Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-07
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into account, about S. per week. They
are magnificent body Of men, the
"a" division, especially, and show a
degree Of forbearance and propriety
which contrasts favorably with their
brethren receiving $25 per week in
New York.
The absconding cashier Of Lo-
gansport, 0nd.) bank carried away
the bond which he had given for hon
esty, as well as all the leaves in the
banks records on which it was men,
toned; but the effort to save his
bondsmen from loss will be of no
avail, as the contents Of the documents
can easily be proved.
A Paris thief, in opening carriage
doors for ladies, invariably managed
to take their purses, sometimes even
their bracelets, and then made for the
nearest police station, where he de-
posted them with his name, strictly
according to the regulations. He
lived on the momentary gratitude gen
Grated in the owners on recovering
their property; but at last lady
caught him, and he was given into
custody.
The Law and Order Society of Phil
adelphia has undertaken to close the
beer gardens of that city on SUNDAYS,
and is engaged in prosecuting Philip
LAUDER, wealthy brewer and garden
proprietor. An agent of the society
put down the names Of IA number Of
men whom he saw drinking in Lau-
ber's place, and then forced them in
to court as witnesses. Some refused
to testify at all, Others interpolated
their contempt for the society, and
one swore point blank that he did not
know whether the fluid in his glass
was beer or not.
The Akassa. vessel frcightcd by
the Belgian Company for the develop
ment OF trade with Africa, has left
Antwerp for the west coast Of Africa
with a full cargo, and this is the first
commercial expedition which has
started for that continent from Bel
GUM. The Akassa has on board the
framework of a large warehouse, which
will be put together on the coast. Two
natives have been hired to act as
supervisors, with twelve kroomen
under them, and the former are
counted upon to purchase the palm
oil and ivory which the company
wishes to buy.
When the rider in the guse of a
drunken spectator staggered into a
circus ring at Marquette, Michigan,
&nd the ringmastcr went through with
the usual foolery Of cjecting him, in
cidentally remarki,g that no police
men were ever present when order
needed to be restored, German Of
ficcr hustled the performer off to Jail
in spite of all protests and explana-
tons. "a choke is choke" he said,
but ven a man say, we're is de bo-
lice, and Wy don't dey arrest Gle drunk
man. den de Marquette bolice is in
dat vicinity, und dond you forgot id,
Mr.. Circus, | bed YOU"
The story of Mrs. Lincoln writing,
when young girl, a letter in which
she expressed determination to be-
come the wife of President, is con-
frmed by the production of the docu-
ment, now i'll the possession of Gen.
Preston OF Lexington, Ky. 1t was
addressed to daughter of Gov.
Wickliife, and contained playful de-
scription Of the gawky young Lincoln,
to whom she was betrothed. She
said: "But | mean to make him
President of the United States all the
same. You will see that, as | always
told you, will yet be the Presidents
wife"
\ shell fired by the Egyptians is
said by an official report to have
passed a few feet over Sir Garnet
Wolsely's head, and then taken of
the leg of horse only ten yards be-
hind him. A stickler for accuracy
has been ciphering over the story.
Allowing that the head of the General
on horseback was nine feet from the
ground, that the shell passed three
feet higher, and the horses leg was
struck two feet from the ground, the
ira ectory of the shell would show a
fall Of ten feet in a flight Of thirty feet
Calculating the speed of the, shell
from these data, it will be found that
it required iive-eighths Of a second tc
travel thirty feet, velocity INSULT
Gent to take off the horses leg.