The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-12-17
IDAHO NEWS.
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State Exchanges.

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State Exchanges.
A cave-in in the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mine at Burke last Satur-
day buried two men. Their dead
bodies were recovered next day.
Martin Anderson Of Idaho Falls,
has fallen heir to one third Of a
100000 estate left by an uncle who
died recently at Stockton, California.
Theodore Simon, an employe Of
the Surveyor Generals office in
Idaho. has been appointed superin-
tendent of construction of the Boise
public buildings soon to be erected.
Caldwell Record: Monte B.
Gwinn has received the medals and
diplomas, awarded the Idaho exhib-
itors at the Omaha Exposition.
While the diplomas call for three
silver and two gold medals, the
trophys are all bronze.
David Adams of Silver City has
a pet monkey that raised sensa-
ton few days ago vita a loaded
revolver. The monkey found the
weapon lying on the wash stand In
Mr.. Adams bed room and run of
with it. It took several moments
to capture the animal, during which
time the revolver was thrown here
and there by the mischievous pet.
1t was loaded, and was almost a
miracle that it was not discharged.
| Wood River Times: Jesse HALEY,
eldest son of Hon. John HALEY,
was arrested Monday on warrant
charging him with grand larceny,
the charge being made by Daniel
| T. Tohill, who accuses him of steal,
ing seven horses from him. HALEY
was taken before Judge Flannery
who set his hearing for the Els,
inst, at / clock, p. M, and allowed
him to go on his own recognizance
as be has ranch below Bellevue
J and other property i'll the county
A Foot Race for $4,000.
At Oxford recently foot race
was run between John Sparks, o
. American Falls, Ida, and travel
ing Splinter who gave his name al
James Hough. The distance wa'
) sixty yards, the stakes 81 600
' side, making a purse of $4,000
a The race was a tie, SO decided b.
! the Judges, and had to be run owe
!, when it was won by Mr.. Hough
A foul was claimed by Sparks, blu
;. was not allowed. The race was
very close one, Hough winning b.
d about eight inches.
Criminals Sentenced.
S In the district court at Pocatell
z Monday Judge Standrod sentences
h the criminals convicted during tn
n term, as follows:
a Robert Manning, who pleade'
0 guilty to burglary in breaking int
t. Rants grocery store, was sentences
t to three years and six months il
j. the penitentiary; Dick Burns, a
i Indian youth who forged Agen
o Warmers name to a check for VII
J. was sentenced to one year in tn
/. penitentiary; Charles Smith,
y negro who made a criminal assault
y upon Mrs. Hopkins at Soda SPRING
5 was sentenced to four years in tn
III penitentiary; Peter Steen, who wa
e. convicted eff sodomy, was sentence
It to five years in the penitentiary.
r A Duel to the Death.
r. A special to the Statesman fror
e Weiser gives an account of a de-
}. perate duel to the death tough
a Monday morning between Ii
O Harder and Samuel Brundridg
It The two men met in saloon whe
5, controversy arose between then
r blows were threatened, but the pr
}: prietor of the saleon interfered an
!: for a time no trouble occurred.
/. Suddenly Harder resumed tt
= attack and Immediately shootin
began. When the smoke had cleare
away Brundridge was found sh'
through the heart. and Harder W.
e MORALLY wounded, but walked ma
II mile with ball through his lun
'e It was a desperate duel to II
j. death and it is said that an old leu
, was the cause, though its origin
'e known only to the participants.
= Mountain Sheep In Owynee.
p DeLamar Nugget: 1t is n
generally known that there b.
been a band of mountain sheep
,e this county for several years, b
It it is, nevertheless, a fact. Th'
,e have increased until they have no
,e divided into two bands, one contal
u ing about 14O and the other abo
,e 60. They range in the lava canyo
RI along Deep Greek and Battle Cree
The most singular thing about It
that they are only forty or tit
u miles from the Duck Valley Indii
ne Reservation, and the Indians
lie some reason do not modest the
Q, There is one old ram in one OF I
81 bands said to have a pair of hor
ne which will weigh nearly 90 poun
70. and curl in their coil four TIM
IN He has been known by some OF 7
lis vanueros for the past six years, Al