The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-30
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Items Of interest Taken From Ou1
9tate Exchanges.
Diphtheria i raging in Pocatello
Seventy-tivs cases of typhoid
fever j. reported 1t Gibbonsvills.
A young rancher living between
Boise City and Nsmpa had forty
acres Of his farm in potatoes this
year. He has sold his crop and
realized $50 per acre fromit. 81 Zoo
in big silver dollars, for the potato
crop Of one farm.
Boise Statesman /: A bold hold-uu
occurred Friday night about dark
at the old dam, just shove the res
ervation and this side of the Pecotte
ranch. Arthur Thompson and I
man named Hedges were tho vic
Tins. The highwaymen secured
about so.
Pocatello Tribune: Elmer Clifford,
who will be remembered BY the
sporting fraternity here as former
resident of Pocatello, was last week
sentenced to imprisonment for life
in the Washington penitentiary for
effecting the ruin Of 15-year-old
girl by forcing her to live life OF
shame.
DeLamar Nugget: Three fatal
accidents within less than ten days,
taking off Thomas Cretney, Thomas
J. Harris and George Speed, coupled
with the death Of David Sterrett
during tho time, have made the peo-
pie Of DeLamar sadder than all the
events occurring during a like period
since the camp has been in exist
ence.
Mountain Home Republican !:
Last Wednesday the 14-months-old
baby of Mr.. and Mrs. R. N. Griffith
came near losing its life by falling
in . tub Of water which Mr.. Griffith
uses to water mis- stock in. Mrs.
Griffith was in the cellar at the
time and when she came up she did
not see the child and began looking
around for it. Its feet was seen
hanging out over the top of the
tub and its mother rescued it in
time to cave it's life.
Silver City Avalanche: Mrs. Geo.
H. Biles has sold her confectionery
stand to William Roberts, the trans
fer being made yesterday.
A contract has been let to Corey
Bros, Of Ogden, to grade ten miles
of roadbed for the Boise, Nampa
aud Owyhee r. r. this side Of the
river. The work is to be completed
by December 10th.
George Speed. of Jordan Valley.
formerly foreman Of one of Con
Shea's stock camps was thrown
from a wagon below DeLamar last
Monday, sustaining injuries from
which he died the following after
noon. Deceased was well-known
throughout Eastern Oregon and
Idaho.
Lewiston Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs.
G. E. Monteith will leave the first
Of the month for Washington City.
where Mr.. Monteith will stand an
examination for the appointment as
consul at Chatham, Ontario. This
10 an important Office of its kind.
It pays $1,000 a year and fees and
has vice consul attached thereto.
Mr.. Monteith has always been an
ardent republican and the recogni-
ion that he has at last received is
gratifying to his friends as we'll as
He was at one time slated
or an Indian inspectorship but his
'riend Mcconnell walked off with
hat prize.
Boise Democrat C. HI. Souther,
If Boston, has just bought of
George Ainslie, L. Logan, A. L.
Richardson, George Taylor, Meyer
Z Smith and John Wallace seven
niles of placer ground on More
;reek commencing at Idaho City
Bedrock Flume, which the company
ormed to work several years ago.
The price paid was $4,000. M. F.
Kirkpatrick, of Montana, was also
lard after the property, and would,
is claimed, have paid $4,000 for
t, but for some reason unknown to
outsiders the deal was closed with
Ir. Souther. Mr.. Kirkpatrick,
however, succeeded in buying sew
raj hundred acres of good ground
t Placerville from James McDevitt,
lever & Smith and others.
sad Cass 1t Pecatsllo.
A very sad ease came up in the
probate court ct Poca.ello before
Judge Arney last Monday, when
drs. Mary =. Kniffen was declared
insane and ordered to lhe asylum
t Blackfoot. Mrs. Kniffen's sad
condition is said to have been
aused by privation and want. The
Unfortunate woman was married At
'ocatello ten years ago, when only !
5 years old. and was then bright,
trong girl. Mrs. Kniffen is the
r. &C. oh:ll.ar tho vonnn.