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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27
One Result of Dynamite Outrages.

London letter to Philadelphia TeIe-
graph: A priest who knows the poor
of London thoroughly tells me what
seems to be the most important phase
of the outrage campaigns result
that there are over 10000 Irish people
out cf work in London, and of these
fully one-tenth have been discharged
since the recent explosions. He said,
with almost fearful emphasis, that the
mo~t brutalized scoundrel in the world
would hesitate, if he could see
the destitution and the disfavor
amounting to persecution which these
acts have entailed upon his wretched
countrymen in English cities. They
are the ones who really suffer, and not
the English.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27

the ascent of Sirius, was of grea
Importance, noticed soon tha
the occurrence came later ani
later in their year, and that if the Dos
star rose one wear on New Years da.
four years later it was the second day
eight years the third, and so on. o.
this they based the Sothis, or Dog-sta
period of 1,461 Egyptian years, in th
course of which Sirius rose success
lively on every day of the year. Thei
came the knowledge of the year o
1861 days, which is tolerably exact
and of this there are several forms O
years. In Egypt the change to th'
more exact reckoning was accom-
plished in a simple way,-Nature.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27
Various Methods of Reckoning Time.

Among many people the modes of
reckoning time do not deserve the
name of system. The Otaheitans
used the changes of the moon and the
growth of the bread fruit, the Makha
Indians, on Cape Flattery, the moon
and the seasons, of which latter they
distinguished two, the cold and tho
warm; the Muysea Indians, according
to Humboldt. had thirty-seven lunar
months in their cycle. and twenty of
these cycles formed Il larger one.
Where there were no religious festi-
vais connected with the new or tie
full moon, people gave up the luni-
solar year altogether and adopted the
solar year only, confining themselves
to bringing day and night into connec-
ton with it as far as possible, and pay
ing no regard to the moons course. 1t
was soon found that the solar year was
approximately 365 days IN length, and
this we find first in the year of the an
cIent Egyptians. They divided their
solar year of 365 days into y months,
each of 80 days, to which they added
5 supplementary days. The years
were counted according to the reigns,
and the Canon of Ptomley is a chro-
biological table giving the commence
ing years of the various kings. The |
form of year is found among the Per-
SLAMS, with the difference that the sup
Elementary days were added to the
eighth and not the twelfth month.
Their months had names, not numbers,
and their years were reckoned from
the accession of Jezdegird, an era
from which the Persians, especially in
some parts of India. still count their
wears. 1t is remarkable that so mex
act year, originating so long ago,
should have existed through centuries
down to our own day, although its in
correctness was early recognized.
The Egyptians, from whom the time
of the rising of the Nile. at
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27

WATER for sale or lease in any quantity
desired and on liberal terms. We own some
OF the most valuable water rights and canals
In Idaho and have unequalled facilities for
mestic use within a reasonable distance of our
town sites.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27
CAPITAL STOCK, S5o0,oOo.

LOTS for sale In Haley, Shoshone, Mountain
Home, Caldwell and Payette Mt from $25 to
$400 each, for cash or on long time Special
Inducements to those who will make valuable
improvements.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27

LANDS for sale OF lease In tracts OF from 10
20 1000 acres All adjacent to the above town
fertility, case OF irrigation and wide range OF
productions.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS.-We are here
10 build up Idaho and the Northwest (be-
lieving we win reap our SHARE of the benefits
to accrue) and to that end are ready to ex-
tend any reasonable assistance or inducement
to interest capital and labor with us. When
you come to Idaho call at one of our offices for
valuable information, or address us at either
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-27
THE
IDAHO & OREGON
Land Improvement Co.
Owners Of TaWn Sites and Choice Lands
Along The Oregon Short Line. :.

