The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-08-13
IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From Our
State Exchanges.

Patrick Breen OF Boise - the
proud possessor Of a piece Of Span.
ish Gag captured at Manila. It was
forwarded ~ him by his son Jack
who 10 on board the Boston. The
letter which accompanied it said il
was = part of the dag of the Isle
do Cuba, which was eunk in the
fight with Dewey's feet. Young
Breene was promoted to first gunner
for bravery shown in the action.
The Blackfoot News says that =
large number of ladies voted at the
Democratic primary held there last
week and that they worked like
Trojans for their respective friends
who were delegates to the county
convention. Among those elected
were Mrs. w. A. Woodbin, and Miss
Blanche Jones, daughter of Col. J.
w. Jones, and it is safe to say that
both ladies are dubois" Democrats.
A Now State Papst.
The Wsiser Signal says: The
material for another paper in Weiser
hae arrived and is being arranged
for service, and the Signal will soon
not DO alone in slipping placidly At
tho cool spring of newspaper wealth
in Weiser land. Mr.. Norman Jack
son, of Nebraska, is the lucky child
of fortune at the helm Of the young
journal.
Mining Excitsmsat Nsar Wares.
Weiser Signal: Fifty miles be-
yond Warren is q locality called
Thunder Mountain. Over the top
Of this big hill, vast area, there
has been found placer gold for a
number of years. There is no
gravel, the gold being washed out
Of . soft porphyry formation. There
is no water supply and but for a
few days only can washing be done
with snow water. This has been
tho practice Of the Caswell brothers
for = number of years. At one
time they washed out Is ounces in
six hours. As told by our Warren
correspondent, they have just now
come in with ten pounds Of gold.
taken out in II days, which is about
500 per day, as the gold runs low.
tits presumed this is as long as
they could get snow water. Re-
ports are that there is quite STAN.
pede to that vicinity. Ii there were
water it would be klondike.
Magxets 1. = Boys Ear.
Payette Independent: What ap-
pears to be q remarkable case came
under the treatment of DR.. Alfred
Skippenl last Sunday morning,
Charley Decker. the six-year-old
son Of Jake Decker, has been suf-
fering for long time with chronic
affection Of the ear, which at times
resulted in = mattery discharge.
On Sunday morning the little fell
low was almost wild with his ear
and his father took him to DR..
Skippen's Office for treatment. Upon
examination tho doctor discovered
and removed u couple of grubs or
maggots, since which time eight
more have been removed. The ear
drum has been destoyed by the dis
ease and tho maggots appear to
have eaten away the small muscles
attached to the little bones Of the
ear, and would very soon have
worked their way through and into
the brain. Dr.. Skippen thinks the
maggots are the results of fly
which deposited its eggs while the
child slept.
We have before us at this time
an account Of similar case, pub
lished in the Hood River Glacier,
which came to the notice Of Dr..
Shaw at The Dalles, Ore. The doc
tor examined the ear Of H. year
old boy who was suffering intense
agony and with delicate torceps
extracted = maggot. He then blew
in some vapor of chloroform and
pulled out five more maggots nearly
an inch in length. The boy had
remembered of = big fly striking
him in the ear only few days be-
fore the pain commenced.
About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old. had an
attack of diarrhoea accompanied