Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-01-07

women. During the year ~ men "hu
women were admitted to the institution;
80 men and / women were discharged Us
cured; 4 men and women were removed
nv friends: "a men and 7 women dleu
and escaped from the asylum. The per-
centage of recoveries to the number treat
ed was 9.S, that of recoveries to the NUM-
Der admitted was 1871 per cent, and the
percentage of deaths was 81. At the close
of the fiscal year of 1896 there were 3'o
patients in the asylum, or "a less than
were in the institution November 30, 1897.
her presence resulted in a gathering as
William F. Piggott of Great Falls, who
has been appointed associate justice OF the
supreme court of Montana, is well known
lawyer, and has resided in Great Fails
since 1890, removing there from Virginia
City, where he located about IA years ago.
The democrats of Cascade county nomi-
mated him for the Office of district judge
| in 1892, but he was defeated by Judge
Charles II. Benton, the republican candi-
date. At present he is member OF the
state board of education, having been ap-
pointed to the position by Governor Smith
early in the year. Justice Piggott was
born in Bonneville, No., in 1861. He was
educated in the public schools of his ma
tive town, and afterward studied law and
went to the Columbia law school, from
which he was graduated. Soon afterward
he removed to Montana and entered into
the practice of his profession.
| Idaho.
A party of Northern Pacific engineers
has arrived at Juliaetta and begun work
on the extension of the railroad to Lewis
| ton.
Adjutant General Higgins has taken an
inventory of the effects of the Idaho ma
tional guard, which are stored at the
state house. The munitions of war in
voice about $4,000.
1t is announced that capital has been
secured to put in several evaporators in
Idaho during the present year. One plant
will be erected in Boise one in Payette
and one in Weiser. The Boise evaporation
will be $4,000 plant and those at Payettc
and Weiser will cost $500 each. The
money for the project will come from
Salt Lake.
The First National bank of Moscow has
issued a statement of it's condition at the
close of business December %. Its loans
aggregate $l47 ,0Sl .S4. 1t has 1874 ,235.25
in cash on hand, and surplus and un-
divided profits of SOL ,2O4.22. Its deposits
are 1888 sol. 40, SOL ,OO6.49 being time GER
tificates.
Near Pearl the other day Charles Lock
erman killed a mountain lion that meas
ured some seven feet in length The ami
NAL was trailed to cave. One of the
men with Lockerman went into the cave
and started fire The smoke drove the
feline out, and as it emerged, bounding
through the fire and smoke, Lockerman
shot and killed it.
An aggravated robbery occurred at Pc.
catello the other morning. The victim
was Frank McCune, an old veteran, and
the purpose of the crime appears to have
been the securing of pension money re-
Gently drawn by him. His cabin was n
tered some time in the early morning, and
he was terribly beaten. One eye was
knocked out of his head and he was left
for dead. The robber stole $l2 or 81
from him. Two men are under arrest fol
the crime.
British Columbia.
The Canadian Pacific machine shops will
be removed from Donald to Revelstoke.
David Oppenheim, ex-mayor of Vancou
yer, is dead. Mr.. Oppenheim was mayor
for three consecutive terms and was on,
of the pioneers of the province. He own
ed large interests in Vancouver.
The matter of the incorporation of San
don as city now only awaits the arriva
of letters patent from the government
After consultation among a number O
business men the number of alderman de
cided upon was six, the same number tina
Rossland and Nelson have, and the gov
eminent was advised to that effect.
There is good market at Fort Steel,
for hay and oats on account of the grad
ing that is being done upon the Canadian
Pacific extension. About 1000 extr.
horses have to be fed. About 40 differen
freighting outfits are hauling product
into this district by the way of Kalispell
Official returns give the British Column
bia salmon pack for the past year as /,
OO7 1888 cases. This is larger than that o
any previous year, while the Fraser rive
pack is 100000 cases more than the pacl
of 1893, the previous best year. Sixty
four canneries were operated last year.
1t is stated that a formal protest will
be made to the Dominion government b,
the different boards of trade and member
of parliament against allowing the ad
mission of United States relief expeditio,
goods into the Northwest territory fire.
of duty. They contend that relief is no
needed at Dawson, and even if it was, tn
Canadian government alone would be abb
to attend to it.
MEXICO SEIZED THE LAND.
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