The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS MITES.

the effects Of eating pork sausage
infected with trichina.
A man has been arrested in New
York for counterfeiting theater
tickets. His villany has put him in
q box but he slghs for thc family
circle.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, at q meeting short time
ago with its land syndicate, decided
to sell 100000 acres Of land east
Of the Missouri river at 81 per acre.
On Monday last the Western
Union Telegraph Company COM
menced the construction of line
from Umatllla to Pendleton. 1t is
expected the line will be completed
in about six eks.--Pendleton Tri-
bune.
General Sidney Burbank Of the
United States Army, retired, is
dead, He graduated at West Point
in 1929. He served in the army Of
the Potomac during the late war
and was breveted Brigadier-GeneraI
His age was II.
A man in Omaha blew on lung
tester, and broke it all to smither-
eens. And the owner of the ma
chine gazed at him sadly and said
If I'd known you were Chicago
drummer, I'd have seen you in hades
before I'd have let you at that ma
chine"
A young lady wrote to the Phil
adelphia News inquiring: How
can ! avoid being addressed if l
walk out at night without protec-
tor2" The experienced editor OF
THAI paper tartiy repired e Wear an
old shawl and carry a clothes
basket"
| A Star San Carlos special of De.
cember 9th says; The annual emu
| mefation OF Indians on the San
Carlos Reservation, under the super
vision of Agent Wilcox, was con
cluded to-day. 1t shows 4,036. This
does not include those living at
Camp Apache.
| A Boston dispatch of December
18th, says; The Union Pacific yes
terday gave the following figures of
their earnings; For October, 3d.
l09,065, against s3,O94, ,549 in Oc-
tober, 1881. Expenses, s1,502,564
20 against s1,414,86l 81, and the
surplus earnings, s1,606,942 81,
against s1,680, 1877 46.
/ The ostriches of which so much
has been said the past few days,
came in last evening in ono Of the
express cars of the Union Pacific
Express Company, and went through
| without transfer OF without the car
being opened, much to the displeas-
ure Of q number of ladies who had
gathered to aee some Of their hne
teathers-Pilot
The boss small baby was born at
| Candelaria, Nevada, a few weeks
ago. The father and mother are
strong and healthy, weighing 100
and 100 pounds respectively. The
child is a male, perfectly formed.
When It first saw light it weighed
eight ounces, It's face is about the
size Of d horse chestnut. The
mothers ring was pulled over its
foot up to the knee Three such
babies could play hide and seek in q
cigar box. 1t is in good health.
U. S, Commissioner Smith, in an
interview, said he was much sur.
prised to find so fine a road travers-
ing such a splendid country He
had travelled on the Southern, Union
and Central Pacific railways, but
none of them passes through so fine
a territory as the Northern Pacific
While people only stayed in Texas
they could live in the favored North
west, and people generally would
need to enlarge their comprehension
Of things before they could fully ap.
preciate the certain future Of that
remarkable country He could esti
mate there was, comparatively
speaking, no waste land between
st. Paul and Living ston