Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-11-29
HERE AND THERE.

For the race for the 1000 guineas
Of 1884 Mr.. keene and Mr.. Lorillard
have four entries.
Twenty-nine cowboys, who lately
visited Topeka, Kansas, represented
over 100000 cattle, worth about &c.,
100000.
AT the universities Of Berlin, Bres-
lau and Bonn lectures are now given
on subjects connected with railroad
engineering and management.
After six months absence from Mu-
mich, the King of Bavaria was ex-
pected there at the close Of last month
to attend some theatrical representa-
tons.
The total salmon pack from British
Columbia canncries may be estimated
At $4,000 cases, while the canneries
will carry over some 10000 cases.
A foreigner on a German line,
whose hat had been blown off, pulled
the string and stopped the train. On
reaching Konigsberg he was sent to
Jail in default of $40.
The Emperor of Austria's brother,
Charles Louis, has for the fifth time
been elected burgomastcr of Ars.et-
tin. His forester and the village boot
maker have been elected on the Coun-
Gil.
Archbishop Bourget, Of Montreal,
has, within two years, paid off do
cesar debt Of million dollars, the
rise of real estate largely helping
him. He is now building a 100000
cathedral.
Recent returns give the Italian pop
ulation on Jan. l, 1882, at 1881, 374,
: gain in ten years Of nearly four
millions, and this Notwithstanding the
enormous emigration. What q con.
trast to envious France.
A bust of Robert Burns, the cost of
which has been betrayed by small
subscriptions, will shortly be placed
in Poets Corner in Westminster Alb
hey, near the memorials of his fellow
poets and countrymen, Campbell and
Thomson.
A St. Louisian notes that when
poor drunkard dies the attendant ply
stefan registers the death as from
drunkenness" or alcoholism" In
the case of man better off it goes
down to "mania potu," but in the
case of the bibulous rich as general
debility" .ne.vous prostration,"
"meshysia."
A Partisan physician declares the
following . certain cure for smallpox
or scarlet fever: Sulphate of zinc,
grain; foxglove (digitalis), l grain;
half teaspoonful Of sugar. Mix with
two tablespoonfuls of water. Take =
spoonful every hour. He declares the
remedy unfailling. Its very simplicity
has caused it to be overlooked.
Almost at the time Of the Seeuin
tragedy the wife and two children Of
. man named Meakin were found
with their throats cut, and Meakin's
body was soon afterward found on orc
of the abutments of London Bridge.
He had intended to drown himself,
but fell on the abutment and broke
his skull. For two months he had
been very respondent.
The Italian vintage has been excel
lent, more especially the grapes out
of which the Chianti wine is made.
Hence it will be very cheap. This ex-
cellent dinner claret deserves to be
fas better known than it is in this
country. It can now be readily OBJ
tanned Of Italian produce houses in
New York. There are several who
sell it in Third avenue.
Foreign journals announce the
death Of the celebrated physicist,
Professor Palmiesi, who made the OBJ
servatory on Vesuvius famous
throughout the civilized world. This
distinguished man had quite recently
observed that oils conduct electricity
1t rates considerably different from
each other, and he had constructed
diagometer to investigate this prop
srty and apply it in the examination
of oils of commerce.