Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-11-25
IDAHO NEWS.

y4, 900.
John A. Denny has been notified OF
his appointment as postmaster OF
: Cuprum, Washington county, vice +.
p. Hall, resigned.
The secretary OF the interior lias
ordered patented to the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad company i1.000 acres of
land In the Cour d'Alene district.
Mrs. Il. II. jefferson, of Soldier, rode
sixty miles through binding storm
on election day to cast her vote.
shortly before election she had moved,
taking registration transfer, but on
the morning of election it was dis
covered she had neglected to register
again, and in order to vote it was nee
essary for her to return to her old
home.
Examination of the effects OF j. Cur
It's, who recently died at Boise in pow
erty. has resulted in number OF inn
portant records OF the probate judges
office being unearthed. Curtis was
probate Judge a number OF years ago.
After his term expired 1t was found
, important record books were gone.
These have been found among his be-
longings Several of them antedated
his incumbcncy Of the office. Why he
carried them away is a mystery.
Isaac T.. Blank of New York, presi-
dent of the Northwest Railroad COM
pany, an organization allied with the
Northwest Copper company, which
owns all the best copper mines in the
Seven Devils says that within three
weeks the work OF grading for the
railroad that is TO run from Hunting
ton TO the copper belt will be com
menced All the arrangements for the
funds have been completed.
j. $. Johnson. of la Grandc. Ore. has
been on the trail Of his abducted fam
lily since last June. His wife was lured
away from home by the Establishments
Of c. o. Curtis during Johnson's alb
sencc. She took her two boys and
nearly everything OF value about the |
place. johnson trailed them to Boise
one day last week, while Curtis was
away. His wife fell rcpentant into his
arms and he bundled her and the
children into his wagon and started
back for home.
A contract was let last week for the
immediate construction of the Lewis
ton vineland bridge across the Snake
river, the contract price being sl10, 900.
The structure will be | $40 feet long
and have fourteen long spans. The
main span across the channel win be
as7 feet long and an arch viii be fifty
six feet above high water. The piers
will be OF masonry. This portion of
the work will be sublet to local com
pany. The work OF excayating will
begin in short time.
j. NJ. Edwards, clothing salesman )
Of Lewiston, has received authentic !
information that after years of litiga-
ton he has come into fortune amount ,
Ing to nearly $4,000 900. The story Q
reads like romance, covering litiga- I
ton over large tract of land lying in d
The business heart Of the city OF New n
\ ork. dating back to the time of King /
ieorge Ill. The tract of land involved |,
"a the heirship embraces forty-five
acres OF land in the heart of New York
'ity, extending from Battery street to :,
ANAL street. This tract includes all
II the 2romontory, which extends
rom Canal street out into the bay. n
rhe great business block on Wall street a.
md ON broadway, the government Z.
postofiice, custom houses and NJ
mint are on this property r
Almost countless numbers OF sheep CT
we're shipped into the vicinity of Soda b,
prings the past summer, from all "
ARTS OF the county, on account OF the
God range in that section. Trainloads st
anne in from Oregon, California and vi
ther places 900 or more miles away. tr
/ Is estimated that Mt one time ut al
east 100. 900 head of sheep were feed Cl
~ In that vicinity-a few months ago A
low there are probably 200, 900 scat L.
cred over those grounds The others re
ave been shipped TO various winter tn
lnges, while thousands have been CT
aipped east to Gil the capacious nav CT
the cveryhungy market. The range la
~ been pretty thoroughly licked on, LIZ