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The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23

LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IpAEo

LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAHO
December 10, 1888.
/, Frank r. Gooding Of Ketchum, Idaho, who
made Homestead Entry No. 3 for the S. L. 4 of n
w. 4 IL Lots ., 3 and 4, Sec. Il I N. r. Is 4, do
hereby give notice OF my intention to commute
said Homestead to cash and to make final proof
to establish my claim TO the land above des-
cribed, and that expect to prove my residence
and cultivation before the Register and Receiver
at Haley, Idaho, on the 4th day of February,
1884, by two of the following witnesses:
VIM. HyndInan, of Ketchum, Idaho;
Frederick w. Gooding, of ketchum, Idaho,
George p Hodson, of ketchum Idaho,
Lee Vader, of Ketchum, Idaho.
FRANK r. COOLING,
tClaimantJ
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho, Dec. %, 1888
Notice of the above application viii be pub
hshed in the kETCHBM KEYSTONE, newspaper
printed at Ketchum, Idaho, which hereby des-
ignate as the newspaper published nearest The
land described in said application.
HOMER L. POUND,
Dec22l Register.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Led Astray.

The excellent drama was presented TO
a good house by the Holland Company
last Saturday evening. 1t was well
rendered and all who listened to it left
the theater more thoughtful than they
entered. The Holland company are the
best we have listened to on Wood River,
the members show themselves to be
ladies and gentlemen, and should they
ever revisit us will, among all others, be
the centre of attraction.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Ye Who Have Homes

Or hope to have, look well that ye
man a home is almost myth, and yet
Unborn in every mans heart, no matter
what his habit, there rests longing for
q local habitation and q name, and to the
he or she who has the blessings, we say,
throw every safeguard round the home
circle that ingenuity can devise, spare
no care that thought can give.
There is no one thing taken into our
homes SO dangerous as the ordinary re-
fined petroleum of commerce; hence,
the man who does not nse care in buy
ing his supply of coal I'll is grossly neg
lecting to provide for tlie safety Of his
family. Elaine coal oil is absolutely
safe. The fire underwriters Of the
United States rate it safe as gas To
test it, fill the bowl Of an ordinary lamp
with it, and after lighting the lamp I'M
screw the burner and set fire to the
wick at the lower end, and gradually
immense it in the bowl Of the lamp. In
stead of the Elaine igniting, as would be
the case with ordinary oils, 1t will ex-
tinguish the flame ON the wick as it en-
ters the oil. Then screw the burner
tight ON the lamp, lift it and carry it as
very careless person or child would
sideways or upside down, aud it will
invariably go out, or upset it by acct
dent and the same result will be accom-
plished.
We beg to offer an apology for having
taken SO much Of your time, but having
| just received car load of Elaine, and
believing that if you will investigate the
matter no other oil viii find its way in
I to your homes, and that result make Us
public benefactors. We have presumed
You will always find somebody in, al
ways glad to see you COFFIN BROS.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Probably Frozen.

Joe Johnson left this place Monday
last for the Nettie Moore Mine, on Warm
Spring creek, and has not not been seen
since. Jas. Moore and several others
left town at IL o'clock this morning to
search for him.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23

LRAvEs FOR
Post Office Hours.

The Ketchum Postoffice is open from
"a. M. to P. M. every day. No Money
Order or Registry business on Sundays,
or week days after p n
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Divine Services.

Rev. A. Thompson, of Bellevue, will
hold divine services in Union Church at
7 o'clock this evening A cordial invi-
tation is extended the public to attend.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Boarding.

Mrs DR.. Richie having secured the
services of a competent house keeper,
will take q few gentlemen to board, in
the building at the rear of Union Church.
which has been comfortably fitted up
for the purpose. If
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Patches Repaired.

Parties residing in the vicinity of
Ketchum can leave their orders for
watch repairing, &c, with Billy Ste
vens, at Pinkham & Lewis store.
Z. Fl. HENDRICK.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23

Mrs. P. Sickles has kindly presented
the Union Sabbath School with over
hundred volumes of books. This is
great help to the library, and the gift is
highly appreciated by all Sabbath School
going people. ress m
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Singers Sewing Machines.