A. CALDWELL..... President
ROBERT L. STRAHORN. N..............
.......... Vice-Pres. and Gen'l Manager
s. JONES. ES....................... Treasurer
HUGH G. WALLACE........ Secretary
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16

A LARGE building at Yonkers, N. Y, oc-
cupied by manufacturers and valued at
100000, was burned few days ago.
IT was reported on the 18th that num-
Der of workmen. while digging at Brad
docks, Pa, on the 18th. near the scene of
Braddock's defeat, unearthed chest con-
tanning several hundred thousand dollars
in gold.
A CONTRACT has been made by a Roch-
ester On. W patent-medicine firm with a
glass company in Philadelphia for 200 900
bottles. This is the largest contract of the
kind ever known.
DURING 1884 there were 800, 800 Storage
passengers and $500 cabin passengers
landed in New York City.
THE other day Peter Houser and Thomas
Purvis were instantly killed by the explo-
sion Of boiler in saw mill opposite Will
Transport, Pa, and several others were Sc
verely injured.
The Church of Gospel Temperance has
been organized at Pittsburgh, and Francis
Murphy, the temperance apostle, will be
called as its regular pastor.
In the Slade Mill at Fall River, Mass, a
fire on the 18th caused less of 100000.
AT Pittston, Pa, three of the largest coll
lieries of the Lehigh Coal Company shut
down on the 18th, and six hundred men
and two hundred boys were thrown out OF
employment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
DYnamiters Warned.

WASHINGTON, JAN 12.-The disclosures
of Phelan, the member of the IRISH Broth
erhood who was assaulted in O'Donovan
Rossa's New York office, have given rise to
considerable talk and speculation in diplo-
matte circles. 1t appears that for some
time the British Government has had large
number OF secret agents and detectives EN-
ployed in the principal cities of the United
States looking after clues to the operations
of dynamiters. The British Minister some
time ago notified the State Department that
he had grounds for believing the plotters
had a base of movements in this country,
and made flying trips to England to carry
out plans of destruction. The authorities
here; however, after careful inquiry failed
to discover any hspis for the allegation,
and the matter las thus far been at
rest. Now, however, renewed interest
will be aroused, and if it should turn
out that the charges are true hatdynamiters
have their headquarters here, prompt &C
ton will be taken to prevent any future
operations. and any parties found guilty of
desperate designs, or in completely with the
schemerS. will be surrendered to the En-
gliSh Government on demand.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE report of the commission sent from
Washington to the Central and South
American States in the interest of COM
merce made to the President a few DAYS
ago states that there should be regular d.
rect communication by steam, and re-
ciprocal concessions in tariff duties. The
recommendation is made that the
Government establish an Executive De-
partment, similar to the Board of Trade in
England, to have the management of our
foreign commerce.
THERE were 470 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the
seven days ended on the 9th, against 3S1
the previous seven days. The distribu-
tion was as follows; Middle States, 102;
New England States, 81; Western, 1877;
Southern, 40; Pacific States and Terrific
ries, 19;S Canada, %.
PAUL HINES and three other professional
ball-players failed the other day to catch
a baseball thrown from the top of the
Washington monument.
The exchanges at twenty six leading
clearing-houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
STA, AS6,206, against $3.50, 933, 344 the pre-
vious week. As compared with the 1cor-
responding period of 1884, the falling off
amounts to $270sl41, SOL.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches.
XLVlIIth CONGRESS.
Second Session,

