Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-23
HERE AND THERE.

Scltllce Ol aeTOStdllCS, anu OlllCcTS are
being trained to make balloon ascen-
sions.
The politics and politicians of north
ern New York have been mixed with
romance and put into a novel by Ed
itor w. A. Wilkins, OF the Whitehall
Times.
Great preparations are being made
at Assist, in Italy, to celebrate this
winter the seventh centenary of the
birth Of st. Francis, the founder of
the Franciscan order of monks.
As an act of grace, on the occasion
Of the sixth anniv >rsarv Of his acces-
sion to the throne, the Sultan of Tur-
key pardoned sixty-nine persons suf-
fering Imprisonment for various Of
ferses.
Does the weather change with the
moon? Sir William Thomson tells
the British Science Association that
there is no connection between the
two things, as far as he can discover,
and he has studied them.
Speaking recently at Norwich, Car
dinal Manning said that last year he
had the pleasure Of sitting next Gen.
Sir G. Wolseley at dinner in Lon
don, and observed that the General
was a strict total abstainer.
| Despite the unfavorable weather,
the number of visitors at Wiesbaden
in the latter half Of August is given
at about $4,000; at Baden Baden,
$4,000; at Carlsbad, 24,45O; the other
German watering places having a
score corresponding to their popu-
larltv.
Schoo! libraries are greatly on the
increase in France. In 1865 the num-
Der was only 1888, and in 1874, &c.
64S. There are now 25,9l3. This
does not include the teachers libraries
which number 2,34S, with an aggre-
gate of five hundred thousand volumes.
/ Is a city unGer obligations to pro-
tect its citizens from dalraac bv iirc :
That question is involved in Il suit
brought against Montreal by Mr.
Dion, sculptor, who lost an eye in
consequence of IL iir.. in house where
the law as to fire escapes had not beer
enforced.
| The fat men Of Connecticut are per
turbcd. The President of their asso-
citation chose a place which they dc
not like for their annual clambale
and they threaten to sue him, unless
he Yields, for return of the gold
headed cane which he carries as THEN
chief officer.
An insurance company to indem-
nifty public singers against the loss O
their voices is proposed in Paris, the
idea being to contract to support the
insured in a manner appropriate to
their position and the amount Of pre-
miums paid by them before thei
voices deserted them.
The best tricycle. exploit reported
thus far Is the recent ride of Mr.. A
Nixon, the honorary secretary of til,
London Tricycle. Club, from Johl
o Grout's to Lands End, a distance
; Of ! COZ miles, in little less than
fortnight, making an average ride Q
over seyentyone miles per day.
, During service in the cathcdra
at Ragusa some days ago the Off
, ciating priest, member Of the Societ
Of Jesuits, was stabbed to death by
girl whom he had betrayed She in
hicted five wounds. The congrega
ton poured amid wild exeitementint
the streets, and the girl was takcl
into custody.
The Rev. Mr.. Landsell, an Englis
: clergyman, who started several week
ago from St. Petersburg on mission
ary tour in Siberia, was arrested an
> taken back, the police having take
the Bibles he distributed for Nililis
: literature. After some considcrabl
difficulty, however, the reverend .ei
tieman freed himself.
i. Recently large shoals Of whales nay
been frequentlng the creeks and 5ay
III Tie Orkney Islands, on the SEQ
tish coast, but it has been found di
he iicult to capture any OF them. Fina
= ", however, in Seape Bay, while thel
were over goo whales swimming ahou
the boats succeeded in catching OF
, nineteen feet long.
y The Paris Figaro says that the e:
khedive's abode in Paris is that vel
v Chateau de la Terrasse, described |
Alphonse Daudet i'll his liking in E
: ele.' Ismail is 81, not tall, but stou
He wears his beard, and has way
observing everything while apparen
" looking at nothing. He kno,
}. French well, having been partially e
: ucated in Paris.
In Wales there are some very lit
parishes. \ few days since the Bis
op of St. Davids re-opened the pari