Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
THURSDAY, Jan. Is, 1900.

The Baptist church is holding re-
vival meetings this week.
Thos. Mellen, and Assessor Art
Davis were in Roise Tuesday.
Chris Baeltzer, the Bruneau mer-
chant, spent Monday evening in
this place.
Mrs. B. b Swaa-and children re-
turned home Sunday night from
Elko, Nevada.
Geo. A. Mccormick has gone to
Salt Lake to spend the remainder
of the winter
Mrs. Jonathan Stanfield and Mrs.
Crutchfield came in from Three
Creek Monday.
S. A. McAnulty, Mrs. O'Neill and
Mr.. Eichols were in town Saturday
from Glenn's Ferry.
James McGowsn, son of James
MCGOWAN, DECEASED, of Big Camas
prairie, was visitor here last week.
George w. Fletcher departed on
FRIDAY nights train fol California,
where he will visit for two months
with his wife and children in Calls
toga.
John Pence has recently added
two handsome cutters to his livery
outfit, and they win be in demand
after rhe first big snow storm to
come.
Bert the intelligent bird dog
belonging to the Tanner family,
died Sunday from eating of the
poisoned carcass ofa burro lying in
the northern outskirts of town.
Invitations are out for the mar
riage of Mr.. Frank White of New
Orleans, La, and Miss Belle MALI
son of this place, which will occur
at 1890 o'clock in the Episcopal
church next Wednesday.
Mrs. Hi Lawson and children of
Bruneau valley returned Sunday
evening from a visit in Arkansas,
ACCOMPANIED by several other par
ties from Arkansas who will make
their home in Bruneau valley.
Mrs. George Smith came near
deaths door Monday by drinking a
lot of rheumatism liniment, mis-
taking it for another medicine. An
tidotes were however Immediately
administered and the effects of the
Eminent counteracted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Latham of
Murphy, came in Saturday evening
and spent Sunday in this place, be-
ing the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
w. A. Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs
Latham are alH avs cordially greeted
by a host of friends in Mountain
Home.
Will you want wagon this
spring? None are better than the
Studebaker wagons, buckboards
and spring wagons. Everyone full
ly guaranteed by the makers. We
have full line for spring. Chas.
Il. Kelsey q Co.
County Tax Collector Davis paid
over into village treasury of Noun
tain Home the sum of $87500, vii
lage taxes collected. The same has
been apportioned by the clerk as
follows: General fund, 1888 81;
Street fund 1921 Sc. The Bulletin
ia informed by village officials that
there will be sufficient money in the
treasury to pay all outstanding war
rants of the issue of 1899. Why,
then, should village warrants be
discounted Is per cent?
Marshall D. WILDER arrived here
Sunday night from Chicago. Mr..
WILDER has recently purchased sew
eral mining claims near Rocky Bar
and started for that place by pri-
vate conveyance about noon on
Tuesday. At the sale of the Wide
West mill machinery Tuesday fore
noon, Mr.. WILDER was the purchaser,
paying therefor the sum of $2335
He will remain at Rocky Bar for
several weeks. The transfer of
these mining properties to Marshal
ID. WILDER, whose capital we are
told is unlimited, means much for
the good of old Rocky Bar and we
trust will be the cause of other re-
sponsible men investing in that To-
cality.
Presley S. Cooper, after an illness
Of about one week with pneumonia,
died on the 18th instant, aged 81
years. He was a native of Missouri
and a brother of w. H. Cooper of
this place. The deceased had re-
sided on Castle creek, Owyhee
county for the past % years q nd
was extensively engaged in ranching
and stockraising, and was here visit
ing with his brother and family at
the time of his death. The funeral
took place Tuesday afternoon from
the Congregational church, Rev. G..
4. Mason officiating, and notwith-
standing the very inelement weather
large number of sympathiSing
friends attended. To add to the
sadness of the occasion, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Cooper, at whose resi-
dence the deceased passed away,
were both confined to their beds
from illness, and they certainly