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Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
Riding BlOndin.
How Theatrical Manager Was Re- Narded by the Boys.
 Ina TrIl Ilnn1nn


 warded by the Boys.
 From the Denver Tribunel
 That was a funny thing, my getting the title of Colonel" said Colonel T. Allston Brown, the theatrical manager. 'I never was in the army. vas made the hero of an hour in the show business, and for tragic act played was given the title I now bear by the boys In 1859, I think it was, l vas ma1ln4ing Blondn, tue famous tight rope walker and performer. While he was ln Philadelphia that season, Dan Rice's circus happened along, route to Baltimore, and doubled up for trip of two weeks. You know that Blondin's great act was to walk the rope with man on his back and without a balancing pole. l made arrangements while at Baltimore for his appearance at the old Front street theater. The event was splen6idly advertised and great fuss was generally stirred up about it. An immense audience thronged the theater. man had been engaged to act as Blondin's load in the perilous feat, but at the last moment, and when the audience evincing worriment and disappointment, he refused to play his part We'll, I couldn't blame him much it l was one of the toughest rope ascents that ! Blondin ever made, the rope being stretched on a steep incline from the stage to the l fourth tier and over the heads of the audi l ence What was to be done? That was the l question. The people had all paid their l money and there was Blondin with his repu- tation almost in the balance Who would accompany him Would take the chance ? was the question that Blondin sent to me. 1 Now, ill those days didn't fear anything or anybody, and few moments afterward l found myself on Blondin's back, slowly as- | cending over the slender support toward the | dome of the theatre, conscious of only one | encouragement in the hazardous undertaking | If fell he must fail too. Once twice l felt the swaying of his body and the shaking of his knees, but l had such confidence in ! his proweSs that l thought he was only try | ing to scare me At last he stepped on the 1 platform built near the dome, and such a yell l of applause was never before since heard l in theatre. Not until the ordeal was past did realize the awful chance for life l had taken. One false step, the weakening of { l muscle, the paraly yss of a nerve, and both oi
 us would have fallen fifty or seventy five feet
 on to the heads of the audience. The shouts
 and yells continued for minutes, and when
 made my appearance among the boys agair
 they dubbed me the Colonel The name ha!
 clung to me as faithfully as if it had beer
 won in retreating Bull Run or bloody An
 tietam."
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01

"Chip'' Smith is to be hung to day. It is not surprising that many in this community think 1t unjust to hang Smith when there are several worse criminals in the prison at Wetherstield who expect to be pardoned some day. There is nothing very consistent or impressive about capital punishment in this State.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01

The modesty of Chicago is commensurate with the size and enterprise of the city. Three prominent citizens of Chicago are now in England, and the Inter- Oceam suggests to the Queen that if she wants to be helped out of any little difficulty in government policy they are the boys who can do it.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
medical men

George Jacob Holyodke, the well known promoter of industrial reform in England
 and author of several works on co operation, is in Now York The people of America, said Mir. Holyoake to reporter, have not learned the A-B-C of ce operation. Some one
 subscribes the capital here, and a co-opera
 tive association is formed as 6 commercial venture, which is seldom found to succeed In England the capital Is subscribed by the workingmen, and the enterprise Is of gradual and substantial growth. Even the law in America has been, until recently at least against cooperation, no association being recognized unless it had capital stock of $5,OOO. In England you can begin with five shillings. There several stores, howev- CT, in Philadelphia conducted substantially upon the English plan and Boston has few of similar character. In Washington there l are some stores conducted upon the same plan as those established ill Great Britain by the members of the Civil Service. These are inferior to the cooperative stores, however, from the fact that they do not insure the quality of what is sold only protesting to sell as nearly as possible at cost In Eng land almost every town and village has CO., operative store. There Is a central whole sale establishment at Manchester which. dis tributes produce to over six hundred CO., I operative societies in the United Kingdom The agents of this central association are scattered through all the markets of the world, buying supplies wherever they can be secured most cheaply. Co operative unions for manufacturing purposes, such as have l attained prosperity in France, have never ! succeeded in gaining foothold upon Eng
 fish soil. There is not one purely manufao-
 turing co o-operative society in England, though I several approach that character
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The good effect of calling attention to the need of tree planting in various parts of the country has become apparent. For instance, within the past three years, 93, 900 acres ot trees nave been planted in Kansas
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
General Gordon of Georgia.
Business Better Thxn Honors-FIis Here
 

