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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
An Incident Of Tragic Interest TO the
Travelling Public.

~'Ss~0 "~AsNs
1t becomes our painful duty to
chronicle the death of our esteemed
fellow citizen, Mr.. Thomas Collins,
who met his death at Shoshone on the
evenir z of December 20, 1884, under
the most distressing circumstances.
We take this opportunity to give ex.
preston to our feelings in regard to
the cold.blooded and heartIess man.
ncr of his sudden taking off. We
quote from all interesting letter from
our special correspondent at Shoshone
the following facts in relation to this
sad affair, to-wit:
On the arrival OF the train from
Wood River, which, by the way, ar
rives in Shoshone after dark, Mr.. Col.
Inns was accosted on the depot plat.
form by two welI-dressed and seem.
i"gly respectable young n en-, and at
their urgent solicitation Mr.. Collins
permitted himself to be steered off into
the country, under the impression that
his new found friends were taking
him to hotel. Arrived at the home
of these young men from the country,
Mr.. Collins was invited to partakc of
n repast which these desi ynine per-
sons were pleased TO- call a meal.
Poor Collins, i'll the guileless limo,
cenco OF his nature, accepted OF the
invitation, sat down to the festive
board, do he thought, to eat. But
alas! only to be found half an hour
later, dead at the table. This un-
Iookedfor aud sudden ending of so
promising life caused the most IN
tense excitement at Sho>hone. The
Coroner being notified Immediately
proceeded to hold an inquest, and the
startling evidence in the case devel-
oped the cruel fact that Mr.. Collins
had starved to death. Upon what
fragile thread our lives depend! Had
Mr.. Col!ins followed the example of
the Intelligent and wide-awake Wood
Riverites who nightly throng the
Oyster Bay Restaurant for \ Chicken
Supper, with Fresh Oysters, at the re-
markable price of Fifty Cents, instead
of wandering through snow and wind,
down dark alleys and side streets, far
ont into the country to view a cara
van.ary of curiosities.
We repeat, had Mr.. Collins fol-
lowed his Wood River friends to the
Oyster Bay, directly opposite and only
a minutes walk from the depot at
Shoshone, the chances are very strong
that We would not be called upon to
tell his sorrowing friends that kind,
genial, whole-souled Tom had starved
to death.
Mr.. Collins leaves an interesting
family of seven female girls, and this
being the oyster season the ladies will
be delighted to have YOU call and take
them to the Oyster Bay. d24m&th3w
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
Special School Tax.

The special school tax OF one-half of one per
cent upon the taxable prope rty OF HALEY School
District No. 7, levied by the Board Of Trustees Of
said District December s. 1884, is now due and pay
able. All taxes remaining unpaid thirty days from
the date of this notice will be declared delinquent
and per cent added thereto, t, be paid by such
delinquent taxpayers.
JOHN NJ. CANNADY,
Clerk of Board OF Trustees.
HALEY, Idaho, December %, 1884. d33taO
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05

HIM n for working people. Send 10 cent,
uLV II p stage, and we will mail you FREE, .
UIht!v roysl valuable ssmpi. box Of goods
sss]IA that viii, put ynu In the way OF ms king
more money in few days than you ever thought
possible At any business Capital not required.
You live 1t hone and work in spare time only,
or ell the time. All of both aexes, OF all ages,
grandly succ ssfn. 50 cents to IS easily earned
every evening. That all who want work may test
the bnriress. make this unparalleled offer: To
all who Il we'll satisfied will send 81 to pay
for the trouble Of writing us. Full particulars.
rectiOns. etc. sent free. Immense pay absoute
SURF for all WHO start Mt once. Don't delay. Ad.
dress srlssoS Co., Portland. Maine. do
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
WOOD RIVERS RECORD.
ALTURAS'S DEBT,

