Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-20
HERE AND THERE.


! Shakespeare is the name Of Phila.
delphia lawyer whose specially is
theatrical litigation.
The Rev. Andrew ]. Rope, of Tay:
lorville, III, is under arrest on charge
of forging a note for $500, with which
money he paid the expenses of his
wedding tour.
A prosperous Michigan baby-car-
riage factory had its origin in the birth
OF fifteen babies in thirteen days. A
carpenter got the job of making car
riages for the whole number, and
from that start the business grew.
According to return which has
just been published, there are no
fewer than twenty-eight landholders
who own upward Of 10000 acres in
the province of Silesia. There are
eight who own upward of 100000
acres.
A fisherman caught recently in his
net at Queens Ferry, few miles be-
low Chester, England, the largest
salmon ever caught in the Dee. 1t
was found to turn the scale at forty
pounds, was four feet in length, and
healthy, clean, and well-developed
FISH.
Thirty-threc Chicago bootblacks
went to St. Paul, counting on nickels
from the crowds daring fair. The
Chief of Police ordered them to quit
the city. But they were not to be
bulldozed. They hired lawyer to
fight for their right to work wherever
they pleased.
An embassy from the Queen of
Madagascar has arrived in England.
This movement on the part Of the
Madegasy authorities is attributed to
the action of the French on the west
coast of the island, where the latter
have hauled down the Queens flag at
two stations.
Whatever else may be lacking at
Rugby, the colonists are well supplied
with reading matter. The Hughes Lii
hrary received 5,O25 hooks from
American publishers when Mr..
Hughes was here, and several Chica-
goans, remembering his aid in re-
establishing the Chicago Library after
the great fire, have agreed to give
such books as may still be needed.
The other day the Pope received
from London a gift of 100000 francs,
the sender of which implored the
Apostolic benediction Several Of
ferings of large sums have lately been
made in this way from England and
from America, and they have gone
far to supplement the reduction in the
amount Of Peters pence, which in other
parts of the world has fallen off.
Lawn tennis not being found sufii-
cicntly exciting for the French ladies',
they are learning fencing. At Deau-
vile there is a fencing room, where
numerous ladies, wearing the prettiest
and most coquettish costumes, already
display certain proficiency with the
foils. An assault of amateurs is to
take place at Dieppe during the great
week. The "bouquet'' will be fenc-
ing match between two ladies.
Charles Slack took John F. Waite's
wife to his home, at Van Buren, Mich,
and Waite went after her, accompan-
led by large party of friends, among
whom was constable bearing war
rant for slack's arrest on a charge Of
abduction. On the arrival of the mob,
Slack took Waite aside and asked
him his price for the woman. Waite
thought $50 not too much, and Slack
regarded it as rather dear, though he
paid it, and Waite spent part in
treating the crowd to whisky.
The well-known French breeder of
race-horses, Count de Lagrange, is
about to sell his stud. He has now
been an owner of horses for about a
quarter of century; and during that
period he has won in France and
England, to say nothing Of his occa-
sional excursions into Germany when
the Baden Baden races were patron
lied by French sportsmen, more than
$2,5O0,OOO. The sale of next month
will extend over three days, and 1853
head of stock will be brought beneath
the allied hammers of the English and
the French Tattersall The stock
consists of mares, foals, yearlings,
and sires, and will be followed at the
end of the season by sale of horses
in training. All this thoroughbred
stock is the property Of the associ-
alton formed seven years ago
under the auspices of Count de La
grange; and buyers are expected to
find their way from every part of the
habitable globe to the little village on
the banks Of the Epte. Dangu, at
which the sale is to be held, is vii
liage in the department of the Eure,
about five miles from Gisors, town
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