Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-04-08

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JAMES o'MEARA EDITOR
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, Arm s, 1865
No PorAroEs. Beise City Bemocr4
Of last Saturday says there ato 40 potatoes /,
that market
DROPPED DEAD.-John M. Nichols, an OLE
citizen of jackson county, Oregon, fell from
his chair, dead, March 10th. He was 60 years
Of age
GoLD Dusr PRICES. Montana gold dus
sells at from $40 to $40 per, and Boise golt
dust atIfrom $l7 to SO per ounce, in green
backs, in Salt Lake City.
FIRE IN SoNoRA.--Thc United States Ho
tel and Theatre, and enc half Of the Episcopai
Church, in Sonora. California, were destroyed
by Gre the night of March Goth.
GLAD TO LEARN So.--R. II. Lindsay, Esq,
was confirmed as Postmaster at Bcise City
March 18th. He is an efficient officer and
worthy gentleman, aad we arc glad to learn Of
his confirmation.
Fatal DUEL~--The Portland papers o.
March 3lst chrenlcle tho report of duel in
Lane county, between George Clark and John
Southwell, fought with rifles. in which CLARK
was instantly killed. Particulars net stated.
The Rev. DIR. ScoTr.-An effort is being
made BY the friends of the Rev. DR.. Scott, who
was as good as exiled from San Francisco
early in the war on account Of his supposed
" disloyalty," to build church for him in that
city, and to invite him to resume his home
there.
IN FCNDs.-Indian Agent James O'Neill OF
Lapwai Agency. lately received $4,000 for
disbursement upon the Reservation, for houses
shops. &C., to be built after his return from
Washington, whittier he started q few days
ago, accompanied by Head Chief Lawyer
subj Chiefs Jason, Timothy and Utes-i-melican
and interpreter Perrin B. Whitman. per order
of the Department.
COOP NEws.-The Boise City Democrat j.
informed that Mr. Wills, the financial agent oil
the Lucy Phillips Mining Company, Alturas
has arrived with ample means to push on the
work. The machinery win be on the ground
in August, and the min completed in October
Mat. Graham left New York, March lst, and
is daily expected. He has formed Company
to buy the Victor Company works.
OuT OF LUcK.-A late Indiana paper says
A girl in Indianapolis. named Alice Martin,
coming from school, slipped on the ice and was
severely hurt. She went home, and, while
splitting wood, stick flew up and cut her
badly. She ran in the house and fell on red
hot stove. and was found in an insensible
state, with her clothing in blaze. Her ipju
ries are said to be severe but not fatal.
NICE OccUPATIoN.-The New York Her.
aid Of March 18th says the mud is 50 deep in
the streets Of that city, that at several noted
crossings on Broadway policemen are stationed
for the purpose of carrying ladies and children
from sidewalk to sidewalk, in their arms, a.
nurses carry babies. It seems to take them
longer time to carry their precious freight in
proportion as the lady il young and plump and
pretty.
WORCESTERSHIRE Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture has voted down the constitutional amend.
ment to grant universal suffrage in that State
Yet the Radical Senator and the Radical Rep
resentatiyes Of Pennsylvania in Congress a.
scrt that universal suffrage ID cardinal doc
trine Of the Radical faith. Arc the Radical,
deceiving the negroes. or the people Of the
North, in this matter Somebody il bcins
fooled, that is certain.
RADICAL EouALrrY NOT EQuAL.-The
Radicals in the Missouri Assembly have voted
down resolution to give the white fireman oil
the House the same wages now paid the black
fireman. As it is, the black man il one dollar
day ahead. Judge Ryland and Mr.. Wilkin.
con argued for strict negro equality, while
Birch. Of Scotland, favored continuation oil
colOred superiority In the matter of wages