ALL y mas . UEOAs
The County Auditors final report
is sufficiently advanced to admit of in.
formation being CLEANED from it con.
corning the condition of our county
finances. That is bAd-quite bad.
The reports Of all the outgoing off.
Gals not being in, the first of last No
vember must be settled on as the
latest date for a basis. At that date
the amount of the warrant debt of the
county was $1s7,"4O.O4. There was,
in addition. bonded debt Of $40. 900
- making total of about $22S, 900.
To partly offset this, there was some
$63,5OO in cash in the treasury, which
placed the actual debt ut the round
sum of S165,OOO Some warrants have
since been paid and other expenses
incurred, so that at the present time
it is probable that the total debt
fioating and bonded-is about $780,
600.
This large amount will doubtless be
considered quite alarming, but it is
not. To h. sure, public debt is al
ways alarming, but it is not so much
so when, as in this case, it scarcely
exceeds a years revenue of the
debtor. The bonded debt Incurred
to build the courthouse) will not be
due for eight years. 1t need not,
therefore, he bothered with at present.
There remains only the floating debt
or about $135, O0O-- to be provided for.
This sum is just about equal to one
years revenue.
"But how has this debt accumu-
lated ?" This is question that every
taxpayer would like answered. AS
the TINES proposes to answer it, it
will be necessary to go back couple
of years, at least.
The present administration took
hold of affairs January l, 1883, and
their first step was an endeavor to as
certain the amount of the debt. As
no books had been kept by the Audi
tors, this was impossible for while
Finally, tho experts got hold of all old
Treasurer's registry. This was trans.
cribed, and by this means the debt
was ascsrtained to be S..3,4O0, ex.
elusive of $23,O19 accumulated inter
est. AS at least one old warrant for
$1,000 and interest has come in since,
it is probable that there are few
more out which, like this one, were
not registered; and that, the first of
January, 1883, the county indebted
ness amounted to fully 100000, on
which the interest, etc, has since been
about $4,000.
Leaving the courthouse bonds
(Which represent very valuable prop
erty,) out of reckoning, it is eviden:
that, at the present time, the county
debt is neither larger nor smaller than
when the present administration went
into office. For this the disorganized
state of county affairs, and the rapid
ly.growing needs of the county the
past two years, may be ample excuse.
but it should not be any longer, and
some effective means should be taken
to rid the taxpayers Of at least por-
tor of the burden. That can he done
by funding the floating debt at low
er rate Of interest than now paid, and
by keeping the county expenses with
in the lowest possible limit. If the
debt is funded, and the county financ-
es are placed upon cash basis, the
county can secure equally as good SER
vice as now at one.fourth less expense.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
10 Goal Buyers.

90 and after January l, 1885, tn"
following rates will be charged:
AT THE DFPor-$12 per ton; $3.50
per half-ton.
DELIVERED $l3 per ton; $500
per half-ton; $500 per quarter-ton.
Jos. X. MORRILL,, Agent.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
c...Timber Culture,

U. s. LAND OFFICE, HALEY, IDAHO,
Dec mber l, 1894.
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Denis Deasy against Rudolph Calderwood for fail
ure to comply with law To Tin bel. Culture I'm
try No. rs. dated November 81, 1879, upon the S "
y Section &c. Township North, Range Is East. in
Alturas county. Idaho. with = view 70 the cancel
lntion Of said entry; contestant alleging that En.
reguired to be plowed between the 2lst day OF No.
vember. 1sS3 and the 2lst day Of November. 1884
the said parties are hereby summoned to -ppear
At this Office Oh the Sd day Of January. 1895, At
O'Clock q. m. TO respond and furnish testimony
concerning ssid alleged failure.
is WATERS, Receiver.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05

Arpad Haraszthy & Co., of San
Francisco, have limited number OF
cases of assorted California wines ut
their New York agency. A most suit
able holiday gift for friends East.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
Order tho Weekly in Order to Kecl

Parties going away for the winter
should not fail to order the WEEKLY
TINES sent to them. 1t will only cost
them $3.50 for six months, and will
keep them better posted on local oc-
currences than a dozen letters a week
could.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
80 DAYS, Delay.

Fine delicate bread. and milk sets.
delayed 80 days on the road, just re-
ceived ut +. H. HENDRICKS.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
eT FREE..1

PRIZE !: IS; $ IT,: s: :; ::
AVAA> A|smOre yuOsey right aWav than
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
ANnn nm In presents given away. Send US
VUM1 lGnl cents postage, and by mail you
sO/tVI.VVJ(D will get pnEE package of gooAs

yon in work that will ut bring you in money
faster than anything else in Americx. Ali about
the 800 900 in presents with each box. Agents
wanted everywhere. Of either sex. Of all ages, for
all the time. spare time only. T. work for At
their own homes Fortunes for all workers abso-
lut.ly assured Don't delay. h. HALLErr Co.,
Portland, Maine. DIS
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-01-05
Payday Notice.

