Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-04-27
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III len lGGb VI SUI 0ilON lltlS lld1V baS
kElk City road temporarily impossible
for freight teams.
A large force of men from Bonner
has gone mp the river to bring down
the spring log drive.
1t is learned that Ex-Governor Nc
Connell is slated for Governor of Idaho
on the gold Republican ticket
4 The concentrator of the Morning
mine at Mullan burned last week
1t cost over 500, 900 and was Insured
for 5000
John Thompson, a veteran of the
lCivil war, who served as First Lieuten :
ant of company D, Fifteenth Indiana
infantry, died at the Soldiers home,
at Boise last week.
The Moscow Democrat says small
boy of that place named Allen had
his eye shot out with an air gun, thus
making him totally blind, as he had
previously lost the sight of his other
eye.
The managers of the electric light
company have secured a franchise
from the county to enable them to ex-
tend their wires across the river to
I Brooklyn, and also to other points if
l necessary.
Boise physicians concluded David
1 F. Jones mind was not sufficiently inn
I paired to constitute insanity, and
Judge Blake adonished him to be
\ careful of his conduct in the future,
and discharged him.
The Boise statesman believes Idaho
could do the Nation no greater war
service than by organizing a body of
calvery and that it would not be diff
entity to raise two squadrons, and with a
little care body of men could be
selected that would not have any
superiors in the army.
Word from Standpoint says the bodies
of C. Randall and Q Hankland have
been found in the Pend d 'Oreille river
These are two of the three men who
were drowned over two months ago
by their boat becoming fouled in the
ice. Search is now being made for
the third man, Carl Hagan. Randall S
body had upon it some $40 in money.
Boise Statesman: The farmers of
the valley have been fighting a mann
moth flock of blue cranes during the
past week that have threatned havoc
to the grain fields. John Lemp has
900 acres in grain and he is obliged to
keep number of men and boys on
picket duty, armed with shotguns, to
protect his crop. The birds pluck up
the blades of wheat and tear up the
earth in their eager search for the
scattering grain that has not yet
sprouted.
Mrs George L. Smith had done some
sewing for Mrs. Abshire at Weiser re-
Gently, and was to receive some Jars in
payment. When She went for them
she was informed that they had been
given away, whereupon she proceeded
to help herself.to some other property
in lieu, Mrs. Abshire protested and
was slapped by Mrs. Smith, for which
she had the latter arrested. 1t was
determined that woman jury should
try the ease, and the town became
greatly excited over the matter. Six
OF the foremost ladies were impaneled.
After being out three hours, they re-
turned a verdict of acquittal.
AT Idaho City one night last week,
H. 7. st. Clair, the condemned muir
derer of John Decker, made a daring
attempt to escape from the county jail,
and he now lies in precarious condi-
ton, suffering from a number of
wounds inflicted by James McQuillan,
the guard Guard McQuillin went out
of the jail for few moments, leaving
St Clair in the corridor. The pris-
oner got out of the back door of the
corridor, and going around and enter
ing the front of the Jail, secured a
double barreled shotgun and pistol.
Soon after McQnillin returned, and as
he turned the corner of the building
he was confronted by the murderer,
who had the shotgun leveled at him.
st Clair turned his eye for moment,
and the guard Immediately sprang at
him. The murderer fred both barrels
of the gun point blank, but he missed
both shots. He drew the revolver and
fired, and missed again. BY this time
the guard was on him, his only weapon
being a knife A desperate struggle
followed. Finally, McQui1lin got the
pistol and shot ST. Clair through the
lace st. Clair was stabbed nine times,
twice in the lungs.
message from Warden Van Dorm at
spokane to Boise states that two pris-
oners he was bringing to the peniten-
'iary were taken away from him on
"rlts of habeas corpus The prisoners
are from kooteaai county, and are
both murderers.