Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-06-30
@. M PAYNE. MABEL L. PAYNE
PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishers.
IDAHO STATE NE EWS.


Al Quackenbush by beating his brains
out with club or rock.
Two crooks arrested at Pocatello are
being held on suspicion of having
robbed Ord Brothers store at Nephi,
Utah.
The A. p. A. council at Boise has be-
come thing of the past, and the organ
and furniture of the de,unct order is
for sale.
Labor leaders at Chicago propose to
establish workingmans colony to
Idaho, on plan similar to that of the
New Plymouth colony.
The McMillen brothers of Elmore
county recently sold 100000 pounds of
wool for which, if reports are true
they got s94 and cents per pound.
The Red Rock and Salmon River
Stage company has filed articles of in
corporation with Secretary of State
Lewis. The capital stock is 81 900. 600.
Miss Sharp, the HALEY lady who fell
to the floor when practical joker pull
ed chair from under her, is suffering
from concussion of the brain and may
die.
The city council of Pocatello have
passed stringent anti-gambling ordi-
nance 1t forbids solo or other cards
for drinks or cigars, and nicllle-in-the
slot machines.
j. j. Golightly, one of the first set
tiers of Preston died there on the 26th.
He was born in Salt Lake City. Shem
Purnell, another Salt Lake pioneer,
died at Preston.
The latest news from the Seven
Devils country is that the rush has
commenced and that wagons and pack
horses can be seen at any time of day
coming into camp.
The body of Tom Aram, drowned in
the Clearwater few weeks ago, was
discovered at Collins landing just
above the Cascade locks by one of the
river men employed there.
1t is rumored that Senator Caldwell
has sold his interest in the Caldwell
townsite canal and acreage to a Kan
sas syndicate. If true, the deal is an
important one, as it will involve some
$4,000.
About 300 Indians have congregated
on Camus prairie, and they are report
ed to be dancing, painting and drink,
ing whisky. The settlers there are
somewhat nervous and have petitioned
the governor to have them removed.
While returning on his wheel to
Haley from the HALEY hot springs,
Arthur Cults missed by very little
the end of bridge across a ditch near
the hotel and was thrown into pile
of sharp-pointed rocks.
Lindol Smith of Moscow, depart
ment commander of the G. A. R., has
appointed j II. Pecotte of Boise chiei
of his staff, with the rank of colonel.
+. w. Coolidge of Shoshone is another
appointment, he having the rank OF
lieutenant colonel.
1t is reported on what appears to be
reliable authority that Senator Gald
well has sold his interest in the Cald
well townsite, canal and acreage to {
Kansas syndicate. II true, the trans
action is an important one, as it vii.
involve some $4,000.
While Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. West o.
Preston were away from home, the
lamp was tipped off the table, causing
it to explode. When it exploded, th'
oil was thrown ON their little girl
about . years old, burning her head
one ear and one side of her face badly
Six four-horse outfits, containing a
many families and driving about 10t
head of loose horses, recently passed
through Caldwell on their way from
Walla Walla to Colorado. They haC
become tired waiting for the wave 0
prosperity and were on their way east
in quest of it.
MT w az hSl Va iLSNA Will VI -
in his pocket, started to beat his wa,
over the railroad to Ogden. Having
climbed upon the roof of passenge
coach, he went to sleep and fell OF
while the train was running at full
speed near McCammon. He was founc
next dry in an unconscious condition
but soon recovered aud had no recol
lection of having fallen from tn
train.
Z. t. Perkins, jr., of the geological
survey, is in Boise on his way t
the northern part of the state
He goes there to run the line betweel
Idaho and Montana from the Canadian
boundary southwark about seventy-tiv
miles to the summit of the Bitter Roo
mountains. The line is the 39th mer
idian west from Washington. 1t ha
never been surveyed and there is nov
much confusion arising from the un
certainty respecting its exact location