Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-01-12
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The Blackfoot and Challis stage COM
tor carrying the mails betwe, n the
above named places for the next fouc
yea beginning July |, 1898.
S llmon City Recorder: About four
miles of poles have been placed in
posi- Oh from the pow plant in
Tuscarora, New, across the va ley,
and the wires strung thereon.
A movement is on foot to establish
an electric light plant in Silver City.
John Tarditf an experienced cleo
trician and engineer, is working the
matter up, 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
reveng. on the celestial by sousing
him in the ditch.
Gen. John B. Winters, of Boise who
has been sick for the past eight or
ten days was delirious last week.
He is suffering from sciatic rheuma-
tism and is very low, as his heart ac-
tion is bad.
Two wild cats were killed last week
by Thomas Mizer, within 300 feet
of his 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 rs cent dozen in Elk
City and scarce at that. Not many
places caa "luxurate" in luxuries of
this kind at such eggshorbitant fig
ures, but then Elk c ty is prosperous
mining camp, and wi e miners have
money they will have what they
wan, and do not count the cost.
The next meeting of the State
Teachers, association will be held at
l e vision. The new officers are: Miss
Mary r. Galloway of Lewiston, presi-
dent: Professor NJ. E. Hickman of
Preston, first vice-president; Mrs.
S. b IIawes, of Boise, second vice.
presi 1T; Mrs. Lotte 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 in the cattle growing
business, was brought to Challis by
friends on the charge of insanity. On
the Goth inst. he was examined and
found to be insane on one certain hob
by-that being on electricity. He
imagines people are trying TO kill HIM
by the use of electric wires
At Boise, one day last week, o. s.
Herbert and William Dougherty were
pardoned from the state prison. Her
bert or"Tex" as he is known, was con-
vieted at Blackfoot, January 1892, for
the murder of John Andrews, alias
Dutch John" He was serving 35-
year term. Dougherty was serving
twelve years for the murder of Ed
Young, saloon keeper, who was sent
up in 1891, from Shoshone
The veterans at the Soldiers Home
in Boise were given an elaborate oys-
ter supper one evening last week, and
listened to an excellent concert by the
sisters and three young ladies from
Salt Lake City. Sisters Blance and
Bahama of the Holy Cross academy
of Salt Lake and Miss Mae Kane, Miss
Dora Kenney, Miss Lulu Meistor, all
of Salt Lake City, headed by Sisters
Columbina and Hildetta of Boise, Wis
tied the home and were well pleased,
and think the old soldiers are we'll
cared for under Commandant Clark
and his corps of assistants.
win Hawkins was riding spirited
horse from Kootenai to Hope and
started through the cut, following
the track. The train was two hours
late aud came around the curve lust
as Hawkins reached the middle of the
cut. He tried to urge his horse for
ward, but the animal was excited and
refused to leave the track. Engineer
Cambell was unable TO stop the train,
and struck the horse just as Hawkins
was leaving his back. The halter
strap was wound around the young
mans wrist, and when he jumped one
of his feet caught in the stirrup,
throwing him t, the ground The
snow plot cut III halter rope and
pitched Hawkins out on one side of
the track and the horse on the other,
the horse being cut to pieces, but the
rider was uninjured.
w. J. Llngdon met with heavy
loss by fire last week, in which his
household effects were consumed. He
had just moved to his new home on
the reservation, and was getting set
tied down when the house caught fire,
burning everything up.