The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-06
IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From Our
State Exchanges.

4 ~ ~ss~"~ AAAAV AACROVeOAs
There is 10 feet of snow reporte
in the Seven Devils country.
The postmaster at Bonner's Ferr
has skipped out with $500 Of Go,
eminent funds.
Citizens will not be required t.
pay poll taxes after they attain tn
age Of so years.
| The Blackfoot News says not les
than 10000 rabbits have been killet
in the drives in Southeastern Idah,
this winter.
The people of Lost river hav,
been institutine rabbit drives lately
On one occasion they got abou
100 Of the animals.
| Agent Teter, of the Fort Hall In.
dian reservation, has been removed
and First Lieutenant Francis C.
Irwin, second cavalry, has been ap
pointed his successor.
The Red Elephant group Of
mines was sold by the Sheriff from
the court house steps, Monday
afternoon, to Henry Aplington OF
New York, for the sum of 5000.
The special examiners appointed
by the County Commissioners of
Canyon county to investigate the
books of the outgoing county off,
GERS for the past two years report
ex.Assessor Jake Horn short abou,
$762.77.
The approximate area of the new
county of Clearwater, is 1000 square
miles and it has y population OF
about 1900. The amount of taxable
property said to be within the
boundaries of the new county il
estimated at 100000.
C. Bunting & Co., bankers and
merchants, have made public the
following statement Of their bank
and store accounts: For the bank
the liabilities are $26S, 35O,S7, and
the assets 1894 ,381.92. The liabil-
tiles of the stores, $32 900, the as
sets, 118, 293.78.
Boise Statesman: Judge Olden
has written to several eastern cite.
with q view to finding market for
the tons Of petri6ed oak wood tina,
has recently been found on Glover
creek near Gienn's Ferry. Thi.
wood has all the beauty Of polished
granite.
Idaho Falls Times: Geo. Thomas
hauled 1O.488 rabbit ears to the
county seat for R. White, the grocer,
i took nine sacks to
,old them and weighed about 700
The bounty will amour,
o a fraction over 1862. There ART
till few stray rabbits running
Dose.
Richard H. Cabell. who for nearl,
our years has held The position OF
United States internal revenue col
ector at Salt Lake city, has been
emoved. The cause of his dis.
nissal is q discovery that he il
hort in his accounts to the extent
# about $4,000. Mr.. Cabell is q
'oung man, and has wife and two
children. He belongs to one of thu
ldest and most distinguished fam
lies of Virginia.
A daring Jail break was made a,
'ocatello Monday afternoon by six
risoners who were being held to
he district court for burglary. They
aade their escape by sa wing through
be side of the building and once
4 the Jail yard they battered u
GARD off the stockade ia short
rider. The jailer was out of the
ity and his assistant Was viewing
funeral procession passing by and
10 prisoners took this opportunity ,
f escaping.
Requisition papers have been hon 8
red by Gov. Franklin of Arizona ,
ermitting the sheriff of Csssia I
,unty to take into custody Frank {
'oodson, alias "Diamon6eld Jack" r
notorious Idaho desperate, who |
lied John C. Wilson in Cassia D
,xnty a year ago. The requisition t
as taken by the sheriff of Yuma. :
here the murderer is serving u Q
tort term for assault. The gov /
nor pardoned Wilson that be may (
taken to stand trial for the a
eater crime.
Weiser Signal: Daniel Hill, Of =.
ar Mineral, was arrested and /,
ought to town last Saturday on g
e charge of misdemeanor. /. g
ems that Hill coveted tho little Q
nch of Mrs. Nichols, consisting 3
some Is or 20 acres, upon which v
q has resided and which has been f
r only means of support for some Il
years. Some time last fall Hill O
I'd q possessory claim on the 8,
nch and commenced erecting a C
use. ordering Mrs. Nichols to Ct
I'VE, which she very properly re- b
sed to do. During the old lady's a,
sence, visiting neighbor, a few Il
VS. ago, Hill entered her house, Ii
ed her household effects outside al
the snow and moved bis family n
and on her return refused to C..
ow her to enter. She came to &c
eiser and laid her case before At OF