ic Wife.
 Washington Correspondence Brooklyn Eaglel
 The talk that General Gordon will succeed the late Senator Ben Hill seems to be with out authority or probability. l met today a gentleman we'll acquainted with General Gordon. and he laughed when the question of Gordon's relation to the Senate was men toned "Why," he said, tits nonsense to think of it. Gordon was Senator and re signed, and there is much greater reason now that he should refuse to be Senator thnn there was then" * The General is in Europe, at $lO,OOO 8 year and expenses paid, placing the bonds of the Georgia Pacif ic railroad. Even if be is ready to come home he will have all he can attend to in the way of business"
 . ''Is the General successful business man. then ?''
 He has been quite successful since he re- signed his seat in the Senate, was the reply, but he was not before. Why, his home in Atlanta was sold over his head by tho sheriff | twice, and bid in by his friends and giv- | en to him again. l never saw a couple more i devoted to each other than he and his wife. 1 She accompanied him ali through the war, | and at Winchester, while he trying to | rally his regiment, she rushed to the front, | seized the flag and waving 1t, urged the | Georgians on But he has made $,l5O, 900 1 since he resigned, He bought the charter of l the Georgia gnd Pacific road, and some New l York capitalists paid him and his brothers to l get subscriptions from the counties along the line of the road. They succeeded and were given $500, 900 for their work He has made from fifty to a hundred thousand dollars since that and owns large amount of stock in the Georgia and Pacific road. lIo gets a salary for travelling about Europe of $lO,O0O and expenses paid, and is in way to make | $25, ,OO0 year beside. This being the case, 1 don't see why he should want to become Senator again, at half the salary and no per l quisites"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01

Alexander H. Stephens recently gave the following graphic definition of the term "Bourbon" An idiot who seriously believes that confederate money will if the Demo- cratic party gets into power, become as good as gold and that the time is not far off when he will bs allowed to "wallop niggsr' as in the glorious ante -bellum days.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
Heart Disease,
HEdTl UISEd5E,
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>>AMlgsz> DR. s. w. FISKE. @<H Clatrvoyant Physician FA( $A and Magnetic Healer, .AI@
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 The Doctor has visited New Haven regularly every month for over six years and is highly recommended by the people and the press, the great Healer and Physician. If you sick need valuable advice not fail to consult him. Dr Fske has had 31 years experience In the practice O. medicine and has made thousands of the most ton sh1ns Of all ,hron- ic and long standing diseases of whatever ture The Doctor has the gift to describe every pain and secret disease at sight The Doctor daily wing testimonials from patients cured of Coughs Liv and Kidney Diseases, Female Weakness Humors in the Blood and several recently cured of Paralysis His magnetic passes give and strength to the diseased organs, and with the immense numbers that flock to his rooms srcely one goes away who does not receive benefit His prices reasonable that rich and poor alike be restored to health. The Doctor also gives valuable advice bueiness matters and all the affairs of life, both social financial including journeys, lawsuits, gains losees absent friends and great in selecting lucky numbers Sittings for business affairs e1am1ns- ton of the sick, $. Communications by letter upon business or health must contain a, age, seI look of hair and stamp. Address Lock Box 253 Nor wioh, Ct. For further particulars send stamp anc get circular. aul9 d4w
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
How Fast Does Light Travel:
Experiments About 10 be Rinds to Deter mine the q AestiOn.
 From the Cleveland Ieader.l


 Important experiments about to be made at the East End by Prof. Albert A. Nicholson, under government auspices, to de- termins moro accurately than ever before the velocity of light. Mir, Nicholson is a young man who graduated from the Naval academy at Annapolis, Md, in 1873. He came to Cleveland in May of this year, and is now connected with the Case School of Applied Sciences. After lis graduation he remained at the Naval academy in Annapolis and un- derteok patient experiments to determine how fast light travels. The most accurate previous conclusions on this point were those of M. Ccrnu, made at the observatory at Paris in 1874. The velocity of light, accord ing to these experiments, was 300, 400 kilo metres or nearly ls6, ,5S4 miles, per second MT. Nicholson, in his experiments in 1872, arrived at velocity of 299, ,940 kilometres or 186 ,3S0 miles per second, While he was ex- perimenting Prof. Simon Newcomb, of Wash
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01

