Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-06-06
INTER-MoUNTAIN NEWS.

The cost of the Idaho state govern
ment is now $7Is,a73 per year.
The census of Great Falls, Mont, i
completed with 1000 inhabitants.
a $50 nugget was take "a out of tn,
Colorado river at Chimehuvis, Ariz.
last week.
The value of the output for the Koote
mai country for 1896 is estimated at from
$5,ooo,ooo to $Io,ooo,ooo
Along Panther creek, in the Benton
county (Or.) foothills, they were pick
ing strawberries last week out of snow
DRIFTS.
Gov. Mcconnell has appointed /. It
Peterson state mine inspector to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Edward H. Dewey.
The Anaconda company is now pro
ducing almost as much copper as the
whole state of Michigan, more than
Spain and more than Chile.
The miners of Belt, Montana, will
contribute 5000 to the fund to send
orators east to educate the masses and
give current presentation of the silver
cause.
The DeLamar Mining company, lin
tied, in its report for April shows the
total value of the product to have been
$o2,73o, and the profit for the month
$s6,I7s.
The monument for the grave of Po-
liceman Scanlon at Pocatello has lust
been received and will be erected by the
Woodmen, of which he was an esteemed
member.
A Sacramento witness reputation for
veracity was fixed on Tuesday when it
was claimed he had been To sea and had
seen sea serpent. Every time he told
the story the serpent grew larger
Judge Standrod has taken under ad-
visement the motion argued by Attor-
ney Pickett for new trial for Sid Lar.
kins, who is under death sentence for
the murder of Josie Hill at Pocatello.
The Weiser Signal figures the Wash
ington county wool clip this year al
100000 pounds, which it estimates will
sell for about 10000. It saws 10000
mutton sheep have already been sold
this year for about $4,000.
The Nye drug store building and
Boise was at one time the ONCE of Wells.
Fargo company, and in it thousands up
on thousands of gold dust was handled
Some of 1t was lost on the floor and
went through cracks to the ground be-
low. 1t is thought the ground will pay
well, and 1t is to be washed.
The superintendent of the mint at
Carson has received instruction from
the director of the mint to open the
mint to receive bullion, and to com
mence operations in the refinery, the
same as were in existence prior to April
10, 1895, the time when the operations
of the refinery were suspended by order
of the director.
There is district between the state
of Montana and Idaho bordering on the
British Columbia line where the boun-
Diary between the two states has not
been established. 1t will be necessary
to run line from Boise meridian to the
thirty-ninth parallel, then down sixteen
to twenty-five miles, so AZ to determine
where Moyeo mining camp is in Mon
a. IL T1oLa =.
river.
At Lander Thomas Tway was brought
from the Sweetwater suffering from a
wound in the right leg. An examina-
ton of the mans injuries revealed the
fact that he was shot through the thigh,
close to the hip joint, making a bullet
track of nearly twelve inches, and that
he had been shot through the calf OF
the right leg. He was shot by man
named Stevins. It Is whispered there is
a woman In the case.
Anaconda Standard, z4th: A sneak
thief came within thirty seconds of
making big haul In Anaconda at L. A.
Kings store. Mrs. King saw man
walk to the rear of the store and when
she finished waiting on customer went
back to see what he wanted She found
the stranger all doubled up close to the
safe door which was open. He had
looked into sack which contained $3.50
from which he extracted few coins to
see what the bag contained. Realizing
he was being watched by an officer he
dashed out and escaped.
The horses of the Salubria stage took
fright at Weiser the other day. The
driver jumped out and the team made
straight for the river and plunged in
stage and horses sank after the plunge
When the outfit rose one horse wa
seen to have his head under. The othel
struck out down stream under thu
bridge. He swan some 400 or 600 ward,
to a sand bank. Climbing on this hi
dragged the dead horse and stage afte,
him and plunged into deep water agar
on the other side. The animal finer
made for the island at the mouth of tn,
Weiser. Reaching 1t, he placed hi,
front feet on the bank and awaited helm
One mail sack was lost.
Their safe Arrival,