Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-17

John F. Durham II silver City wa
granted patent laIt week on watel
elevator.
The exhumatiop OF the body Of .
child at Grangevillc caused an out
break OF scarlet fever
There Is wood famine at Ne
Perez. Many citizens have been com
PEELED to burn fence posts.
Ex-senator Dubois will deliver u
lecture In Blackfoot on his observa
tions in the orient, In the near future
Marion Keer was appointed post
master at Basalt, Bingham county,
on the 10th, vice c. L. Anderson, re
signed.
Howard Sebree will feed 500 head Of
steers ON his farm near Parma. He
will probably require 800 tons OF hay
for this purpose.
Tho United State grand jury has In
dicted William Whitehead Peter Chris
Hansen and William Gibson OF Frank
lin, Oneida county, for unlawfully cut
ting timber
Judge Piper at Moscow, last week,
sentenced w. b. Nc Graw, convict
,d Of criminal assault on Florence
Cartwright, 10 fifteen years in the
penitentiary.
The lard Office did the second largest
months business in November that has
been done since the present officials
assumed control. The amount of land
homestoaded was fraction over 3,00s
acres.
Charles Adams is getting the ferry
boat that has been stranded at Ford's
Creek into the water, and viii bring IL
down 10 ORC Elmo 10 supply the place
Of his boat that was wrecked during
high water last spring So In II few
days travellers can shorten their route
TO Nez Perez and Camas prairie points
by good many miles.
The interest taken In basket ball is
on the increase among the Boise high
school girls. The rules for the game
have arrived. and all the members of
the teams are studying them with
diligence. IL Is expected that arrange.
aents win be made soon by which the
public will have an opportunity OF
witnessing one OF their exciting games.
The supreme court has decided the
vase OF Ball VS.. Bannoclx county, re-
versing the lower court and sending
the case back without instructions TO
override the demurrer and allow the
defendant TO answer II desired. The
case grows out of the purchase OF the
court house site at Pocatello. The
warrant issued In payment for $4,000
was held invalid by the supreme court
BaIl then sued TO recover $4,000, with
interest from July 90, 1898.
A refrigerator car jumped the track at
kendricS, but being empty, the fact
sas not noticed by the engineer. The
ear bumped over the ties until the
switch was reached. when the wheels
undertook 20 follow the rails OF the
spur. jerking the coach round, until /
the forward coupling broke and the
ear had been swung around at right /
angles TO tbs rails. nearly tipping /
over the cab,ose. Had the coach gone
few feet further the passengers
would have been hurled down the
twenty-five foot embankment.
Kittie O'Neill, one OF the teachers in
the public schools, OF Boise, met with
terrifying experience recently. She
was just returning to her rooms in the
sherman house, opposite the State
capital. and was within few feet OF
the gate, when she was seized by
man who brandished a knife and
made an cutlery He started across
jefferson street with her. Just then
William Bullock came out OF the capi-
tai grounds, and she flew TO him for
protection. Bullock gave chase, but
the wretch escaped. Mrs. O'Neill was
completely Frustrated. No motive for
the attack is known.
William Fnlles, a prominent sheep
man OF Caldwell was thrown from a
wagon last week, while descending
steep hill, and severely injured. He
received u conclusion OF the brain aud
a frightfui cash which laid the scalp
open for about fonr inches.
Louis Forrest, the shee pherder, has
been sentenced 10 nine years and six
months Imprisonment for killing nan