The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
IDAHO NEWS.
Items of Interest Taken From Our
State EXCHANGES.

state Exchanges.
Senator Shoup returned to Boise
last Saturday from Washington.
| Wilbur Doolittle, IL years old
was drowned in a pond at Boise
Saturday while bathing.
A beastly wretch named George
Styles is in the county Jail at Black
foot on the charge of incest with
his 14-year-old daughter.
| DR.. J. w. Owens is again in charge
of the Idaho Insane Asylum at
Blackfoot. The superintendent
salary was reduced from $500 to
$4,000 year from July LIST.
A little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward Of Payette got hold of bottle
containing carbolic acid, Sunday,
and drank portion of the contents.
There is little hopes entertained of
its recovery.
A. J. McNab, who left recently
for Alaska, intends to open a series
OF trading posts along the Yukon
for the firm of George L. Shoup &
Co., which is composed of himself
and Senator Shoup.
A State fair will be held at Boise
in the early part of October to be
called the Idaho Inter mountain
fair. No details have been arranged.
but it is proposed to have general
exhibition of agricultural products,
minerals, ETC., and programme of
sports.
Eight Of the old timers of Cald-
WELT. w. Boone. C. w. Cooper,
Thomas Phillips, William Cowden,
William Mosby, Henry Neubaumer,
Chris Fahy and Arthur Cooper
left there Monday for Seattle. They
engaged passage for juneau OIL the
steamer Queen" which was to sail
to-day. They went we'll provided
and will remain on the Yukon a
couple of years.
The Nampa Leader says: A prom
inent sheep man from Kansas has
been in town the past week. He
came to look for location, saying,
I'VE can not raise sheep with profit
in our state, and / am coming to |
Idaho. We have TO ship our wool to
ST. Louis. and the railroad compa-
MES charge Us SO hundred freight, |
while Idaho growers ship to Boston
for $50 hundred, so we will
move our flocks to Idaho"
A bold attempt was made about 2
o'clock Sunday morning TO rob the
NJ Montpelier pos,office. Some un,
known parties entered the office by
iorcing the rear door. They drilled
he upper edge of the safe door,
poured in the hole acid and glycer-
ne and applied acid aud fuse. The
explosion Was heard by several par
les in the neighborhood, but no
st,ention was paid to it, Failing to
blow the safe, they entered store in
he sumo building, and took abou,
'25 worth Of cutlery and jewe!ry
t is supposed that they we're iuex
,erienced men from Salt Lake, as
he bottles left had on them the
abel of prominent retail drug
irm of Salt Lake.
Weiser Signal: There is a foul
lend in the lovely land of Weiser
Who should be driven, at the end
# the lash, out of the fair spot he
,ollutes with his vile and blood
thirsty presence. The first evidence
# his presence WAS when two or
hree COWS, one belonging to Mrs.
freeman and one belonging to Mrs
1cCrae, came home the other day
,ith their tails cut off. 1t is said
Kelley had one treated in the same
banner. Two Of the animals were
lmost too weak to walk, having
early bled to death. What would
cad thing built in the form of d
u man to commi, such An act is
eyond US. If he should be dis
overed this place will be made too
OF for him.
Killed His Brother.
Benton Davis, the 8-year old son
{ William Davis, who resides near
oda Springs, was accidental,
illed by his 10-year-old brother
tuesday,. The boys had been shoot
,g squirrels with small target, .
IN. The older boy had the gun
, his hands when it went off, the t
not striking his little brother in q
,e forehead. 1t killed him in
.antly. - Il
Is Life Worth LivingS
If there is an individual OH earth who is
,cusable for thus interrogating himself, it r
the unhappy mortal who suffers from
alaria in some one of its diabo!icai forms.
ais is no difficult conundrum, however.