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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
William Tompkins Killed, at McFall's
Hotel, in Bellevue, Last Night-The
Accused a Ha, d.Working, Economical

ssVtCl1 Az sSVAhCVUVD 1<uSG
Accused a Ha, d.Working, Economical
Man.
About 8 o'clock last night William
Wardrop shot and killed William
Tompkins, night clerk at McFall's
hotel, in Bellevue. Deceased was on
duty at the time, and sitting in the
hotel office, smoking and holding his
long pipe with his left hand. The
fatal ball passed through the wrist,
and perforated the heart. Tompl<ins
stood up, said to Wardrop, "Billy, l
guess you've killed me !" and was
helped to lounge, where he died
within five minutes. He was native
OF St. Louis, Mo-, aged about % years,
and member in good standing of
Excelsior Lodge, No. 10, knights of
Pythias, of St. Louis.
The murderer, realizing what he
had done, broke out into lamentations
and means, and was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Ell Smith and brought to
Haley, where he was lodged in Jail.
On the way up he loudly proclaimed
his innocence Of intentional wrong,
and continued his noisy lamentations
all night and until removed from the
Jail, about l l o'clock this morning, to
Bellevue, where he was to have pre-
liminary examination at l o'clock this
afternoon.
HOW THE DEED WAS DONE.
Wardrop, who works in the Queen
of the Hills, came to Bellevue after
his mail, and in company with man
named McLain hung around town,
visiting several saloons, and bringing
up at McFall's. While there the strike
was mentioned and Wardrop said he
had no fear of any of them the Miners
Union men, and began telling what
he would do if attacked. III so doing
he pulled his revolver out of the front
Of his belt, and it was discharged acct
dentally, with the fatal result above
stated.
Wardrop has been on Wood River
about two years, and teamed while
at the Vienna mill, also for Rowe's
sawmills, in Haley. Some weeks ago,
being unemployed, he sought employ
ment at the Queen, $3.50 per day
being far better wages than he could
get at anything else. Before coming
to live on Wood River he teamed from
Blackfoot to Wood River and to
Challis.
He is native of Brigham City, but
came here from the Cache valley, Utah.
He is of Mormon parentage, but
known as a peaceable. law abiding
man who never carried a gun until he
went to work in the Queen, few
weeks ago. School Trustee Jackson,
OF HALEY, speaks in high terms Of
Wardrop, as working, econ
omical man, who had already, though
but % years old, managed to save up
over S10O0in cash, to acquire the own
ership Of two good ORLEANS, two
freight wagons, and other property.
Rising Star Lodge No. IL, ]. o. o. +.
A special meeting is called for the
dispatch of business Friday evening
10th inst. BY order of the N. G.
JAMES II. HAwLEY. Sec'y.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
THE MILITARY.
There is no Certainty that Any Win
Come to Wood River.

Come to Wood River.
A couple Of days ago, District At
torney Ruick telegraphed Acting
Governor Curtis, inQuiring if troops
were cosing to Wood River? That
official replied No; that they were not.
He had not been notified of the ina.
bility of the civil authorities here to
preserve the peace, and until he was
he could not act in the premises.
General Brisbin, who arrived yes
terday, says that troops may come &c
Wood River. He does not say that
troops are coming.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10

Rising Star Lodge No. IL, !. o. o.. II.
A special meeting is called for the
dispatch of business Friday evening,
10th inst. BY order of the N. G.
JAMES II. HAwLEY, Sec'y.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
Blanks! Blanks! Blanks

The following blank forms are for
sale, for cash only, at the TINES office:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
HALEY P0st0Mce.
MAILS CLOSE :
Weather Report.

Total snowfall to date this season,
% inches, OF which none remains
on the ground:
The letter ID" liz the tabular state
non, indicates "below zero"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
Hold Your Orders !

will reopen my saddlery store, a
the old place, in HALEY, next Tues
aay, the 14th instant.
II. r. PLUGuOFF.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
Married.

DAMPHoUsE-ScHwaRTz-In this city, April Q, 1888,
at the residence of Mrs. Charles Bull the brides
mother by the Rev. I. Il. Osborn. Rector of the
Episcopal Church. Miss Renx Dsmphouse and
Otto NJ SchwartE-both Of this city.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-10
Rarbed Fence Wire.

Rarbed fence wire Cor the million
.xnected daily. Will be sold at
bottom figures. COFFIN DkoS'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
DO You Say Thanks Or 'Thand You!'

