Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-17
vosg AND GENERA NEWs

Thf mercury
-. barracks Sunday. This sas the
aighest point reached since iss@
A,,orney spence cams ap frosn Mont
.,lier Tuesday Ca ianc business
a, and Mrs. Ben Fernish gill go 10
80, lake. sunday morning, 10 be alb
-, about three Or four weeks
rae hoard o. Pharmacy held a busi-
- meeting in Blackfooi Monday.
Last Monday woad have been a de-
Hehtful day in Blaekfcot for snowbali-
Inc but where vas the sno~-
chns. A. Clark. Of Boise City, has
hnra appointed supt- Of the Soldiers
Home At that CITY
Rob McCraeken has taken work In
he Pacinc Express ONCE for a season.
There are a great msny popular men
xhocaanoi he called influential. Every
body likes them bat nobody Is disposed
10 follow their leadership.
Attorney Tom Terrell, Of Pccsiello,
wss thrown from his horse Sunday and
suffered a brokea shoulder blade and
txOo or three broken ribs.
Mr.. Dlppel has begun shipping his
crop Of berries. His irst shipment vas
70 Anaconda
Senator Dubois reached home Sunday
nornlng and will remain In Blackfoot
until the Isi Of August when he will
lease on HE voyage 10 the Orient
Miss Eva Rogers gave an elegant
lawn PARTY 10 . Tea Invited friends last
Friday evening. II was given in honor
Of a visiting cousin, Mis Tcombs. Of
Ogden.
Miss Emma Stevens has been giving
shelplng band 20 poet once work this
week, during the absence Of Posimas-
Ter Wheeler.
one Of the most despirahie droncs In
= community il he who does nothing
hln~,li, and is always finding FAULT
wllh the methods Of lhosa who are doing
their best
The soaihcru Pacific road has han.
dlr 5000 passengers and baggage be-
tseca os3sn aud san Francisco in the
past 10 dAgs ard all without a serious
seridenL
Bishop shelley am down from his
iOsn Monday on business with the oom-
nlssloaers. lie repnrt4 the surround
isg eoaniry improving and tho crops
q The scAsou promising.
Mr. Presto Barruil and daughter wcre
dOsa from upprr Blacktoot Monday.
Me-. BurrrIl has tust completed harvest.
iag a big crop OF hay Of the hrs, cutting.
Blackioot will be almos, drpopulatcd
shsa all parties leave for the park, for
Soda Springs, salt Lake City and other
phases where they are planning 10 20.
George HALEY. sou Of Hon. John
HALEY, who killed a man In a saloon
braul At HALEY last summer, Ia. just
ecca acquitted Of the charge OF muir
der aud discharged.
Munkacy, the famous painter, ha.
gone violently insane and eanno, live
lOng. lie will leave his wife In pov'
erty, although his paintings sold al
fabulous prices. One OF them sold foI
$1,000.
The many friend. and acquaintance,
OF Cashier NJ. e. Scntcr. Of the Poca
tes'o hank, will be pleased 20 learn thai
his health Is gradually aud stcadll,
growing better. Ha IL reportct
much better than when he rcturnes
from Townsville, Georgia.
The laws ofthc state Of idaho are lik,
Federal Office holders al the change o
an administration; they don't know whet
'hey will be knocked out. And mor,
none Of them seem I o be secure under
sort ofcivil service system or by RICH
age or possession on the pages of tn
statute books.
rocATELLo, July 1i.-News OF q ter
hole tragedy In Cottonwood valley
near Oxford, has just been received
aa,.hew Gootch and Charles Wake
oo'h prominent ranchers aud rcspecte
citizens, qusrrcled over some irrigatin
water aud Walker stabbed Gootch wit
pocket knife four times. twice In tn
oack, once In the shoulder and once |
'ae abdomen. Gootch Ia in a very crii
eal condition and win probably di,
q men we're alone when the troubl
sooS place and each one claims that III
o'ner was the aggressor. No arrest
have been made yet.