We are prepared to sell machines for
cash or on time. Call and examine our
latest improved Singer machines.
Dee12tD GILLETTE & EVANS.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
Alturas Literary Society.


The programme for the next meeting:
Song Mrs. McLennan and Mrs Steele
Mr.. James Fitzsimmons, R. r.
Warren.
Recitation, ... Miss Emma Reid
Saleet Leading Alrss- Newton
Diaiogua--aaI ton, 4AlEs- Steele aud.
Georgs-Easiey.
ha0A&11n, ...a......... MES-aSt
Song-Mrs. McLennan. Mrs. Steele, JAS
Fitzsimmons and R. r. Warren
Aiass AoFa 6siaxE
Reading. E. w Jones
} Isa11aesse, Hurry Hill and seyen. others
Raai . t is Dara- l..larF
.JaArnaAst, Miss Dora Gleayy
Question for debate: Resolved, '.That
Free Trade is more conducive to the in
terests OF the United States than a Pro-
tective Tariff Mr.. Newton, leader on
the affirmative, assisted by Harry Hill
and Rev. G. Richie; R. r. Warren, on
the negative, assisted by A. S. Abbott
and e. w. Jones.
Critics Report.
During the business meeting imme-
diately after the exercises propositions
for membership will be received.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23

-Four horses, instead of two, are now
used on the stages between here and
Galena.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
A Tragedy on Snake River.

A few days ago, Elgin, newly locat-
ed town on Snake River, Idaho, was the
scene ola terrible tragedy, the particn-
lars of which are given by the Ogden
Pilot, as follows: A newly married
couple, but two hours joined in we'd
lock, were sitting together in the house
of the brides parents, enjoying the So
ciety of friends, when ten-year old
brother of the bride came up with a
small pistol, which he had taken from q
trunk, and thought to play ''scare" with
mis- sister by pointing the weapon to-
ward her, but in the foolish game the
pistol was discharged, the ball entering
the forehead OF his brother-in- law in
front and a little above his right temple,
producing immediate death. The JUS
tiee of the Peace summoned d Jury.
which found verdict of accidental
death. according to the facts
stated. The overwhelming grief into
which the young wife was SO suddenly
plunged can not be described. The
young mans name was Thomas G. Par
ker, and his wife wrs a Mis- Smith, both
of whom were esteemed by the entire
community Miner
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23
ForSale.

A second band sewing Machine Vic
tor" at Lewis 4 Sons drug store.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-01-23

Mayor Edison, OF New York, has re
ceived check for $500 from George
Washington Childs, of the Philadelphia
Ledger, as a donation o the Petel
Cooper memorial fund.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

De. MCCLELLAN, Inspector of High
Schools in Ontario, in paper on nor
NAL school instructions in the United
States, says: "The Americans are a
progressive people; their inventive
genius has become proverbial, but they
have never been able to discover roy
al road to learning, nor means of an
Initiating time as necessary condition
in producing culture. They have not
in any state, I believe, devised a means
of giving all the teachers of the public
schools fair measure of professional
training, SO that many teachers are to
be found with little scholarship, and
with little skill in teaching. But the
teachers whom they do educate and
train professionally in general, do credit
to their training and are worthy of their
calling. This is due to the fact that they
consider long course of literary and
professional training indispensable to
the preparation of really efficient teach
ers !"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
The Cholera In Moscow i'm 1888.