Second Session.
: THURSDAY, Jan. S.-The time of the
Senate was occupied in debate upon the
bill concerning the fees Of pension claim
agents and the policy of attaching general
legislation to appropriation bills. In the
House the Reagan Interstate Commerce
bill, for the national regulation of railways,
was passed by vote of 161 to 70. A fourth
Naval Appropriation bill was reported by
Mr.HRandall, calling for &c. 130,155. In the
Alabama contested election case the seat
was voted to Craig, Republican, who was
sworn in.
FRIDAY, Jan, Q. - In the Senate a
bill was passed directing that one of the
Greedy relief vessels be used as a revenue
cutter off the coast of Alaska. Mr.. Cock
rell introduced bill to make the Bounty
law apply to the heirs of all colored soldiers
lost in the Federal service. Mr.. Garland
made a speech ON inter-S State commerce.
Adjourned to the 18th. In the House a
large number of private bills were placed
on the calendar. A resolution was adopt
ed calling upon the President for informa-
ton relating to the Congo Conference At
the evening session twenty one pension
bills were passed.
SATURDAY, Jan. 10.-The Senate was
not in session. In the House a bill APP
propriating $6,12O,155 for the support of
the navy for the first half of 1885 was
passed, and the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill was debated at length
Adjourned to the 10Th.
: MONDAY, Jan. 12.-Among the petitions
presented to the Senate was one from Mrs,
Belva A. Lockwood, praying Congress to
see that the votes cast for her at the late
Presidential election be counted. A long
debate was engaged in as to whether
Jefferson Davis had organized at Wash
ington before the war conspiracy against
the Union. The House bill to prevent the
unlawful occupancy of public lands was
reported favorably. A joint resolution pro-
viding for the meeting of both Houses i'll
joint convention February IL to count the
Electoral vote was presented. In the House
bills were introduced: To establish Sol
diers' Home in California; to transfer one
of the Greedy relief vessels to the revenue
service; to provide for the better pro-
lection of the Northern and North western
frontier, and to facilitate commerce and
diminish expenses of exchange between
the States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

IT is stated by an official bulletin that up
to the 9th, in the provinces of Granada and
Malaga, 400 persons were killed by the
earthquakes, 900 were wounded and 5000
rendered homeless.
THE recent earthquake moved the village
of Guevejar, Spain, bodily sixty feet from
its former location and it was n semi
circular crevasse sixty feet deep. The
houses of the village, though greatly dam
aged, had not fallen.
THE repeal of the Mexican Stamp act, Sc
unpopular and oppressive to commerce, is
announced. A new law has been adopted
which meets with favor.
THE total number of immigrants arriving
in the Province of Ontario, Canada, during
the year 1884, was $780, against 97,515 in
the previous year. OF the total number
IS, 4S9 came to the United States.
LONDON officials learned on the 18th that
dynamiters would soon make sinful
taneous attempt to blow up the Holborn
viaduct and Mansion-house railway
stations.
IN the Spanish Province of Malaga
earthquake shocks were felt again on the
10th.
ADvIGEs of the 10th announce the storm
ing of Hickorytown, Fosstown and Bell
town, on the west coast of Africa, by the
German squadron in those waters. The
natives had expelled King Bell and threat.
ened the merchants.
AIHURRICANE swept over the province OF
Malaga, Spain, on the 18th, and completed
the ruin which the earthquakes had
wrought. A camp in which fugit:ves from
the town of Periana had taken refuge was
destroyed.
AT Gibraltar slight earthquake shock
was felt on the 18th.
In speech in Glasgow recently William
Redmond, the Nell-known Irish orator,
declared that the Parnelites had no SYM
pathy with dynamite methods, but that SC
long as Ireland remained in bondage such
methods would doubtless continue to be
employed. .
A FIRE few days ago destroyed the en-
tire town of Pinos Altos, Mex, and hun
dreds of people were homeless.
| ONE of the finest vessels of the Hudson
Bay Company, bhe Prince of Wales, will
a cargo of furs valued at nearly $500, 900
was on the 18th thought to have been lost
| In the great storm which recently swept
over the British coast a number of vessels
and many lives were lost.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
LATER.

