Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-06-30


dress.
According to a local paper man
died in Minnesota from what was
"pronounced to be leprosy by physi-
clans of the most hideous appear
ance."
Of 32,S37 criminals in Germany,
43.9 per cent Of the males and 1S.1
per cent Of the females committed
their offense while in state of alco-
holism.
A wood dealer advises farmers to
pile the split article with the bark up.
BY so doing the bark adheres to the
wood, and becomes an item of some
importance when the farmer cords it
up for the market.
1t is said that the fashion of wear
ing eyeglasses has seriously injured
the sight Of four -fifths of the Russian
officers. An order has been issued
forbidding their use by officers in un-
form, except on medical certificate
declaring them to be necessary.
The business of the great French
patent medicine house known as
"Maison Frere,' the property of NJ.
Oh. Torchon, deceased, was lately
sold at auction for the enormous sum
of $2,100,O0o. 1t was bought in by
the widow, her chief competitor be-
ing an English company, which stop
ed bidding at $1,SOO,OOO.
Forepaugh's circus and Bachelor
& Dors's circus came together at Ft.
Wayne, Indiana, and among the ad-
vertisements Of the former was dec
laration that the latter's curriosities,
particularly the joined negro women
called "Millie- Christine, the two
ho"dod Lady" were repulsive. A
suit has been instigatcd by Miilie and
Christine for $4,000 damages to
their feelings and business.
Charles Lochbruner weighs about
100 pounds, his wife 200, and their
relative strength is fairly represented
by the same figures. He ostensibly
keeps restaurant in New Orleans,
but she is its real boss, as he com
plains to Police Justice that three
days in succession she took him
across her lap and spanked him ter
ribly. Being arrested, she gave bail
to keep the peace, though at the
same time she avowed her intention
to subject her husband to discipline
whenever and however she pleased.
Ehe carriages of the late Emperor
of the French have all been sold save
two. One Of these was the corona
tion coach, which has been sent to
England as present from Eugene
to Victoria. The other was the car
riage, all shattered and riddlcd with
balls, which conveyed their Imperial
Majesties to the opera when Orsi-
mis- shell exploded. The Emperor
would not allow this carriage to be
either restored or destroyed, but
) loved to gaze upon it as proof OF
the good luck which he declared
would never desert him.
, An extraordinary effect was pro.
duccd upon the foreign portion oil
, the company at Prince Leopold's
wedding by the sudden bursting
forth of the screech of the bagpipes
as her Majesty's pipers marched
round the hall. The shock was sc
great that many Of them turned pale
as death, while one, said to be the
little nervous Queen of Holland, had
to conceal her face in her handker
chief to stifle the hysterical burst o
| tears to which the screech had give1
rise But the skirl of the Scotch
0 men was, of course, part of the cere
mony.
A German captain of artiller,
named Won Ehrenberg, having writ
ten pamphlet in which he endeay
ored to show how millions of mark
might be saved upon the German
!, war budget annually by the aboli
=" tion of useless pomp and show, ha
been tried by military court a
Cassel and sentenced to thre
o months Imprisonment, to pay til
expenses of trial, and to be dismisse
from the service. The court fount
: that the prisoner had insulted tn
Minister of War, as well as the I'm
perial body-guard, of which he ha
o. contested the utility.
A new departure has been made i
,ss ,ss the attire of ballroom walters in Lor
don. An association has been starte,
all the members of which adopt a
extremely neat livery of black wit
; gilt buttons, and knee breeches vii
silk stockings. This precludes Il
qualification of their receiving hear
greetings as honored guests of Il