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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12

Sometime il is not judicinus to ht,
too i,aiticnlar in locating local c III, :
r-ncrs, 50 we will merely say that iln.
following conversation was heard in q
certain store in Oh City:
A young lady was looking at some
hosiery, and asked The blushing clerk
How do ynn sell tl,nse?" at the
same time h 'lding up before him long
par Of zebra ,lnrel ones.
"Th.'Se are wortl, IS apair," lie am
swered.
"Oh,my," twittered the sidly crea-
tire. they come pretty high, do,''
tlr,Y.
"Y-y-vcs." s,ammcren the bashfnl
youth. "Tn-th-thry come p-pre-pretty
nigh; b-b,l-bnt you're pretty t-tall ,you
know Derrick
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12

Thirty "bcllsks transported from
Egypt from time 10 time are now
standing in various parts of Europe
Or these there are III Rome eleven,
fpur of which are higher than the New
York oh-liSk The highest of these
and the highest in Europe. being LOG
feet withnnt the base, stands in front
uf the church of St. john La,eran. The
olrllsk in the piazza of St. Peters is
80 feet 8 inches high. Both # these
We're mounted on high pedrstals. The
pedestal Of the ST. Juhn i.ateran obe-
li>k is A feet high. making the entire
height of pedestal aud helisk $50 feet
The pedestal of the 81. Peters ol,eli-k
is trf,. less than So feet high, max
ing the whole monnm, mt 1872 feet, 3
inches. II Camman9er Gnrringe has
brought with him the entire pedestal
on which the New Ynrk ohelisk stood
at Alcxandriu, abnu, the same proper
tinns will hr observed as those of the
St. John Lutheran obelisk, the pedcs-
tai of the former being 81 feet and |
inch and its nbelisk 6S feet | inches,
making the whole height ,L our obe-
li>k 96 feet
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12
Rates OF Adver,ising g:
kArs Of SUES alprloA 10 WEEKLY WORLD
A ColoPed Man who is Older than
the Republic.

There is at pr, seil /, siding IL Cam
&dun "a negro who has attained he IL.
4 markahe age Of l27 Years. His name
#is VIM. Bassetl lie was born in The
@Sate Of Delaware, near Smyrna, IN
Il l155, where his parents were slaves,
iur many years being owned hy the
#Bayard family. Dur,ng The War of the.
Revolution, Bassrtt, then young man
&ol q N % was working Tor Il farmer
II BY The name of Wilson, sonnet went i
#nlles from D,ver, where he had moved
Shortly before the war Commence d.
#NlIlle there he married, and lncaIn,.
@th" lather Of large family. Upon, t:,.
ui his wife Basse,t married agau
Il When tie war broke out in 1872 he
u lrlt his home aud became body SER
Mvahl Of Z j. Norris, Of j .cksnn's al
#mAy, whom he accompanied to the front
Dat New Orleans.
q While SuuIll he suffered from an at
tack Of typhoid fever consequent upon
q 'l'r cl@nge ot climate, and h,s life was
deS. aired Of. After recovery he re-
& TUNED to the North. and was forty
Years In Col. NJ rlis' household. He
sn''rred his third wife on his retn, II
s'F"" the South. For the past eighteen
years he has lecf taken care ot by lis
c0dren and gran.ich' dren, sprndn g
sSlIS time between Camd n and Morris.
.s''"''' |" aud from which place he has
s. .s""Ne'ea on f""t many times. The last
|Ds'''p ne made early in tie Fall Of 1881,
E - aS ii walk iur Il man If one hun
3'''' aud lwenty-six years the record
|s'"h not he ,xcelIcd OF late he has
|H'ee" falling very much, for the past
Nv" weeks beng unable to take any
EhoOFlslmcn,.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12

1t was sulenn visaged Yankee
stock holder in North Carolina rail-
road who made u j 'urney South to III
,rrview the President of the road and
ask, "Do things 10 TX now AS II the
road would have u large surplus at the
end of the yeal?"
Yes, bnt we have seven bridges to
rebuild" was the reply.
"And next ycalW
1--WE shall have to buy twelve new
locomotives"
"Well, The next year after thal!"
"Oh, we shall want new iron all the
way through by then?"
"What would be done if the road
found itself $50, 900 ahead next Deccln-
ber?' asked the stakeholder.
"Pay old debts, sil?"
HAS the read ever paid dividend?
Never"
'Da you think it ever will?"
"Nn, sir"
as there any market for this stock!"
"None whatever"
"What would you advise me to do
with my stock?"
use it to get yourself elected as a
director, and you cal then Obtain an
annual pass from Bull Elbow TO Wild
Cat Junction"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12