Milwaukee has not been generally sup posed to be very pious city, but the board of managers of the exposition now open there have rejected proposition to keep the show open Sunday. The suggestion was made in the nominal interest of the working people, but investigation and inquiry showed that the working people did not favor such an innovation upon the customs of Chris tian community.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01

oning did not proceed from the bullet, and must, therefore, have come from without. This could only have been caused by the omission to employ antiseptic precautions with the strictness and persisteney that would have marked the treatment of wound in England or Germany. At the same time the Presidents physicians doctored him entirely too much. They forgot the first principle in the treatment of gunshot wound, mot to infict additional injury.' They aE pear to have been influenced by the ignorant clamor of those who wanted something positive to be done at once. A bullet lodged in the body does not as rule do much damage; it is the fingers of the surgeons from which in jury is most to be feared. Had the bullet not been probed for in tho Presidents body, and the treatment been confined to antseptic bandaging, he would have had good chance of recovering. Dr. Won Langenbeck, who treated the German Emperor after the at tempt to assassinate him, did not cut out a single one of the many shot that lodged in his body. Garfield should have been handled in the same way. These views seem to coincide with those held by large body of German medical men.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
<Sournal ano Couritr.

HARRINGTON & CO.,, Eo. aOU SzAte Street. Courier Butldtn X
 soHH CARRnGTON. EDWARD T.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01

The Now York pawnbrokers are to be looked after little, and it is evidently about time. Mir. McDermott, Mayor Grace's mar shal bas been for some time Investigating the business. The pawnbrokers, after articles have remained in their possession for year, sell at an auction which is not adverti ed as the law requires the unredeemed pledges to personal friends, who afterwards return them to the pawnbrokers for private sale, at which they often bring three times as much
 money as advanced on them. Marshal
 McDermott says in his report to Mayor
 Grace "I have not found single instance no matter how valuable were the articles where there was any surplus coming to the owners. This we'll laid scheme of mock l auction has been III vogue for years, and has
 enriched many pawnbrol1ers"
 Professor Esmarch, of the University of | Kiel, one of the most eminent medical au- l thoritias of Germany has published an elab- | crate review of the treatment of President ] Garfield's wound, based on the medical re- | ports He comes to the conclusion that the
 wound was not necessarily mortal, and that
 with proper treatment recovery would have l been probable. Instances of recovery in ! similar cases are on record. The blood pois-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-08-11

4 Washington dispatch says that
the mastery DISCRIMINATION of Blu
ell by Merrick, Government counsel in
the Star Route case, has broken down
the defense and confirmed Walsh's tes.
timony in its essential parts. 1t pro-
we'd that Brady bought two papers
there, the Capital and Critic, and has
been running them, as Judge Wyhe
said. to libel, with the vituperation of
hired scrihblers, every one connected
with the administration of Justice; and
in this case the testimony showed that
Brady was spending money long ago
at an investigation in Congress to Gre
ate further opinion in favor of the
Star Route people, and the contractors
we've paid large sums of money in con-
nectlon with the appropriation for Star
Routes in the last Congress, which
was called in vindcation of Brady.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-08-11
PROCEEDINGS OF THE REPUB-
LICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE Or
BOISE COUNTY.