The Moscow Gazette lately repub~
ished copy of curious little news
paper which appeared at the instance of
the government when the cholera first
ravaged that city IN 1888. The object was
to nip in the bud false and exaggerated
rumors-for a notion began to prevail
that people were being poisoned-and
to disseminate correct modes of treat
ment. The city was divided sanitarily
into twenty districts, and cholera hos
pitfalls established in each. Volunteer
inspectors, selected from the leading
citizens, visited each district and or
dered all that was needful. Many of
the finest houses were given up by their
owners for convalescent patients. Six
detachments of cavalry maintained a
sanitary Gordon, and prevented ingress
or egress. Provisions were brought
from the country and deposited at ap-
pointed spots, and the people then OBJ
tanned, under official surveillance, what
they needed. A death not reported
exposed all in the house to long quar-
antine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Scotch Marriages.
[From london Trnth


Fearful and wonderful are the vaga-
ries of the Scotch marriage law. From
time out of mind it has been considered
legal for people to marry merely by
making declaration in the presence of
witnesses. But by a statute of Charles
IL, which is about as obsolete as the
Lords day act, such marriages were for
hidden and declared punishable. Last
week a couple were brought mp at the
Edinburg police court for having con-
travened this statute by declaring them
selves husband and wife before wit
nesses. They pleaded guilty and were
fined shilling each. Oddly enough,
however, the conviction itself becomes
legal celebration of the marriage, and
the document recording it is certificate
of marriage which can be produced in
case of necessity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

Nor without great interest will the
progress of negotiations for an advan-
tageous commercial treaty between
Canada and Spain be followed in this
country. At a time when the reel
procity treaty with Mexico is hanging
useless in mid-air, when our trade re-
lations with Spain and her West In
dian colonies are the subject of much
thought, and when the true policy of
the government is undoubtedly to en-
courage our commercial activity in
southern waters, it is of special moment
that Great Britain is, both for herself
and Canada, taking the most active
step to gain commercial concessions in
the same localities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Sympathizing with Poor Old Vanderbilt.
(Bill Nye.]

(Bill Nye.l
I learn with much sadness that Mr..
William 81. Vanderbi1t's once princely
fortune has shriveled down to $780,
100000. This piece of information
comes to me like clap of thunder out
of clear sky. Once petted, fondled
and caressed, William H. Vanderbilt,
shorn of his wealth, and resting upon
no foundation but his sterling integrity,
must struggle along with the rest of us.
In conclusion, I do not know
what to say, unless it be to appeal to
the newspaper men of the country in
Mr.. Vanderbilt's behalf. While he was
wealthy he was proud and arrogant.
He said "Let the newspapers be blank
ETY. blanked to blank" or words to that
effect, but we do not care for that. Let
us forget all that and remember that his
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

A YANKEE threatens to destroy the
tobacco interests, as appears from an
account of the invention of paper CT
gars, large quantities of which have
been imported into the Australian col
onies. They are described as being
such an exact imitation of the natural
leaf of the nicotiah herb, and to be so
well favored, that it takes magnifying
glass to detect the deception. Besides
this they burn well, and hold their
white ash firmly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

CONGRESS voted 100000 in order
to make fine display of the govern
ment exhibition at the Worlds Expo
sition next winter. The United States
has collection of interesting ami
mails and fossils exhibiting the char
acteristics of animals and plants now ex-
tinct. It has models of extinct volca-
noes, the Grand Canon of Colorado
Yosemite Valley and the National Park.
It has plans of the Comstock and other
great mines of the county. To describe
the specimens representing the life of
former ages, fishes, reptiles, gigantic
quadrupeds, now extinct, shell fish that
have lived il ancient geological periods,
would require large volume.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
An EmperOr's Clemency.
(Paris Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin.l

