The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-05-19
NUMBER %.
NEWS ITEMS.


FANNY FERN receives $4,000 per year for
her contributions to Bonner's N. Y Ledger.
i THREE HUNDRED Chinese laborers have
gone to Minnesota to build railroad there.
ADELINA PATHS collection of iewelry is
greater than that of the Empress Eugene.
Miss AGNES LEE, daughter of Gen. r. E..
Lee is said to resemble her father very much.
| BARON LIEBIG, the celebrated German
chemist, and James Gordon Bennett are seri.
ously i'll.
WYOMING has now four women Notary-ess
Public. Wonder if it has any women notori-
ously public?
Two ladies have been appointed clerks in
the San Francisco Postoffice and the males
now arrive regularly.
VIM. SENTER contractor for building the
Montana Penitentiary, blew out his brains at
Helena few days ago.
ONE of the first Napoleon's first veterans,
named Adam Ehrenhardt, died the other day
at Port Gibson, Mississippi.
MAJOR SIGOURNEY, claimant of the author
ship of Beautiful Snow" committed suicide
in New York city, April 23d.
MONOGRAM garters are growing in favor
among fashionable yenng ladies, and they seem
to want everybody to know it.
THE immigration to Kansas this Spring is
unprecedented in the former history of the
settlement of that young State.
EDWIN FOREST, the tragedian. is again on
the theatrical boards, and has an engagement
at Milwaukee the present month.
Miss JOHNSON, with whom Rev. Horace
Cooke had an affinity" and eloped, a few
months ago, has since been married.
A TRAVELLER writes home from Paris; "The
word l have stood most in need of since my
arrival here is the French for damn"
The fare over all the railroad lines between
st. Louis and New York has been reduced
from $36 SO to $50 for through tickets.
DANDY BADEAU has been confirmed by the
Senate as Consul General to London Court
costume becomes his nature and his person.
PRESIDENT GRANT is to pass a portion of
the Summer on his farm near st. Louis, and
the remainder at Long Branch and Saratoga
GEN. r. +. LEE is travelling through some
of the cotton States for his health, and was re-
Gently at Charleston, S. c., and Savannah. Ga.
RAINEY, q negro candidate, is contesting
Whittemore's reelection in South Carolina
with q prospect. late papers say, of beating
"Dear Brother Whit"
THERE were lately sent into San Francisco
= 500 pounds of strawberries. principally from
Santa Clara county. The first cherries of the
season are also in that market.
A sHoDDY young lady of the period sur
prised her mother on returning from a dance,
. few nights since, by saying that she enjoyed
the "hugging set to music bully"
VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx has had baby,
and is doing as well as could be expected
Whether white or colored We are not informed,
out "Skiler smiled" at it's birth anyhow.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT and other prom
nent New Workers were recently arrested for
asst driving, taken to the Manhattanville sta
ion house and detained there two hours.
A FEW day ago little girl girl at Ithaca, N.
l., just as she was dying, exclaimed, "Papa,
axe hold of my hand and help me across
Her papa had died some two months before
PRESIDENT GRANT has telegraphed to Ben
1oladay to know if he is doing all in his power
o secure the reelection of Senator Williams.
Buchanan tried that game in Illinois once, and
he "Little Giant" beat him badly. We pre-
let the same for Oregon.
IT has transpired that j. c. Allison, indicted
Or forgery ut Stelacoom, w. T. tried and
onorably acquitted, was falsely accused for
he purpose of getting his testimony out of the
'ay in the late Pierce county riot and murder
y band of vigiantees. Hope 10 will make
ome of them smoke for it yet, if true.
REvELs, the Choctow-C Cherokee. Chickasaw
Senator, is preparing for a
ng and useful career of craftsmanship by
careful reading of Bancroft's
history Of the United States. An exchange
lys, "by fortnight's careful spelling out the
ords he has mastered nearly half the intro
lctory chapter of the first volume"
WE have heard much about the poets who
ouch the hearts of the people," This is our
lly comment: Bryant is worth 100000;
ongfellow, 100000: Holmes, 100000; Bo-
IF, 100000; SAKE, $4,000; Lowell, 10000,
ID Whittier, $4,000. How about the pock-
$ Of the peopleg
STRENUOUS efforts are making for the ad.
issiOn OF New Mexico as State Hurrah
+ the "Greaser" State There will be
ance for Idaho in due time, when we secure
Chinese population OF $4,000 to 10000
ore, and they are made citizens by the pro-
r Congressional enactment then hurrah for
Q Celestial" State of Idaho! 6
FROM statistics of the British Board of
'ade, and other sources considered equally
liable, the cotton supply Of the world, based
last years productions, may be stated at
)99, 900 bales Of 400 pounds each, distributed
follows: From America, 100000; India,
100000; Egypt. 10000; Brazil, 272,O00;