The Boise county Republican q n
trail Committee met at Idaho CITY July
II, 1882, pursuant to the call OF the
Chairman.
On motion, ordered that the basis OF
Representatives be one for each precinct
and one for every twenty-five votes
cast for the Republican candidate Tor
Sheriff Of Boise county at the last
general election, and one for traction
OF fifteen or over, which entities the
several precincts to the following
number Of delegates to the County
Convention, to-wit: Idaho City. 3;
Placervile, 3; Centerville, 2; Qnariz-
burg. 3; Horseshoe Bend, 3; Sham's 2;
Pioneer, /; Banner, |; Garden Valley,
3; Granite Creek, 2; Squaw Creek, 2;
Upper Squaw Creek. |. Total, 70.
On motion ordered that the County
Convention be held at Placerville on
Monday, the 18th day of September,
at 10 O'clock A. NJ. for the purpose of
nominating members Of the Legisla-
tue and county officers.
On motion ordered that the prima-
ries for electng delegates to the coan-
ty convention be held Friday, Septem.
Der 8, 1882, at 7 o'clock P. NJ. at the
usual places Of voting.
On motion, ordered that Jonas w.
Brown, Fred Campbell and G. Miner
be and the same are hereby appointed
as Delegates to the Republican Ter
ritorial Convention to be held at Boise
City August "a, 1882.
Ordered that the proceedings be
published in the IDAHO WORLD.
Adjourned.
S. G. SnsBY,
Chairman.
IsIDOR SMITH Sec'y.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE Ar RoIsr C1rx ln.Ya

LAND oFFlcE AT BOISE CITY, IDAHO.
>-or1or july Z, 1889.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol.
~ iowlng-named settler has filed notice
ol ms intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said nronf
VIII be made before the Register and Po
ceiver at Boise City, Idaho, on Satnrdav
August II, 1882, viz: Tosten Iyerson IA
erklop, OF Placerviile, Boise county, Idaho
Deciaratory statement No. 1880 for tbe
~ w; 4 n. w. 4 sec. "a, township 7 N
IL. Il. He names the following witness
es 10 prove his continuous residence nnor
ana cultivation of said land, viz: AleIa Yam
q a Danskin OF Boise City, Ada county
I'iai 2ohn NJ; Danskin of Boise Civ
loahoi Henry Carter of Placerville. Ro;so
county. Idaho; James Youren Of piaons
vile, Boise county, Idaho.
,,,,, f, JOHN Iada B. MILLER, Register
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFEICE AT Boz

LAND OFFICE AT BOISE City, IDAHO,
- July 5, 1889.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following-named settler has filed
nolice OF ms intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk OF the
District Court for Boise county, Idaho, at
Idaho City, on Tuesday, August Is, 1885
VIZ; Lorenzo Pinney, of Garden Valley
postotfice b Use county, Idaho declarato.
ry statement No 1915, for The N VIZ
N. W: a sec. 96, and NE. Il N. E. L
sec. -, township 10, N. r. 4 4. lie names
me following witnesses to prove his con.
linuous residence upon, and cultivation of
said land, viz: Thomas Seaman Froa
erick q. SERVER, John M Pourcet, Abra.
ham Sypher, all of Garden VALLEY postof
tice, Boise county, Idoho
JOHN I'm B. MILLER, Register.
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Ketchum the Final Terminus OF the
w. IL. Branch Of the o. n. Il.
Aetchum Keystone.

| Aetchum Keystone.
1t is now unqneslionably fact that
the railroad magnates propose to lay a
branch line from the Oregon Short
Line to intersect Wood River, for al
ready several miles of grading have
been completed on this branch and
most of the distance contracted for.
In fact, it 10 evident that the rails of
this branch will reach the timber line
Of Wood River before tie is laid on
The main limo westward from the Little
Wood River junction.
But few days must elapse before
the completion Of the road bed betw len
American Falls and the junction, when
the combined force of graders will
push the Branch toward Biz Wood
river, and The ties will not be far in
the rear.
We are informed by parties recent
ly from the scene of operations that
the force now employed on the Orc
gon Short Line reaches over 5000
men, and is being increased continu-
ally by parties Of from so to 200 men
and teams, from Iowa, Illinois, Colora
do and other Eastern points. 100 men
and 200 mules left Denver on Friday
aud another squad was to leave Pu.
eblo on the same day to join the gra-
ding force. Already over one half of
the distance between Ketc,um and
the Little Wood river junction has
been contracted for and gangs of gra-
lers are now employed within IS miles
Of this place.
Reckoning the operations of the
company for the next few months by
he rate Of progress during the last
three months, they will undoubtedly be
able to deliver goods in the Wood riv-
er valley before the winter season, and
can, if desirable, lay the rails to Ke;-
chum, the final terminus of the Wood
River Branch
Whether or not the road reaches
tie Wood river valley this fall, we
may confidently expect it's completion
10 X etchum next year. Even the res
ldents of the lower towns acknowl-
edge it to be foregone conclusion
that the rails will he laid to this place
al near date.
The 0. S. l.. Go have already secu-
red twelve bl, cks in Ketchum for de,
pot purposes and they have at all times
expressed determination to build to
this city.
From the fact that ketchum is des-
tined to be the smelling center OF
Wood River it is very evident that
she will receive railway connection in
order to allow of the transfer of the
ore OF the lower camps to the works
here, and to supply transportation for
the bullion output. Considering the
fact that ketchum is also the natural
center of this vast mineral belt; Is
within immediate access to Wood Riv.
er's forests and possesses other unsur.
passed natural advantages, is it an
irrational prophecy to say that this
lill be the final terminus of the Wood
River branch of the Oregon Short
Line?
o
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The East Oregonian says: The
railroad will soon enter Pendeton.
The last bridge is nov in course of
erection, which is about mile from
town.
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Sunset Cox says Of the River and

