Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-08

II thes meant what they SAID, ana ne
had on his good clothes, and didn't
want to scandalize the community by
the spectacle Of four nearly naked be-
ings in full hue and cry after him, he
concluded to let the clothes alone, and
satisfied his conscience by calling
them men Of sin and children of Be.
lial.
ODDS AND ENDS.
All thieves are not rogues. A poor
fellow was before one of the Judges,
the other day charged with stealing
some brass boxes from the railroad
company, for which he worked. He
confessed it, but said he had not been
paid for weeks. He had no money,
and on going home he found his little
daughter crying because she was so
hungry. He could not stand that,
and took the boxes and sold them to
get food for the little girl. The Judge
Suspended sentence, and would have
been brute if he hadn't.
A whale weighing $4,000 pounds,
and measuring 60 feet in length, has
been on exhibition in Paterson.
Whales are getting common, and the
show didn't draw, except in the way
OF flies and mosquitoes. The propri-
etors got in debt for board at the no.
tel. They offered to pay in whale
chops and whalebonc fritters, with
blubber sauce. The landlord couldn't
see it, although lie smelt it, as all the
town did. An attachment was gotten
out against the whale, and consta-
bic put in possession. Now he wants
to know what to do with it. He don't
dare to leave it, and he is getting sick
by watching it. His wife says # he
has any attachment for her he will
throw up his attachment for tic whale.
He says he will ''throw up" everything
else if he has to stay within 100 feet
OF the vile thing. We are waiting
now to hear of the suicide CT a Patcr-
son official.
The quickest voyage ever made
from China to New York has lust
been accomplished by the steamer
Glenavon. She came from Annoy in
A days and IA hours, making an av-
erage of 124 knots an hour, including
two stoppages for coal, of which she
burned 1880 tons on the passage.
Picnics are ripe in July and August.
There was one on Staten island few
days ago. The "Life, Truth and JUS
ticc Association whichis SO new and
novel name, that it ought to be
patented. The seekers for Life,
Truth and Justice are colored, and
they didn't propose to allow any par
takers in the trinity of virtues. Some
pale faces intruded into the festivities,
fight ensued, and razors flashed as
thlckly as diamonds at Long Branch
ball. a dusky maiden nearly slashed
the life out of one of the interlopers,
and was hauled before Justice, who,
after the testimony was in concluded
there was not truth enough in the
whole party to stock dime novel, and
sent half Of them to Jail. The ways
of life, truth and justice are not ways
of pleasantness ON Staten Island.
A funeral in Jersey City was star
tied by woman (who was no connec-
ton of the deceased throwing herself
on the casket and declaring that the
Virgin Mary had directed her to take
care of the body, which was that of
her husband. 1t took five policemen
to remove her.
There is bad child in Brooklyn-l
| don't mean to destroy my character
for veracity by int.mating that there is
but one of that sort in the city across
the river, but there is, or rather was, a
particularly bad one, who, although
Child, was a man with family. He
was manager of a mandatory, and
disappeared, forgetting to leave be-
hind him sum of money (variously
at from $4,000 to s15,OOO)
which he had drawn to pay the men
with. He is said to hive become in
volved through losses in betting on
horse-races. So he has jumped t
track and his employers are distanccd.