Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
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a. L. Dodd OF Caldwell will feed 200
steers for the spring market.
A 400-pound bear was killed within
hfew miles of HALEY last week
The state penitentiary now has 149
convicts, two of whome are women.
w. A. Hamilton, of Meridian, has
dried $4,000 pounds of prunes this sea
son.
patent for miners use has been
issued to John d. Campbell of Lees
burg.
pension was granted November l2
to the minor of James p. McGooney,
of Salmon, Ida.
The mercury registered 5 degrees
above zero at Idaho City on the night
of November 10.
Mary +. Butler, of Boise, has been
adjndged insane and committed to the
Blackfoot asylum.
Henry Nelson, while hauling wood
near Mountain Home was run over by
the wagon and fatally injured
1t is expected that the Northern Pa
cifiic company will complete the Mos
COW 4 Eastern road next year
'Seven-up' Smith well known about
Caldwell, was thrown from a wagon
last week, and it is feared his injuries
will prove fatal.
Another Intermountian fair will be
held at Boise next year The fair
grounds have been leased and the
buildings erected this year will be-
left standing.
The road supervisor of Little Smoky
will have to build at least eight snow
bridges across Little Smoky creek, to
enable the mai-carrier to make tri-
weekly trips.
The state board of prison commits
sioners have offered reward of 5000
for the capture of Turnbough, who
escaped from the penitentiary on the
night of the 10th of last August
Chris Van STRAIT of Salmon River,
shot a beautiful wild swan the other
day that measured six feet from the
tip of it's wing and three and one-half
feet the other way
Kleinscbmidt, the Montana million.
aire, arrived in Boise on the 18th from
Butte. He roughed it for his health,
sleeping in barns and haystacks. He
refused to go to hotel in Boise, sleep
ing in an clubhouse.
The kootenai Herald says work on
the road from Bonner's Ferry to Fort
Steele is going forward at the rate of
n mile and half to two miles day.
The contractors expected to reach
junction creek by the 2Oth of Novem-
Der, and will continue the work right
along toward Moyea City as fast as 200
to 300 men can push the work.
Six suits, asking damages in the ag
gregate ofS55, 900, have been filed at
Rathdrum by Herman Knuden and
Thomas Holm against the Northern
Pacific Railroad company. The suits
are the outgrowth of injuries sustained
by members of the plaintiffs families.
The company offered several thousand
dollars to compromise the case, but
the offer was refused
Right Rev. Ethelhert Talbot, bish-
op of the Episcopal diocese of Idaho,
who has been elected to the bishopry
of Pennsylvania, has accepted the
position offered him. The salary is
double the amount paid in Idaho, be-
ing $4,000 a year He will arrange
with his new diocese to retain control |
in Idaho until next October. to close
mp important work already in hand. |
Mr.. Richie of Meridian lost some
Sl5 in transmission per registered let
ter from Idaho City to Boise. His son
inclosed the money in an envelope,
registered the letter and sent it on its
way. The receipts came back to the
postoffice in Idaho City with the name
of Mr.. Ritchie signed to them. Mr..
Ritchie says he never received the
money or signed the receipts.
1t is believed that Daniel La
mont, vice president of the Northern
Pacific railway will within two months,
succeed President Hill, at the head of
the Northern Pacific system. The
opinion is based on the tone of mes
sages which passed between Lamont
and Hill while the former was at
Wallace. The .elegraphic correspond
ence was Of such nature as to indi-
cate that Lamont's trip was solely to
aquaint himself with the condition of
the road to prepare himself for the
broader duties upon which he was
about to enter.
Diphtheria, which has existed at
Gem for year in spite of all attempts
by the county board of health to stamp
1t out, is spreading to other towns.
Wardner has a half dozen cases in
three different families, with one
death.