gamey document and will DO great
deal towards helping Arthur to secure
denomination"
The Cark's Fork division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad was opened
the other day for freight and passcn-
ger business to Noxton, 493 miles
east OF Portland.
About eighty per cent. tf the poor
mans blanket is tariff; the rest is
wool. AS it is only the wool that
keeps him warm, his cry should be for
less tariff and more wool.
There are 405 Cinnamon employed
on the Canada Pacific Railway work
in British Columbia, and that number
will be increased to 5000 this month
A cloud Of flies so swarmed about
the steeple of a church in Detroit the
other day as to produce the appear
ance Of smoke, and the fire engines
were called out.
j. A. Reed, an auctioneer of Peoria,
was horsewhipped on the street, il
presence Of FIVE hundred persons, by
Mrs. S. B. Hayes, for rejecting upon
her behaviour at revival meeting.
A paper named the Capital, pub
lished at WASHINGTON by the star route
ring. calls the witnesses for the pros
ecution in the cases on trial, liars and
pcrjurers.
A report from Matamoras, Texas,
saws there are over 400 cases Of yell
low fever in the city, and that its san
itary condition is frightfully bad. The
number of cases at Laredo is 100.
Governor I. r. Roberts is consider
lug the ACCESSIBILITY Of sending Texas,
rangers to the Rio Grande to aid Il
uuarantining against Matamoras and
other points in Mexico where yellow
fever is spreading.
There are rumors Of an impending
massacre of Christians by natives II
Egypt. Sir Charles Beresford has ia.
ken every precaution for the safety
and prompt suppression Of any out
break.
A special from New York says
Over q qnarter Of q million dollars
worth of property was destroy ed in
Southern New Jersey by the forest
fires. There has been great excite
ment and much hard fire fighting
The Railway Age has figures show
ing that the total construction of the
main line Of railroad for seven months
in the United States has been more
than 5000 miles. Should the proper.
ton hold good during the remainder
Of tho year, the total mileage built foI
1882 will be nearly $4,000, but it il
not likely to run over 10000 miles
although, as a rule, the heaviest work
is done during the latter months Of
the year.
On the vote on passing the River
and Harbor bill over the Presidents
veto many pairs were announced, but
the announcement was not accompa,
MED by the Clerk with a statement as
to tho way in which the paired mem
bers would have voted; but it was
stated on the floor that McCook Mar,
cy, Prescott aud Cassidy would have
voted in the negative, and Pacheco
Thomas, Russell, Frost, Martin, Gov.
ington, Muldrow, Hooker and Mooney
in the affirmative.
A report has been spread that the
horrible disease known as the pl ca
polouica has made its appearance il
London, brought over by the traders
in false hair from Poland The disease
is one of the most horrible kind, incu-
rable, and rendering its victim an OBJ
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S. G. SILsBY,
Chairman.

$1,000 per year can be easily made at
home working for e. G. Rideout & ca.
10 Barclay Street, New York. Send
for their catalogue and full particulars.
May l6, 'S2-ly.
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IsIDoR SMITH, Sec'y.