The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-01-08

Dlt lniJ dHiOuHJ Ol DuiiulllB lnis year.
Stockmen and ranchers are all in better
condition, financially and every other
way, than they were a year ago, and the
increase in the production of wheat on
the lands about Chinook give ample cause
for more hope.
According to the report of the commits
sioners for the insane, which was filed
with the governor the other day, there
were 800 men in the asylum at the end
of the fiscal year of 1897, and only 90
women. During the year "a men and 80
women were admitted to the institution;
30 men and ii women were discharged as
cured; d men and women were removed
by friends; "a men and 7 women died
and s escaped from the asylum. The per-
centage of recoveries to the number treat
ed was 9.S, that of recoveries to the num-
Der admitted was 1877 per cent, and the
percentage of deaths was 6.l. At the close
of the fiscal year of 1896 there were 37S
patients in the asylum, or 81 less than
were in the institution November 80, 1897.
her presence resulted in a gathering as
William f. Piggott of Great Falls, who
has been appointed associate justice of the
supreme court of Montana. is a well known
lawyer, and has resided in Great Falls
since 1890, removing there from Virginia
City, where he located about IA years ago
The democrats of Cascade county nomi-
mated him for the Office of district Judge
in 1892, but he was defeated by Judge
Charles II. Benton, the republican candi-
date. At present he is a member of the
state board of education, having been APP
pointed to the position by Governor Smith
early in the year. Justice Piggott was
born in Bonneville, No. in 1861. He was
educated in the public schools of his ma
tive town, and afterward studied law and
went to the Columbia law school, from
which he was graduated. Soon afterward
he removed to Montana and entered into
the practice of his profession.
Idaho.
A party of Northern Pacific engineers
has arrived at Juliaetta and begun work
on the extension of the railroad to Lewis
ton
Adjutant General Higgins has taken an
inventory of the effects of the Idaho ma
tional guard, which are stored at the
state house. The munitions of war in
voice about $4,000.
1t is announced that capital has been
secured to put in several evaporators in
Idaho during the present year. One plant
will be erected in Boise, one in Payette
and one in Weiser. The Boise evaporator
will be a $4,000 plant and those at Payette
and Weiser will cost $500 each The
money for the project will come from
Salt Lake
The First National bank of Moscow has
issued statement of its condition at the
close of business December %. It's loans
aggregate $l47 ,09l.S4. 1t has $34 ,235.25
in cash on hand, and surplus and I'M
divided profits of SOL 2O422 Its deposits
are $lsS, 50l.4O, sol ,OO6.49 being time GER
tificates.
Near Pearl the other day Charles Lock
erman killed a mountain lion that meas
ured some seven feet in length The ami
NAL was trailed to cave. One of the
men with Lockerman went into the cave
and started a fire. The smoke drove the
feline out, and as it emerged, bounding
through the fire and smoke, Lockerman
shot and killed it.
An aggravated robbery occurred at Pc
catello the other morning. The victim
was Frank McCune, an old veteran, and
the purpose of the crime appears to have
been the securing of pension money re
r Gently drawn by him. His cabin was n
tered some time in the early morning, and
, he was terribly beaten. One eye was
knocked out of his head and he was left
for dead. The robber stole SIP or ST.
from him. Two men are under arrest foi
the crime.
, British Columbia.
The Canadian Pacific machine shops will
be removed from Donald to Revelstoke.
: David Oppenheim, ex-mayor of Vancou
yer, is dead. Mr.. Oppenheim was mayor
, for three consecutive terms and was one
of the pioneers of the province. He own
ed large interests in Vancouver.
The matter of the incorporation of San