Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-08-04
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IDAHO NEWS.

The state campaign has begun and
promi ses to be lively.
Ex-Governor Mcconnell is said to be
candidate for the republican nomi
nation for congress
Mrs. A. w Branner of Idaho has
written to friends announcing her safe
arrival at Dawson City.
Patrick Breene of Boise has been
granted a pension Of Sl2, and Jackson
c. Smith of Caldwell SS
# Alexander Culbertson of Volmer and
John Korwin of Bannock have been
granted an increase in pension.
Mike Welch is suffering considera ble
from an accident which occurred in the
Golden Star mine near HALEY, Idaho,
recently.
Indian Commissioner Jones has al
lotted to the Indian contract school at
Occur d'Alene the care of forty-one
pupils during the current fiscal year,
at total compensation of sizes
Senator Pettigrew, who is visiting
Idaho on private business, was serre.
II naded at the residence of Senator
Dubois one night last week by his ad-
mrers. Senator Pettigrew is consid-
cred good friend of Idaho, and the
people depend upon him to help open
the lands of the Fort Hal Indian reser-
vaCion to settlement.
The state board of pardons of Idaho
and the United States Supreme court
are the only powers now remaining
and not appealed to that can save no.
torious Jack Davis (Diamondiield jack
from the gallows. The State Supreme
court has denied the petition for re-
hearing. Davis is under sentence In
Cassia county to hang for the murder
Of two sheep herders, Cummings and
Wilson
The report of the superintendent Of
4 the Idaho asylum for the insane for
the quarter ending July Is, makes d
favorable showing. The appropriation
for the asylum for the two years end
ing January 500, was 375, 600. From
indications, $4,000 of this amount,
will be turned back 10 the state
treasury at the end of the year The
cost of the care and treatment of each
patient per day is 431l cents, and the
patients are well taken care of
The son of Allen o. Martin of Swan
Valley, Idaho, was playing around an
old log cabin about II quarter of mile
from his home, with some other boys,
and finding a loaded cartridge he
thought it would be fun to hold it in
the fire with pair of tongs until it
i should explode. He held il in such q
way that it was pointed directly to-
wards his left side as he was stopping
over the fire. When it went off it took
8 the flesh of his left side, the inside of
his left arm and the thigh of his leg
81 along with ii. He may recover
shocking and mysterious tragedy
took place near Kendrick, Ida, last
week, in which Mrs. E. f. Maraseck
and Nicholas Gehlen lost their lives
was discovered on fire by parties pass
ing by, who did not attempt to check
the flames, fearing that perhaps there
was giant powder inside. During the
confiagration two shots were heard
d After the fire subsidized the two bodies
were discovered, so badly burned that
it could not be decided whether death
resulted from gunshot or not That
Il the FIRE was premeditated is shown
from the fact that it was started in
& the west end of the building, while the
living rooms were in the east end
u Only about Is minutes before the fire
q Gehlen was seen at the door The
8 body of Mrs MaraseclI, when discov-
cred, had the head aud lower limbs
burned entirely Off and Gehlen was
about in the same condition.
A lizard was found on a farm near
Il Grangeville the other day at a depth
q of 4 feet by two workmen who were
3 digging a we'll The animal emerged
4 from his stone coffin alive and kicking
& NANSA MS AoAp OI uuJOlu
years.
Miss Vollmer of Lewiston, queen OF
the Idaho Intermountain fair, has sent
each one Of her maids of honor and
ladies' in waiting a lovely gold ring
with an opal setting Both the gold
and the opals came from mines in this
state.
A man, wife and daughter recently
went through Idaho Falls bound for
g the National park, having driven from
4 Old Mexico, in wagon behind a team
of mules. They had been on the road
for long time and were glad to end
. the journey.
Thomas Cooper the famous National
y Park guide, and company of capital
i lists from Denver, expect soon to start
at the headwaters of the Snake river
aud endeayor To locate the source OF
II the great Snake river placer gold,
IN the interest of their company.