The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-11-28
pen AND SCaSSOAS.

Francisco.
Mrs. Senator Stanford's diamonds
are worth one million dollars.
The report that the tellurium
mine at Shasta Cal, has petered
out is officially denied.
There's no use talking gentle
readers, the silver dollar is grease
to the axel and rosin to the bow.
Stamford bequest of $50, 100000
to a California University is more
than double that of Girard College.
The heaviest gold nugget that
was ever found in California was
found in the winter Of 40 and
weighed % pounds and 9 ounces.
A Texas man wrote his will on a
candle-box and died. The box has
been probated and the Supreme
Court says it is a legal testament:
1t is a strange coincidence that
women with big feet are always the
first to denounce skating Kinks as
having immoral tcndencies.-Tus-
carora Times.
Senator Stanford's princely en-
dowmcnt of twenty millions in land
and coin to the Palo Alto Univer-
sity is the beginning of a new and
better era for Caiifornia.-Ex.
Five of the sweetest words of the
English language begin with H.
which is only breath. Heart, Hope,
Home, Happiness, Heaven.-Rcville.
We can offset them. IL, Horror,
Hiccoughs, Hostettcr's bitters AID
Henry Ward Bcecher.-Tucarora
Times.
Superintendent Wear of the Vel
lowstone Park makes his report to
the Secretary of the Interior as to
his expenditures from the appro-
priation made by Congress for
building brid ges, roads and other
improvements in the National
} Park. He claims to have reformed
certain abuses and asks for an
appropriation of $4,000 for
expenditure next year.
a Mormon bishop told his fol-
lowers that the Edmunds law was
a device of the devil, and that he
had a revelation to the effect that
it would not be permitted to pre-
vail against the saints. The jury
) which tried him voted as follows
For conviction, u for acquittal, o
and he got six months just the same
as though he had never seen q
vision.-Hailey News-Miner.
The new Civil Service Commits
sioners seem to be Democrats of a
f, pronounced type; but there is no
telling how much of the subtle
poison of reform may be coursinp
through their veins unknown To
the general public. Mr.. Cleveland
was apparently sound and com
plete Democrat at the time of his
election, and look what he has
turned out to be in actual practice
Idaho Register.
Alb Ki's regular tariff for admis-
sion to Mr.. Sharon during the
flush times was $40. "He no in
HI would answer, to the visitors in
quiry, says the S. f. Report. Quite
sure, KIP" "Quite sure" $50 and
see, H." the visitor would then say
r handing over the required amount.
hi would then disappear for few
moments, and reappear with an
r expansive smile aud remark: "He
f in. l thought he go out"
We see it stated by an exchange
that Sparks, of the General Land
Office, has a new scheme, which is
to turn the public lands over tc
the several States and Territories
in which they are located, to b,
sold or settled as the several States
and Territories shall provide. Their,
is at least one good point about tn,
project, and it is that settlers viii
be free from any further outrages
at the hands of the General Land
Office crank.-Buttc, NJ. r., Inter
Mountain.
( Umatilla county, Oregon, has al
: organization of a vigilance com
; mittec of over 100 men determined
) to rid the country of gamblers ant
r stock thieves. The committee i:
well armed and we'll mounted