Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-06-26
WEEKLY SUMMARY.

&& University THIS year.
leyen-pound baby-boy was born
III. and Mrs. A. Miller, Sunday.
was one baptism and q ac-
20 the Baptist church last Sun
&&Eorneys Bagley and Spence, OF
xT&3tpelier, were In Blackfoot Monday
&~1sfness with the u. s. Land office.
ii. Keller, of the Gate City silver
, promises the people a treat at
&h& coming celebration at Blackfoot.
n one can afford 10 miss 1t.
The county commissioners will meet
iii Monday, July 18th as a board OF
46nnItzation, and the board of pharmacy
III Hapgham county will also meet on
1he sHme day.
Jndging by the locals in our exchanges
W6uld seem that the rains OF week
hslose last were almost general through
eutthe state.
Herse men are invited TO use the
! new rack as often as possible, as the
dxi1ing OF light rigs over II viii tend
- r6t II In better shape for the coming
eelebratlon races.
.THe earthquake In California Sunday
an& was general throughout he state.
H8Sesed over ~ minutes. Clocks were
s&60ped and suspended lamps were
ht9knn but no real damage was done.
The P~ocatello city council has passed
i 1~<xingent ~antl-gambling ordinance,
Wlleh forblds solo, or other card games
M NJ drink or cigars and nickel-in-
tNetsiot machines.
Crop In the north western states are
xor6rted from 70 three weeks late.
xhl* l. due 70 the cold spring weather
xn Mxy and early June.
ascrctary o. State Geo. J. Lewis has
S1exed THR NEWS under obligations TO
k41m Tor . late copy OF the general state
1we, passed a. the 18th session u the
1~6xislature.
xhere has been such a rush on the
E6nelon Office asking for pensions that
fk<rty additional clcrks have been en-
nS8gx.i on the force. For the ten days
&o4fng Saturday, she 18th, 1890 mp
ut1naslons were lled. Advocate.
ne Official report from the agrlcnl'
fxI<&I department shows that b cotton
6sop A. compared With last year ia
$500 Is ~ per cent. larger, aud Ia
xSo6Sifion NJ the end Of May about ifi
- : below 1850. The weather ha'
haan unfayoruble In all the cotton
x1n1cs-Nashvtlle Advocate.
Ihe State encampmeut Of the G. a
ri "a In session Al Eloise City Frida.
~ Saturday last week. The large
number Of veterans and visitors wer
rpyally entertained while there. Lin
&of Smith, of Moscow, was elected dc
pnrsunent commander, and the next on
<~xnpmcnt will be held At Moscow !
~. 1897.
Beb Mecks, OF Wyoming, has bee
nx7ested and identified NJ enc Of th
Montpelier bank robbers Of last August
il MI be remembered that three me
Fo&e into the town of Montpelier th
tzGh Of August 1895, held up the cashic
a4& assistant cashier at 3 p. m, too
1&48c0 and made good their cscap'
1G4eks was one Of them.
III connection vith the new rac
1fnek being built Just south Of town,
fSxRes' stand has been erected, cigi
1e<8 square and twenty feet high vii
! fag shaft twenty-six feet. Bill
Woodin aud Frank w. Became agrc,
ID sec that the stand was secured. ~
Wfth the assistance OF Jos. II. Smit
Yup. G.. Brown, +. A. Pyke, 6.
X&nm. w. r. Hull, Pars. Jones, Bel
EIdridrc, DIR. Moore, ii. w. Curtis Al
zM III. Bicthan, the necessary materi
~ procured and Jno. Quillin and
n Sweet contributed the carpcnt
nork.
The Genesseo News says the n
EzSrcc Indians are decreasing In uui
Htrs, The News gets It's informant
fFam an intelligent and influential ha
ICED OF said tribe. Since 1892, VIII
6&e tribe numbered 1900, there has be
80 deaths recorded TO 100 births.
The monument erected 10 the memo
~ Harry Wright, the father OF bascba
Wes unveiled In West Laurel Hill Ger
Try, Philadelphia, last Sunday In
r&esence OF q large crowd of persons
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