Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09
NORTHWEST NOTES.

xets.
Peter West, former resident Of
Hambolt county New, has applied TO,
a divorce from bis ninth wife, Mr..
Vests residence is now in Oregon.
An explosion occurred in saw mill
near Mon trose. Colo, which resulted in
the death of five men, c. c. Dunn and
Miner Dunn, father and son, and Ed
Whitney, the engineer.
Gov. Richards has issued commissions
to officers of the Alger light artillery
promoted by reason of the death of
Captain Palmer, as follows: Captain,
Harry A. Clarke; First Lieutenant, j.
M. Gilmore; Second Lieutenant, Charles
Bristol.
Peter Brady, single, aged 35, fell 200
feet one day last week, to the bottom
OF the shaft in the Orpha May Mine,
Cripple Creek, Colo. Death was in
Simultaneous, He is the third person
killed in the Orpha May during the past
two months.
Suit has been commenced in the,
United States courts against the Cam
bria Mining company by E. E. Cope
land. to recover $50, 600 damages for in
juries received at the coal mines in
Cambria, Wyo., by the plaintiff, for the
breaking down of car platform.
Word has been received from Doug
las, Wyo., stating that Sheriff Hazen Of
that county has returned from an un-
successful chase of John Koch, the
murderer and ranch robber. Koch is
the man who shot Flockmaster Joe
Vedder year ago.
Several members-elect of the Nevada
legislature have failed to file their
statement of expenses in the time pre-
scribed by law, and it might cut quite
figure in the general roundup when
that body is called together. Just
what effect the neglect will have re-
mains to be seen.
A strange man aged about "a has re-
Gently been missing from Forest City,
Sierra county, Cal. A mule that he
rode returned to the town, and his eff
fects were found in cabin, but no
trace OF the man has been found As
he exhibited well-flled purse at For
est City, it is thought that he was MUIR
dered and robbed.
The rancbers below Washoe City,
New, are taking precautions against a.
dry year in the future They have a
force of thirty men at work digging a
canal between Washoe lake proper and
the lower lake. The dam at the lower
lake will be closed as soon as the ditch
Is finished, and the water will be-
stored until next summer
1t is alleged by Mrs. Iredale that the
election returns in the possession of
The county clerk were tempered with
and the tally list of the vote of Green
River precinct fraudulently changed
% give Mr.. Reavell a majority of one
7ote. The vote was canvassed on No.
'ember 16 by the Sweetwater county
board of commissioners and declared a.
lie.
The Indians of the valley near Car
on, New, organized rabbit drive and
bout fifty OF the braves, accompanied
" their squaws, as retrievers, moved
lorthward. In few hours they
anne back in bunch with the squaws
nd boys ladened with rabbits, most
u the Jack variety. Washoe Johnny
avs the pine nut crop is failure, but
nat the rabbits are in full bloom,
therefore, he predicts hard winter.
Mrs. Abbie L. Marble, the aged sis
er-in-law of the late James g. Blaine.
or some time resident of Fruitvale,
ala, met with a tragic death at San
'eandro. She was driving in light
uggy, when the horse took fright.
nd ran away, going through an open
ate into an orchard. A low hanging
NIB struck Mrs. Marble in the breast,
nrowlng her from the buggy and kill
lg her instantly. She was 20 years
age.
Joseph I. West, assistant superin-
'ndent at Helena, Mont. of the
ocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
any, committed suicide recently in q
'oreroom in the company's building
swallowing opium and turning on
lie gas. he had been acting queerly
II several days, and it is thought he
as mentally unbalanced as a result
illness. He moved To Ualana Eve