The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-02

IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From ou1
State Exchanges.
The legislature convenes Monday
Over $31 900 of bullion was ship.
ped from the Boise assay office las,
week.
The Episcopal ladies of Silver
City cleared $500 at bazaar given
last week.
The DeLamar Nugget boasts OF
that town beating the record in the
birth of q 16-pouod baby.
In Cassia county twenty squawa
and pappooses were frozen to death
on Cedar creek during the late cold
weather.
Scarlet fever is raging at Enmet
aud one hundred cases have been
reported this week and seven deaths
in the past four weeks.
A capitalist from Beatrice, Neb.,
has been in Boise for the purpose OF
making arrangements for the estab.
lishment of a canning factory. !.
The Recorder SAYS the saloon and
gambling license of Lemhi county
for the current year amounts to
over $4,000, an increase of more
thon 60 0OO FIR 1QQE
The Idaho Falls Register reports
the accidental killing of Cal. Walker
in Conar: valley. He was out hunt
ing with Alex. Christensen and Geo
White. Christensen mistook >him
for deer and fred upon himH He
died in q few moments.
The Lemhi Republic says that
l 900 tons of freight and other mer-
chandise are handled and forwarded
to Salmon City and camps in that
vicinity. The shipments for the
firm of Geo. l.. Shoup & Co. alone
amount to 500 tons annually.
At Pocatello, Friday, just after a
Christmas dinner, the little 5-year-
lold son of Mr.. Lewis, of the Eagle
!ctothing company, walked up to q
horse that was standing at the gate
and received terrible. kick square
ly between the eyes. He fingered
in great pain until Sunday morn
ing, when death came to the little
sufferer.
Sunday morning, Eddy Chandler.
an 11-year-old boy, was drowned in
the Portneuf river, just below the
electric light house at Pocatello
He threw his hat on the ice aud
tried to get bis dog to bring it to
him, and failing in this he went on
the ice and broke through into deep
water. Dynamite was nsed to re.
cover the body, but the river had
to be dragged, and the body was
found in about an hour. =.
AL. Clark, musician, OF, Glenn's
Ferry, and a juror in the Kensler
inquest, attempted to commit sui
eide Sunday night by firing a 80.
caliber bullet against the side of his
head, the bullet entering his brain.
Five years ago be made similar
attempt, but surgical skill saved
him. He is in q precarious condi-
ton, and tells his friends that as he
cannot kill himself with guns he
will try switch engine next time.
Market Lake Tribune: Just as a
drummer was writing his name on
the register at the hotel in an Idaho
town, a bedbug appeared and slow
iy wendell its way over the page.
The man Of many grips paused in
open wonder, aud in q tremendous
voice exclaimed well, by the liv-
ing lingo, have been bled by Wal
lace flies, bitten by Challis spiders,
tormented almost to death by Sho-
shone cigars, crawled over by Nam.
pa galinippers, and interviewed by
Boise graybscks, but Ill be dog
goned if / was ever in place where
looked over the register to find out
the number of my room.
BIackfoot News: Sheriff H. w.
Keifer returned from. HALEY this,
Thursday, morning with an impor-
tant prisoner, named Morton, want
ed in this county on the charge of
criminaIly asssulting little girl
IL years old. Morton, If we mis-
take not, spent several weeks in
Blackfoot about 2 years ago with
woman doctor. the friends of the
notorious Cummings who was afraid
of banks and carried his $I65, 900
IN clean each, very clean, in an
old oil cloth grip sack to the bewil-
derment Of all who were quietly
taken into his confidence. Some
important Developments are expect
ed to come Of this case.
Persons who are troubled with indi.
pestion will be interested in the expert
ence of VIM. H. Penn. chief clerk in
the railway mail service ut Des Moines.
Iowa, who writes: at gives me pleasure
to testify to the merits of Chamberlains
Collie, Cholera aud Diarrhna Remedy.
For two years have suffered from indi-
yestiou, and am subject to frequent severe
attacks of pain in the stomach aud bowels.
One or two d&ees of this remedy never
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