in the neighbor-
hood of 81, 900, and the sheep prob
ably 81 900, or a total of IS, 1000, the
result of six years in the sheep
business with a capital of - 600 to
to start with.
Mountain Home Republican AT
the sale of horses Wednesday Wal
ter and Otto Campbell bid in a
vearling cayuse for 60 cents. At
ter buying a dollars worth of rope
for the critter they concluded they
had made a poor investment and
sold the rope for SO cents and let
the colt 60 with the rope.
A letter received here Wednesday
evening from Atlanta stated that
quite force of men were at work
shoveling snow from the road be-
tween that place and Rocky Bar.
Provisions are getting low and they
fear that the camp will be out Of
some of the necessities of life before
teams could get in if they waited
for the snow to melt.
John Cannon, who lives a few
miles above Pine Grove on the South
Boise river, had under cultivation
about 10 acres of bottom land, and
everything indicated abundant yield
until few days ago when flood
Of water covered the land and
washed his entire plant away.
The Mountain Home Bulletin
says: DR.. Niekirk returned home
Monday evening from Atlanta,
where he had been to amputate
both feet of Mrs. Morrow, who suf-
fered such a terrible experience in
trying to make the trip from At
lanta to Rocky Bar on snowshoes.
It will be remembered that woman
who accompanied her died on the
way from exhaustion. The doctor
successfully performed the opera
ton, taking off both feet just above
the ankles, and when he left Atlanta
his patient was doing nicely with
excellent prospects of speedy re.
covery. Notwithstanding the char
acter of the unfortunate woman,
the people of Atlanta generously
provided for her every want and
the noble hearted ladies of that
place We'd with each other in nurs-
ing and comforting Mrs. Morrow,
and are contemplating raising funds
with which to purchase artificial
feet for the destitute woman so
soon as she is able to wear them.
Aboard ship.
Sea voyages are usually deemed promo !
tive of health 81, they are in most cases.