Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-02
HERE AND THERE.

Dean Stanley said: "The best rem
edy for all evils is to look forward. ,
Wagner has sold the score of "Par.
sifal'' to the Mayence publishers fo1
$4,000.
The expenses Of Mr.. Hardy, who
unsuccessfully contested Yorkshire a,
Lord F. Cavendish'sdeath, were near.
ly $4,000.
An American company with live
bloodhounds and realistic scenery are
astonishing London with "Uncle
TOMS Cabin
At Barrow, Lancashire, Eng, s10,-
100000 have been spent on docks
but the outlay has not been met by 1
commensurate return.
Two Indiana men built skiff in .
cellar, where the air was comfortabl,
cool, and then worked three days ii
the broiling sun digging it out.
The Cars widow, the Princess
Dolgorouki, is to buy Musk, the
splendid seat Of the late millionaire
Prince Frederick, Of the Netherlands.
4 member of the Board of Trus-
tees of Millville, Iowa, advocated an
ordinance to compel every adult resi-
dent to go to church once every Sun
day.
The Rev. John N. Brisbee lent his
horse for race at Madison, Tenn,
and for that is to be arraigned before
Presbyterian tribunal. His horse
won.
A boy Of six and a girl of two, at
Ballardville, Neb., are mated for mar
riage by their parents, who have
signed an agreement that the wedding
shall occur in 1897.
The Prince of Wales is really quite
exhausted by the performance Of social
duties during the London season, and
has gone away for change-but not
to Egypt.
Sir Isaac Newton said that infidel-
ity would probably prevail until it had
quite banished superstition, but then
would be swallowed up by the great
light and evidence Of the true religion.
A Providence Methodist pastor has
asked his Presiding Elder if there
would be any harm in a clergyman
taking lessons in boxing, for exercise
only. The answer has not vet been
given.
A club is about to be established
in London, composed exclusively of
members of the press. Its President
is George Augustus Sala, and DIR. w.
II. Russell and other well-known jour
nalists have given their adhesion.
When hackney coaches were first
started in London, no coach could be
hired for transit of less than three
miles. This was to protect the
Thames watermen, regardless of the
fact that the river only afforded tram
sit in two directions.
King Louis has given to Wagner
two well-trained swans, which have
drawn the small boat containing
his Highness, habited as Lohengrin,
on the blue and moonlit waters of the
lake in the neighborhood of the royal
castle of Hohenswansgard.
Baron Hirsch, the manager and
virtual owner of the Turkish railways,
is sending 5000 Russian Jews, at his
own cost, to the United States. 1t is
a generous deed, and he can afford it.
He admits having made about $25,-
in five years by Turkish rail
ways.
King Alfonso has made magnificent
presents to the commissioners who
to him the Garter from Eng
land. The Prince of Wales received
tapestries worth more than $4,000.
To the others are sent specimens of
Toledo arms cncrusted with gold.
A correspondent of the London
Queen describes a delightful yatch
voyage of 200 miles from Rouen
to Paris. Forty-nine bridges were
passed. The finest chateaux passed
were those Of the Duke de Berri and
Dumas. At Paris the party
lived on board of their floating hotel.
A correspondent writes: "There is
a prevailing idea that Lord Derby
takes his title from county in which
he owns no property, but in fact he
takes it from the one in which nearly
every acre is situate; not from Derby
shire, but from district known as the
Hundred of West Derby, in Lanca-
shire.
No marriage is legal in France ex-
cept with the consent of the parents
Of both parties, but a man or woman
over 25 may respectfully cite" his or
her parents to show cause why they
refuse consent. If they fail to show
good cause, the marriage may pro-
ceed in spite of them. Such proceed
ings are rarely resorted to.