The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-06-10

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Lewiston. Montana by The woodmen Of
the World. Of which society he was
member. A wife and 4 small children
are left to mourn his loss
Christina Nelson Monroe, who had 7
the misfortune of loosing her husband
last fall. has moved from Montana 10
Emmett Idaho. She has purchased
small tract Of land from Mr. Loomis
near her fathers farm aud she expects 10
take care OF her father. M Nelson. lie
has been In this country for some time
and is well known.
Mrs Dempsey OF Emmett received
letter from a relative Of hers. Mr. J. H.
Jacobs who went as an Idaho volunteer /
in company ID. and in the letter he stat
Cd that 30 OF the Kansas soldiers had 1
been poisoned but not fatally Three
soldiers from other troops had died /
from the effect Of poison The Idaho !
troops had all escaped the dreaded foe
Two dredges are now being bniIt in |
the Basin. The one at Placerville will be
run BY elecfricity Tnere are $50 men at
work in it, Placerville and Centerville
are putting in an electric light plant
The towns Of the Basin are coming to
the front. Il would encourage the people
in the east 10 come and make their
homes in the vest if there was more i'm
provments along various lines
A frightful tragedy occurred in Boise
last Saturday. Thos. Kerr was shot BY
Mr. Chas Nelson. Mr.. Nelson emptied
his 81 caliber revolver at him. Two shots
took effect and they may result in his
death The cause no doubt was that Mr.
Kerr became too familiar with Mr. Mel
sons wife. Nelson was put under 10000
dollar bail.
On Monday the 9th Of June the Doc
tors examined Mr.. Kerr and found that
the most dangerous wounds to contend
WAS the shattered thigh bone They in
sulaied drainage tubes in the leg to give
vent 10 the matter.
Ye editor and family. aud the Me-
ridiau Sun editor and daughter. were
the recipients Of an invitation from Mrs.
Warden. to eat strawberries on Satur-
day afternoon Of last week. which il
is needless to say was promptly accept
3D. The weather was fine. the drive out
TO the Warden home. 1sree miles south
from Emmett. was pleasant. and the
reception Of the visitors by Mrs. War
den and her sister. Miss Davis. well cal-
culsted to make them satisfied with life.
After pleasant hour spent in conver
saticn. the Strawberries were introduced
aud two editors became obliTious 70 what
was transpiring in the world at large.
and thought they were making srrAt
record. until informed that ten persins
had eaten five gallons only few days
before. having picked part Of the berries
themselves. when the whole party sud
denly discovered that they had all the
Strawberries they wanted. To say that
the trawbcrries were fine and the cream
Just right is not expressive at all. bnt
is the hest we can do. After the eating
contest WAS over. the visitors were invi-
ted to walk through the berry grounds.
which. considering that this is the third
. simply immense. Mrs. W. said thai
they would have berries until cold wealth
er. aud. as with the Strawberries. so viii
the other kiads. the very best varieties
. have been selected and the cultivation
has been such as 10 produce the ver'
best results. The visitors wended thei
I wav homeward. wishing that there wer
o ten thousand homes like the Warcen's. il
this locality. ard that they had
standing Invitation to eat berries At eac'
!, one.
|. The Merrimac was sunk in Santiac
bay. as an obstruction in the channel. $
that some Of Schley's feet could oper3i
e elsewhere.
d The Monterey and Brutus sailed froi
San Francisco for the Philippines on n
9th Of June. They expect to join admir-
10 Dcweys feet at Manila.
June 6 & were pay days at PreSid
and camp Merritt Nearly Si.oc0.oC
were paid to the L. ;. troops al tho
J. camps. They weer paid in gold col
n Aud one doller in L. ;. gold coin in a
=, PHILIPPINES is valued at s2.l but q
American silver coins are only worth
cents on the dollar in the island. On
n government IS looking out for the L.
IN oldiers.
The Merrimac. L. :. navy collie
was sunk in the Santiago bay. Lieu'e
Is ant Hobson aud his seven companio
he run the ship into the channel and turn
or it acriss the channelthat leads into 4
4. the harbor. Tiny blew up their ov
boat and then thu Spsniards captm
10 them. No doubt they viii not rema
long as prisoners; for the Spanish "
no doub; BE- glad TO exchange Americs