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Show WESTERN "NEWS ITEMS. Grasshoppers at Loser Wood RiYer Yalley. I-AIXrUl. AMI SEKJOUS ACCIUE.NT Three Tickets in I'iuglia n Coualy. Olher Xeir. IDMIO. Cliarley Iilack says that the gnus-hopiiers gnus-hopiiers are bound to cleau out the lower Wood River Valley between Bellevuo and Sliver Creik, and from Crichton to the valley. The ground is black wltli them, and they don't seem to be half through naii-iuiig yet. -ir. itiacK irieu ' every tiling he could think of. For Instance: he raked all lie could find on a piece of ground M feet square iuto a pile, threw sagebrush and straw ou toil, aQtl - '- on "rt'-Scarcely "rt'-Scarcely any grasshoppers were burned: nlde-lcuths of them getting away. He turned all the water he could on a hay-field, and covered tlie ground pretty well. The grasshoppers grass-hoppers climbed out oftho water until there were two or three on every blade of gra-si, looking on as if laughing at his futile efforts. Tothing can rid th country of them he say -. They must bo allowed to stay ttieirtlmu out, which seems to lie two or thrct! years iu each locality. local-ity. This is the third year for the Prairie and tlie second for the val ley-. The Caldwell yrKiuiesays: The-re is more iIit!cs lo the square mile Iu Jliugham County than nny other county in Idaho. Th!3 year there wilt bo three tickeb in the field, viz. Anti-Mormon, Republican aud Democratic, and neither of them will withdraw. Tho Republicans will not support thu Anti-Mormon ticket as of yore for that would elect ni least one Anti-Mormon Democrat to the legislature who would support a Democrat for V. S. Senator. Tho Democrat will not endorse, the Anti-Mormon natty for fearof c!ett!ttiri Icil!l-Hc2n legislator legis-lator w ho would misrepresent them on .National I.-surs. Tho Antl-Mor-mons refuse to endorse either or tile other two jnrtics on general priuci pics. "VAOM1M1. A painful mid serious accident occurred on th- rloiilhldti Tiles-day. Tiles-day. While Mrs. Wm. Carter wa-enaged wa-enaged Ji making a bM at her horn.', a 11-tullhie. rvspiVer which was lying under thu pillow fell to the floor and exploded, the ball striking Mrs. Carter a little above the Ief ancle, plowing Its way ut-w-ird, diatlerlr" tlie benes In Its couite and finally embedding itself in the llesby jart ot the right thigh. Medical a-'sistaiice was at once SKmmoned, the ball extracted and the tlent made as comfortable as pos-lble. The wound, while not necesrarilv dangerous, Is . retionj, f ami wijl I-- tiro Hr'c I'e .Hs Sir. (.'arter w ill be about agaiu. At the invfont writing tho patient is resting easily. (Virion (Xunly Journal. Sieakingo( the late disastrous fire at Carbon, Wyo., the Laramie Huomcrung sayst ."For many years Carbon won one of thelhe-liest thelhe-liest nil most prosperous etwl eansi"! In tha west, but gradually the mini's wt n norkud out, ami at the present time only one mine eras ill oii-ration. About two years ago there ttas talk of nlundoulng the camp, and It i; withlu t'le r.uige of sj-il-ilit;e" that t!il tlr.. :n.y Lrisg aliout -uch a rtMill.'' |