Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
ELMORE BULLETIN.
G. NJ PAYNE MABEL L PAYNE
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nght Tor all night service.
While returning from the funeral OF
his child, Newton Scott was st tuck by
falling tree and instantly kill ed near
Grangerville.
The Northern Pacific train at Boise
one day last week ran over, xii led and
horribly mangled Joe Cattisset, well
educated Nez Perce Indian, and his
horse.
Should st. Clair be hanged he will
be the first man executed in Idaho
City since Sim Walters was hanged
thirty years ago, for the mu rder of
Bacon, and he was the first.
The committee sent out last summer
by the Illionis Quakers to seledt site
for colony has reported in favor of
the Payette valley. 1t is said that this
report will bring / 900 families to that
section.
A move is on foot at Boise to pr rovide
ton of provisions to be sent by the gov
ernment for relief of Klondikers. They
will be sent with the Portland S hpplies.
There are number of Idaho people
in Klondilxe and some from Boise.
Herman A. Mondschein, jeWler, at
tempted suicide at Blackfoot, by stab
bing himself in the region of the
heart. For months he has been
sufferer from rheumatism hd had
been drinking continuously. His self
inflicted wound is not serious and he
may soon recover from its effects, but
he seems mentally unbalanced and
may have to be sent to the asyl um.
Congressman Gum told the Pocatel-
10 Tribune that he was very strongly
in favor of union of all the silver
men in Idaho under any party name
that might be found best. lie said
that the preliminary steps for such an
organization had already been taken
in Wood River.
Clarence Doty, who is wanteh to an
swer charge of grand larce ny, has
been arrested at Evanston, Wyo., by
the sheriff there. The news reached
Sheriff Gray at HALEY soon after the
arrest. The alleged .offense vas the
theft of a very good horse and saddle
from John Coyeney, who lives seven
or eight miles from HALEY on The road
to the gold belt, about week ago.
G. P. Mulcahy & j. 7. Walsh of Spo-
kane, have purchased the Was shington
mine, near Idaho City, from Charles
Balbach, of Omaha, the consih heration
being S53, 1000. The Spokane men
represent New York parties. The
Washington is an old property having
produced large amount Of gold
in the early days, but lat ely has
been idle. The new ownd RS will
develop the property to great depth
A boy residing in Weston got down
upon his knees recently to I'airview
young lady, and he was not making
love to her, either. As the std ry goes,
the young man insulted the lady
while riding along the road, aud the
lady's father finding it out, h,l nted up
the young man, and using a gun as a
persuader, took him to the he use and
made him get down on his ltrl lees and
apologize.
At Moscow Judge Piper held that the
age of consent law, fixing the age at
Is, is constitutional The va lidity OF
the act was called into question in the
prosecution of w. b. McGraw, accused
of running 15-year-old Floren ce Cart
right. After the rendering of the deci-
sion, the trial of the case was resumed.
Florence Cartright, the victim Of the
alleged assault was the most prominent
figure, Her months old child was
in her arms during the giving
of part of her testimony, Her testi.
mony was explicit as connecting the
defendant with the commssi pm of the
act under promise of mrrriagd
Some time ago Captain Bledsoe
brought to Boise, from Pine Valley,
an apple of peculiar characte er, it be.
ing half of one kind and half of an
other. This remarkable apple was Sc
cured by D. II. Moseley and Sc mt to his
uncle at Elgin, ILL.,, nur4eryman
Mr. Moseley has received letter from
his uncle explaining how t be apple
vas produced. This letter st htes that
the secret has long been k hown &c
nurserymen. Buds of two va rites are
Bplit and the half of one caref hlly join
"a to the half of the other. his split
bud is budded in an apple stock From
the resulting shoot gratis ar e taken
and the trees grated with them pro
auce apples that are half of one kind
and half of the other. Iu this way
apples can be grown half sweet and
half sour, or half red and ha t green
Mrs. Lula Jones. widow of Philadel
phia, Pa, arrived at Blacl foot re
emily. She came to see M an as pc
correspondence. She saw h im Sh
eapfnred him and before the shadow
had grown long in the evening she ha,
married him. She is now Mrs Watson