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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-20

LEE, FRIED b co.
Jobbers In cutlery. hardware and nails, stamped
and japanned tinware tin plate, sheet iron
etc.; agents fer Miami Powder Co.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-20

--.4. I. 9. HUNTINGDON L SON.
1ishsst maekst prices fer hidee -, 80.
- saIcw; dealers in leather ~ rs IN.
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q. A. ORCHARD.

Wholesale carpets. oil cloths. mattings. curtain
goods. etc: cor. 18th and Farnum streets.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-20

J. T, ROBINSON NOTION co.
wholesale notions, gents furnishing goods, over
ais, etc; 100 and l06 6oath 10th street.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-20

W. L. PARROTTE CO.
Jobbers Of hats, capa, and straw goods; manufsc-
turers Of gloves and mittens; 1l07 Har1ey ct.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-20

W. ]. BROATCH.
Iron, STEEL springs, heavy hardware, wagon stock.
hardwood lumber. etc. 1900 and 1911 Harvey st.
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u. h. 1L189, c. h. tBAACe.
BLISS lSAACS.
Importers and jobbers Of crockery, china, glass
ware, silver.plated ware, looking. glasses. chan
deliers. lamp chimneys, cutlery. ETC.; lA10
CarnUm 1t.
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G. H. Dewey, 4. l.. 0eone
DEWEY l. STONE.
Wholesale dealers In furniture; Fsrnum street.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-20

CHAS. #. GOODMAN.
Wholesale druggist; paints. oils, window glass and
miners supplies: largest Wholesale drug house
west Of Chicago; 1907, 1909. l0ll Jones ct.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-07-21

The Mexican editors were present.
ed to Gen. Grant at Mt. McGregor.
N. Y. Senior de Anda addressed the
General, saying they could not pass
SO near without paying their respects
to one who has done so much for his
country and for the promotion of good
feeling between the two Republics.
In response he wrote: "My great ir.
terest In Mexico dates back to the
war between the United States and
that country. My interest was in.
creased when European monarcbies
attempted to set up their institutions
on this continent, selecting Mexico. a
territory adjoining the United States
1t was an outrage on human RIGHTS
for foreign nation to attemnt to
transfer her institutions and her rulers
to the territory of civilized neo,lo
..l =, poopie
without their consent. They were
fearfully punished for their crime
| hope Mexico may soon begin an up
ward and prosperous departure. sh,
has all the conditions; she has tn,
people; she has the soil; she has tn,
climate, and she has the minerals
The conquest of Mexico will not h
an easy thing in the FUTURE
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-07-21
John Kelly.