Hon. SCHUYLER C0I.FAX, of South Bend,
Ind, on arriving on the 18th at Mankato,
Mimi, walked ee-fourths of a mile to
the Omaha depot in an atmosphere thirty
degrees below zero, and within five minutes
thereafter expired from rt-disease He
was born in New York City in 1928. He
served seven terms in Congress, was three
times elected Speaker of the House, and
became Vice President in 1869. Since re-
firing to private life he had spent much
time in the lecture field.
GOVERNOR HALE, of Wyoming Terri
tory, died on the evening of the 18th at
Cheyenne, aged forty eight years.
STRIKING miners at Shawnee, o., in the
Hooking Valley, were on the 18th said to
be arming themselves with Spencer rifles.
Three companies of militia had been or
dered to hold themselves in readiness.
w. w. O'BRIEN, the noted criminal law
yer, died i'll Chicago on the 18th, of
peritonitis, in his fifty first year.
IL the illinois House of Representatives
on the 18th a motion to proceed to tile cleo
ton of Speaker and Clerk was promptly
declared by Speaker Haines to be out of
order, he claiming to be the presiding off,
Ger. A longsargument by Mr.. Linegar was
followed by an adjournment to the 18th.
SCALPERs in Chicago were on the 18th
selling round-:r!p tickets to New Orleans
for $12, while the regular rate was $40.
In quarrel few evenings ago about
the distribution of beer at wedding at
Camden, N. j., George Zant, the BRIDE
groom, was fatally shot by his brother
John.
The recent cyclone in Alabama caused
great destruction of property in Hale,
Perry, Bib, Chiffon, Macon and Green
Counties. The path of the storm was half
mile wide. Five persons lost their lives
and numerous horses and cattle were
killed.
A sAw-MILL boiler exploded the other
morning at Smithfeld, O., killing three
men and mortally wounding two others.
In the United States Senate on the 18th
a resolution was passed calling upon the
Secretary OF War for certain documents
required to settle the controversy between
General Sherman and Jefferson Davis.
Mr.. Edmunds introduced a bill to authorize
the President to place the name of General
Grant on the retired list. A House bill
was passed to repeal the laws governing
redemption, desert lands and timber
culture, and to amend the Homestead law.
In the House a bill was passed limiting the
time for the presentation of bounty and
back-pa claims 80 three years from the
passage Of this act; OF all other claims,
except pensions, to six years; and pro-
viding that claims hereafter arising must
be presented whiting six years from the
time they originate The announcement
of the death of Schuyler Colfax was fol-
lowed by an adjournment,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
Of lumber, LOSS, 81 800 shingles spd $50,

Of lumber, LOS, 854, 800 shingles and $50, !.
900, 7S0 Haths.
A CONFESSION was made on the 18th by
John Coffey, who recently killed Farmer
James McMullen and his wife, in Coal
Greek Township, Ind.> The murder was
done in cold blood for money. Lynchins
was expected.
EIGHT persons were seriously injured by
boiler explosion the other morning which
destroyed Fishburn's phosphate works at
Jacksonboro, N. C.
PAULINE MoHRHARDT, whose husband
deserted her last spring, died on the 18th
of starvation at Milwaukee. She was too
proud to ask for relief.
EARLY on the morning of the 18th a cy-
clone devastated region fifty miles north
of Montgomery, Ala. Numerous houses
were wrecked, and one person killed.
GENERAL J. S. ROBINSON has resigned
his seat in Congress for the Ninth Ohio
District and taken the oath as Secretary of
State.
The death of Mrs. Laura A. Shrews-
bury, aged seventy five, occurred on the
18th at Charleston, w. Va. She was the
Oldest surviving relative of General WASH
ington, being the daughter of Samuel
Washington, brother of the General.
ROBERT BREWSTER aud j. D. Houston
went to the Mascot Office at New Orleans
on the 18th, and, upon entering, Houston
struck the editor, George Osmond, with
cane. Pistols were then fired, and Brew
SER was mortally wounded. An article in
the paper caused the trouble.
TIE failure is announced of the whole
sale dry goods house Of Isaac Zeuler's
Sons, in Cincinnati, with liabilities of
about 100000.
On the Bedtime on the Western Indiana
Railroad general strike of the engineers
took place at noon on the 18th. The
trouble arose from the alleged overwork
and underpay of the employees.
AT eighteen of the larger cities in Iowa
the Mayors reported on the 18th an in.
crease in the number of saloons and nd
successful attempts to enforce the Prohib-
tory Liquor law.
THE inauguration of Governor Gray, Of
Indiana, occurred ON the 18th.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
HAVOC BY THE WINDS.

