Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-01


resignation of Councilman Woodcock,
who removes to Ogden.
A large force of men and teams arc
at work on the Marysville canal unde
the instruction of c. G. Tautdhus T.
Dor is in demand at S2 per day per mia
and So. so der day for man and team
Warden Van Dorm has made his re
port to the governor for the last quarter
1t shows the cost per capita of main
tanning the prisoners was 30 10-1t cents
per day. The report shows that the to-
tai disbursements from the state cash
fund were S497. % and from the appro
priation SIS, 649. so.
James II. Bush, aged So, a pioneei
of California and Idaho, and one of the
wealthiest men of Boise, died Novem-
ber 80, after a brief illness of cancer
of the stomach. He was vice presi-
dent Of the Capital State bank and its
organizer; also a prominent Mason,
having been past officer of Idaho grand
lodge of that order,
William +. Sullivan, son of Chief JUS
tice Sullivan of Idaho, has been chosen
president of the postgraduate class
at the Columbia law school, Washing
tou d. G., and Lyttleton Price, jr., son
of Attorney Lyttleton Price, of Hal
ley, is president of the sophomore
class In the Colorado school of mines
at Golden.
Three men at Boise were conversine
recently when the topic of height came
up. 1t was discovered that their com
bined height was 10 feet and half
inch. The gentlemen were V. d. Han
nah of Weiser, feet, inches; Il. M.
Herrick, feet inches, and II. NJ.
Sebern, 6 feet, 3l4 inches. They were
all Hoosiers.
The railroad company have large
! gangs of men on the road between
Glenn's Ferry and Medbury and King
! Hill surfacing and fixing the road bed
preparatory to putting down the heavy
| steel rails which they will commence
about the 25th inst. to lay. The rails
are seventy three pounds to the foot
and thirty feet long.
State Land Selector s. H. Taylor
who has been at work in the
White pine belt on the Clearwater
has been driven out by snow. He says
the party did not get out day too
soon. The storm came on with great
severity and the snow was becoming
SO deep that travel was alreandy diff
cult Assistant Selector McGee ha,
also returned and is at Nampa.
Suits have been begun in the United
States court by the United States tc
recover some >, 700 acres of land located
in the Blackfoot land district, which
the government claims was illegally
proved upon by those entering it. Thi
is the first step toward regaining pos
session of the several large tracts o
land in that district which are allege,
to have been proven upon under tn,
grossest misrepresent tation.
st. Clair, the murderer of the miner
Dexter, protests against being lef
alone. He politely requested Sheriff
Lippincott to allow some one to remail
with him in his cell at night. He ais
wanted light kept burning in hi
cell at night He said that if lef
alone in darkness he would be fright
ened to death. st. Clair declares tina
he sees visions in the dark, which ag
gravate his heart troubles. In hi
sickness and crushing grief, darknes
and lonliness weigh heavily upon hin
His requests cannot be granted unde
existing laws.
The supreme court has handed dow
an opinion in the case of William L
Spaulding VS.. the Ceur dAlene Raj
way company, affirming the judgmen
of the court below. The case was tn
outcome of the construction of fou
teen miles of road from Old Mission I
Warduer Junction, in Shoshone cour
ty, which was to be completed OctobC
| W. ip'o- IiiS PAdAiiNlii allSBSu iic w q
delayed in the work by negligence o
on the part of the company to suppl
rails; clear right of way, etc. II
contractor was unable to complete I'll
work within the prescribed time, an
Spanlding abandoned it, and brougl
suit, securing judgment in the lowe
court for S36, ,6s1.95, over the company
} counter claim for S21, ,4li.s5
The expense of returning damon,
field Jack and Fred Gleason to Cassi
county from Arizona and Montana WI
, s?,3oO, according to bills presented /
the state, which have not yet been a
lowed.
State Senator James d. Young
Mullan and K. II. Britt of Silver city
Z members of the state board of arb
: iration, have failed to agree upon
third man to recommend to the GO
, rnor for appointment and ask f,
= aurther time.
Mr. Yount, of Pendleton, Gre, WI
/; in Albion several days a short tin
ago, where he purchased 900 head
Angora goa IS which he intends drivir
n 10 Seattle and shipping to Klondike