What II mechanical affairs-nay, what
mean little orphan in the great family of
w0rds-is the too-often heard monosyllable,
"Thanks." Especially does it seem so when
thought of in comparison with the pretty,
pleasing and proper expression, THANK you"
'Thanks' cannot well be spoken without
suggesting the idea to the one addressed that
the speaker is conscious of an occasion to be
thankful for, coupled with desire to be
considered proper" and that these are be-
ing stranged by the belief that there is not
time enough on hand in which to say so ap-
propriately, or else not culture enough in
stock to recognize the fitness of things by be-
ing simply polite. Thanks" is cold, care
less and uncivll, and fails in the purpose in
tended to be accomplished by its USE 1t is
heartless, meaningless and harsh to sensi-
tive listener and rolls itself off the tongue as
if it was something to be got rid of at the
earliest possible moment. "Thank you" is
warm considerate and polite. 1t would be
the coolest kind of stole, indeed, who could
give the words full expression without both
the speaker and listener getting sight of lit
tie ray of sunshine that would otherwise
have escaped notice. Properly expressed,
they soothe and satisfy both they who give
and they who receive, and both find little
well of gladness springing up in their hearts
that had before been an undiscovered trea-
sure.-G00d Housekeeping.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
A Sudden Rise In Values.
From the N. Y. Sun

from the N. Y. sun.
Where are you going with the puppies,
my little man ?" asked gentleman of small
boy whom he met with three puppies in a
basket.
"Going to drown them," was the reply
II want a pup for my little boy to play
with. What do you say to letting me take
one of them ?"
~ will sell you one" spoke up the kid,
with an American enterprise. "Ill sell you
this yellow one for fifty cents, the black one
for seventy.fve cents, and the spotted one is
worth one dollar of any mans money"
II think my little boy would like the spot
ted one best, but you ask too much for it,
You had intended drowning all of them, but
I'll give you twenty five cents and save you
the trouble of drowning the spotted one"
"Twenty-fve cents for that spotted purp p
exclaimed the boy 81 can't stand it taxes
is high rsnt is high. 1t COSTS good money
to get into the roller rink. ooh, no; can't
take less than ST."
"But you intend to drown"
Take the black one at rs cents"
"My little boy wouldn't like the black one"
"rake the yellow one at halfa dollar He's
dirt cheap"
MY little boy wouldn't like his color"
well, then, you better tell your little boy
to play with his toes" and he continued
towards the river mo party can deadbeat
his way on me these hard times"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10

that car was sheriff, deputy sheriff and
twenty men, armed to the teeth, to capture
the gang at the embankment. l came, too,
and they lowered me from the platform when
the speed slackened, so that I could run here
and tell you all was safe"
While we spoke my wife's fingers had first
united the handkerchief around my neck,
and then. in the dark, found some of the
knots of the cords binding me. But l was
still tied fast and strong, when there was a
rush of many feet upon the staircase, and, in
another moment, light and joyful voices.
We've captured the whole nine!" was the
good news. "Three, including John Martin,
are desperately wounded, but the surprise
was perfect. Now, old fellow, for your
A dozen claspknives at once severed my
bonds, and dozen hands were extended in
greeting. AS for the praises showered upon
my pucky little wife, it would require vol
ume to tell half of them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
Treatment of Beggars In England.

For an able-bodied man to be caught third
time begging was considered crime deserv.
ing death, according to an old law in Eng.
land, which remained in force for sixty years.
The poor man might not change his master
at his will or wander from place to place.
If out of employment, preferring to be idle,
he might be demanded for work by any mas.
ter Of the "crafL" to which he belonged, and
compelled to work whether he would or no.
If caught begging once, being neither aged
nor nfirm, he was whipped at the carts tail
If caught second time, his ear was slit or
bored with hot iron. If caught third
time, being thereby proved to be of no use
upon this earth, but to live upon it only to
his own hurt and to that of others, he suffer-
ed death as felon.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
Left Him Behind.

lord Charles Hamilton used to 90 about
Naples attended by large, ferocious bull
dog Having decided upon going TO Rome,
he proceeded to the station, and took his
place in first-class carriage, the "dawg"
taking up position on the seat opposite Ills
master. The platform inspector, with many
gesticulations, declared that the bulldog
should not travel in a passenger carriage
Very well, then, take him out" was Lord
Charles quiet rejoinder. In vain the official
expostulated; he merely reiterated his former
reply-a piece of advice, it is needless to say,
which was not followed and Lord Charles,
apparently master of the situation, threw
himself back in his seat, and clamly lighted n
cigar But the Italians were not to be out
done, and quietly detaching the carriage in
which the English Milford" was seated, they
made up the train with another baggage car
and started it off. Lord Charles sat quietly
smoking for some quarter of an hour, and
then, surprised at the delay, thrust his head
out of the window, and demanded when the
train was going to start. His feelings, when
the situation was described TO him, may be
imagined.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
Things You Never Meet.
A railroad without a mortgage.

A railroad without mortgage.
A dude who never sucks his cane.
gas company which did not consolidate.
A barber who did not ask you "Does it
hurt ?"
A cotton umbrella which was not Dor
rowed one
An actress who did not have her diamonds
stolen.
A newspaper which had less than %, 200
circulation.
"A patient medicine that was not good for
every disease.
A circus agent who did not have the big
gcst show on earth.
A baseball club which did not have some
excuse for losing game.
A Republican office-holder who had been
guilty ofotfensive partisanship.
An organ grinder who does not haye
Sweet Violets" in his repertoire.
A man who acknowledged to his wife that
he had not been at the lodge.
A detective who did not have clue to a
case on which he was engaged.
A restaurant that did not have the first
strawberry short cake of the season.
A fisherman who caught fish weighing
less than three pounds three ounces.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
The Egis& Intelligencer
rerms-sI.Bo Yoar, IN Advance.
is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
r w B A K e r

TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.--One Square, 3
insertion or less $1.50. Each subsequentinse
rs cents Longer advertisements in the same pro-
portion. Aspace equal to six lines makes square.
Figure-work double price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications will
be inserted at ten cents per Incl
ES Yearly advertisements atspecial rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
I7S. NORTH GAY STREET. l78.
Samuel s. Ely's
BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS!

