Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-02

the first Of the week, calling on his
numerous customers.
1t seems that nearly every other man
in town would like 20 be road overseer
Tor the next term. Go it gents, and
may the best man win.
A party Of four, from Bellevue, passed
through town Wednesday on their way
to Contact. New, where they will put in
the winter working their copper mines.
! school entertainment for the benefit
CT the school library is being talked of,
and we are certain such move would
be Landed by all the patrons and friends
OF the school.
John Bauzh and Lawrence Russell
are out on deer hunting expedition.
When they return, their friends, no
doubt, will be treated to a generous
slice Of yenison.
The Solo Club did land Office bust
ness during court week, and boasts that
it skinned Presley Bruner, Jim Eden and
Jim Hawley out of enough to feed the
cat all winter.
In the official count given in the last
issue we showed F. K. Gooding received
324 votes when it should have been 342,
and. that f. n. Uhrlaub received 500
votes when it should have read 900.
Jeff Gray, charged with the killing OF
Cummings and Wilson, for which Dia-
mondfeld Jack is now under sentence of
death, has been bound over TO the dis
trict court under $4,000 bail, which was
furnished.
The ladies OF the Episcopal church. will
have a window at A. s. SeDter's store
on the 18th, 10Th and 18th OF December,
which will be filed with fancy articles
and Christmas goods for sale. Special
sale of cooked food the last day.
Died-Noyember 90, 1898, of paralysis,
Mrs. Sarah Hatten Beck, at the age of
SO years, month and Is days. She was
born in South Carolina and had lived
in Shoshone eight years. She had been
very feeble for iong time. The sym
pathy of the community is extended to
her son and family.
B. S. Kingsbury came In today and
left for Boise this afternoon. Mr.. Kings
bury came from Pocatello, where he |
went to appear for Lincoln and Blaine
counties in the Arthur Brown suit. He |
demurred to the complaint, was oyer
ruled, and appealed TO the supreme
court. He expects the case to be de-
cided in two or three weeks Wood |
River Times.
Judge ]. &. White and R. n. Griffith
we're tie at the end of the official count
last Friday. That evening the commits
sioners decided the contest by placing
the names OF the two gentlemen with a
number of blank slips in a hat and
drawing therefrom. Judge White was
he lucky man, and he will continue to
ict as Probate Judge Tor the next two
The United States circuit court in
san Francisco reversed Judge Beatty Of
our U. S. district court and decided that
Blaine county must pay her court house
ponds. Judge Beatty decided that the
tatute OF limitations had run against
hese bonds, but the circuit court was
lot hunting excuses for the non paw
nent of honest obligations and Blaine
ounty must cough up about $4,000.
There was a crime against nature"
ase tried in court last week, and 10
ear-old boy was the principal witness
or the prosecution. The vigorous, en-
husiastic and emphatic manner in
shich that boy handled the English
lnguage made the hair stand straight up
IL some of the old FOUNDERS in the court
oom. For pure Anglo-Saxon, that
an,e within the comprehension Of ev-
rytody, that boy took the cake with
he bakery thrown in.
From a Manila letter TO the Blackfoot
Jews: Private Clyde Senter, OF Co. D, ]
az been detailed from his company as
rderly for the commanding officer of
ne regiment, and makes one of the best
/ the service. Ordinarily, he is cour-
sous and polite to everybody, and his
uties come to him so naturally that it (
pleasing to watch him in the discharge
them- The regimertal bind does so