The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-09
IDAHO HEvs.


urday.
John Sparks, Of Nevada, will sx-
hibit . carload Of the Hereford cat
tie ct the Boise fair.
The reception accorded tho queen
Of the fair will Do notable in the
history Of the capital city.
The Governor, Secretary Of State
Lewis, Attorney General and State
Treasurer Storer are visiting North
Idaho.
II 10 reported that A. J. McNab
will move from Salmon City 70
Boise and establish his residence
in the Capital City.
The Seven Devils smelling plant
that has lain for two months on
tho cars ct Weiser has finally been
unloaded and shipped to the mines.
The DeLamar band, said to BE-
the finest one in the state, has
offered ito services to the Fair CON-
mittee which will probably b &C
copied.
The news says that the bid Of
George Snow of Salt Lake 1t IS, 500
for tho Bunting store aud bank
building ct Blackfoot was not &C
copied.
The case Of Walter Hammond
for the robbery of the Bliss station
agent, Sept. 10th, was tried At Sho-
shone last week. The Jury brought
in . verdict Of guilty.
Warden Van Dorm of the State
penitentiary, now has . large pro-
portion of the convicts engaged in
getting out and cutting stone for
tho proposed new buildings.
President Mckinley has appoint
ed Joseph Perrault Of Boise Sur
veyor-Gsneral of Idaho. Mr.. Per-
rault Was chairman Of tho Repub-
ican committee during the last
campaign.
Owing to doubt at the Statehouse
of the legality of "a appropriation
of 5000 for IN investigation of the
various departments of the State
government, il 10 said the investi-
CATION will not be made.
Miss Talbot, daughter of Bishop
Talbot Of Laramie, Wy, has been
added to the faculty at St. Margar,
cts. Her specialties are history
and American literature. This IL
in addition to the regular faculty.
One evening last week, while .
young man named LEVER was riding
through the streets of Oakley bis
horse stumbled and he was thrown
to the ground, his head striking q
stone and fracturing his skull. HI
died soon afterward.
AT = country oall near Market
Lake, one night last week, John
Robb, . 16.year.old boy. stabbed
Joseph Walker, . l4-year-old boy
| in the back, below the waist. The
physicians pronounced the wonno
fatal.
David Norwood, who murdered
Samuel Burd with q pick handle il
Lincoln county last April, val
found guilty at Shosbone last Sat
urday Of murder in the second de
gree. The crime was q brutal one
| and it was q surprise to the public
that Norwood did not receive tn
death penalty.
Boise Statesman: The relief 30
ciety has extended help to Mrs
Curry of Bonanza, who had COM
to Boise expecting to receive pay
ment of . debt due her by prom
inent man here. When she arrived
she found the man had gone Il
Butte. She was without funds ant
desired to reach relatives at Weises
She was accompanied by two lttl
children.
Lewiston Tribune: Warden Val
Dorm Of tho stats penissntiary -
rived ia Lewiston Wednesday morn
ing and left in the afternoon. havinl
in custody A. D. Bolts and Thoma
Loughery, who we're recently ser
fenced by Judge Piper to conhne
ment in the penitentiary. bott
viii serve Eve years for forgery
4 having forged the name Of n. {
| Normoyle, Of Kendrick, to . chez
for 500. He was intoxicated ct tn
time the crime was committed, an'
/ did not realize tho seriousness 9
the offsnse until the sober redectio
Of tho cell brought him to his senses
/ he pleaded guilty TO the charg'
Louehery entered the buildings :
|. the Chinese gardens and stole cor
siderable property. He was Ger
fenced to three years in the pen
tentisry for burglary. Mr.. W
Dorm is about TO erect some add
tional buildings that are oedi
, needed 1t the penitsntiary. undt
, | former administration these bulle
inra have cost the state $3.50 sacl
The prisoners that have escaps
!. from The penitsntiary recently g
warden attributes to negligent %
J sleepy guards who were appointe
on political Recommendation. =