Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-16
HERE AND THERE.

A prize drill has been arranged be-
tween military company of Austin,
Texas, and broom battalion of Young
women, except that no agreement can
be reached as to what sex the Judges
shall belong to.
The Lord Chamberlain, in view of
the fact that heavy opera glass fall
ing from hight on a human skull
may seriously damage the latter, has
ordered small ornamental gilt wire
netting to be placed upon the small
arm rests of the boxes Of the London
theaters.
The Equine Paradox is a show of
trained horses, and one Of their useful
accomplishments was to walk up and
down the stairways Of the halls in
which they We're exhibited; but three
pairs of stairs were too much for them
at Troy, and several became disabled.
The Chief Justice of one of the
West India islands, of good name and
family, highly connected at home, and
well known in London circles, has
just married his black cook. The
alliance has caused much surprise in
the colony, and some admiration
among the Judges friends, who vaunt
his courage.
A wealthy old English farmer says
that he has always selected his farm
hands after putting them through a
whistling exercise. lie never knew
whstling laborer find fault with bed
or board, complain of extra work, or
be unkind to children or cattle. He
is thoughtful, lighthearted, economi-
cal, and goodnatured.
Parker, California murderer, tried
to elude capture in the foot hills of
the Sierras, but, driven by thirst, de-
scended into one Of the canons in
search Of water. Here he lost his
way, and was unable to get out until
almost starved to death and delirious
with suffering. When his pursuer
finally laid hand upon him the ending
of his futile efforts to escape was re-
lief rather than cause of regret, and
he gladly went along with them t.
the JAN at 0nlco.
Mr.. Gladstone has been improving
the recess by taking a trip down the
Channel in Lord Wolverton's steam
yacht, the Palatine. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Gladstone and other
members of the family. On Sunday,
Aug. 20, the party landed at Portland
and visited the convict prison that
furnishes such sensational scenes in
the play of "The Black Flag
Reembarking, the voyage was con-
tinued around Lands End and up the
Welsh coast as far as Milford Haven.
The British Postmaster-G eneral has
lately discovered that three years
contract for clothing for Postoffice
employees has been in operation ten
years, though in that time prices have
been considerably lower in the market
for the kind of goods supplied. The
business has now been transferred to
the clothing department of the War
Office; but it is estimated that the
cost to the country Of the contract
which should have expired seven years
ago is something like 100000.
1t has for some time been known
that green is not the national color of
Ireland, and now it appears that she
owes the harp in her arms to Henry
VIII, though it was not "officially
marshalled in the royal achievement"
until the time of James l., on which
occasion the Earl of Northampton,
then Deputy Earl Marshal, observed
s'that for the adoption Of the harp the
best reason he could give was that
it resembled Ireland, it being an in
strument that it requires no more cost
to keep in tune than it is worth"
The reports of wonderful manifes-
tations in the Franciscan Church at
Athlone, Ireland, have been repeated.
; The edifce is crowded day and night,
and hundreds Of deaf and dumb, blind
:. and lame persons have visited the
church. It is said that respectable
woman, who had been lame for years
and who entered the church by aid O
a walking chair, was able to walk
away without chair or assistance. The
clergy in charge keep the statue O.
the Virgin yelled during the day. The
e veil is removed in the evening, a
which time the eyes, lips, and arm:
have, it is declared, been seen by diff
ferent individuals to move.
The widow Closer was So wher
she married Chrisman, and he was ex
actly half that age. 1t is hardly nee
y essary, however, to add that the fine
: farm on which they went to live a
Anderson, Indiana, belonged to her
and that her young husband hadn't !;
dollar that wasn't provided by her
During four years she gave him coli
;. freely, and he spent it SO riotously
: that, when she finally decided to b.
l. Al