Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-02-15
HERE AND THERE.


Legislature offered a resolution-and
meant no sarcasm byit-that diction
ary be purchased with public money
for every member.
Hans Won Bulow, the pianist and
composer, has been at deaths door,
but he is reported to be recovering,
and to have resumed work with his
orchestra in Meiningen.
A wealthy Californian, having only
one relative in the world, niece, en-
ployed five years in searching for her,
and at length found her at Burlington,
w., where she was employed in a
mill. She was at once transferred
from poverty to luxury.
A traveller in Greece tells the
Springfield Republican about a de-
hghtful beverage called salep, de-
coction from roots, sold in Creek
towns only early i'll the morning. The
vendors carry about their can of salep
with charcoal fire under it, some
glasses, and a can of water for rinsing
them; and the cost is cent a claas.
The introduction of a new extradi
ton law in Italy is looked forward to
with much interest. The most impor-
tant provision is that which declares
contaminated or attempted rcgicide to
be equal to common murder. This
will be combatted by those whose ten.
derness for human life stops short at
the life of kings.
The Conciergerie, where Prince
Napoleon is confined, has twice served
as prison for members of his family.
Prince Louis Napoleon, afterward
Emperor, was shut up there in 1910
when he was awaiting his trial before
the Chamber of Peers for his Boulogne
expedition; and Prince Pierre Bona
parte was detained there in 1870 after
his manslaughter of Victor Noir.
Missouri is about to spend $50, 900
III finding out about herself. She
suspects that she contains some of the
richest ores on earth, and a geologist
is to make thorough investigation.
Her soil is peculiarly rich, and has
commonly been regarded as decom-
position of limestone and sandstone:
but scientific analysis will now for
the first time determine the question.
The London Stock Exchange does
not have much respect for its aristo-
cratic members, and refuses to give
them their titles. When messenger
called for Lord Walter Campbell, the
porter regarded the mention of his title
as almost an insult to the democracy
OF the place. "Lord Walter Camp.
bell?" said he; 1--WE have got no lords
here" and then shouted, "Walter
Campbell is wanted"
The Rev. Andrew Faulkner did not
get into trouble through paying per-
sonal attention to Mrs. Smith at Gus
ter, Mich, but because he neglected
her. She was pious, but retiring, and
he overlooked her for months, while
asking all the other members of his
church in turn to lead the weekly
prayer meeting. Her husband com
planned, and, as that did gain her the
desired opportunity, he gave the pas
tor whipping-or tried to, though
the vigor of the defense made it un-
certain whether Mr.. Smith did not
get as much as he gave.
The latest Roman Catholic Dircc-
tory of Great Britain shows greater
strength, as possessed by the Church
in that country, than may be generally
to exist there. In England |
and Wales there arc /. Bishops and
2,ll2 priests, who exercise their sa.
cred functions in 1,lSS churches,
chapels and missions. In Scotland
there are six Bishops, SOC priests, and
295 Catholic temples. There are also
in England and Wales an Archbishop,
with two auxiliary Bishops and ii
and in Scotland two Arch.
bishops and four suil'ragans.
A visitor to the Zuni Indians saws
that some of the consequences of the
visit by the leading men of the tribe
to the East, last summer, have been
Pedro Pine, the oldest of
the tourists, has been telling such
stores Of his adventures and of the
marvels of the white mans ways, that
he has gained the reputation of being
the biggest liar in the nation. The
principal mischief is being caused by
the report that the plainest white
woman he saw in Washington is
than the prettiest Zuni
girl.