Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-11-05

The last legislature of Idaho passed a
law providing for the election of road
overseers. The full bill is published on
page l.
Mrs. foyer, who has been confined to
her bed for the past month with in
fammatory rheumatism, is improving
but little.
Rev. Clark, presbyterian minister
from Boise preached to good sized con-
gregaton in the methodist church, last
Tuesday evening.
Monday afternoon a very pleasant
birthday party was given Mrs. R. R..
Morton. by her many friends in Sho-
shone, in honor of the 41st anniversary
of her birth.
The Union Pacific railroad was sold
on Monday last and was bid in by the
Reorganization committee for the full
amount of the government claim, VIZ:
$5S, 065, 1880.
Rev, E. Bowler, and family arrived
from Salt Lake Wednesday morning and
will make Shoshone their home. Thew
will occupy the McDermott cottage on
east Logan street.
Mrs. Ida GLADDEN. of Spokane, Wash,
and who has been visiting her step
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Keefer for a few
weeks past, returned to her home, last
Saturday morning.
DIR. Baugh has rented the McDermott
cottage on the corner of Logan and
Greenwood streets for a period of two
years, and has thoroughly renovated and
repapered the entire house.
Mrs. Fisher, of Portland, Oregon, will
deliver an address, a. the M. E. Church,
on Thursday, Nov. 18th, at z 80 p. M,
in the interest of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society. Everybody invited.
Commander Jacob Buch of the Christ
ian Volunteers of America, is making
tour of the west, explaining its origin
and objects. He spoke at the methodist
church last night and will be here for
day or two longer.
Charlie Dill has left the Albion State
Normal and is now attending school in
Salt Lake. There will no doubt be
many others do likewise as the Albion
faculty are making farce of that here
tofore excellent school.
P. T. Barnum once said: "The man
who can stick type and the next morn
ing talk to thousand people while L
am talking TO one is the man whose
help 1 want" We wonder there are not
more who see that way,
The teachers association will meet at !
Bliss tomorrow. The editor has had |
several urgent invitations to attend, but
Is there are so many schoolma ans to be
here and we are so extremely bashful
We have declared the whole thing off.
Cliff Judd, Of Pilot Grove. Mo-, came
% Shoshone with his friend J. G. Baugh,
last week, and contemplates locating in
our town. Mr.. Judd is a young man
md will be quite an addition to the
social circles of the young people.
The California physician who claims
o cure drunkards by the injection of
lorse blood into the veins of the parties,
.ould probably effect speedier and
more permanent cure if he could devise
ome means for injecting horse sense in
o their craniums.
Rev, Hardman's subject, at the M. E.
church, Sunday morning: "Key OF
knowledge" st. John 5;39. In the
vening his subject will be (which"
Hiss Mcintyre will lead the Epworth
league. Cordial invitation to strangers
nd to the citizens of our city. Good
inging.
Henry George, the great single taxer
nd candidate for mayor of Greater New
vork, died very suddenly last Friday, of
poplexy. He began life az printer,
ecame sailor, then newspaper man,
FUNDED the San Francisco Post and be-
anne the leading exponent of the single
Ak idea. He was native OF Philadel-
hia.
Don't send away for your holiday
pods, as have full line of fine dolls,
Ibums, manicure sets, work boxes,
love and handkerchief boxes, and in
let everything in the way of Christmas
oods. As to prices, will guarantee to
ompete with the prices in any catalogue
ON either the east or west. Yours
ruly, J. F. Kenly.