WOOD RIVER Il. AND =. NJ. CO, vi
SALT LAKE CITY, Il. 7. All persons botl
ing claims against this coiGpaNy l,rsa pre-.
sent their bills in duplicate, at the companv'>
Oftire ut Bullion, before t!e first day Of each
month, and payment will be made on tn,
tTl. ENNS y. " AL,
Sulierintey dent
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
PATHS Dehnt I'm Paris.


Having sung q season in London, and
with such result, she was, OF course, at once
engaged to sing aux Italiens az Paris, the
highest ambition OF every great singer who
demands the conservation de son talent, be-
fore which grand act of baptism the
PsrisIans do not admit that any artist can be
a celebrity. And yet Jenny Lind did with
out them. Les I~taliens were then no mora
what they had been in Rossinl's time, bat
from old habit the theater wss still the rem
devious of the nobility and the best society
of Paris. There still lived Grisi, Mario,
Fraschini, Tamberlik, Pence, Boeio. Frezzo-
lini, Badiali, and Tamburini, although tina
shadow Of what he had been; but all these
singers were real Italians, not what italian
companies are now, formed of every possible
nation except Italian.
The curiosity WIS great, but great, too, was
the success. The house was curious TO be-
hold. There is q certain interest in first per-
formarces of any Importance st Paris, where
everybody wishel to attend, because il is
known hat everybody is surs to be there
who is a body. The tout Paris OF such an
evening, quite apart from what is going on
on the etsge, is interesting for any one who
has not the hsbitunl run of these 'solemni-
ties" because he Is certaiR there to meet with
all the European celebrities who for the
nonce live in Paris, all OF whom hs knows
by name, but whom he has perhaps never
seen. still less coudoyees. There were min.
listers, poets, fashionable beauties posing
before each other, eager to see. still more
eager to be seen; of course q predominant
number of musicians. After the first act tbs
question was understandable, aud only proved
how sincerely all thought: "Oh, she pleased
the English public; what does that signify?
We must judge, and confer or refuse the
diploma One said she had brought the
sun into the evening; another pretended
she lad brought spring into the
winter; some who had relations
not catch hold of old Auber, whose unbiased
so great an authority both by Judgment aud
experience. At last just at the end OF her
second act. / caught him IS he slipped away
tying his shawl around his neck. Helloa, l
thought, can he be disappointed? / ran
after him. "Eh, diem, matre,'' said 1,
''qu'est-ce que vous en- dites?' NE men
parlez pas" replied he, like a man who re.
fuses to profane in words the exciting i'm
preston he carries in his heart-'ne men
paIltz pas. Jai etc jsune pendant to1ts
upe s~oireei' There was q compliment
Adelina had made him young again for
q whole evening. Was II the aTaking Of the
dream, was il the feeling old again. or did
be wish 10 continue the illusion-as chill
dIen Go when they awake from a dream full
of sweets and toys, and deliberately shut
their eye s. again TO continue in f~siryland-
that made him run away so by himself? |
know not. But when the next day | met
him in the Rue ST. Georges all he said was:
"Vous Y ave., etc." and off he went again,
as If there could be 10 other gas If il
was forbidden to think Of anybody else than
Ldelina Patti, or OF any place bat the Italian
opera.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
THE FLAG RECORD.
Burnir Of a Thsats, and Churoh-Lo.ss,


BUFFALO, March 26.-rhe Burning OF Mu.is
Hall and ST. Louis Church is the topic %
general conversation. and Il is looked upon
as one of general public misfortune. To add
to the horrcrs of last night. it was ascer-
tanned this morning that George j. Roth. a
member of the fire department who was last
seen on st. Louis Church. lost his life. his
charred remains being found in the debris Of
the tower. He leaves a wife and five chill
dTen.
The losses are placed as follows: Music
Hall, SEQ, coo; Orphans Society. s., 600;
Charles +. Haung's restaurant. 81, 900; Ger.
man Young Mems Association library,
500 Mech Bros. $1,000; McCaull Opera
Company. $4,000; Frask Henstein. ~janitnr,
5000; st. Louis Church bnilding, S100, 600;
contents of church, $4,000. Insurance. On
Music Hall is $50, eco; on the library, SOS. 600
The air is full of rumoIs of missing peo-
pie. A coed many were viewing the fire
from the sidewalk when the front wall fell
out, and may be undo the ruins.
a public fund for rebuilding is TO be
started soon.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
Orth stein Acquitted.