MAIHEUR RESERVATION. H. Sal
ly, Esq living about four miles south
of town, has just returned from a "trip
to the Malhenr Reservation. He says
Il a it is not only splendid stock
conntry. but that it will prove good for
the growing Of wheat, oats and other
cereals, and also almost all kinds of
frnt--thc climate much resembling
that of Snake river valley The only
drawback is scarcity of timber As
soon rs the Reservation is thrown
open for settlement, he thinks there
will he rush tn it something like that
TO "a new mining camp, and that it will
fiji up very rapidly Rrveile.
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American Fables

One day while al Old Goose sat fan
ming herself on the side porch along
came Il tox who was lame and dirty
and badly knocked up. Trying tu
look as he could, and throwing all pos
silr patlos into ils v.,iec he hrgan:
Madam, for heavens sake, take
pity On me!'
'l.a! Sake>! Int what distressed
object y'u a,e!' she replied with a
swelling heart.
Il am lame and hungry and desire
relief" continued the Fox.
And you shall have it, my dear an.
NAL. Mr.. Goose has worked hard all
his days and mas managed To get Il
few dollars ahead shall not ask at.
ter your past. Yun may have been a
lazy lnalrr ali your HE, but that's no.
thing to me. Ynu may have received
hat lame foot aud black eye while
trying 10 enter some fa,mer's hcn-rnost
but HAT is none oI n, hu 'iness. Char
ny says must succor you"
"Yee'm."
1t is, how ever, my duty to hope that
you desire to be gond."
"Oh, yes"
"And that you will begin now to
think seriously of the future?"
lyon bet | will"
Tien she took lin in and gave him
a square meal, and bound up his hurts
ald presented Inn with a shilling tes-
lament and sent him on his way with,
Remember that charity is the
greatest of all virtues"
Just So" said tue Fox, as he slid
out.
The words made a deep ilnpres ion
ON his mind, and as he PASSED the lien
loost he came to a halt and remarked:
by hard work and plenty Of cheek
have discovered "a ceop full Of fat
hens. Over in the SWAMP are dozen
,or Foxes who are obliged to eat
rabbit Tor want Of better meat. Char
ity con.pels me TO give this thing
away"
HAT night the coop was raided and
the poultry fevoured, and as tile last
leg disappeared, the old Fox who had
worked up the 10 was heard saying:
Chicken cnvcrelh multitude Of sins "
Moral-tIe who strikes u beggar
with a club in place nf cold dinner
will hit the case ottrner than he miss
es it, Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-09-12

JACK said an affrctionate mother
'''tlet"h the other morning, "Nou
3H must cone home earlier of
gus Do you suppose Esmerald;.
"S 10 have You stay so late?"
" tel you how it was" replied
1 N"' Ion see, sue was sitting on
"a'' and | felt "a ltile delicate
u' mentioning he fact"
very we'll, Ill give you bit of ad.
lie next time don't hold your
r. III your iap."
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j, "'S recently been shown that of
i '''"' number Of case. Of diphlhe-
p"r''d IN New York;. .TO6-
'4oo existed where the premises
~ "a bad sanitary condition, aid
4 ''fz occurred where the drain
L., "' directive, aud filthy cellars
''e'il'wed vaults existed In,
b., words of the houses in which
cp,, e'SeS occurred eighly,wo per
ti,inn "e's In a defective sanitary CON
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SOLDIERS rsssa., nsx r.

SOLDIERS Swansd. naM s"lirina ar Il. sass ss'% Z
any kind cansed by m,lltary service TITLED to
PensiCn. W'do .. miuor chilireh. dependent
n,'tners or fathers 4 sol.i rs no died from rhe
effect u their service are also eAiitlcd Many in
valid pensioners s-e entitled 10 All Increase
Careful a, sisian gl ven in deiayed or reiecred
Gla ms. AS many csil he alio-,-d With bn liilo
more ey euce. Complete nstrucions with refer
epces sent on appl!caii n Chas. & Geo. A. King,
Alto neys-at Law. GIG r ST., Washington. D. g.
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4 Published
r,.osda yS cG Fridays
|HEMAn and CHAS. E. JONES'

/ uF,AN JONES, BUSINESS MANAGER.
ha IA hlx BAda, lt a.. s.oAs. Montgomery n
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FERNS. ;;:::: In VAnlABLY IN ADvAN Q

nate. OF BIS bscription:
En,. l.ar. &B 90 Three cuths.. 81 50
Es,y Months ..... 5 % | Single Coples..... 40
BY Garner, - s, per quarter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1882.