Here is pleasing incident in the ca
reer of Napoleon ILL.,, which took place
while be was with the camp at Bou-
logne in 1854:
On arriving at Boulogne, the en-
peror commissioned M. Ducos. the min
lister of the marine, to find out if there
still existed in that town any of the men
who had been concerned in his arrest
on the occasion of his Inflated expedi-
ton in 1910. Ducos discovered q
sailor who had thrown himself into the
sea to seize the prince, who was trying
to swim back to the vessel in which he
had come, the aforesaid sailor having
clutched the pretender by his hair;
then Ducos also discovered the
gendarme, then custom-house officer,
who, on the beach, had received the
vanquished prince from the hands of
the sailor and had taken him by the
collar. These two men were brought
to Ducos, who asked them if they were
really the persons that had been desig-
mated to him? The two poor devils re-
piled with much hesitation, that it was
they who had arrested the prince, and
Ducos ordered them to return the
next morning at 9 80. After an anx-
ious night they presented themselves
before the minister at exactly the ap-
pointed hour. Ducos conducted them
to the emperor, and the sailor was the
one first admitted to the imperial
presence. The emperor twisting his
long mustache, walked quickly up to
him and said: $50 it was you that in
1910 sprang into the sea and captured
me by Selling me by the hair?"
The Sailor-"Y Your majesty, IT,
The Emperor-"Look here, was it
you9 Yes or MOP"
The Sailor recovering his self-pos-
SESSION. swell, yes, your majesty; all
the others were firing at you, and you
might have been wounded and got
drowned, so jumped into the sea to
save your ife-it was I who saved
your ife.''
The emperor and the minister had
hard work to keep their faces straight
while listening to this embellished his
tory of an arrest changed to rescue.
well done, my good fellow" re-
piled the emperor; "here is the cross
that you won in doing your duty, and
here is 500 francs as souvenir from
me-"
Next came the gendarme-custom-
house officer, but his imagination was
less inventive than that of the sailor,
and suggested to him no such marvel
GUS transactions. He stammered and
hesitated some time, then, bravely MAX
ing up his mind, he replied:
ayes, sire, it was I. You were break
ing the laws. was on duty, and I ar
rested you"
The Emperor-"And that cross that
you wear-who gave it to you?"
The Gendarme-"S Sire, it was King
Louis Philippe"
The Emperor-"For having arrested
me?"
The Gendarme-"I am al old soldier
I had done good service-I but tell
the truth, sire, it was on the occasion
of your arrest that received it,"
The Emperor-"I am sorry for it, be.
cause I shall not have the pleasure of
giving it to you myself, since you have
already got it, but here is the military
medal taking off the one that he wore
himself and fastening it to the breast of
the gendarme's uniforml You are a
brave soldier"
And the gendarme received, as the
sailor had already done, gift of 500
francs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

John T. Peasants, editor of the
Petersburg, Va, Mail, was recently fined
SIS and imprisoned one minute for libel.
This is result of free form of gov
eminent. In Cuba, under Spanish rule,
it is related by one Ward that an editor
was imprisoned for II years without
either food or drink, when lucky
thought struck him: he opened the
window and got out. Let us thank our
stars we live in an enlightened era, and
that the day-star of human liberty
shines clear and bright in the setting
sun OF the nineteenth century.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

A GREAT many schemes to avoid the
payment of taxes on real estate and
personal property have failed through
the vigilance OF the law. A rich farm
er at Milton, Pa, last Saturday man
aged to elude the law very cleverly as
far as personal responsibility was con
cerned. When the tax-collector came
to his house the farmer became much
offended, betook himself to his barn and
hanged himself. Probably being man
of quick impulse and energetic action
he did not think that his property was
just as liable to tax assessment as though
he had not hanged himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Rough Weather on the Pacific.

Francisco from Guaymas on the 25tb, brought
news of disastrous storms on the coast of Low
er California. The steamer Estado de Sonora,
which left Mazathan September 90, with
nineteen passengers and crew of thirty eight,
is believed to be lost with all on board. The
steamer was a Mexican coaster of 700 tons,
owned by Don Jcquin Redo. She was insured
for 10000. The American schooner
Dora is also believed to be lost Another
storm occurred October 7, and continued three
days. Twenty houses at Cape st. Lucas were
destroyed, and great number of cattle killed.
Nine Mexican coasters were lost. Each had
from five to three persons on board, and all
persisted except one sailor and one boy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

where hard pine is used workingmen
say that steel nails are worth 80 per
cent. more than iron, aud contractors
who wish to do their work we'll are will
ing to pay an additional price for them.
The iron nail cannot compete with the
steel in the South, where hard southern
pine is used, and it cannot be long ere
this new industry will assume magni-
tude hitherto undreamed of. We are
passing out of the iron age into the steel
age,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
HerOism at q Fire.