VIM. A. Croffut says: In appear
ance John Kelly is not unlike Gen.
Grant, and he speaks in a slow voice
like Grant. ! hear that Grant and
Kelly have often been mistaken tor
one another on the street.
Kelly's parents were poor. lie
went to the public school; was en-
ployed for time as Office boy on the
New York Herald. He afterwards
learned the trade of mason and CRATE
setter, and made good deal OF mo-
ney in legitimate business. When
Tweed was at the elimination OF his
career Kelly was travelling in Europe,
where he spent year or two, ana
learned French and Getman, with his
wife as teacher; and he came home
to find an honest leader wanted. lie
completed the route OF the ring and
wheeled Tammany Hall into line to
lead the reform element. In 1876 he
became comptroller of the city OF
New York and reduced the city's debt
for the first time in its history. From
1850 to 1876 the debt of the city in
creased till it had reached the sum of
slI2,O0O,000. Kelly increased reve-
nues and reduced expenses, so as to
reduce the debt $12,000,O00 during
his term of service. AS lecturer
for charity he has brought 100000
to the cause. He is frank, straight
forward, downright speaker, and his
earnestness always interests his audi
ence.
The first Office Kelly held was al
derman, being elected as a reformer
Then he served one term in Congress
after which he served two terms as
sheriff. He is worth at least mill.
ion and receives more applications fol-
private charity than any other New
Yorker. He reads much and deeply
is acquainted with history, and is Sc
fond of Shakespeare that it is witt
great difficulty he can keep it out o
his speeches before Tammany. HI
is fond of the fathers. "Study thu
character and methods of Thomas
Jefferson" he once said, while speak
ing in the Fourth ward, "and pay les
attention to Pat Rooney"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-07-21
nru WASHINGTON LETTER
r From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 12, 1885.
A million and three-qnarters OF dol.
lars belonging to the whole people o.
the United States, is the sum ina. mas
been sunk in the attempt to hold an
international Exposition at New Or,
leans. The sum Of money obtained
from Congress in the first instance "a
million Of dollars) was gotten by the
most palpable and glarlng array OF
false pretenses that ever confronted
that body, and why, after this was
discovered, Congress should have vo-
ted another six hundred and nifty
thousand dollars, is past all compre,,
hension. The Exposition is dead
failure, but in the way OF contr'ou-
tons to the landlords and peanut
vendors cf the Crescent City, the
concern has met with phenomenal
success. ),
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has rendered a decision
lately in which is the emphatic avow-
al of his determination to put an END
to the fraudulent entries OF the pub
lie land throughout the country, so
far as the power Of accomplishing 1T
is vested in him. This declaration,
! in the face Of the tremendous intiu-
ences that have been and will contn-
ne to be brought to bear upon the 10,
cal offices, and indeed the General
Land Office itself in favor Of the rings
of land-grabbers, is an indication that
Mr.. Sparks means business in his fu-
ture dealings with these frauds and
will enforce the laws against all who
attempt to override or evade its pro-
visions, either as to the incipient step
of obtaining possession Of the public
lands or the ultimate occupancy OF it
IN securing the title to an absolute
patent.
The Senate committee which is
junketing through the country under
the name of the Inter State Com
merce Commission, has already dis
covered that barrel Of -four can be
transported from Minneapolis, Mimi,
to New York City for one-ffth Of the
present freight charges, and then
leave good margin for profit to the
railroads. Now if the aforesaid COM
mission will discover a way to make
the railroads carry barrel of -four
for oneffth Of the present rates, then
the Inter State Commerce Commits
sion will not have junketed in vain.
The national capital has one hum
dred and eighty churches, but it is
entirely safe to declare that one-half
of that number would be sufficient to
accommodate the regular attendants
upon divine worship, even when Con-
gress is in session.
In the contrariety of opinion ex-
pressed by experts called as witness
es in the investigation of Architect
Clarke Of the Capitol, it is exceed
: ingly difficult for the average layman
) to arrive at any ineligible conclus-
ion whether the work on the terraces
is botch job or piece of unexcell-
ed workmanship. But there is one
thing that the witnesses on both sides
agree upon, and that is that the Gov.
eminent, as usual, has been fearfully
r swindled in the character of the stone
= and other material furnished by the
contractors. PHoNo.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-07-21

The most daring and adroitly exc
cuted robbery that has taken place in
Chicago for many years was commit
ted at so Eldridge court, the resi-
dence of Thos. Smith, head draughts-
man OF the Dearborn foundry. Mr..
Smith is in receipt of good salary,
and it has been his practice for some
time past to lntrust large portion of
his earnings with his wife. Mrs
Smith is stout lady about 26 years
old. When her husband left for work
after dinner she was left alone in their
apartments on the first floor. A ring
at the bell brought Mrs. Smith TO the
front door. Two men dressed as me-
ohanics were standing there. They
introduced themselves as plumbers
sent by the landlord. Mrs. Smith,
unspioious, led the way to the kitchen.
She stood by the door as the first one
entered, and waiting moment, turn
ed to let the second man pass. As she
turned he struck her a blow with his
fist, which caused her to fall on he,
knees. Before she had time to raise
herself her assailant's fingers were
fastened on her neck. Then the 9th.
er man drew long rope from a sack
he carried and bound her feet ape
hands, and towel was drawn tirhtl,
across her mouth and both ends tie,
/ together back of her head. The rob
bers then opened the bosom of Mrs
Smiths dress and got hold of wal
let containing $1,000. Suddenly tn
door bell rang, and one of the fellow
coolly answered the summons. MI
Timmony and wife, friends of tn
Smiths, had stopped to make cal
While one Of the robbers held Mr.
Smith on the floor with his hand pre-,
sed over her mouth to prevent HI
stirring or making sound, the 9th,
informed the callers that Mrs. Smi
was i'll and unable to see any visitor
Then he closed and lacked the doc
/ The robbers threate0ed TO kill MI
Smith, but did not carry their threa
into execution.
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P !: 8: +
bour Thu either sex, succeed from 49, ~
workers. absolutely sure. At nnoo opens before til.
o., Asusta, Maine. oAoo address TRUE 4
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-07-21