of individuals. To provide jury fees in civil ac-
tions. To amend section 1865 of the revised
statutes, relating to highways. To regulate the
practice of pharmacy.
AssemJly.-Mr. Price presented the memorial OF
the Wisconsin prohibitOry amendment associa-
ton, praying for the submission OF the prohibi-
tory question to the people. Action was taken
the joint resolution providing for the erection
Of house for the chronic insane on the site of
old Fort Winnebago, and resulted IN its reference
to the committee on charitable and penal instiIu-
tions.
The resolution favOring the anti -polygamy
movement was adopted unanimously.
The following bills were introduced: Relating
to the publication OF legal notices also, appro-
priating $500 to the Wisconsin state dairymen's
association; amending the revised statutes in the
matter OF the collection of poll taxes In incorpo-
rated villages; amending laws of 1881, in relation
to fences ; to provide for the exemption of per-
sonal property from taxation, attachment and
garnishment /; for the more efficient preservation
of certain game.
FRIDAY, JAN. q,
.Senate-A bill to appropriate the sum of $500
to the State Horticultural society introduced:
also bill to prescribe the punishment for murder
IN the first degree, and the manner of executing
the sentence. This is the capital punishment BILL
The resolution in opposition to polygamy in the
territories was adopted without discussion or op-
position, also resolution for the printing of
5000 copies of Prof. Henrys report on amber
cane and ensilage.
Bills, in relation to tire partition of line fences;
relating to the Catholic Knights of America
were passed
Assembly.-In answer to the resolution recently
adopted asking certain information from commits
sioners of farm mortgage lands, the information
was presented showing balance on hand, J an.
l, 1882, of $72,909.67. The usual number of
bills were introduced among them being bill to
repeal chapter $50 of the laws of 1881, relating
to the payment of bounty on wild animals.
MONDAY, JAN. 80.
Senate.-At the session this evening but little
was done. A few bills were introduced, when the
senate adjourned.
Assemby.-The assembly during its evening
session went into the committee of the whole, and
Sen. Richardson's bill to appropriate $65 900 for
the payment of deficiencies at state institutions
came up for consideration. After short speech
by Mr.. Price upon the bill the assembly adj
iOurned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02
GENERAL NOTES

THE Hebrew citizens of Milwaukee have
raised $1.100 for the relief of Russian
refugees
2.THB Irish citizens of Bloomington, Ill,
made up a purse of 81 900 recently, to
send to Dublin.
VANDERBILT's art collection, The largest
and finest in New York, includes nothing
| by an American hand.
The trial of a graveyard insurance case
at Buffalo was suddenly stopped by the
development of insane symptoms in a
! Juror.
MINNEAPOLIS is to have ar opera house
on Sixth street with a seating capacity of
sixteen hundred.
AN investigation into the outbreak of
trichina at Minneota, Mimi, shows that it
was generated in the hogs bg diet of
rats.
A MEETING in aid of the prosecuted He
brews of Russia will be held in New York
soon. Among those who signed the call
are General Grant, Robert Collyer, and
Roscoe Conkling.
A. ID. Brown, respected citizen of
Plymouth, Wis, who has long suffered
from malignant tumor in his stomach,
actually starved to death. A fast of sixty
THE old railway bonds of Minnesota
were burned in the capitol at St. Paul, re-
Gently, in presence of Governor Hubbard
and Ex-Governor Pillsbury. As they bore
interest tor twenty-three years, it required
"A, 100000 in cash and new bonds to replace
them.
THE feature of the Chicago markets the
other day was the sale of nearly 100000
barrels of pork, which closed for 1880
for March delivery, an advance of 45
cents. The wheat deal has changed
about, but there were large operations.
the price falling point.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has nominated Fred
erick A. Tritle, of Nevada, to be governor
of Arizona, and Edwin H. Webster to be
collector of customs at Baltimore. S. A.
Whitfield was named for postmaster at
Cincinnati, w. II. Taft for internal reve-
nue. collector and Leopold Markbret for
assistant treasurer.
The Chicago markets have become
greatly excited. Wheat for February and
March delivery has advanced three cents
per bushel, and it is said that the transac-
tions on the regular board aggregated
twenty million bushels. There was a
marked rise in provisions, and it is pre-
dicted that pork will rule very high this
year, the present price of hogs being
equivalent to $40 per barrel
THOMAS III. O'BRIEN, who returned from
the war at the head Of the famous 69yh
regiment of New York, was arrested in St.
Louis for forging the name of his brother
to several notes. As he refused to return
with the officer to Troy, n. Y, Governor
Cornell sent on a requisition for him. He
sued the British government for 100000
damages for being arrested in Ireland dur
ing the Fenian rising.
SHERMAN's per cent. bond bill was
passed in the senate by vote of SO to 26,
with the amendment made by MIR. Dayis,
of West Virginia, of striking out the exact
date for payment and making the bonds
payable at any time. Mr.. Sherman
amendment to make the bonds redeemable
at the pleasure of the government after
January l, 1887, was lost by vote of %
to SO,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02

