Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-03-12

Bribers JoiIes and Perkins with roses,
on Monday last.
Grounding weather holds out pretty
well. Strictly speaking, this meteoro-
logical menu sis on the hog"
A black eye ard a stove-uD mouth
was the result Of dispute between two
sheep men, day or two since.
Bob Jones failed to reach his sheep
camps Saturday and returned to town.
He made fresh start next day.
County Clerk senter has issued
marriage license to Thomas Stanton and
Miss Myra C. Thompson, both Of Topo-
mis-.
Lincoln county can boast that neither
Of her members in the legislature, were
in any way connected with the bribery
muddle.
Miss Ella Dill came over from Albion
last Saturday. to pay short visit to her
parents. She returned to her studies on
Monday.
The country editor don't know it all,
but he don't live long in little tOwn
without knowing a deuced sight more
than he publishes
People who desire to build up. and not
tear down our town improvements. viii
drive their teams in the streets and not
upon the sidewalks.
Several Of our citizens bought set, of
% volumes each. of the encyclopedia !
Britannica. 1t is standard work and /
the price is very reasonable.
Murphy, the chinaman, was arrested I
last Tuesday for stealing blankets from
the Columbia hotel. About five years
in the pen would do him good.
The Mormon church has obtained a
fcothold in Shoshone. Regular services
will be held in Mormontown. Sunday
next, Bishop Fisher, presiding.
Arizona people have been felicitating
themselves upon their climate. for the
past two months. Birds building their
nests, and buds bursting, Jan. 10,
''Now, daughter why don't you marry
him, he's wealthy?' "Why, papa he
drinks whiskey." "Of course he does
my child, you don't suppose he is such
an idiot as to eat it with fork do you?"
McPhee & Kiser's Uncle Toms cabin
troupe PLAYED in the opera house last {
Friday night. The house was crowded {
and the play fairly well rendered-the {
only objection being that only portion
of the play was presented. ,
The twentv-four special policemen
who have been acting as a special guard
for Cleveland and the White House, are
now out OF a job. Mckinley don't want
an armed body of men to protect him
from the people he serves and of which
he is one.
Mark Moody started out to the sheep
camps of F. w. Gooding. Saturday
morning-which are located about so :
miles east of town-and only made about
eight miles, on account OF bad roads.
He had four-horse team and about a =
ION Of supplies. 7
The Spanish system OF public educa- c
ion is miserably inadequate. But little t
,ver fourth Of the adult population can !
cad and write. Scanty instructions is 3
given to Al per cent of the children of |
school age, and few of the teachers re- II
GIVE 1925 year. Il
The big suit tetween Blaine and Lin b
oln counties, involving about $4,000, .
; set for trial before Judge Stewart at P
3oise, on the 18th of this month. As I.
his is the day our District court con- o
enes, an effort will be made to tempo
arily postpone the case, to aecomo-
late our counsel.
The taxpayers of this county are Won
ering whether, at this term OF court
hey are going TO be taxed arother-l
housand dollars over the Jananese case.
This was five dollar controversy and
his county has paid dearly for the set 81
cement Of dispute among aliens who g
o not pay dollar of tax. n,
Patronize home industry. Pstronize
he men who patronize you. If the gro
sryman or the farmer has work done in
9ur shop, or buys goods of you, return
he favor by making it 4 point to throw tb