Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-02-16
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ooruWoou is selllng at HALEY at
$3.50 per cord.
Governor steunenbrcg is i'll at his
home at Caldwell
John Austin Denny has been com
missioned postmaster at A lpiue.
The Republicans of Ada county held
meeting at Boise, and organized a
club of so members.
Mrs. Dale of Caldwell, the mother
of five children has been deserted by
her husband and has gone insane.
The State Treasurer has called for
warrants amounting to 500, 900. This
: will wind up payments until April.
Matthew Graham mining pro-
moter who has operated extensivlv
in Idaho, died in London, England, on
Jan. 81.
1t is reported that an effort will be
made to remove the county seat of
Bannock county from Pocatello to Me-
Cannon.
there has been for many years past
and all mining operations have been
stopped from American Falls to Weiser
In the trial of James j. Baker, at
Boise, on the charge of committing
rape upon his daughter, the jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty.
o. p. Hazard of Mayfeld, who re-
Gently had leg amputated at st,
Alphonsus, at Boise is not expected to
live. He was aecidently shot on Jan
10.
A band of several hundred mountain
sheep are ranging in the vicinity of
the Star mine, Ruby valley. About
mostly by the Indians.
The De La Mar mine has closed
down for six weeks while the new
machinery is being put in place, and
13o men at the mine and mill have
been laid off for that time
Advices from Lewiston say the
officials at the agency are now engag-
ed preparing the rolls for the semi
annual Indian payment The dis
bursement amounts to about $50, 1000,
will be made about March 1st.
As an evidence of prosperity, the
Preston Republican says in the old
j DAYS a dance ticket could be purchased
for 35 cents in scrip, now it costs so
cents in cash. Other things have gone
u up in proportion.
The preliminary examination of
q William Bird and Noah Bachtel who
are charged with making an assault
81 with intent to commit murder on the
q person of Albert Wheeler has been
81 postponed. Wheeler is still in
critical condition as a result, and
u will probably die.
The record of mortgages released in
81 Latah county during the month of
n December, 1897 shows that fully $780,
300 of mortgage Indebtedness had been
u discharged. 1t is estimated that $780,
q 300 of mortgages has been paid during
d the six months from July to January.
u A letter has been received at Boise
u from =. +. Calvin. superintendent of
the Oregon Short Line, in which he
u says that the company is making an
u effort for change in the postal rail
way service whereby the clerks run
ming between Granger and Portland
will stop in Boise as the intermediate
terminus of two divisions.
Chief Engineer McHenry of the
Northern Pacific, accompanied by two
assistants, arrived in Lewiston last
week and inspected the local interests
of the company. The particular mis-
sion of his visit was under stood to be
in connection with location of the
depot buildings. He stated that the
work on the extension would be push
ed to hasty completion.
u Winfield Hughes, who has been
teaching school during the winter at
s Littlefoot, had both feet badly frozen
Z recently, He had taken twelve-mile
a horseback ride, for the purpose of get
B ting his mail, and while returning his
horse gave out several miles from home
81 and he had to walk through two and a
u half feet of snow, with the thermom.
d eter many degrees below zero.
4 At a meeting of the state land board
held recently 23s forfeitures of school
land were declared. These are on sales
made in 1891. The purchasers have
failed to maintain their payments and
the board will now take possession
and endeavor to realize on the prop.
erty. The land forfeited is in eleven
counties, Latah, Ada, Canyon and Nez
j Peree having the largest acreage in the
order named.
Mr.. Peck kills GOO rabbits every
evening on his ranch near Toponis
Having made a wire netting cora
around his hay stacks, he raises ont
side of It and leaves it up all day, In tn,
q evening he lets it down and clubs th,
rabbits 10 death.