The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-28
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]. ]. Golightly. one of the first settlers
of Preston. died at that place last Sat
urday He was born in Salt Lake city
Shem Purnell, another Salt Lake pioneer,
died at Preston last Sunday.
Preston Herald: Last Sunday evening,
while Mr. and Mrs Z. c. West were
away from home, the lamp was Tipped
off the table, causing il TO explode. When
il exploded, the oil was thrown on their
little girl, about , years old, burning her
head. one ear and one side of her face
very badly.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company is willing to build a line from
Boise to Willow Creek if the citizens VIII
subscribe half the cost. the subscriptions
TO be returned in telephone service
The body Of Tom Aram drowned in the
Cle-rTya ter a few weeks since, was dis
covered at Collins landing just above the
Cascade locks last week by one of the
rivermen employed there.
Boise Statesman: The Red Rock and
Sai-non River Stage company has filed
copy of its articles with Secretary OF
STATE Lewis and has designated George
H. Monk as its agent in this state upon
whom ser-tce may be had The Ozark
Gold Mining and Milling company of Mos
COW has filed its articles of Incorporation.
The capital stock is 81. 900 600. The direc-
tors are NJ. J. Shields. F. E. Cornwall
Str' Srieids NJ A. Cornwall and T.
A. David, all of Moscow. A company or
ganiZed 10 furnish Salmon with water has
tiled its articles with the secretar.r of
state. 1t is called the Salmon City Water
company. The capital stock is Sl9.590 and
the directors named are 2. 5. Suydam
Robert McNichOl!. A j. Macnab, NJ. II.
Mcpherson and Alexander Barrack. An.
other new company that has flied its ar
ticles is the Bitter Root Mining com
pany of Wardner. It's capital stock IL
S1.O00,000 and the directors are John Pres
-. - Page and James L. Buskett OF
Wardner and ". E. GnodsDeed and t..
Clark of Spokane
At Wallace. on the 18th instant. w. L.
Rutherford killed Al 'Quackenbush by
beating his brains out with a club or
rock. The only known cause of the crime
was that p few days before Rutherford
was whipped in a row getting his clothes
very dirty. He took them TO a negro wo-
man 10 be cleaned. Quackenbush. while
intoxicated. found the clothes there, and
cut up the hat. When Rutherford learned
this he waited for Quackenbush in an al
ley.
James Hoey. one of the early pioneers
of Boise Basin, died at Dry Buck last
week
Haley News Miner: About three hun
bred Indians have congregated on Ca
mas prairie. and they are reported to be
dancing. painting and drinking whisky
The settlers out there are somewhat ner-
vous and have Oetitioned the governor
to have them removed
Ketchum keystone: Charley Grand
jean and Frank Weaver returned We'd
neSday from the vicinity of AlturaS lakes.
where they have been hunting and trap
ping the Dast five weeks. They had a
pleasant as well as an exciting trip, ana
as trophies OF their craftsmanship they
brought home four bear peltS, having
killed seven in all-two grizzlies and five
blacl Other game. such as elk. deer
mountain sheep and mountain goat, We're
quite plentiful.
arrest at Pocatello for robbing Ord Bros
store ar Iehi. made his escape from the
county Jail at that place last Friday