Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-05-04
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any way interfered with or fOrDluuen TFOGest-
ant religious worship there, as was reported to
Congress, and acted upon by that body, IN the
measure to abolish the Office of u. S. Minister
at Rome. But they say to abolish. that office,
would be virtually to put a stop upon the Amer
lean Episcopal service in Rome, as the Chapel
is in the residence of the Minister. All de-
nominations can worship in their own faith in
that city at the chapels in the charge of the
various Ambassadors, Ministers, and Charge
d'Affaires.
A LATE Chicago paper says divorces are be-
coming shamefnlly frequent in that city, and
are granted often without real cause. It men,
tons case where a lady asks for divorce
simply because her husband was fich when he
married her, but is now poor, and cannot fur
nish her with the sums of money and the luxu
ries she has been accustomed to have. An
other wife wants divorce because she has
ceased TO like her husband; and in one case
where fashionable lady asked for divorce it
was ascertained that she had never been mar
ried She and the man who passed as her hus-
band had lived together for years, but he had .
wife living. Her case was easily managed.
WHEN the credentials of Senator Thomas
of Maryland were presented in the U. S. SEN
ate, Nye of Nevada objected to their reception,
on the ground that Senator Thomas had, while
Secretary of the Treasury of the u. S.
under President Buchanan in 1861, transferred
large amount of money from the North to
the South, to aid the latter. An examination
of the official records proved Nye's state
ment utterly false and without shadow of
foundation in fact
The dramatic spectacular representation of
the Black Crook is being nightly given to
crowded houses of the elite and fashiOnables in
opo tl,a Gan EroDoicoo tbaafrac Tho nhiaf
attraction of the play is the exhibition made
by large troupe of barely dressed ballad girls,
who show pretty much all of their lower limbs
Fashion and modesty delicacy or morality, do
not seem to be in harmony in these days in the
great cities
SOME citizens Of Virginia City, Nevada,
strongly protest against the owners Of the
Comst0ck lode for running their mill on Sun
day, when the other mills rest on that day.
The owners of the COmstOck mill are mostly
wealthy men of San Francisco, and in that
city fr0Wn upon Sunday amnsements or work
ing on the Lords Day. They are very pious
at home, but keep their mill, away off in Neva
da, going Sunday the same as on any week day
JOHN MITCHELL. who had been a constant
resident of New Orleans since 1903, is dead
He was a member of Beale's rifles in the bat.
tie of New Orleans. in 1915, to which corps
Gen. Jackson assigned the post of honor ON
that eventful day. Mr.. Mitchell was the arch
itect of st. Patrick Cathedral, the g. S. Mint,
the Bank of Louisiana. and other noted public
buildings in New Orleans. He died in his 10Th
year.
A PRIZE FIGHT between two bruisers, Kelly
and Parkinson, was recently terminated in
Berks county, Pa, in single round, and Kelly
declared the victor, because of foul play by
Parkinson. Kelly is native of New Bruins
wick; Parkinson is q Welchlnan, land all ex-
perienced pugilist. He found himself over
matched at the first exchange, and saved him.
self terrible beating by playing foul early.
The stakes were 81 900.
THE late flood which swept all along the
ella river in Arizona was the most terrific and
destructive ever known in that region. The
whole country was inundated for leagues, sta
tons and ranches and trading posts were swept
away, and all communication from Northern
Arizona was cut off The Apaches have been
very troublesome in that quarter of late. Sew
eral murders by them are stated.
On the evening of the day when the Mexi- |
can General Escobedo had i23 French prison
ers of war shotdead in cold blood, he gave
grand ball, and sent invitations to the best
Mexican families about and in San Luis Potos
to attend. To their eternal honor, nearly all
the ladies declined. They declined to recOg- |
nize the inhuman wretch as a countrynan |
worthy of their respect.
Tom CHANDLER, who whipped Harris so
terribly IN the recent prize fight in California,
declares that be will never fight in the prize
ring again. BY the late fight he made about /
$4,000. The same week IBIS wife presented |
him with a baby. Big luck for one 'week--to
win a fight, make that much money, and be-
come father to bouncing heir.
SINCE January 1st of this year, 1,411,758
sacks Of wheat have been exported from San
Francisco to the Atlantic States and Europe.
During the first fifteen days of the present
month 80, 793 barrels of -four ha We been shipped
to the SAME destination. Should war in Europe
be commenced, the wheat and breadstuff trade
OF the Pacific Willbecone immensely profitable
THE filters having failed to please the least
modest OF the gay Partisan damsels, they pro-
pose to lnaugurate a new fashion. Short skirts
without crinoline, to reach just below the knee,
eweled garters, fancy stockings and hich-heel
ed boots, they say, will exhibit the lovely crea-
lures to the best advantage.
JUDGE MICHAEL Connolly of New York
City refuses to entertain charges against la
oorers and poor persons generally who make
Sunday day of recreation in violation of the
strict State Sunday law, and an attempt is be-
ng made to remove him from office in coilse-
Iuence.
SEVEN divorces were granted in San Fran
.isco during the second week in April Five
suits were brought by the wives, alleging adul-
cry, extreme cruelty, or wilful desertion The