KANSAS CRY, March 26.-The jury returned
q verdict this morning acquitting Orth Stein,
formerly city editor of the Evening Star,
who shot and killed George Fredericks, pro-
prietor of the Variety Thsater in this city,
in June, 1882. The quarrel arose over STEMS
attentions to Fredericks' mistress, a woman
named Hartine. and ended in the shooting
were leaving the room late a. night. The
plea of the defendant was self-aefense. At
q former trial he was found guilty and sen.
fenced TO twenty-five years Imprisonment,
but obtained 8 new trial
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
Death of General Anson starer.

CHICAGO, Marched General Arson Stager,
nhe for some time has been suffering from a
number of complaints, including Bright's
disease, died at 3 O'CLOCK this morning. he
was born in Ontario County, New York,
April 20, 1925. he began. life as a printer.
In 1916 he began work as a telegraph oper-
ator in Philadelphia. Two years after wards
he was made chief operator OF the National
lines In Cincinnati. In 1852 he was ap-
pointed Superintendent of the lines of the
Mississippi Printing Telegraph Company.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27

He icck a prominent part in organizing tAe
vsiiOUs lines and interests leased by the con-
solidaiina with the Western Union Tele.
Graph CoIppsny. and upon the organization
OF ttat coDrany he was made its General
Superintendent. IN 1861 ne Uas appointed.
by the Secretary of War, Ohief os the United
States Military Telegraph. He organized
tie military telegraph and was commits
stoned Colonel and Aid.da-Camp and as
signed to duty IN the War Department, aud
wss Brevsted Brigsdier General at the close
OF the rebellion. at the close OF the war ne
resumed bis position az General Superiu-
teDoent Of the Western Union, which post
he retained until the consolidation of the
Western Union and American Companies.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
An Old Kan Burned Out of House and
Home by = Masked Mob.

An OtQ E1&A burned Out OF hOuso anu
Home by q Masked Mob.
Special 20 the Sentinel.
SEYMOUR, Ind, March 26 AT a late hour
on night before last some twenty five men
heavily disguised entered Joshua Hardssty's
residence, seven miles southeast of here,
seized and gagged the old gentleman and
carried him to the bridge that spans the
Muscatituck River near by and securely tied
him to the timbers. They returned and re-
moved his little children, several in number,
and the household goods some distance from
the house, and then applied the torch to the
two dwellings aud barn. the property of
Hardesty, and burned them to the ground.
They then released the unfortunate man
and told him to gather up his children and
90 and view the scene. Some of the neigh
bors hearing of the deed repaired there early
yesterday morning and fonnd Hardesty and
his children lowering about the embers. The
sight was sorrowful to behold. He claims
that the property was fred by persons who
hold ill-gil against him. He is some sixty
years old and q widower, his wife having
died only q short time since. The loss is not
heavy, but it was a home for himself and
children. No insurance.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
A Penitentiarv Fire.

COLUMBUS, March 26.-Fire broke out early
this morning in Moneypenny's cooper shop.
in the Ohio Penitentiary. The building and
contents were entirely consumed. Loss on
machinery and stock, $4,000 TO SIS, 900;
about tso-thirds covered by insurance. Seven
hundred and fifty thousand cigars, on which
the State had an attachment of s. 900. were
consumed. Insurance on the same, $4,000.
Loss on cigars, SIS, 900 to $50, 600. The State
will lose On the building about $4,000.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
The Lands.

WAsHINGToN. March 26.-It is believed
that the conclusion of the Cabinet on the
Oklshoma question wiz be that 3 commits
sion shall be appointed under the provision
of the Indian appropriation bill 10 come TO
some agreement with the Indians IS 20 the
occupation OF Oklahoma.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
A 100000 Fire.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 26.-W. d. Hay
docks carriage factory caught fire about
1880 last night, and in less than half an
hour all the walls crnmbled and the entire
structure fell to the ground. The OLD Con-
gregstional Church, presided over many
years by DR.. Post. bat now used for temper
ance meetings, across the alley from the
carriage factory, also took fire. Three fire.
men IN ali were hurt. Walters, leg and
arm broken; II. G. Henley. arm broken and
knee badly injured; j. French, shoulder
bruised.
Losses on Haydock's factory were S50,000;
insurance, $50. 800. Insurance On Temper.
ancs Hall, 81, 500.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27

NEW OsLEANs, March 26.-Ths United
seventy-eight destitute Americans who had
arranged to found a colony on the Mosquito
coast, but being unacclimsted, fell victims
to the heat aud malaria. Provision has
been made to receivs the sick of tbs party n
the Charity Hospital, while the Government
viii send the sble-oodied where they can care
for themselves.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
Mile. Nevada ana aer sonoolmates.

