Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-08-14


The homogeneous thing about it will he
the fact that so many expert telegraph
ers cannot get the dispatches.
Almost every week there is Il seizure
of "dnciored" teas in New York or
Boston, but If this government ever
heard Of the chaps who mix peas,
beans and coffee together it must have
forgotten ,hcm..- Detroit Free Press.
A Hot Springs, Ark, special says:
A sheriff's posse had a fight with a
band of outlaws, who amhnscaded
them in the mountains in Berry county.
Two IF tile posse were killed and one
wounded, and the outlaws escaped un-
injured.
A circular has been issued from the
Office of the Third Assistant P, ,stmas-
ter General, officially notifying post
masters throughout the United States
Of the reduction in postage rates to
take effect the lst of October, and di-
recting them to make preparations for
It,
Assay authorities give the relative
value of various dollars as follows:
The American trade dollar contan Of
silver 400 grains, the Spanish and
Mexican dollar All 1917 grains, the
Japanese yen 4l6 grains, aud our
standard dollar 4l2a grains. Silver
bullion is worth so Lie pence per
ounce, making the silver value of the
trade dollar SO SO loo cents and the
standard dollar "a 93.l00 cents.
A man who was cutting turf on
Monjoy Hill, Portland, Maine, few
days ago, turned np will, his spade "A
metal bar which, except for glsten-
ing point where the spade struck it,
looked like iron. The suspicious CLEAN
caught his eye and induced him to car,
~ the bar t., an assayer, who pro.
nounced it fine gold and estimated its
value at at $500. The discovere,
cpnjectures that the ingot was buriet
in the early days of the colony, either
by some official to prevent its capture
or by some Freebooter who had helped
to plumber SPANS treasure. ship
The American duel, as it is calico
in Germany, in which lots are draw
to decide which of the parties shall
shoot himself, is decidedly more pop
ular there than il ever was in the ives
tern half Of the world. The absout.
certainty of its being fatal to one o
the parties seems to invest it with 6
horrible fascination for some Teutoni,
minds. A recent victim of this meth
cd of lighting was Dr. Friedrich, al
able and popular surgeon in the Ger
man navy. On the night of June | 2
while on board the ironclad frigat,
Deutschland, he drove a bullet through
his brain, in fullilmcnt Of his pledg,
as duelst on the American plan"
\ Washington dispatch states tina
the report Of the mineral products o
the United States is now in press, ant
will shortly be published. From ad
vance proofs, the following totals o
the productions of the more importan
mineral substances for the first 81,
months of 1888 are taken: The esti
mated prodnc. of gold is $l6,250 OOn
at silver, $l2, $40, 900, the rate of pro
ducton bein assumed to be the same
as 10 1882; copper, $4,000 pounds
worth at the average price in New
York ID 60 per pound, S., 600. 900; lead
estimated at 10000. worth 800 per ton
$4,000. 900; zinc estimated at $1,000
net tons, worth on an average value
4 : cents per pound in New York
sl,695. 900; quicksilver, 22.745 TASKS
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