Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-12
HERE AND THERE.

Italy now contain 55O,OOO,OOO of coin
laid up toward the abolition of the
forced paper currency.
The rope with which Kansas muir
derer was hanged has been woven in
to bookmarks and given to the con-
victing jury as keepsakes.
A bonfire was made of the fnery
from the wardrobe of woman who
had become convert to Free Method
ism, in Tennessee, and an euthusias-
tic meeting of prayer and praise was
held round the flames.
DR.. Siemens calculates that the
present annual yield of all the coal
mines of the earth would suffice to
keep up the fire of the sun, at its pres
ent intensity of light and heat, for
about the forty-millionth part of a
second.
An old man who has long lived
alone at Midway, Mass, was found
dead in his cellar. held down by a
barrel Of sand. 1t is supposed that
he had lain in dying condition sew
eral days, the barrel resting on his legs
where it had fallen.
Milwaukee newspapers are still full
Of discussion of the local boycotting
matter. The latest move is the refus-
al of brewing company to take H.
200 tons of coal according to contract
because the coal dealers signed the
petition asking the manager Of thea
ter to close on Sundays.
In the educational system of New
foundland each important religious
body receives an amount of money
from the Government proportionate
to its numbers. Separate boards Of
education in each district, and school
inspectors appointed by the Govern
ment respectively from the Church of
England, Methodists, and Roman
Catholics, emphasize this difference in
faith.
Two Philadelphia politicians are
thus lightly esteemed by the Record:
"When false report was circulated
that Robert Lister Smith had been
shot by Sam Josephs on the train com
ing from Democratic convention at
Williamsport, half the town grieved
: that it was not Josephs. When the
correct news came that Josephs had
been shot by Lister Smith the other
half of the town lamented that it was
not Smith,
The Rev. Charles Bently drew i'm
mense congregations as revivalist in
Baltimore year ago, in con junction
with the Rev. A. ID. Jones. These
companions in revivalism recently re
turned to that city, intending to re.
sumo their work; but they were con.
fronted by the charge that some Of
Bently's conduct during his former
visit had been criminal, and he ha.
confessed his guilt, announcing thai
he will voluntarily retire from the min
istry.
One of Prince Bismarck's pc
schemes is to substitute biennial bud
gets in place of the existing annua
ones. All his bills in this direction
!, hitherto have been rejected by tht
Reichstag. The undaunted Chancel
: lor now proposes achieving his desir,
by submitting simultaneously the bud
gets for two consecutive years, tha
for 1sS3-S4, ostensibly only by way O
} experiment. All sections of the Lib
: erals have already plainly declare,
their intention to reject this move
proposal.
l May Fiske, formerly at the head Q
the British blonde burlesque compan,
0 puts out posters in inland cities nd
vertising lecture, but so deceptivel
worded that they seem to promise
great show by the departed blonde fo
}, only rs cents. All the gorgeous pic
lures once employed in announcing
I. that company are also displayed I
. crowded hall is the result, and the
Miss Fiske, clothed in conventions
black, delivers lecture about the pei
) formances which she used to give.
A Nevada girl had a perceptibl
moustachc, and on the morning Of he
wedding day she undertook to re
'e move it with caustic preparation
= Her lip was burned to such blac
and swollen condition that she refuse
, to show herself to the guests. As tn
/, bridegroom would not consent to
postponement, the ceremony was pei
formed privately, and the compan
y. consoled themselves with Dime
: The bride started on her honeymoo
journey closely veiled, and unkisse
by her friends.
Austin Sheldon, the hermit of PIX
: county, Pa, desires to marry. He h;
>. proposed to several girls i'll the neigl
: borhood, but they have declined, po
sibly because he declares that he wi
not quit the cave in which he h;
lived for forty years. This aboc
). is twelve by fourteen feet, with
ct. gravel floor. The furniture consis