Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-06-12
WEEKLY SUMMARY.
A special tax OF 10 mills was voted
u the school election Monday.

3 public celebration OF the Fourth of |
July this year.
# Blackfoot will eclipse all former 4th |
81 July celebrations by the pomp, pa
eeantry and splendor OF the coming day. |
Everybody come.
Rev. j. X. Yost will hold services at |
the Fairyiew school house next Sunday,
June Is, at 4:30 o'clock All ia the |
neighborhood are cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Holbrook went up
10 The Falls this morning To witness
the operetta this friday evening.
Hon. S. ii. Orr OF Basalt, was visiting
the Grove City two days Of this week.
s A Lawn Social will be given on the
M. T. Parsonage grounds, this friday
1yening. Ice cream, Strawberries and
baskets viii be sold. Everybody invited
VIII Danllson has opened an insur.
&nce Office in The NEWS building.
Geo Hoack has purchased the Hor-
ton residence In the Elmwood addition.
Mr.. Presto Burrell was In town two
or three days of the week making prep
arations for his hay harvest.
Our editor has gone East. Tie prom
Ises THE NEWS letters OF his sight
eeelngs while absent from Blackfoot.
There Is q certain superficial amia.
4 hliity OF department that often goes
along with deeply.ingrained selfish
ness Of character.
@ DR.. Moore was called 10 Idaho Falls
InesdAy 10 perform an operation la a
Nnsc Of laIarotony. The DIR. was very
eacccssfnl and At Inst accounts the wom-
~ was comfortable and doing well.
The Helena Independent Of June sth,
announces that the State Board of Ed
ucatlon OF Montana, in session on the
lth Inst, licensed Prof. n. G. Titus,
Enpi.clect OF Miles City schools, as
$tate Institute Instructor.
Jos Smith, arrested for robbing "a
boz OF s2i, was taken before the probate
court, and upon pleading guilty, was
4entcnccd 10 imprisonment III the coun.
U jail for term OF hve months.
Col Eaton OF Oxford Is reported crit.
{rally III. The old gentleman, now In
his s5th year, IL wcll-known throughout
northeastern Idaho. For one term he
Has Receiver In The q. $. land Office a,
oxford.
Judge Whittier, In the case Of Alice
EuRcut vs.. the Consolidated Implement
Col, ct al. for the recovery OF horse,
Mliegcd to have been taken from her
wrongfully, gave a decision Friday
morning in favor OF the plaintiff.
y We An old Southern darkey says: "Seems
1er me. some cr dc folks dat talks dc
mos bout how po' business Is. IL dem
~ nebbcr didn' habc no business nc
low"
Reports from the different schoo
&lstricts are coming In slowly relative
- the annual election Of trustees. AL
Neard from have voted n special tas
Nus showing the fact that all are alive
% the interests OF our schools.
The lesson Judge Wall taught som,
~ the little boys OF town the first Of tn.
year, has been forgotten. Some Of then
nc making the late hours Of the night
- hideous as ever. But never mind
hey will be brought into court agaii
md with moro fines and less sympath,
tor themselves and their parents.
The marriage OF Aurolius w. Thomp
son and Miss Mathelda Hall was dull
Gplemnized nj the residence of Jamc
~. Stevens on Wednesday night last
I@ev. j. X. Yost officiating. An elegan
gnpper was served by Mrs. Stevens
Thorc were present John Thompson
Me Misses Stevens and Mrs. Yost
Rev. l.. w. wheatlcy, the young mai
Who preached Rt the Methodist church
A couple Of weeks ago will preach agaii
NJ the same place next Sunday morning
md evening, and will continue service
Qn through the week each evening. Al
ere cordially invited TO attend.
Sometimesa bitter gets Bit. sometime
ono pokes Mt hornets nest aud get
4tung; sometimes little good fortun
makes one "a bigger man than oil
Grapt," only however to soon collaps
IN his business; sometimes In meddlin
With other folks business one gets met
died with himself: and sometimes whe
one strikes he gets struck himsel
Thcre Is an inside and an outside
4garmcnt although IL may be an undel
xarment.
An accident which resulted fatally
ii young man who gave his name q
George Smith, occurred at Idaho Fal
14st Tuesday night He had been
VIC employ Of tlre Graehl House as po
III for sometime, but had severed h
xelations mt the time OF the acciden
nd II seems was endeavoring TO boar
freight bound nortbward, but by son
1nadvertence failing In doing 80 WI
thrown under the wheels OF the movir
rain and suffered the loss Of both leg
hey being literally crushed and seve
~ from the body. When the passe
zen train arrived, about an hour aft
ID was put on board and brought
Blackfoot and taken nc once 60 Il
eounty hospital and every attenti,
0iven him that might afford relief, /
n no avail, however, as death so,
lollowed his arrival here. The remai
Were taken back TO Idaho Falls al
Riven burial there.
M Geo A .Unhatbau vill INV cash