Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-05-05
IDAHO NEWS.

Inc fioneer block At Boise, whic
was partially destroyed by fire on tn
3oth, IL to be rebuilt At once.
Snow IL about seven feet deep in tn
noun tains near Atlanta, and there 4
. crust on the snow sufficient to hold
horse.
The governor has appointed Stat.
Senator John l.. McMurrin Of Oneids
county ~ commissioner to the Paris
exposition.
Five carloads of wool was shipped
from Boise 70 Boston last week, being
the first wool shipment Of the seaaon
from that part of the state.
Ex-senator Dubois and bride arrived
1T their home In Blackfoot on Monday,
and received Afriendly welcome from
neighbors assent led 1T the depot.
In addition to the old rail bought
from the Short Line, the Boise, Nam
pa 4 0wyhee has ordered 5000 tons Of
heavy new steel from the Colorado
W. saN AAOu CVni Rhuys
There IL good deal OF talk about
the old Oregon Pacific railroad again.
1t Is said there Is plan to build It 70
. connection with some other line
seeking western outlet.
Julius A. Andrews, the convicted
ex-sgent OF the Lemhi agency, has not
been placed In the penitentiary, and
II 10 probable his friends vii pay his
nne and secure his release.
Boise was visited by snow storm
Friday night, April I'll. Early risers
were treated to the unusual sight OF
fruit tree limbs full of blossoms
weighted down with snow.
Phillip White and Robert Stevens.
the convicted burglars who escaped
from the Lewiston Jail, enjoyed only
Few hours liberty, and have been safely
landed In tho state penitentiary.
Weiser Is enjoying season OF un-
prccedented prosperity on account Of
the railroad activity. A large force of
men are already at work and more are
coming. Weiser is also experiencing
quite building boom.
The text book commission has been
appointed by the governor. There
are four members In addition to Miss
French, state superintendent They
are: W. J. Boone, Caldwell; d. C. Van
Buren,, Pocatello; William Perkins,
Moscow; Miss Flora A. North, Salmon
City.
business in Lewiston is very active
and the citizens are anticipating sub
'tantial boom. II Is impossible to
rent house there and a great many
people are living ia tents, while some
odging houses are canvas structures.
The hotels turn away great many
'eople every day.
The five-year-old daughter OF James
,. Miller, ranehman living near Soda
springs, was burned to death last week.
The was playing near small brush
Ire when her clothes became ignited,
nd before help could reach her she
gas fatally burned, living only an hour ,
fter the accident. Il
The sheriff OF Kootenai county has
pplied to the governor for extradition
apers for {. A. De Saussure, who has
cen Indicted on charge OF accepting
eposits AT his bank at Occur d'Alene
tier he knew the Institution was in
'lvent. De saussnre is now under
rrest at Rossland.
HOBBS have been terrorizing women !,
Boise valley. A gang OF seven :,
cary Willies entered store one day
st week and demanded quantity of -
'ewing tobacco without paying for it. :.
he proprietor walked behind the
unter, securing a shot gun, and he =
Us the hobos haven't stopped running :,
Mrs. A. II. Boomer Of San Francisco, N
rmerly resident of Idaho, and who ~
s taken such an interest in the Idaho A,
as TO earn the title of II,
dother OF the Regiment" has started Ar
endless chain OF ten-cent subscrip- on
ms for raising money for the erection FL
monument 10 Idaho's dead soldiers. W,
A shooting is reported from weiser, wi
which woman shot her former en-
sbsnd- The couple had been divorced III
d the husband given custody Of their mi
lid. The woman abducted the child 20