Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-06-20
Buffalo has got the base ball fever

falling out of asecond story window
without yelling "JudgmentW
In Vermont the functions of the chief
magistrate have been circumscribed,
until about the only thing "A Governor
can do is to proclaim fasts and thanks
givings and pardon criminals.
A list of agragrian outrages in lie
land for the past year is published by
the British government, but it is in
complete. 1t does not include the g.
AIS evictions of Irish families. Put
them down in your list Of outrages,
Mr.. Johnny Bull!
While preaching fcrvid1y at Lafay-
cite, Ind, the Rev. H. A. Buchtol sud-
denly dropped out Of sight behind the
desk. The congregation thought he
had been stricken by heart disease or
paralysis, and there was great hub
bub. But the pastor slowly arose, and
explained that he had inadvertently
thrown his weight on the weak knee.
which was dislocated by the strain.
Maj. Truax has patented a device
to be applied to the grain chutes on
Snake river. These chutes are wood
en- pipes several thousand feet long,
through which the grain slides down
the steep banks to steamboat landings.
The most ingenious part Of the patent
is wheel placed in the pipe, like a
water wheel which the force of the
sliding grain turns and gives power
TO cleaning apparatus at the hopper
OF the chute. Little chimneys are
placed in the chute at intervals
through which the dust rises and it
finally comes out as clean as possible,
all by automatic motion. - Washing
ington Democrat
A Portland military company was
about to visit Hartford. The Boston
and Maine Railroad agent offered to
carry them at half the regular rate.
The Eastern Railroad agent invited
them to ride for nothing, and the 9th
or promptly agreed to pay them 25
per cent. Of the ordinary fare if they
would ride with him. The latter terms
were accepted. AT the last moment a
dispatch was received from the Boston
and Maine President repudiating the
bargain. The company therefore made
the trip over the Eastern, on full fares,
aud will sue the Boston and Maine for
breach of contract.
The head of a Chicago firm dealing
IN gambling implements is a woman.
She showed an enquirer brace"
dealing box for faro, so made that two
cards could be slid ont through the
silt at once, and said she sold more of
them than of the honest boxes. The
faro games in the big cities are often
square" she added, "but in smaller
towns the dealer generally goes for
all the money in sight" She also
showed devices for cheating at poker,
one consisting Of small clip for hold.
ing concealed cards under the coat
bnt they were all unavailable in the
hands of novice, considerable skill
N handling cards being requisite to
their use without being easily detected
Speaking of the lynching of Aldney
Neil tue Walla Walla Union says:
" History has recorded few more shock.
Ing and barberous scenes than the one
enacted last Monday near Rockford in
Spokane county, when twenty men,
armed and masked, surrounded de-
fenseless prisoner end hurried him off
10 death. The murdered man was
named A. Neil and the crimes for
which he answered with his life are
summed up IN the charge of larceny, a