The Cyclone Which Swept Alabama OF
Unprecedented Violence-Few Lives Eost.
but Vast Amount of Property De-
strOyed.
EUFAULA, Ala, Jan. 14.-The storm of
Sunday night last was almost unprece-
dented in severity. The storm arose about
nine in the evening, and was ac.
companed by vivid lightning and heavy
peals of thunder. Hale, Perry, Bib, Chill
ton, Macon and Green Counties all
suffered great destruction of property.
The storm crossed the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad, fifty miles north O.
Montgomery Near Calera, on the same
road, a freight train was blown off the track
and dtched, the engine overthrown, and
cars damaged considerably, but fortunately
no lives were lost in the wreck. The
cyclones path was half a mile wide, and
traces OF deStructiVenesS are left on every
side. Three men were killed at the
camp ground in Macon County. Trees,
fences and houses were swept away like
chaff Among the debris of one house de-
m0liShed near Calera the dead body of a
man was found so terribly mangled as to
render recognition impossible. Another
man, name unknown, was killed near the
Cahaba River in the western part of
the State. Forests were laid waste,
trees several feet in diameter being torn in
splnters. Wherever the cyclone struck the
railroads the track was strewn with trees,
telegraph poles and wires. In many places
wagon travel is stopped. Houses several
miles from the path Of the storm were
made to. trelnble as if moved by
the upheayal of an earthquake On
several large plantations stock was killed
and houses RACED to the ground. In
Green County cotton bales were blown hun
dredS of feet in the air. and near Eutaw a
house was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground. The cyclones career was
one of undated fury and destruction. The
people OF Alabama have suffered loss OF
property to the amount of thousands of dol
lars, besides loss of human life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
Blown Into the Air.

SYRACUSE. n. Y, Jan. 14-Yesterday
morning early large distilling vessel at
the salyay Process soda-ash works, four
miles west of here, exploded with terrific
force. Buildings in the city were shaken
ard many persons were awakened from
sleep. The vessel was of iron and weighed
four tons. 1t was blown at least
seventy-five feet in the air, and came crash
ing through the roof OF the main building,
in which about fifty men We're at work.
Many Of these were injured by falling de-
bris, and several were scaIded when the YES
sci exploded. No deaths are reported
The damage is estimated at about $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
ELEVEN PERSONS POISONED.
Girl Puts Rough on Rats" in Coffee
Drank by Her H1Other's Guests.


Drank by Her EiOther's Guests.
EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Jan. 10.-Thurs-
day night Annie Van FossaD, aged nine
teen years, administered poison in the cot
fee of the entire family, consisting
of eleven persons. A number of visitors
dined with the Van Fossans, and the
coffee was passed around to them with
other refreshments. Within an hour every
body became sick. Their symptoms were
those of arsenic poisoning and their suffer
ings were frightful An investigation was
made and a package of the poison known as
"Rough on Rats" was found in the bottom
of the coffee-pot. Search was Immediately
made for the perpetrator of the crime. Ii
was observed that Annie Van Fossan, &
daughter of the host, was not near SO i'll a.
the others. She was accused of the crime
and tacitly admitted her guilt. Yesterda.
morning she was locked up to await hear
ing. She refuses to make statement, anG
no person can imagine what induced her t.
commit the deed. Intense excitement pre-
walls in the town. Little Allie McBane is
dead, and it is feared five or six of the 9th
ers who drank the coffee will die.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-16
Thousands of Bills Destroyed.

CoLLINsvILLE, ILL.,, Jan. 14.-At an early
hour yesterday morning fire broke out in
the L. G. Moore bell -factory at this place.
1t is supposed the fire was started by a
match thrown on the floor by young man
who roomed in the building. When the
fire-engme arrived it was discovered to
be useless, as the pipe was choked up
with ice, and the factory was totally de-
stroyed. Loss about $50, 600; no insurance.
The bell factory burned was the oldest and
most extensive in the United States, and
fifteen thousand dozen bells were destroyed.
TIE business was established i'll 1s49, and
for the past seven or eight years had been
run by O. B. Wilson.