The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Idaho.

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Fremont County News: Mrs Mills
and Miss hopf started to Salt Lake
City Sunday, to meet and bid farewell
20 Mr.. Mills, who has recently been ap-
pointed lieutenant. Of an engineer corps
of the United States ermy, and who
| is on his way TO Cuba from Boise.
Albion Times: Misses Minnie Tanner
| and Nora Christensen left on Monday S
stage for their homes, the former going
to Mountain Home, and the latter to
/ Utah.
! Lewiston Tribune: James E. Davis
| OF Hatwai appearedc before Justice
Hornaday and had warrant issued
fer the arr est of Owen Clark, charging
! him with committing an assault on the
complainant with intent to commit
murder The complaint specifically al
leges that Clark shot Davis with a
n edle gun or shotgun. The parties re-
side on Hatwai creek, and for some
time past have lived in the same cabin.
Lewiston Patriot: y number of gov
eminent employees were in town yes
terday, looking for the government
ferry boat at Spalding. 1t was cut
loose about 4 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, ard hoated off down stream. 1t is
supposed that the Indians did the job
in spite work.
A writer from Kelly's bar to the
Cotton News-L Letter says: On Wednes
day two men were seen coming down
the river on a raft which was wrecked
above Squally Johns place. The men
(tkeir names we did not learn stayed
with a piece of the raft and f1oated
down the river past Kelly's Bar, where
their signal of distress was seen. Mr..
Kelly sent his boat after them, and
also sent a telephone message to his
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them. Orland Blyton, Andy Mann
ard a third party whose name we do
not know. went to their rescue ed
succeeded in bringing them off the
wreck, which was very difficult, as the
wind was blowing gale at the time.
They were landed a short distance be-
low Bishops Bar.
Market Lake Sentinel: Upon return
ing to her home at Menan from Lewis
vile last Saturday evening, Mrs. w.
Roberts was Mortified to find the dead
body of her husband lying just inside
the doorway. 1t wa sevident that he
had been standing in the open door
way, as his body had fallen backwards
and his crutch Che being a cr:oole)
was lying outside upon the ground. An
examination later revealed a dark
streak along the full length of his
spine, and there being no other marks
whatever upon his body. the conclusion
was that he had met his r:.t:me,-r
death by lightning. No inquest was,
therefore, deemed necessary.
The Warren correspondent of the
Weiser Signal writes: Miss Mickle of
Boise has entered into o-tract with
the trustees of Warren to spank the
kids for the next three months ard
viii begin the discharge of her duties
tomorrow. The trustees have rented
the house just out, of town belonging
tc Mr. Root"
Weissr Signal: Captain Wood.
prominent mining man of Spokane
started to Warren two weeks ago. and
took sick on the road. His manager
end doctor We're sent for, but he died
at Adams sheep camp on Big Salmon
before they reached him. He is the
man who took the first bond on the
lola, ard it was business connected
with that which was. bringing him in.
A bold gang of cattle thieves is oper-
ating on the Snake river ranges, and
is giving much trouble to stock own
ers. Hundreds of head of cattle have
been driven off. and apparently driven
off into the mountairs north of Haley
Challis MESSENGER: ED Chamberlin ar
rived in ChalllS one day last week with
quantity of furs He spent the winter on
the Middle Fork of Salmon. during which
time he killed nine large mountain lions.
Mr.. Chamberlin did not know that Uncle