On the 29th fire broke out in the building on
corner of La Sale and Michigan Streets, Chi
cago, which almost totally destroyed it. The
top story was occupied by cigar mandatory
employing thirty-nine people. James Carr. the
foreman, gathered bis employees together and
all escaped. Going back to the shop to see if
all were safe. bis way was cut off by flame, and
in attempting to descend by a rope thrown him
by the fremen he lost his hold and fell to the
pavement. He was instantly killed. The pecun-
larry loss is estimated at $780, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

sad fate may some day be our own. In
our athaence let us not lose sight of the
TACT that Van is suffering. Let us pro-
cure place for him on some good
paper: His grammar and spelling are
little bit rickety, but he could begin as
lanitor and gradually work his way up.
Parties having clothing or funds which
they feel like giving may forward the
same to me at HUDSON, Wis, POSTPAID.
and if the clothes do not fit Van thew
may possibly fit me.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

THE steel nail is now receiving con-
siderable attention from manufacturers,
and it is believed by many of them that
it will eventually entirely supersede the
iron nail. Outsiders who do not depend
on nail making think that steel nails are
the best. Especially is this SO among
carpenters, builders and mechanics. In
oorlng and oh5r build ng operations
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

The largest locomotives ever built by
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company are now in process of con-
struction at the machine shops, Read
ing, Pa, The steel boilers and axles
rest on wheels that weigh 1, 900 pounds.
each axle weighing 1,05O pounds. The
engines will be used exclusively for the
coal-carrYing trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

A YOUNG woman entered a country
store in which drugs and books were
among the objects kept for sale. and in
quired: "Have you any choice extracts
from the works of George Eliot, or Jere-
nv Taylor, or Pascal, or Dean Stanley ?"
"Well, no num-" the proprietor replied !;
1T haint got any of them makes on hand
list at present, but I kin give you
Lubin's extracts in Almost any flavor"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Financial Embarrassment.

Weisz & Mol, dealers in agricultural nipple
menta, Sioux City, Ia, have assigned Liabili-
ties about 1926, 900. assets $4,000.
The United States contributed 231 to the fail
ures for the week ending on the 31st.
The Peoples Bank, at Canton, ILL.,, sus-
pended 90 the Doth with liabilities to the amount
of 100000.
s. Selig, wholesale milliner, San Francisco,
has made an assignment. Liabilities $4,000;
assets $40, 900.
The banking house of Ell. d. Cooke g. Co.
Washington, d. c., has closed its doors. The
lieved the embarrassed firm will in time pay It's
Indebtedness in full.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

The Paris Figaro says that one of
it's subscribers has received a letter
from M. Ferdinand de Lesseps in which
he says that he has just made con-
tract with company of New York for
the excavation of 100000 cubic
meters of earth at the rate of about
twenty-nine cents meter, and that the
work is to be finished in 1887.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Wilbur f. Storey Dead.

Times, died shortly after 10 o'clock on the night
of the 9th, at his residence in Chicago. He
had been sinking for several days, and had
been unconscious for nearly twenty-four hours
at the time of bis death. Two years ago he
had stroke OF paralysis, and since that time
he has been unable to attend to business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

HUMPING an English editor is about
the cheapest amusement there is for
Americans. Mr.. Rogers of Vermont,
who violently assaulted the editor of st.
Stephens Review, had his trial in Lon
don and was not fined at all, but only
bound over not to do it again. AS Mr..
Rogers had done it all he cared about,
he no doubt congratulated himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05

A COLONY of fifty settlers from Con-
necticut, under the patronage of P. T.
Barnum, have bought tract of land in
Barnes County, OAK, and will settle
there in the spring. Nothing seems to
effect permanently the Dakota "boom."
The growth of tae great territory, soon
to be great state, is something phe-
nomenal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Dynamite and Politics.

While Democratic torchlight procession was
in progress at Tomah, Wis, on the night of the
29th a number of dynamite cartridges, which
were being transported in a buggy, were ex-
poded by sparks from the torches. Lewis
Styles was instantly killed and Albert Hancock
mortally hurt. Windows were shattered for a
block or more on either side.