Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-01-27
IDAHO NEWS.

ular feeding of other stock.
Bernard Dillon. company r. FRS
Idaho volunteers, has been granted al
honorable discharge by the secre tar
Of war.
3he University exhibit has been In
ed In the capitol building at Boise
IL attracting a great deal Of at
hon.
board OF pardons has not We
- date upon which 1t will fnall,
pass upon the "Diamondfield Jack
Davis case
The Oregon Short Line bridge over
the famous American falls, on Snake
river, Is over 1000 feet long and eighty
feet above the water.
The snow is very deep for the time
I OF year throughout the southern part
Of Idaho. Farmers feel jubilant, but
stock and sheepmen fearful.
The Emmett Creamery company.
limited, has flied articles OF incorpora.
tion with the secretary OF state. The
capital stock Of company is placed at
5000.
Sheepmen in the vicinity OF American
Falls report the weather very hard on
sheep. The cold winds chill them SO
badly that many die, even If they are
well fed.
State Treasurer Lucius G. Price an
nounces that he is prepared to pay
general fund warrants Of the series of
1897 and 1898 from Nos. 1883 to 5000
inclusive.
The Idaho Consolidated Gold com
pany, organized under the laws OF TIN
state OF New Jersey, has designated
Harry II. Matthews of Warren as its
agent in this state
The state board OF prison commits
sioners has awarded contracts for sup
plies for the penitentiary for the ensu-
ing quarter. The awards were well
distributed but the bulk OF them went
to Boise firms.
Three Boise boys, Emmett Allen,
Hugh Breen and John Richardson, at
tempted to wreck the pay car on the
Oregon Short Line on the night of the |
10th. They were discovered before
any damage had been done, and are
now In jail.
The prosecuting attorney OF Cassia
county has dismissed the case against
Jef Gray for shooting Wilson and
Cummings, the sheeppen for whose
murder "Diamondfleld Jack" Davis Is
under sentence of death. The attorney
believes there is not sufficient evidence
against Gray to convict him.
At the meeting OF the State Horti-
cultural society. held in Boise, the fol-
owing officers were elected: A. Nc
Pherson Of Boise, president; Robert
Schleishcr Of Lewiston, vice president;
Robert Miliken Of Nampa, secretary;
3. II. Gwinn of Caldwell, treasurer:
md G. Il. Stranaham of Lewiston,
rustee for district No. 1.
A letter from member of company
J, now at Manila, says that Colonel
|oncs OF the Idaho volunteers. has re-
igned. and that he will be home prob
bly, on the next boat. As the writer
'uts IL, "he has to come now or come
q = box when he does come" He said,
q effect, that the colonel has not seen
well day since they landed at Manila.
Chas Dawson. Poss Robinson and
ohm Williams were arrested in upper
ruueau valley last week on charge
operating an Illicit distillery. The
len were tried by a justice Of the
eace and discharged, the evidence !,
iowing that while the men had made
large quantity of cider, and had acted $
! a mysterious way, no still could be- "
'und on the premises. q
The supreme court has reversed the II
ldgment of the First district court in t.
he case Of George G.. Webb, convicted
. = charge of robbing Fred Gagnon Ell
Wallace early in the morning OF b.
ctober 20, 1897. Gagnon met Webb Ii
al a man named Theodore Faust ia h
'allsce on the evening before and was
'ouud with them until the next morn
g, when, he alleges they robbed him
1855. In
While the governor, secretary of
zte and encouragement were re-
rning 70 Boise from Albion, one -
y last week. they had rather un- :"
mfortable experience. Crossing -