The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-06-20
State News.

State News.
i Bruneau passenger and mail ar,
transferred across Snake liver in ,
skiff.
/ The laying of the corner stone
of the Weieer College and Academy
took place Thursday.
| The State Normal School at Lew
iston was dedicated the Sd day o
June with impressive ceremonies
! Liens to tho amount Of 81 ,O54
were filed against the Morning Sta
Mining and Milling Company a,
Silver City last week.
NJ. K. Parsons, q big cattle dealer
shipped from Mountain Home lasI
week thirty-five carloads of cattle
for Omaha, which he purchased in
that vicinity.
Kit G. Carson, a nephew of the
famous old pathfinder, is IN the
Bannock county Jail on the charge
of abduction of a girl from the
Clearwater precinct.
| D. Appleton and Co. of New
York have sent gift of 25 books
for the Boise library instead of an
advertisement in the Woman's Edi-
ton Of the Statesman.
The nuptials of Archdeacon Ham.
ilton of the Episcopal church at
DeI.amar, and Miss Rubey Plum
mer, daughter of Captain Plummer
of the famous DeLarnar mines, will
occur in Boise July 9Th.
Miss Mayme MacNab of Salmon
City drew the third prize of $25 in
the solution of the mystery story,
1.-THE Mill of Silence" published in
the Rocky Mountain News.
J. w. Campbell, cashier of the
Elmore County bank at Mountain
Home, died suddenly at his home
Sunday morning. He was stand
ing at the front gate to his resi-
dence about 7 o'clock, and in the
best spirits, when he was suddenly
stricken down with rheumatism of
the heart and expired before he
could be conveyed to the house.
The deceased left q widow and
three children.
Blackfoot News: Snake river is
again rising rapidly. and may soon
reach the danger point.
Two stages left for Challis Thurs.
day morning with Is passengers.
Seven wagon loads Of lumber
left Blackfoot Friday for Challis.
Tuesday was q busy day in the
land Office. Four homestead proofs,
one desert proof, three homestead
entries, two desert entries and one
yearly proof were made that day.
Salmon City Recorder: Messrs.
Syms and Dyer, two well-known
business men of Minneapolis. Wis
tied the Hughes Greek placers
Tuesday of last week, With a view
Of buying the property, but OH ex.
animation they concluded not to
invest.
The Hughes Greek placer Aume
was sold at Sheriff's sale last Mon
day to satisfy q judgment of about
5000 in favor of Theo. Munson.
Phil Shenon sold his placer
property on Bohannon Bar to the
Salmon Gold Mining Co. recently.
The consideration was 5000 cash
and 5000 shares in the company's
property.
Mrs. Bowling and Mrs. Nashold
returned home Sunday, bringing
with them the little daughter OF
Mrs. Bowling, whom her father
stole and carried away last winter.
They were accompanied by Sid
Roberts, detective of the Oregon
Short Line, who lives at Glenn's
Ferry. He travelled over 1000
miles following the child, who was
carried from place to place and at
last located her at St. Paul where
he had the premises guarded day
and night until her mother got
the child and claimed her.
Free Prose: F. X. Culbertson,
Of tho Tiger-Poorman !
mine in Ceur d'Alene, was here
this week en- route to Florence to
inspect some Of the mines of that
camp. He returned last evening !
and assures US that he has made
some investments there and that
The camp is all right. He has bond
ed the Goldbug group for $50, 600.
George Riebofd arrived from
Warrens via Florence Tuesday with
! bar of bullion valued at $500,
lie proceeds of Eve tons of ore ex-
;racted from the lower Drift of the
Little Giant mine.
The outskirts of Grangeville are
White with the tents of prospector's
lamps who are waiting for the snow
o 60 off so they can prospect in the
The backward spring
9 very trying on their patience.
Challis Messenger: Two more
'tage loads Of non-union men from