Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-08-26


The friends OF ex-senator Arthur
Brown, OF Salt Lake will be pleased TO
learn that his eyes are improving and
be may save the sight OF one II not OF
both OF them.
Assessor Keller has returned from
Gray's Lake and the CarrIboo country.
While absent from his otfice he sdded
over 10000 sheep to his assessmen,
rolls.
Don't miss the lecture si the court
house this, Friday, evening. Prof.
French will lecture. Illustrated views
and good music will be part Of the pro-
gram.
Miss Tanner, newly elected teacher
for the Blsekfooi school. arrived Wed.
nssday afternoon from Mountainhome.
For the presen, she Is guest OF Mrs.
Willie, Trego.
la many parts OF the country the
mos, popular tieke, for the Democratic
party In 1900 10: Bryan, OF Nebraska,
for president; Van wyck, OF New York,
rice president.
Ex-senator Dubois and Congressman
Wilson returned from their outing
Monday evening, nnd the congressman
left ios Boise Tuesday afternoon. and
will go thence 10 San Francisco 70 meet
the Idaho soldiers.
w. ". MeDonald & Co. are arrang-
Ing counters and shelving 10 the old
Pioneer Drug Store ba.lding prepara-
tor, To the opening OF cash store OF
general merchandise. They will be
ready for business within lew days.
The wood River Times reports a
grca, scarcity OF chickens aud grouse
la The Wood River hunting grounds
this season, aud attributes I, 10 the
fari ,ha, the whole country Is oyorrun
wlth sheep,
Grand Lecturer Bealc, Of Boise, Wis.
IieJ the Masonic lodge ln Blaekfool
Thursday evening. While Ia town
sir. Bcalc visited the asylnm and wa'
greatly pleased at It's spieajid condition
aud successful management
Blacksoo, is bonor.d with visit Iron
.ome OF The best educators In ths
s,ase--Pres- Blsn.on and Profs. Frencl
aud Henderson, uf the siatc university
Our peopic should hear them befor'
the meeting Of the Farmers Institute
a. the court house Saturday.
Mis.e~ Wright, Bergman and Giles
pie have secured money enough opur
chase undcrclo,hlng for all the Black
foo, boy. returning from Manila. Thi'
IL commcndablc In the young ladies
and they are entitled 10 the thanks o
the town. And will have the thanks an'
blessings OF the boys.
j l.. L. Woodruff and wife, OF Woodruff
Bros, Mercur, Utah; VIII Hall, agen
Salt Lake and Mercur railroad an'
city treasurer, and Alfred Higson ana
wife and two children OF Pocatolio, ar
gucsts OF Mrs. Helen T.. Hull. Thurs
day, Mr.. w. z. Woodruff took al
par,les ou, 10 Wolverine for few days
fishing aud sight seeing.
Tho state OF Missouri has two impor
,ant murder cases now pending In IT
courts. In 1871 man was arrested
Imprisoned and indicted for murder ]
the first degree. Before the trial b
} broke Jail and WAS = fugitive until
few weeks ago when he was arreste
again. He denies that he IL the ma
: wanted. Some say he Is and Other
doub, IL. The other case Is: ma
was under sentence 10 be hanged
December 1877. He broke jail tw
: nights before he was to be hanged an
Was not arrested until this week. II
denies that he Is the man wanted. NOV
what will be done with him.
. Corporal punishment a. an instr
mcnt Of school discipline has die
within the last halt.century,n not throne
any regulation being established again
Q Il, but because OF the growing feelin
r against IL within the teaching proie
o sion. The development OF the mar
ing and examination method also n'
worked 10 stop logging, by snppiy'r
. means OF pressure In favor OF wor
. which supplants the rod. In the da
Of our youth tho marks were m"'
upon the boy, not upon the roll BOO
o and the examination he had to under'
/. was TO ascertain whether he had pr
a tccted himself In any forbidden vi
70 against the rod.
This 10 the general trend In the mt
=, ter. but the rod cannot be aoolisn
entirely. In states where the la
mako education compulsory aud ch
N dren do no, love their books ana W
y no. obey parents or teachers w'.ho
,p the most rigid discipline, the ROD II