SAN FRAScIsco. March 26.-Mlle. Nevada
was rendered IN ovation Monday night. Be-
sides numerous floral gifts of q costly char
acter, her old schoolmates presented her
with a purse OF s.. 200 in five dollar gold
pieces. She attempted to sing Home,
Sweet Home" but tears welled into her
eyes. and she fed from the stage.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27

Sometimes the backs of small cabinets are
fitted up with small shelves to take china,
or are hung with o " Of family miniatures,
or one larger icture looks we'll with a drs-
pely OF Indian silk put round it. The piece
OF furniture so decorated will, OF course,
stand out IN the room instead OF against the
wall, the object being to have nothing in
the rooms stiily or formally placed.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27

ST. LOUIS, March 26.-The Democratic
City Convention, after an sll-night session.
on the 1Sfth ballot, nominated David r.
Francis, tx-PTesident Of the Merchants
EXCHANGE, for Mayor, and a. 9:t5 adjourned
until tomorrow. TIE Republican City
Convention (snti.Fiiley faction) assembled
this morning ct 10:30.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
Disappointed Republicans Have Found
Nothing In Its Policy to Manu-
facture Political Capt.
tai With.
Special to the Sentinel.

WASHINGTON, March % President Cleve-
land is bringing about his reform so con-
tinuously and carefully as to win the conf.
dence of every clsss here except the I'M
patient o~fice-holders. Republicans show q
good deal of disappointment over the fact
that SO far nothing has taken place to afford
them provicasion to disapproye of the gen.
oral or specific conduct OF the Executive or
any OF his counsel. 1t is now very proba.
BILE, they see. that all the nominations will
be confirmed, and that no occasion will arise
for anything ike test cases.
1t was predicted that a deadlock would
very early arise in the Senate over the nom-
nations, but this prediction was based upon
the idea that there would be q greedy rush
for office, snd that incompetency and dis.
honesty you'd be overlooked in the univer-
sal desire to reward party workers. Such has
not been the case in any instance, and such
will not be the case.
A prominent member of the Cabinet told
q friend this evening that as soon as the
froth was removed from the crest OF the
political ocean by the launching of the new
ship of State Immediate attention would be
given to matters mere substantial than Office.
He thought some new turns would be given
to finance which would tend to enliven bust
ness and make times better. The new Min
listers 10 England, France, Germany, Mexico
will 90 to their posts of duty to work up
trade and to revive the interests OF our mau-
ufactuIers in the markets of those countries.
A stirring up of the markets for American
goods abroad, and some vigorous turn in this
country inclined to restore confidence ana
start the factories, will be felt in every ham,
let and village in Indiana as we'll as in
every other State in the Union.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
An Exciting Time.

DECATUR, March 26.-There is great ez-
element at Decatur % the temperance
question, and at night, while large temper
snce meetings are held at the Tabernacle.
the saloons are setting big free lunches OF
oysters and turkeys. a city election is near
at hand.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27

THERE were 247 failures in the United
States during the past week. es compared
with go in the preceding week, aud with
100, 196, and lis respectively in the cores
pouding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 1882.
About s. per cent were those of small traders
whose capital was less than s. 900. Canada
had thirty seven, an increase OF one.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 26 Professor Otto
Scheuisr, director of the LiederEranz Sing
ing Society. and a wellknovn musician and
composer, died last night of blood poisoning,
caused By cutting q corn on bis foot.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-27
Returning From Prayer Meeting.

COLUMBUS, Ca, March 26.-Lsst night,
while Mr.. Barnard and Miss Lou Stark were
walking home from prayer meeting. Mrs.
Barnard crushed Miss Stark's skull VITA q
brick, and she is expected to die.