The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-18
IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From Our
state ExchanGes.

Items Of Interest Taken From On
State Exchanges.
Pocatello Tribune: "A letter from
DR.. /. Fl. Moore, who has been il
Alaska for q couple of months
brings the news that he has opened
an Office At Skaguay. He writes |
glowing description of that towr
and is convinced that the prospects
for permanent city are excellent
The Doctor will undoubtedly build
up a large practice there. He is .
skillful physician and surgeon ane
of ripe experience and withal /
gentleman Of many engaging socia
qualities. DR.. Moore has large
circle of friends here who, while
regretting the fact that he has de-
cided to locate in far away Alaska
will rejoice to hear of the not only
large but lucrative practice that be
has found on the trail to the new
land of gold.
DeLamar Nugget: A smooth fell
low named Brown comes to Della
mar two or three times a year, from
the Lord only knows where, with a
stock of watches and jewelry and
always succeeds in making sales.
The last trip he sold quite a mum
Der of watches here, at the Black
and in Silver City, at prices ranging
from 500 upwards. In fact he sold
enough of them to enable him to
dump about $140O with Silver City
gamblers and go away smiling with
net profits in his pockets. Now,
some of his victims have gone to
Rowett, here, and Moe in Silver City
and compared prices, with cores
ponding articles kept by them, and
found that in every instance they
had paid from 80 to so per cent
more than they could have made
the same purchases from our home
dealers.
To Be Heitfeld's Secretary.
w. Nj. Morgan of Moscow, has
been appointed private secretary to
Senator Heitfeld and with his family
will leave in a short time for Wash
ington. Mr.. Morgan is a member
of the legal firm of McNamee &
Morgan and was one of the repre-
sentatives from Latah county in
the last legislature. G. c. Fuller,
his predecessor, has resigned to
take charge of other business mat
ters in which Senator Heitfeld is
largely interested.
Children Play Doctor.
Near Meridian a little child lies,
n q precarious condition as a result
If a dose of carbolic acid admins
.ered by it's 4-year-old brother.
The children were playing doctor,
and the elder, acting as physician.
proceeded to administer medicine.
The bottle that the little fellow
.hanced to get hold of contained
acid. He poured the poison
nto the little things mouth and
over it's boy. The child's throat
vas terribly burned, also one eye.
The child is not expected to live.
District Attorney For Idaho.
R. V. Cozier, whose appointments
IS district attorney for Idaho has
,een announced in the Washington
City dispatches as certainty in the
near future, is member of the firm
If Cozier & Pickett of Moscow.
lie was born in Ohio in 1869, com
ng to Idaho seven or eight years
ince. He was a member of the
legislature in 1895, being chosen
peaker of the house. In the fall
# that year he removed from Black
DOT, where he had been practicing
lis profession, to Moscow. The
ERIN of the present incumbent,
'ames II. Forney, expires Dec. 20
A Shocking Accident.
Wallace Tribune Another fright
ul accident is added to the already
ong list, the details of which are
efficient to shock the strongest of
nen. It occurred at the Frisco
ust about quitting time for Tues
lay nights night shift, and snuffed
he lamp of light out of J. G. Bowes
nd Joseph Mcnamara, two young
men about twenty-four years old.
The men were driving a tunnel
Nth machine on the 1900 foot
evel and were loading the round
'efore going off shift. A box nearly
ull of powder was carried into the
rift with them, and though it did
Tot allexplode the conclusion raised
man who was standing by car
some $50 feet away, and
arried him several feet without
any bones. The men at
he breast were blown to atoms,
'ieces of clothing and flesh hurled
yer a hundred feet.
How the explosion was caused
yill never be known. Four or five
loles partly loaded was all there
7as to draw any differences from.
How to Prevent Pneumonia.
AT this time of the wear cold is very