The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03

rived here yesterday from the east.
Grant Sheffield 8. ID to O. ". Royce
80 acres on Rathdrum prairie, constd-
Grafton $1,000.
H. Struck and family, OF Lake
Preston, South Dakota, arrived here
Thursday to locate.
I Ed. Beggs this week sold to L.
BoyntOn $50 acres of unimprOved
land miles south Of Rathdrum, con-
sideration, $1,000.
Messrs. WEIGH and Miller of Gran
lite were In Rathdrum Thursday en-
route home from a business trip to
Occur d'Alene City.
John Doe arrested here for vagran-
cy yesterday received his sentence Of
go days In the county jail this morn
ing In Justice Wilson's court.
The district court will adjourn this
week and Judge Mayhem will 70 to
Rathdrum, Saturday or Sunday to
convene term OF court In Kootenai
cOunty.-Idaho State Tribune.
Chas. w. Hoyt, of Spokane, and
Gusta L. Zimpel, Of Stevenspoint,
Wisconsin, procured q marriage IL
cense OF the county clerk Wednesday
and were married by Rev. e. A
Walker the same day.
Robert Schlemlein, justice of the
peace and road overseer OF Granite,
was in Rathdrum Thursday on his
way home from the district land Office
at Occur d'Alene, where he had been
As a witness in contest case.
Clothing, boots and shoe:, dry
goods, notions, hosiery, ladies wear of
all kinds. We dress ladies' as we'll as
men from shoes to hats complete.
And they are going the cheapest you
ever saw goods sold east or west. Re-
member this please. Z. P. Manor.
Up to Thursday noon there had
been filed with with the county re-
corder 81 Instruments for record for
this week. Twenty-three OF these
were deeds, u mortgages, IL possess
CRY claims and Is miscellaneous.
Fees collected for the same amounted
to $76.
The Odd Fellows of Kootenai coun-
t; had a time a: BUnners Ferry last
week that will be remembered many
a long day. The dedication of their
new hall and the ball afterwards fur
nished those who attended with ma
terial for thought for some time to
come. The affair was success In
every particular, socially, financially
and otherwise.
The new town board was finally
rounded up last Saturday night and
held short session. Chairman Dyer
resigned and r. G. Thompson was
elected to oil the vacancy and Mr..
Dyer was then elected clerk and Rob-
ert McCrea treasurer. The board
considered the petitions OF candidates
for street commissioner and Thomas
Waddle was appointed to fill that
Office at $3.50 for eight hours labor
or So for ten hours.
The fishing season opened Thu RS
day and since that time fish stories
are plentiful. We hereby give notice
to those who come back loaded with
big yarns that toll gate has been
esta blshed within the sacred pre-
cincts of this Office and no one will
be allowed to pass through without
paying toll. (Fish will be taken as
toll as we are very partial to Idaho
trout.) The story will be heightened
or shor tened to fit in with the amount
OF toll deposited, and no exceptions
will be made to this rule. If you see
fish story in these columns you can
bank on it being true. Now, then!
Richard Smith, until recently a
section boss on the Occur d'Alene
branch of the O. r. s. N, wasfound
Thursday near Kootenai station on
the N. p. with his throat cut and
wildly insane. A freight train crew
discovered the man and brought him
to Standpoint where he was turned
over to Constable Baker who landed
him in the county Jail here yesterday
He had evidently tried to commit
suicide as q cash about an inch long
was cut In his neck near the jugular
vein. When found he was fleeing
from imaginary phantOins of some
kind and they have been continually
pursuing him ever since so that It is
impossible to get rational statement
from him. He is SO violent that IL is
i necessary to keen the ssstrans M,