The ChlneSe heStTlceioH Ait ~
before the Dominion Parliament has
been amended by the Government
providing that so far as it applied 70
Chinese coming from the United
States it shall go into effect one
month after it has received the assent
Of the General Government, while as
applied to Chinese immigrants coming
direct from China, it shall not go into
effect until January. The bill provides
a tax of $50 on all Chinese landing IN
Canada except Government represen-
tatives, tourists, merchants, students
and men Of science, all of whom are
exempt from its provisions, while not
more than one to every fifty tons OF
vessel in which they arrive can be
landed. Shakespeare, member OF
Parliament represented that the
British Government would, If request
ed by the United States, prevent Cm-
nese leaving Hongkong for that coun-
try, as it is understood they will now
endeavor to do in the case OF those
immigrating to Canada.
There is disposition on the part
of Cabinet officers to discontinue the
allowance of sick leaves under pay
to employees in the Departments. The
impression prevails that serious abus-
es have grown up in connection with
the allowance of such leaves, and it
is believed the system should be re-
arranged so as to enable distribu-
ton among worthy employees, who are
working extra hours in addition to
rendering steady service throughout
the year, Of the money that is now
paid out during sick leaves to that
class Of employees who lose many days,
sometimes exceeding $50 in each year
from alleged disability. 1t is proba-
BILE these views may take practical
shape in general order governing
the allowance of leaves in all execu.
tive Departments.
Letters from China comment or
the present remarkable inactivity o
the British manufacturers Of railway
material, compared to the enterprise
of the Germans in the same line o
business. German manufacturers, til,
letter states, have been dispatchins
agents all over China, with models
and patterns, to search for orders
The Teutons are calculating on secur
ing much trade from the vast system
of internal improvements being inau
gurated in China, which is preparin!
to float series of loans for the pur
pose of opening up the country t.
steam communication.
Specials say that terrific wind AM
rain storm visited the western an,
southern sections of Wisconsin re
Gently. In some places the storn
took the shape of a cyclone, destroy
ing everything in its path. Crop
suffered most, and whole fields wer
destroyed. Several churches wer
badly damaged. Fourteen cars a
the st. Paul depot were blown fror
the track, and several derailed at tn
Northwestern depot. Trains hav
been delayed by these accidents.
The trouble in the City of Mcxic
over the settlement of the Englis
debt continues. Additional arrest
of students and opposition editor
have been made, streets are patrolle
at night by troops and the cavalr
regiments have their. horses read
saddled day and night. 1t is report
ed that ex-President Gonzales has re
turned to the city.
Travellers from the East report tina
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.


