The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1867-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

DETROIT claims population OF 70,0OO. @ae
The BEARD Of the Burgomaster Hans Steininger
was nine feet long. st f
| A DETROIT JUDGE has decided that babies are
not personal property. .4....s.
/ A YorNG MAN in New York was fined SIS for
lstepping on ladyis dress.
CHARLESTON has Its new steam line to Liver
pool in successful Operations.
AN IRISH SAILOR once visited city where, be
said, " they copper bOttomed the tops of houses
with sheet lead." a 6
A YoUNG MAN recently married widow twice
his age, and he aseertained subsequently that she
had been his wet-nurse. ea @ ga s. gee g
| A WESTERN JUSTICE lately horrifed bridal
couple whom he was about to unite by coming to
the house on a hearse. aal . ta.
SIDNEY SMITH being i'll, his physician advised
him to take walk upon an empty stomach.r--
Upon whose ~ said he. ls,a
JUDAH P- BENJAMIN has Just created great sen
sation in London by brilliant speech il one of
the courts Of that city.
AMoEG the plants destroyed by the Gre at the
Washington Conservatory, was q Sage Palm
which was planted by General Washington.
The Boston Post says: feature of the times
rs the steady withdrawal of money from the saw
ings banks by the working classes.
FIFTEEN feet Of ground lately sold in London
Tor two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.-
Better than gold mine. such ground. ss ].
IT IS NOT always " handsome is that handsome
does" One OF the handsomest girls in Chicago
was lately arrested for stealing jewelry.
THE old Jewish law was an eve for an eve and
tooth for tooth. The law of lovers is sigh for
. sigh and kiss for kiss. srp a g. el al9
A DANDY inquired at fruit stand, "Are those
peaches fit for q hog to eat?'; "Try them and
see," said the apple woman.
AN INDIANA soldier. during the war, was dis.
charged for disability" His wife recently gave
birth TO three children. l.lfa54o a.lf f8 ~ a0
Some over pious zealots propose to furnish all
the New York 6remen with bibles. Flannel shirts
would be more to the point.
A FELLOW in Vermont asks for a divorce be-
cause his wife ''is very disagreeable person."--
OF course heis all amiability and goodness.
WE ASKED an old farmer what was the best time
to put in ryes He looked at his watch aud replied:
This is about my hour" The rye was put in. /
"How DIFFERENT you soldiers are from us )" said
Arabella to the captain; with us a conquest only
begins an engagement, while with you it ends it.n
AN. ADVERTISEMENT in the Birmingham Post.
(Engiand) reads =" A lady, unable to get daily
teaching, desires daily washing and scrubbing -
The fashionable ladies of New York now wear
powdered wigs. Well, they ought to have some.
thing on their heads when there is nothing in them
A MAN sues another in New York for 10000.
for running off with his wife. Maybe If he will
only wait a few months the sued party will give
him that sum to run her back.
The Platte County (Mo.) Railroad has been ex-
tended south to point opposite Ft. LeavenWorth
In 9 month from now it will be opposite the city
of LeaVenworth, Kansas. Iaslat
ARTEMUs WARD says of " gorillers1 ~: These
monsters live in Afriky, and are
hall yaA IN Aa hAS~ ols-. -
though they are not allowed to vote.
A CLERGYMAN in Norwich, Conn.,, has been led
into offering to forfeit ten thousand dollars if a
quart OF pure spirits can be found in that CITY
He must have hunted awful hard to get a drink in
that gody city.
AN INFAMOUS RADICAL paper says t1It must be
source of great consolation to StOnewall Jack am
TO- know that he was killed and sent to hell by
mistake" There will be no mistake about it when
that editor goes to hell. 81 lia gss
WILLARD B. FARwELL, leading Radical of
San Francisco, Naval officer under Lincoln and
lately Government Agent in detecting revenue
frauds, has himself turned out to be huge swin>
dler. Official investigation proves gigantic frauds
lTRs 4 bus ,41s8ffs gfs9R = 3fa3lE
.A'NEw METHOD OF punishment adopted in some
schools IN massachusetts is to open the mouth oil
the pupil and fill it with Cayenne pepper.. Ony
white children are treated so. Sumner aud Phil
lips wont permit such treatment to their black
wards. -
In BOsTON,a man was sued for debt and took
the poor Debtors oath, soIemnly declaring that he
had not $67 with which to satisfy a devt. The
creditor was not convinced, and had the pockets
Of the debtor searched by an officer. who found in
bis wallet more than one hundred dollars.
AsLETTER from FLORIDA says that the Indians of
the Everglades are determined to keep the negroes
in theirtrlbe as slaves, denying that the white
mems laws are applicable to them on the subject
OF slavery. The negroes claim their liberty and
appeal to the military for assistance.
The coolest thing out, in the protective line. is
the petition for duty ON imported ice. It is ask
cd Tor TO protect our Eastern ice.cutters against
Blue nose competition in the Southern mar lkets.-
The protection the Bostonians most need, is pro
iDbitory tariff on the East wind, and We hope they
may get it. ~ 100000
CONVICT in the prison at Chatham, England,
was recently sentenced to death for killing the
warden Of the prison. In his statement before
the magistrate the convict said = There are menl
constantly dying in the prison now, sir with hun.
ger and starvation. Men regularly eat candles, |
soap, tallOW, tato.peelings, or anything they can
get hold of. and drink the oil out Of the oil cans.
| do not wish to say any more now"
a jew was summoned before the SheriGs at |
Glasgow, recently. for neglectng to get his child
vaccinated. He pleaded that. heiE of the Jewish
persuasion, it was contrary to his EefgiDn and his
conscience to allow such operation to be performed
upon his child. The Sheriff, who fined him, in /
sentence, remarked that the defence
might be good reason for the legislature to take