Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-01-21
IDAHO NEWS.

country report great numbers Of the
fieetfooted quadrupeds.
A postosiice has been esta bllshed at
Cup Run, Washington county, with
Edward =. Hall as postmaster
In the supreme court at Boise a
decision has been rendered against the
stephens heirs in their case against
Perrault
Thomas Post WAS killed by falling
rock 10 the Standard mine at Wallace,
last week. lie was 80 years old AMI
unmarried.
The o. ). l.. company are building
an elegant Ice house short distances
south Of the freight house at Pocatello
II will hold 1000 tons.
One Of the principal issues in the APP
preaching campaign Of Oneida county
will be the removal Of the county seat
from Malad to Preston.
Sheriff. Taylor Of Caldwell has ar
<csted G. J.. Baker near Emmett, on
charge Of rape his own daughter be-
ing the victim and complaining wit
ness
The third annual mectiag OF the
Idaho State Horticultural society will I
be held ia Boise on Jan. "a. 20. and ~. (
The meeting win be held in the G. A. /
z. halt
The school lands on the Nez Peree I
reservation ars about 20 be appraised /
BY the state board OF land commits
sioners, the tract embracing about 49,
300 acres.
The scaifold upon which james Ell
Nngton was hanged In Boise has been
removed 10 Idaho City, to be used Ia
The execution OF ST. Clair, the condemn
ed murderer Of John Deckee.
The receips Of bullion at the United
States assay Office in Boise during the
year 1897 amounted 10 81 ,470. ii6. 70,
AZ Increase OF SIPS, Is77a over the year
before, The number Of deposits was
$3.50
The state land board has appointed ,
james Mctirane, sr., OF Nez Perez
county aud D. w IIannh Of Latah to
appraise the state lands within the G
Nez Perez reservation. recently thrown a
open o settlement. /
The secretary OF state has turned /
over TO the state treasurer sssi. SO, /
fees for the last quarter Of s97. This &
amount was never exceeded but once; p
that was for the first quarter of is0s. d
when the total was s0ss. o. @
Captain johnson. Of the steamer n
Defender, took load of lumber from G
Grants mill on the upper coeur d ts
Alcuc river last week, no ice being on p'
the river TO obstruct naviga alton OF G.
steamers, which Is remarkable for q
this time OF the year; usually the
river and upper portion OF the lake is
frozen over before the first of January. III
senator Shoup's strong protest
against certifeation OF any one outside
he state OF Idaho bv the civil service ar
for appointments in the ~
surveyor gennral's Office has been Ia
productive Of desired results. The CO
enator has been assured that federal ar
'ierkships in Idaho will be filed only ~
~ residents OF that state. SO
The board Of pardons has lardoned -
Henry Capps, who was sent 10 the
'euitentiary for three years ON
March 80, 1896, for the murder of W. ~
Onweiler In Boise City. The two
nen We're farmers. They quarreled
yer the water and Capps crushed
jewellers skull with shovel. The
ondition 81 the pardon Is that Capps COZ
rave the state within 80 days never en-
o return. pa
The report II State Auditor Ander~ 90
pa shows thar warrants on the gen.
raj fund were issued during che year 'h'
, the amount OF ss8s. lOe. 81. The de- 'a'
ciencies for which appropriations
ere made are included, also the legis. 'e
tive expense. The former amounted Una
, SIS SSH and the latter 20 $50. $50 66. 'o'
total OF s0o.5s99e. leaving .he N'
mount issued for state government "0
80. s72.6o 20 which the last quarters ue'
spense is 20 be added.
The Boise Statesmen says a delega- /
on OF farmers from the vicinity OF Sla
e well known Joplin place. on the Mi
nth bench, recently visited the Sla
'onty Commissioners and entered Sn,
hement protests against the conduct I'm,
Farmer DeMier who. they assert, his