Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-05-27
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The Philadelphia medical colleges
graduated 700 students in 1881. The
number for 1880 was 73l.
The Sydney IN. S. w. correspon-
dent of the London Times says that
the workingmen have vigorously OPP
posed any grants to encourage emf
grafton. "They have got a good
thing and want to keep it to them
selves"
A Philadelphia manager got to-
gether some sons and daughters of
successful actors, formed them into
a company called "Chips of the Old
Blocks" and started on a tour, But
the youngsters were generally bad
performers, and a sheriff seized the
wardrobe for unpaid hotel bills at
Wilkesbarre.
There was a sound of revelry at
the Palace of Versailles a few nights
ago, the occasion being fete in
honor Of NJ. de Lesseps, who was
born in that city in 1905. A guest
having drunk to the completion Of
the Panama canal, NJ. de Lesseps
replied: Il invite you all to the
opening Of the canal. 1t will take
place in 1883, and l feel convinced
that shall be there too"
Buck Mack is handsome young
fellow Of Louisa Court House, Vir-
ginia, and Laura Albert is his jeal-
Gus sweetheart. Mack was to spend
a day by appointment with the three
Misses Tolford, and Laura believed
that they had matrimonial inten-
tions toward him. She sent them a
box of candy with this message:
" Dear girls, eat all this candy your
selves. There is not enough of it to
offer to others They obeyed the
injunction, and were nearly killed BY
the poison it contained.
A Bishop Of the Established
Church Of England for the first time
has been decorated with war medal.
The new Afghan medal has been
given to the Right Rev. Thomas Val,
py French, D. D., Bishop of Lahore,
who did duty with , the Peshawur
Valley field force previous to the
signing of the Gundamuk. The
Bishop went up from Peshawur in
bamboo cart with his chaplain to
minister to the spiritual needs of the
Peshawur Valley field force.
A outstanding project in France,
the present sponsor for which is Ma
Jor Roudaire. a staff officer, for res
toring an inland sea in the Algerian
Sahara, the waters Of the Mediteran-
ian sea being introduced by piercing
small isthmus at Gabes, is SO seri-
ously entertained that it was recent
ly brought before Ministerial
council by NJ. de Freycinet, and
committe Of inquiry has been ap-
pointed. The expense is estimated
at $l2,OOO,OOO.
In a recent analysis Of twenty nine
samples of quinine pills and capsu-
les not one contained the amount of
that article called for by the label,
though some Of them came near it.
In two instances the so-called qui-
nine proved to be cinchona bark. 1t
Is important, especially in feyers, that
the quality, quantity, and strength
OF quinine should be unimpeachable.
Some Californians are preaching
and practising a new form of vegeta,
rianism. They eat the vegetables
raw, believing that cookery is con-
trary to nature. Rumford, leader
in the movement, has lived for months
on broken wheat, pears, melons,
grapes, apples and tomatoes, all un
cooked, and he declares that he is
very happy on that diet.
Jim Wiley saw a bird floating
down the river on a log at St. Louis.
He conceived the idea of swimming
out and capturing the creature. That
it might fly away on his approach
did not occur to him, for he was very
drunk. But he did not even get
near enough to brighten it, for swift
current carried him under and be
was drowned.
Rose Stella is an actress perform.
ing The Colonel" Her husband i
Harry Froom. agent for the com.
pany In Boston she gave recep-
ton to number OF Harvard students
at her hotel. The husband found
the party assembled on arriving in
town, and his presence was objected
70 by the guests, who had supposed
Rose to be unmarried. He there.
upon knocked her down, perhaps to
demonstrate his relationship. and
there was general rumpus, after
which she packed her trunks and
NOV ed away.