Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-04-05

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Mrs. James<Stanfeld has gone
to Kansas on a visit.
County Surveyor Rhoades visited
Glenns Ferry asst Friday.
Mrs. A. " Lockman and two chill
dren are reported on the sick list.
Mrs. Clara Gates of Wymore,
Neb., is visiting with her brother
F. P. AXE and family.
Mrs. A. Anderson of Dixie store
visited in this place last Thursday
with Mrs. George Crandal.
Bert Kelsey and sister, Miss Nay,
have returned home from Weiser
academy for a short vacation,
Jim Fuller was up from Bliss
yesterday. He is preparing to leave
for Cape Nome at an early day.
Jake Ulrich of Junction Bar was
in this place Sunday and Monday.
He will soon open a grocery store
and saloon at that point to accom-
modate the anticipated rush to the
upper levels of Gilmore county the
coming summer,
The BULLETIN recently received
handsomely bound copy of the
poem entitled Genius" compli-
ments of the author, t. Shelly SUIT
ton. Mr.. Sutton is a young man
not yet q years Of age, though the
author of numerous poems, the last
production deserving of special
mention. Idaho might well be
proud of her young poet. A copy
of this beautiful poem Genius can
be purchased at Joseph A. Myers,
Boise, Idaho, price 80 cents.
Attorney Lamme, a visitor in our
town, returned here Monday from
a trip to Shoshone county, the land
now known as Sinclair's kingdom.
He informs US that two of Elmore
county's citizens, Hon. Martin
King and County Attorney Sinnott
are conspicuously among those
most popular with the laboring
element of that section, and that
their friends there are legion.
Regular services of worship and
sermon at the Congregational
church next Sunday at Il a. m.
and 7:45 p. m. The Sunday school
at 1910. continuing the life Of
Ghrist-"Precept and Promises"
The Junior Endeavor at 4 o'clock,
Neal Madison leader-a mission
airy meeting. The Young Peoples
Christian Endeavor at 7 p. M,
Miss Bogard leader-a missionary
meeting. The midweek meeting,
Thursday at 7:45. A cordial invi-
tation.
Early Monday morning just be-
fore Mr.. Thurman mounted the
stage box to start for Rocky Bar,
the horses ran away and went along
Atlanta avenue at rapid speed until
they eneountered a lamp post at
the interseetien-of Atlanta and Ben
net streets, which collision broke
the tongu uf-the stage and checked
the horses very suddenly. No other
damage was done. Mr.. Thurman
Immediately secured another wagon
and proceeded to Rocky Bar.
John B. Irwin, the well known
Snake river mining expert and OPP
orator, died at Rinehart's lodging
house in this place last Monday
night, after a brief illness. Uncle
John was one Of the old pioneers OF
this country, having worked along
Snake river ever since the early
COS, and underwent all the vicissi.
tudes and dangers of frontier life
At the time of his death he was 7I
years of age, and until the past
month was a man of unusual good
health and remarkable activity. liz
his day he made many fortunes and
was instrumental in bringing con.
siderable amount of capital into this
country. Although he was at vari-
Gus times the possessor of a com.
petenee, yet what he had he dis
pensed with lavishly liberal hand
and at the time of his death was
about destitute. He has relatives
in Illinois, but their whereabouts
can not be ascertained. 1t is sale
that he left some valuable mining
interests in Owyhee county, bu
upon which nothing at present car
he roo li,o1