this week. Firms in the foundry and
building business have also collapsed
Landlords are unable to meet their obli-
cations to tradesmen.
SOME prospect of compromise in the
French political crisis is held out in the
cable dispatches. 1t is thought probable
that Gambetta will prefer retreat to a
defeat, and Will for the present abandon
his position regarding the scrutin de liste,
though reserving the privilege of bring
ing it before the chambers at some future
time.
The aged steward on the estate of Mrs.
Morony, in county Glare, Ireland, was
shot dead by unknown persons. A bat
talon of guards left Windsor for Dublin,
and regiment of infantry will be sent
from Portsmouth at once. The impris-
oned members of parliament intend to re-
sign, in order that their successors may
vote against cloture. The illness of Dill
Ion is reported as alarming, but he refuses
a conditional release.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02
CRIME.

The body of Jennie Cramer, who was
murdered at New Haven last year, has
been exhumed for further analysis
THE second inquest on the body of Mrs.
Thomas Doyle, of Watertown, Wis, re-
suited in verdict of death caused by
strangulation.
REV. II. O. HOFFMAN, pastor of the
First NJ. Z. Church, of Bloomington. Ill
has been convicted of bastardy, by a chxrch
committee. His victim was a former ser
want girl-a Quakeress.
BURGLARS obtained $4,000 worth of
silks from the dry goods store of Camp,
Morrill, & Camp, at Jackson, Mich.
CHARLES DANA, engaged in the beef
trade at Boston, has failed and fed. His
liabilities are believed to be 100000.
SPRAGUE's blanket factory and box-shop,
located near Keene, n. H., was swept
away by fire, causing loss of $50, 900.
The house of Henry Cleer, of Des
Moines, Iowa, took fire in the absence of
his wife. and two small boys were burned
beyond recognition.
BY the explosion of the boiler of a tug
at Haverstraw, n. j., the engineer, fire
man and clerk were killed, and several
others injured.
AT Terra Haute, Ind, Hoven & Gedes
wholesale dry goods and notions house
was destroyed by fire; loss, $40, 600; fully
covered by insurance.
MAJOR Hicks, who was to have been
hanged soon at Covington, KY, has been
respited for one month because of an acute
attack of smallpox.
HERMAN BIERBACH, who canvassed Mil
waukee as an alleged agent for several
publications and collected subscriptions in
advance, has been sent to state prison for
thirty months.
MoLLIE HoLBRooK, who recently cseap.
ed from Chicago officers while travelling
| through Canada, has been recaptured in
| New York. She is wanted at Chicago to
answer to the charge of robbery to the
amount of $4,000.
A CLERGYMAN and several Harvard
graduates have left Providence for Den.
yer to testify to the insane tendencies Of
Charles w. Stickney, who is soon to be
tried for the murder of Mr.. T. Campar
and Miss Deveraux.
THERE is intense excitement in Mclear
county, Illinois, over the secret investiga
tlon of the bastardy charge brought
against Rev. 81. o. Hoffman by Zatta Rob
lnson; General Bloomfield has been re
tanned to sue the preacher in behalf o
the girl, and the reverend gentleman an
nounces thai he will bring an action fol-
4 perjury against the Robinson family.
The house of Charles Himmeiright
near New Portage, o., was entered by foul
masked robbers at supper time They tieC
up two young ladies and by threats forced
them to open the safe and hand out Sl2O
Mr.. Himmelright soon returned, and wa.
silenced and bound. The thieves tool
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02