Reports from the colleges that have
opened their fall terms indicate that the
freshmen are above the average IN physical
strength. That Is the opinion. at least, of
the professor of athletics at Harvard.
and he looks for an exceptional year in
sports.
An amusing blunder was recently made
by the wife of a prominent citizen of
We>tfeld in sending out invitation, to a
fashionable reception for this week
says the Springfield R"pUMjc00 BY an
nadNertence some fifty of the envelopes
Were sealed and mailed containing moth
ing more than the usual "in~ide" en-
vclope, The mistake was not discovered
TIL nearly all the invitations had been
sent out, so there is no little confusion in
discovering which of the intended guests
drew blanks.
The Rev. Sam Jones owns a hundred dol
lar meerchaum pipe, one of the handsomest
imaginable 1t is an immense affair, with a
stem nearly three feet long and a big
mouthpiece of amber. The design of the
pipe is bear sitting on his launches. His
eyes are rubies, and sheathed alongside
the stem is silver sword used for clean
ing the pipe. The pipe hangs in the par
lOr of the preachers house as an ornament.
1t was given to him by a cousin of Presi-
dent Lincoln. a company of preachers
Ncie lSCcHtlS IollNtlulllHS SllOhlHS III ulS
presence. The Rev. sam pulled a puff
from short-stemmed pipe and observed
when tobacco is up for discussion, |
have nothing to say
y confession upon cribbing in colleges
has revealed dark and devious ways in
education. One man is said to squeeze
through tight place by writing memo
randa on his polished boots and rubbing
chalk into the marks. Trade dollars,
smoothed on one side and inscribed with
memoranda, aid the cribber. Another
method is Il paper in the sleeve, kept out
of sight by an elastic and drawn forward
when needed. Writing on sleeve cuffs
has fallen into disuse But the happiest
invention of all is series of pockets all
the way down the trousers legs, in which
may be slowed away the greater part OF
text book.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The Rev Robert Collyer has always
seemed TO us to be IA man of much sound
sense, clear judgment and remarkable
freedom from prejudice, certainly SO on all
but doctrlnal subjects. But some recent
utterances of his in sermon comparing
the country man and the city man, have a
little shaken our faith in the judgment, if
not IN the righteousness. of the BLACK
smith preacher"
Mr.. Collyer said "The type of man
hood is in the city, the stereotype in the
to dwell on the meanness instead of the
nobleness of man, if you want to find low
and shallow judgments of fellowmen, of
abundant malice and no charity, of cark-
ing care and self-consuming jealousy.
The best men come to the cities to make
abe best OF themselves Mr. COllyer
would hardly have said this to IA country
audience. He was talking to large
and fashionable audience in one of
principal churches of New York city. lie
was, undoubtedly, conscious that he was
playing the role of IA popular preacher
expected to say things pleasant as well as
true, suited to the place as well rs the
heme. Accordingly he who has SO often
moved the lyceum audiences of the land
almost to tears with his beautiful and pa
thetc pictures of country home life,
stands up before his city hearers and says
to them "Nou are the only true
types of manhood, All this talk
about the superiority of country life to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

