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Show W)1 IDAHO. Interesting Figures Prom the Semi-An-nuul Report of tha Etata Treasurer Tha State Iuvcitmuuts. THE CAPTURE OF A K00N3EINIR. The Cii;a County Ei Crop Tie Miuss at Viouia-The Malad Valley Otiisr Idaho Notts. The semi-annual report of State Treasurer l'r anlc I! Collin of Idaho contain some i ti t- r--1 id tf li'.'iiros. Tlio (teioTil fund warrants paid aiuouiiLed to thn i onilortablo sum of i-il-'-'.siiS.M, while warrants on this same fund, cail-d and oulslMidinir, we.ro SdO'i'.i.m). Tl:eie were llli warrants roijistewd, and H? drawn ou the geaenil liuid, but in t rcgii-lnreil. I'.onds to the amount of S'l'J.IMHI were issued. 'i hero are forty one insurance corn-paaiig corn-paaiig doing business in this slate, with a fo:v 01 Is I ugents. Thirty iivo attor-...... attor-...... ..,..,, ..i ...n.,.1 I., the oi iinr:i' the period covered by the report lload fuml warran's were paid to the extent of tfio.'.i-ol, and thrre were drawn hut not presented lor payment on. this fund tlti.OK!) adilitionnl. The stutc b; ds as an investment ventral ven-tral fund waarranls as io iows: htate (jcm-ral school mad. ''iliJO-1; eapitoi biiiiiliiiu: fund. $.-.iis:i !;:, Jim interest accruineron the general school fund in-vciiincnt in-vciiincnt was $1 !-. I, which has lately been apportioned niieuu the various counties by the '!) s;ipi-rinteiub'tit of public iiisti'uctiou. The slate uurin the half year received f.'o- O'l for this tre.-.tineut'ol non-iii'l U'eiil insane. Tho total indebtedness, which draws interest inter-est nt (i per cent, is!rlMil,lirl. which is ilistribuied as follows: C.-ipilol build ii.tr. $-o.i)mU; refuudiujt. So'..t):i'; wanon roa-l, t.JU.UUO; insane asylum. $:0,000. ('epture ut M.mnaliiner. United Stales Marshal Joseph I'itik-ham I'itik-ham has returned to lloiro from an extended ex-tended through the tiorihern p li t of th state. W bile there ho unearthed a bit; Luther steal, and saved l.JoO.i'OO feel of lumber that had been unlawfully cut on the pub in domain, from being run over into Washington, arrested the principals nud had them heavy hoods to appear when ncresMiry. Kant Saturday iiiobt the marshal, in company of D"piMy Collector lhimil, Ih-pMly Maishal liryib.n and Senator Velis htart"d oul to capture an illicit distillery, on the Northern l'acilie thirty thir-ty milfs from Co-ur d'A'enc. About 4 o'clock in tho morninir they surrounded the house and captured I lie only inmate, n man named Kirhy. The other moon shiner it serm'-.l, had lit!it out for I'l itish Columbia about two weeks before. Til .VIhIiiI V.ller. The A' ,.'.'( ) t'.sc says: Malad vnilay is tho tincst stretch of country ever made. It is bounded on tho norih by the city of Kuocli. on lint souih by l'ar-adise, l'ar-adise, on tint west by the Harden of J den, and on the ca.-it by tlie throne of (race. Of an evening you can s-'e tlie warble walls and golden jjales and towers tow-ers and pinnacles and uoincs of the translated city, linlen to the heavenly choir in 1'aradise, see the glimmer of the two rivers of Kileu aud watch the eiralions of the flaming sword, while oil to the cast you may enjoy the luxury lux-ury of seeing the Creator putting the screws to dishonest county ollieials. Malad valley is the cecler of the eter nal universe heaven, earth and hell. Three .Mine. At Vlrnfia. The Wood lliver Times says: Chris. J. Johnston is getting his affairs in hhapc t" return to Vienna in a day or two. lie has already let a contract to continue a tunnel iu the Vieuna vein from lint South i'.oisc side, and will next ship a sample lot of thu Mountain King ore to St. bonis, to have it tested bv the various systems of concentration. Vi'hile that is being done ho will procure pro-cure a new steam hoist and pump tor thu Soiace, in order to reMiuie work there. The contract to drive tho Vienna Vien-na tunnel i.s only for 10 1 f.-ct. Hut wiicn that is compelled he w ill let out auoulher 1 00 fuel, and repeat. ft-'oiliMl Owed Near ryntte. East Monday morning John J. Short, a son oi John Short, who lives n limit two miles up the valley above I'nyette, t the home ranch of Messrs. Short iV Rice, was found l ine nbout a quarter tif a mile from his father's house, dead. The body was found lying in a position which indicated thai ho had lain down and expired, apparently without a si niggle. The deceased was III years of ml'c and leaves a wile aud four children, iv ':o are at. present living iu Chicago. Thu lather of the deceased, Mr. John Short, is known as ono of the most bioliiv respected gentlemen in the Payette valley. Three Nrw iirliles. Tha Caldwell Tri'iune say a: The county cni'iaiissioncrs have awarded the contracts for the three now bridges as follows: Tho new bridg'.i nenr Roibo City, 0 Ml; the bridge at Star, lM!,-(XIO. lM!,-(XIO. and tho bridge at Faulk's store across i ho I'tvett.' river, l",Ci-. iu all tHi.hOO. The liiillion liridge Company , of l'ip-iilo, Colo., secured tha contracts for all tared. The Oeniity liny Crop. Fri'i'.i estimates recently made by a number of prominent men, tho hay crop of Cassia cotiuiy wiii this year bo over P'-0. 01)0 tons; of tins wo have stock enough to eat To, 000 tons, leaving to bo sold at a barL'.ain, So.tMW toa:3. Stock men with fee.Ji-rs can bring stock iu aud fatten it on io.-iO or$l hay. It i;liiil Cuituiy Alisa t. j Iiingha.n county is in advance of any : county in southeastern l.'.alio in this: it lias a steam plow and sl-mo thresher, j tho property of Mesrs. Ei icknon and ; Kostt, The public will soon be given j au opportunity to sec the gr-iat iron 1 horse walking in the furrow made by : his own great strength, " |