The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-06-06
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8tate News.
The Salmon river is rising rapidly
aud it is predicted that every bridg'
|crossing will be carried out thil
year.
The World says the snow back
Of. Idaho City il from IL to 20 fee
deep, and that it hasn't yet stattec
/ to ulelt.
A great many of the Pocatelle
citizens are afraid to go on the res
ervation on account of the attitude
of the Bannocks.
Market Lake Sentinel: r. H.
CLARK brought in a chunk of gold
Thursday valued at about $55, and
which represented the work of one
team for nine days. His new ma.
chine proves highly satisfactory.
! Matt Crump, who has been on
! trial at Weiser for killing Thomas
Roman 1t the latter home at Lower
Boise, May, 1895, was found guilty
Of murder in the second degree and
sentenced by Judge Richards to
life imprisonment.
An item has been going the rounds
that three car loads Of immigrants
from Nebraska landed at Caldwell
recently. Caldwell papers claim that
you have to 90 away from home to
learn the news, as mary" car load
of immigrants have landed there
yet.
Walter Scholar met with an ac-
cident at Shoshone last Saturday
which resulted in his death few
hours afterward. He was riding a
bucking horse which fell and caught
him underneath. fracturing his skull
and causing conclusion of the brain.
He never regained consciousness.
At the meeting of the Democratic
central committee for Bingham
county, which was held at Idaho
Falls, May 30th, three delegates
were elected to the State convention
to be held in Pocatello June 18th.
The delegates are w. F. Vogeler If
Blackfoot, George H. Story and
George Chaplin of Idaho Falls, all
staunch silver men.
Boise Statesman: Colonel Dewey
says the survey of the Boise, Nampa
& Owyhee railroad has been COM
menced. Dirt will fly as soon as
possible. 1t has been arranged that
Daniel Bacon, the venerable journ-
alist, who presides over the desti-
MES of the Nampa Progress, shall
thIow the first shovel Of dirt. He
is rs years old, and is one of Ida
hos pioneers.
Miss Jennie Dorman, of Cald-
we'll, has sued e. V. Mclaughlin of
Boise. who recently married Miss
Bessie Stewart of that city. for
breach of promise, and claims &c.,
600 damages. Miss Dorman is an
artist and lived at HALEY in 1885.
She and her sister had a studio over
Tracy's drug store, and both young
ladies were considered talented and
highly attractive. Miss Dorman
alleges that Mr.. Mclaughlin de-
serted her after promising to marry
her. That they became engaged
the 18th Of December, 1894, and
that the date set for the marriage
was March Let 1895.
Salmon City Recorder: The long
talked of telephone line between
this city and Red Rock has assumed
definite proportions at last. We
are informed that enough money
has been subscribed to build the
whole line.
The location of tho new opera
house has finally been settled. Phil
Shenon gave the Salmon City Mu-
steal Association the lot on Main
street between the new restaurant
building and Wilkinson & Co.'S
store, As < 120 feet and agreed to
loan the association 81 500 toward
the construction of the building.
Malad Enterprise: The fore part
of this week while Stephen Wight
and his family of Samaris, were
home from Brigham city,
where they had been attending the
funeral Of Lyman Wight, Mrs.
Wight's father, their little boy &c.
cured a shot gun that was in the
wagon and was having considerable |
sport with his little sister, swapping
Lhe trigger at her and using blank
shells that were in sack in the
for ammunition. He had
snapped the gun at her with these
lnloaded shells innumerable times
md the result was merely some fun
It his sisters expense, but in another
,ack there proved to be some shells
hat were loaded aud in some way
" another be had thoughtlessly
slipped one of them into the gun.
The next time he took aim the gun
vent off and the mangled arm Of
lis sister told tho same old story:
'didn't know it was loaded" After
he accident Mr.. and Mrs. Wight
'eturned to Brigham % fast % the
cam could 60 to get medical At
enhance for the poor little girl.