develop character and power in man
Is bosh and sham. Go to the country if
you want to experience the mcanness in
stead of the noblcness of man" WHY
didn't Mr.. Collyer work some of this doe
trinc into his popular lecture, "From the
Anvil to the Pulpit ?" Why didn't he
picture that pious, virtuous, happy char
acter-forming home beside the village
forge as place full of meanness, jealousy.
abundant malice, lack of charity, shallow
Judgment carking care Because he was
not then meeting the supposed demands of
Il special occasion. When he wrote that
lecture he was describing things just as
they were he was looking at the pictures
ON the walls of memory, not devsng
pleasant sentiments to tickle the ears of
an eNacting audience. We do not believe
Mr.. COllyer meant exactly what he said,
in speaking so harshly of the circum-
stances of life under which he was reared
and which, undoubtedly, helped to make
him the strong, manly, Independent man
which he really is.
But what measure of truth is there in
what he says of the country man as com
pared with the city man? How about
this type and stereotype illustration Is
character really formed in the city and
only initiated in the country? 1t seems
to us that the reverse is true If it were
not for the constant influx of young men.
reared in Christian country homes, equip
ped for LIES struggle in country schools
and colleges sent forth by Christian
mothers and fathers with pledges of lidel-
ity and virtue upon their lips, would the
bone and sinew of the population of our
great cities be what it is How as Il
class do the young men born and
reared in the cities compare with those
whom the country sends year by year, to
take up and carry on the great interests
centering in these maelstroms of industry
and activity? There are fine specimens
of manhood bred in the cities but. as a
class the young men of the country farms
and villages, do not suffer by comparison
with their city cousins. But, says Mr.
Collyer, the best men come to the cities to
make the best of themselves. True and
to say this is to annihilate the former
statement, that the country man is the
stereotype of the city man. The best can
not be the stereotype of the inferior type
AS to the traits which Mr. Collyer as
cribes to the country man-meanness.
shallow judgment, abundant malice, lack
of charity, carking care, self consuming
jealousy, how did the genial preacher es-
cape them all How have so many coun-
try boys escaped them all ? 1t would be
easy to make IL list of one hundred lead
ing men in this country to-day, and show
that ninety per cent Of them are country
II
to match such Il list, from the dollhouse
products of the great cities The city is
good place in which TO test character, but
not so good a place to form it in. There are
serious drawbacks upon country life and
defects of character among country peO-
pie: they do not have Il monopoly of such
defects, nor The city men of I'LL the eNcellcu-
ces. Mr. Collyer will have to back down
in his accusations. He is himself living
contradiction Of them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
The Warner silver Bill

Mr.. Warner calls his silver bill, the full
text Of which was recently given to the
public, Il compromise" We fail to see
in what sense it can be so considered. 1t
is, in reality, scheme for deludng the
public. The bill proposes in effect that
the product of the silver mines be con
verified into paper money, which shall be
legal tender for the payment of all obi
cations of the government not specifically
payable in coin, while for the better class
of debts the coinage and use of silver
standard dollars shall still be maintained.
1t embodies about every Objectionable
feature which now attends the compulsory
coinage Of silver, and introduces others
still more offensive Its effect would be
to Immediately put the finances of the
country upon Il silver basis. The main re-
suit would be an immense imitation of the
currency gold at II premium and driven
ont of circulation, and the virtual control
OF our entire financial system given over
into the hands of the bonanza silver men.
The only possible advantage which could
come to the people from the passage of
this bill would be the greater convenience
of carrying paper pledge for silver
Mr.. Warmers bill would compel the
government to buy all the silver the
bonanza men could place on the market,
at the current market rate. and
to convert it at once into paper money at
that rate, making the government respon-
sible for the paper currency estab-
lished upon this mercurial founda-
ton. \ change in the value of silver
is not to affect the legal value of the certi-
ficates or paper currency based upon it.
That is to be guaranteed by the govern
ment so that, if the value of silver bullion
declines fifty per cent, the silver certificate
maintains its face value at the expense of
the government, which is virtually obliged
to sell the silver dollar for fifty cents and
then redeem it at one hundred cents The
adoption of any such scheme would be The
most suicidal policy imaginable. The
idea of establishing Il paper currency on
silver basis is like the old geographical
notion of the world resting on a turtles
back. The turtle supports the world but
what is to support the turtle The attempt
to base our currency upon IA substance
as shifting and unsafe as silver, would be
inevitable disaster, and would not succeed
in the end. While gold is the basis of the
currency Of the world outside of the
nitrd states, we cannot prevent it from
being the ultimate standard here. Why
experiment any further in lines which eX-
pcrlence and common sense show to be
.alIa-ious 1t iSworse than useless to try
. build Il structure intended to be perma-
uent upon an unstable foundation, simply
to utilize the foundation. We perhaps are
unfortunate in having 50 many rich silver
mines IN This country, since, like the old
Mua.uu in lac Suuc, We "don't know what
go do with ih"ir surplus product. one
THING. however, is certain it will never
so to sa.l- it all upon the National treas
U.y. Il already has all the silver it can
-tlggcr under