Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-18
HERE AND THERE.

to be swindled by bunko men at Min
neapolis.
The Boston dry goods firm which
sent some of its clerks to Europe, this
year, is said to empty 5000 people.
Pingree threatened to shoot his
wife at Saco, Me-, if she didn't confess
a fault of which he had accused her,
and then shot her because she did.
The dangerous feat of sliding
down the Mount Washington Rail
road on board has been performed
by Miss E. +. Coleman, who made
the three miles in Is minutes.
The President of the Bergh Society
of Massachusetts, tells some Boston
men who are getting up fox hunt,
that be will prosecute every man who
takes part in it.
A recent return shows that the rates
Of mortality at different ages in the
British army are lower than among
civilians until the soldier attains 35
years, after which the military death
rate rises rapidly. Under 20 the aver
age death rate of troops on home ser
vice is half that of civilians.
A Massachusetts law makes the
owner of a house liable for treble any
loss that may be sustained by gambling
therein with his consent. Il saloon
keeper at Lowell has just been CON-
PEELED to pay $l,S00, the money going
to a man who had lost only 5000 in
playing poker on the premises.
In connection with the proposals to
enlarge the area of electric lighting
in London, the interesting fact has
been recalled that this is the seventy
fifth anniversary Of the introduction
of gas illumination into London, it
having been first used for lighting
Golden Lane as an experiment in 1907.
Pail Mall was next tried in 1909, and
by 1914 gas was generally used in
London.
A Par.slan prospectus of a company
which proposes to amusc New York
city on a capital Of 100000, supplied
by credulous Frenchmcn, sets forth
that entertainments in this country are
few, and are supplied chiefly by an
occasional performer from Europe;
that we have no handsome theaters,
and would be delighted with such a
one as this enterprise would insure.
The richest man in Spain, the Mar
quis dc Manzancdo, Due de Santona,
died recently and left behind him a
tremendous fortune for Spaniard,
viz, twenty millions Of dollars. Like
some dukes in England, his property
had been acquired by judicious pur-
chases of land in the capital, and the
Santona possessions in Madrid en-
braced nearly the whole Of the fashion,
able quarters.
In 1880 over 1900 persons were en-
ployed in Paris making gold and sill
vor lace. The workmen struck, and
their employers said that theif profits
really I'D net warrant an advance, 50
the trade w,is transferred to St. Etien-
ne. There, instieated from Paris, the
workmen struck, too, SO that now the
lace is imported from England, Ger
many, and Belgium, and Of 1900 on
ly 80 now pursue it in Paris.
Some Cinnamon happened to see
that shrimps were remarkably large
and fine in Barataria Bay, near New
Orleans, and at once engaged in the
business of exporting them to China,
where they are highly esteemed ar
ticlo of food. The shrimps are spread
on platform two acres big to dry i'll
the sun, after which they are put in
bags and beaten until the outer shell
or covering is removed. Then they
are salted, wrapped in tissue paper
and packed solidly in barrels, bearing
Chinese characters like those on te;
chests.
A Hartford woman has received
letters from two young Cinnamon who
were formerly students in that city
They say that the anti-Chinese Law
has weakened China's confidence il
this country so greatly that no more
boys will be sent here for education
Those who have already received
training in our schools are being pu
into Government positions, displacins
foreigners, who have been receiving
very high salaries. Gen. Gordon get
what is equivalent to 100000 yea
as instructor and practical head o
the army.
Although the making Of new nos
for person deprived of his natura
organ of smelling has been repeated
" undertaken with success, it is
nice and difficult operation; and al
: attempt just made in Vienna by Prot
Billroth, one of the most distinguish
ed surgeons of Austria, to supply
soldier who had been frightfully mu
tilated in Bosnia with an artificial nose
has attracted much attention. TIL
l. material for the new organ was takel