supper, stole team, and escaped. They
missed package of 81, 500 secreted in the
house
TEE coroner's jury in the Spuyten Duy-
vii disaster declared Brakeman Melius
guilty of willful and cuIpable neglect in
not warning the approaching train, and
pronounced him responsible for the loss Of
life which followed George p Hanford.
the conductor of the wrecked train, and
Edward Stanford, Archibald Buchanan.
and Frank Burr, engineers, were held
responsible for neglect of duty, as was
also Superintendent Toucey. These men
are found guilty of causing the death OF
Webster Wagner and others by criminal
negligence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Four men were fatally burned by the
overturning of ladle of molten metal in
foundry at Burlington, Vt.
Ed. BECK, of Eau Claire, lately arrived
in the city from Canada. fell from the
railroad bridge, receiving what, it is
feared. may prove fatal injuries
The mansion at Tallahassee, Fla, occu-
pied for many years by Princess Murat,
and since her death owned by Governor
Bloxham, has been destroyed by fire.
A BREAK of one hundred feet is report
ed in the O'Brien levee, at Tropical
Bend, La, flooding the country for six
miles back.
A FREIGHT train on the Connellsville
road plunged into rock-slide near Cum
berland, Ind, demolishing every car. En-
gineer Taflie was fatally scalded, and two
brakemen were badly injured.
DURING the gale at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Thomas D. Gilbert, a leading
banker, was thrown to the ground by a
gust of wind, breaking his leg in two
places.
A MRS. MCCONNELL, an old resident of
La Crosse, fell asleep in her chair near
stove. In some way, her clothing took
fire while she slept, and she suffered such
injuries that she is not expected to re-
cover.
ROSE DETCHECK, a Bohemian girl en-
plOyed i'll paper mill at Cleveland, fell
through a hole in the floor into huge vat
of boiling water, of which nothing was
known until her corpse was found
On Christmas eve, at Minnesota, Mimi,
raw ham was eaten by several persons at
a party at the house of J. II. Peckels.
Three have since died of trichinasis, and
twelve others are in precarious condi-
ton.
THE Tennessee river at Johnsorville,
has reached the highest point known dur
ing the present flood. The town has vir-
tually been destroyed and the railroad
bridge is threatened. East of Knoxville,
the tallest peak of the Buffalo mountains,
having been undermined by the constant
rains, fell from height of three hundred
feet, alarming citizens for a distance of
thirty miles.
FREIGHT trains on the Lake Shore road
collided near Sturgis, Mich, through the
negligence of the telegraph operator at
Burr Oak, wrecking both engines and fif-
teen cars of goods.
IL. G. CALDWELL. district judge at Little
Rock, threw into the CRATE small pack
age of white powder which he found on
the mantel. Aterrifc explosion followed,
in which the Judge was blown across the
room, the flesh torn from his arms, and
his hair and whiskers scorched off.
Two young men, Andrew Gunderson, a
Scandinavian, and Fred Matter, Ger
man, IL and q years old respectively,
while skating across the head of Lake
Pepin, fell into an air-hole and were
drowned. Two small boys who saw them
state that they had hold of each Others
hands while going through the ice. They
were found at depth of twenty feet,
about forty yards from the shore. There
home is in Isabella, Pierce county, Wis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-02
FOREIGN.

THE barbarous treatment of captives by
the Herzegovinians has caused many Aus
trian geudarmes to desert.
Ten Austrian gendarmes were surprised
at night and massacred under the most
frightful circumstances.
HARTLAUB, SMITH & Co., liquor import,
ers of Montreal, whose Liabilities are $685..
0G0, have compromised with creditors IN
Germany at % per cent.
AT Vitebsk, Russia, the ignorant peas
antry rioted and even resisted the soldiers
who supported the census man.
M. BRUyAERT, an employe in the for
eign ministry Office at Paris, has been ap-
pointed consul of France at Chicago.
DYNAMITE to the amount of $40 pounds
has been stolea FROM the Cleeve companY'S
magazine at Dublin.
The Swiss national counsel has decided
10 transform its consulate at Washington
into legation.
In consequence of a cartoon in PuncI
rejecting on the recent German rescript
the police OF Berlin confscated all copies
of the journal within their reach.
The Prussian government has presented
in the landtag a bill for the purchase O.
six private railways, at cost Of All, 600
600 marks.
TIE ways and means committee ha,
decided to admit free of duty limited
number of copies of the revised Bib,
from England.
THE Austrian government is still send
ng troops to the scene Of the Herzegovi
MAN revolt. The Prince of Montenegr,
refused assistance to the rebels.
THE Lord Lieutenant of Ireland vii
not permit he ceremony of the presenta
ton of the freedom of Dublin to Parnel
and Dillon in Kilmainham Jail. The lat
ter is said to be very i'll.
NINE firms in the London stock eS
charge failed the other day, among ther
being the old house of Manners, Sutton {
0raham, whose debts aggregate eSO,O0O.
THE Prado monastery at Lima, Pert
one OF the richest in that city, was recent
ly invaded by band of forty robbers, VIII
secured every article of value possessed b
the nuns and stripped the altars of thei
sacred relics.
DUBLIN is suffering from local mani,
Two failures have occurred on the stoc
exchange, and three more are expecte