Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-11-04
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ieave with the best hat he could find.
He pleaded absence Of mind, but
went to Jail for six months.
| The produce Of tie Italian vintage.
it is calculated, will be at least half as
much more than it was last year; and
the oil harvest instead of being rushed,
as was predicted, will be far better
than it was last season.
The German Government has
adopted new regulation on its lines
OF railway. In future the carriages
will be painted of the same color as
the tickets of the different classes
first, yellow; second green, third white.
At Schwalbach, in Germany, some
Englishmen got up lawn tennis. After
day or two the Mayor requested that
the gentlemen would play with their
coats on, as the ladies of the place
were shocked at the want of decency
shown by the forei~ners.
At Carlsruhe in G rmany usurer,
who was known as the "Vampire Of
Biernheim," has just been sentenced
to eight years Imprisonment, a fine of
$4,000, and five years loss of civil
rights, for extorting 800 and two
calves from peasant in return for an
original loan of SIS.
A bill is before the Vermont Legis-
lature prohibiting divorced person
from marrying within year, and per-
son from whom divorce is obtained
from marrying within five years, or
ever, if the ground of complaint is a
crime, in which case criminal prosecu-
ton must follow the divorce proceed
ings.
The law in Boston forhids the sale
OF liquor in any building within 400
feet of school ON the same street.
To evade this prohibition, dealers
whose barrooms were on corners with
in the limits, put up the entrances on
the side street, and the Police. Com
missioners granted them licenses. But
the Supreme Court decides that the
plan will not do.
Judge William Niers Bouic, of
Rockville, Md, was told bv his phvsi-
clans that he had only a few hours to
! live. His daughters wedding had
been appointed for tie following week,
but, on his urgent desire, the marriage
ceremony was performed at his bed
side. He was too weak to pronounce
blessing upon the bride, and feeble
kiss was his last act
Numbers of German emigrants who
landed in this country last spring and
summer have already returned home
to Germany much wiser than when
they went away. They state accord
ing to the London Times, that they
found New York and other large
cities swarning with their own class,
and that all available labor was already
monopolized.
The extent to which Highland
estates are now being cleared of sheep,
with "A view Of ''foresting,' is likely to
excite the attention of Parliament be-
fore long. Deer forests are very pro-
fitable possessions; but if the whole
country is to be turned into a vast
game preserve, rents are likely to fall
considerably. Since the beginning of
August nearly $4,000 sheep have
passed through Inverness, by the High
land Railway, on their way south.
The eiderdown duck feeds chiefly
in Iceland on the refuse of fish thrown
out from the houses. In spring the
female duck plucks her breast to line
her nest, and, instinctively knowing
that summer is coming, lines it Law
ishly. When it is stolen she plucks
her breast again, and on it being
stolen second time assesses the drake
for some down from his breast, and
the nest is built third time. The
quantity of genuine down obtained Is
but about 1000 pounds year.
Baron Wilhelm Rothschild, of
Frankfort, is SO strict jew that dur
ing his recent tour through Switzer-
land he was accompanied, not only by
his ritual cook and butcher, but also
by ten devout persons of his own re-
ligion, who went solely for the pur-
pose Of praying with him, as, accord
ing to Mosaic law, a congregation
must consist of at least ten worship
pers. The Baron returned his income
for 1881 at 81, $4,000, so that he can
certainly afford himself these ritual
istic luxuries.
Lord Tenterden, permanent Under
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
never voted in the House of Peers, in.
deed probably never even took his
seat. AS permanent civil service
official, parliamentary position would
have been contrary to tradition and
etiquette. A very poor peer, he was
quite willing to sacrifice his political
to his official position. The present
Earl of Leicester did not choose to
take his seat until he had reached