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\lightning.Idaho Recorder: On last Sunday a party of young ladies and gentlemen of Gibbonsville left that town for Hughes creek for a picnic. There are quantities of huckleberries in that section, and it is supposed that Miss Maggie Reese and Mrs. Williams mistook some poisonous berries for this fruit, as they were taken violently ill with cramps and spasams. George Wood came up on Monday for a physician, but Dr. Whitwell was not here, and Dr. Kenney prescribed as well as he could without seeing his patients. Yesterday morning they conveyed the sufferers to their homes, but Mr. Dodge informs us that there is no hope for the recovery of Miss Reese, and Mrs. Williams’ case is nearly as bad. This 6ad affair has cast a gloom over the entire community. On Tuesday, 15th ult.,Thomas Elder, Jr., who carries the mail from here to Shoup, while on his way to that place discovered the body of P. H. Waynick in an eddy on the opposite side of the river, about eight miles from Shoup. He brought word back to Gibbonsville and a party of ten left at once to bury the remains. A boat was taken to the spot, the body secured and conveyed about a mile further down and buried. Andrew Farrier, an employe at Gov. Shoup’s ranch, had a narrow escape from drowning on Sunday while fording Salmon river l miles above here. He brought a load of hay over in the morning and forded all right, but on his return the rack slipped forward, and in attempting to save the team he was swept into the stream, and rescued by Gus Durand, who happened to be fishing near the spot. He was completely exhausted and resuscitated with difficulty. The team and wagon were saved.Idaho Mail: A gentleman who
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The Ketchum Keystone
Ketchum, Idaho, US
Sat, Aug 02, 1890
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