Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-01-14
IDAHO NEWS.

corps who attended the State Teachers
association at II liley
The Blaclsfoot and Challis stage com
pany have been awarded the contract
Tor carrying the mails between the
above named places for the next four
years beginning July /, 1898.
sslmon City Recorder: About four
mile, Of poles have been placed in
posi- On from the pow plant in
Tuscarora, New, across the valley,
and the wires strung thereon.
A movement is on foot 10 establish
AN electric light plant in Silver City.
John Tardih an experienced cleo
trician and engineer. Is working the
matter ap, and we understand is back
ed by local capital.
A Chinaman was held up on Idaho
street omen ght last week by two high
waymen. The Chinaman had no
money and the robbers satisfied their
revergs on the celestial by sousing
him IN the ditch
Gen John Il. Winters, OF Boise who
has been sick for the past eight or
ten days was delirious last week.
lie is suffering from sciatie rheuma-
tsm and is very low, as his heart ac-
tion is bad.
Two wild cats were killed last week
by Thomas Mizer within 2j0 feet
OF lbs farmhouse, about three miles
north of HALEY. They were so hun
Cry that they refused TO run when he
walked out to shoot them.
Eggs are Is cent dozen in Elk
City and scarce at that Not many
places can "luxurate" III luxuries of
this kind at such eggshorbitant fig
ures, but then Elk G IT, is prosperous
mining camp, and vie, miners have
money they will have what they |
want, and do not count the cost
The next meeting of the State
Teachers, association will be held at
Lewiston. The new officers are: Miss
Mary r. Galloway OF Lewiston, presi-
dent Professor NJ. e. Hickman OF
Preston, first vice-president; Mrs.
+. Halves. OF Boise, second vice.
presi, eat; Mrs. Lotta McCuskey of
HALEY, secretary; Professor ii. II.
Barton OF HALEY, treasurer.
james Raleigh, who has been resi-
dent of East Fork for many years, and
at present is ia the cattle growing
business, was brought to ChaHis by
friends on the charge OF insanity On
the Goth inst. he was examined aud
found TO be insane on one certain hob
by-that being on electricity He
Imagiues people are trying 10 kiln hum
by the use OF electric wires. @9
At Iioise. one day last week, o. S.
Herbert and William Dougherty were
pardonsd from the state prison. Her
bert or''Tex" as he is known, was con-
sicted at Blackfoot, January 1892, for
he murder OF John Andrews, alias
Dutch John" He was serving s5-
rear term. Dougherty was serving
~ elve years for the murder OF Ed
Young. saloon keeper. who was sent
Up In 1891. from Shoshone.
The veterans at the Soldiers Home
n Boise were given an elaborate oys-
er supper one evening last week, aud
istened % an excellent concert by the
listers aud three young ladies from {
salt Lake City. Sisters Blance and
Of the Holy Cross academy
4 Salt Lake aud Miss Mae Kane, Miss
bora kcnney, Miss Lulu Meistor, all {
9 Salt Lake City, headed by Sisters '
'olumbipa and Hlldetta OF Boise. vis- a
ted the home and were well pleased, 2
nd think the old soldiers are well :
AIRED for under Commandant Clark a
nd his corps Of assistants.
win Hawkins was riding spirited
Iorse from Kootenai To Hope and
tarted through the cut, following
he track The train was two hours .