Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-16
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Tenn, and assigned to stands through
out the city.
The latest English fashion is the
painting of blue veins on ladies'
temples, wrists and hands.
The municipal budget Of Berlin,
Germany, this year was twenty times
as great as in 1880.
The Queen Of Spain is in an inter
esting state again, and the ex-Queen
is going to spend the winter in
Seville.
Prince Gortschakoff has been stay
ing at Baden Baden, where he spent
most of his time listening to the band
in the concert garden.
Lieutenant dc Chair is provided, by
Arabs orders, with the best of food
and wine and 81 day pocket money
What lucky ''middy!"
The latest idea Of Snowman is to
discover the profile of the Phlladel-
phia girl whose profile was copied for
the Goddess Of Liberty on the silver
dollar, and put her in training for an
actress.
Reyivalst Barnes says that he is
now divinely commissioned, not only
to save SO lis and cure the sick, but to
cast out devils. He has returned to
Kentucky to try his new power.
A Wisconsin farmer was seen stop
ping up the chinks in his dilapidated
log house. A big snake had crawled
in and gone to bed with him on the
previous night, and he had disliked it.
Messrs. Ransom, Bouvcrie & Co. Of
London, bankers, are receiving sub
scriptlons for Jacob Brett, aged "a,
one Of the original projectors of the
submarine cable. He is ruined
through an unfortunate investment
The Princess Of Wales recently
wore a costume of cream colored silk
trimmed with old gold lace, the ruff
being also of the latter material, and
red geraniums being worn at the cen
ter Of the low-cut bodice.
It is proposed that monumental
cross in memory of Mr.. L. II. Burke,
who was murdered in Phoenix Park,
Dublin, be erected by the resident or
stipendiary magistrates Of Ireland in
Glasnevin Cemetery.
The tracking Of the Joyce murder
ers, near Cong, Galway, was due to
the excessive barking of dog, who
thus reused his master, who awoke his
son and brother, and then the three
tracked the murdcrers and saw the
deed they had done.
A fire broke out in a trunk which
was being knocked about by baggage
men at New Bedford, and it was hast
lily thrown into the Sound, under the
impression that it contained an infer
nal machine, whereas some matches
had kindled the flame.
MIR. Plimsoll, whose persistent eff
forts to have British ships made more
seaworthy long since earned him the
title Of 'sthe Sailors Friend" has late
ly lost his wife. She had been for
many years Gin the fullest sense her
husbands helpmate. English news
papers say that she carried his toilet
articles to the House Of Commons one
night, when he intended to demand
hearing, in the expectation that he
would be confined in the Tower, and
that she overwhelmed the reporters
with printed copies of his address,
that the country, II not the House,
might hear his protest.
Sir Bernard Burke, the well-known
Irish herald, has frequently been ask
ed, "What is the sirname OF the
children Of Victoria?" and he saws:
81 feel persuaded that the royal house
Of SaxeCoburg has no sirname.
When the adoption of sirnames be-
came general, the ancestors Of that
illustrious race were kings, and need
ed no other designation than the
Christian name added to the royal IT,
tie" The Plantaganets and the Tu-
doris Were in quite other case, and the
sobriquet Of the former originated the
sirname.
In a recent examination for School
Board scholarships in London, the
following answers We're given to the
question: "What important events
are connected with John of Gaunt,
Cardinal Wolsey, Walpole, and
Clive:" Ans.-s.John of Gaunt was
the first martyr. Cardinal Wolsey
was great warrior. Give translated
the Bible. Walpole was another ia
vorite Of Henry VIII. He was the
chief man in helping Henry to get
divorce The answer to the query,
Estate what you know of the treaties
of Bretignv and Utrecht?" was: The
treaty of Utrecht was fought between
the Zulus and the English" DIR.
Morris, one of the examiners, thinks