Closing out our Winter Stock at greatly re-
duced prices. Now is the time to buy.
LADIES BOOTS AND SHOES at all prices.
Heavy Boots reduced to $500; Mems Fine Calf
Boots reduced to $3.50; my own make of Gents
Shoes and Caters reduced to $3.50. Every pair
Warranted. A new pair given for every pair that
does not turn out as represented at
SAMUEL 8 ELE'S,
I7S N. GAY STREET, BALTIMORE, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
Good Advice to Follow.

"a place for everything, and everything in
its place" is one of the old maxims which
has not, like so may Others, II doubtful side to
it. 1t is, Of course, possible to apply this
valuable maxim with undue severity, and to
make one own life and the lives of other
people miserable by fidgetng about the &C.
cidental displacement of trifles. Yet there
can be no doubt that on the intelligent OBJ
scrvance of this maxim much of the happi-
ness and prosperity of the world at large
depends.
This being so, in the education of children,
of whatever rank or degree, the important
principle of order inculcaled in this maxim
should have The first consideration. A baby
can be taught to be tidy, to know the exact
place where his toys anG books are kept, and
il should be made part uf his play to put
every thing in that place. Instead, how
ever, of patiently teaching habits of
order to her charges, nurse or mother
too often prefers, and finds it less trouble,
herselfto "tidy up" Thus the children have
to acquire painfully in later years that which
they would, under proper guidance, have
learned insensibly in the nursery. The
schoolboy whose knife, pencil, and pocket
book are never to be found, causing him TO
lose time and be perpelually behind his
mates; the girl whose thimble and scissors
are always astray, have generally TO thank
the defective training oftheir nursery life.
Later on, men of business or of literature,
whose hands are oyerfull, whose brains are
oYertaxed, have often to lament that in their
young lives they had not acquired such
methodical habits as would enable them at
least TO keep private papers in such way
rs would prevent both worry and loss of
time in searching for missing sheet or letter
to which reference must he made.
Who can tell what chances in life may be
lost to the man who has no place for his
small belongings-w puts them now in the
pocket of this, now in that Of another coat
throws them carelessly in this drawer or that
cupboard. and to whom they are thus, very
often, virtually lost? For instance, take the
watch key, for which there is no fixed place
When bed times comes it is nowhere to be
found and the poor fellow at last has to give
up the search, hoping either that some mir
acle Will prevent the watch running down,
or that he may be able to guess the hour
near enough for his train the next morning.
But he sleeps heavily the morning is dark
the servants are late in rising, and he finds
that even going without his breakfast he can
not reach the station in time Then, of course,
he is late at his place ofbusincss 1t may be,
perhaps, that he does not, from this cause,
lose his means of livelihood, but he may in
cur a heavy fine, and, if the offence is re-
peatcd, loss of confidence either on the part
of his employers or others.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
Want Their Reward.

Some of the Democrats who voted against
Cleveland and worked necessarily during the
campaign on the Republican side are said TO
be the most persistent applicants for office
Their line of reasoning is very much like that
of the seedy Austin darkey, who walked up
IS bold as cage full of hyenas, and said to
the successful candidate:
BOSS, wants yer to lend me forty dol
lars for services rendered you durin' de eleck-
shun.'
"But you worked and voted for the other
ticket"
Oats jest hit, boss. rs so unpopular dat
eff had worked for your side yer would have
been beaten two to one. A pos office will
suit me- boss"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
A Self Estimate.

1t is a strange thing that mean people do
not know that they are mean, but cherish
sincere conviction that they are the souls of
generosity. You will hear them inveighing
loudly against neighbor who does not come
up to the standard of a generous man, and
decrying the sin ofhoarding and Withholding,
without being sensible in the least that they
are condemning themselves. They are
usually people who are not given to self cri :.
ticism and, if they were not amusing, they
would be the most aggravating class alive
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10

HIS SCALE OF PRIoEs.-A lady in town
lately went to a colored whitewasher to en-
gage him to whtewash a room. On asking
him what he would charge, he said sixty
cents for one coat. He charged that he said,
because it was so much trouble to put on the
first coat; but if she would have two coats
put on the room he would put on both for
fifty cents That darkey will get rich if he
keeps on doing two coat work.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
From "a Sense of Duty.

Some people shrink from making public
the benefit they have received, while others
are free to tell it abroad for the good of fell
low mortals. Ofthe latter kind is Mr.. j. H.
Coppuck, of Mount Holly, Nj who writes,
al am one of many who give their cheerful
appreciation of the merits of the efficacy of
your valuable Browns Iron Bitters, from
sense of duty. This bitters is doing much
good in our county, for which can vouch"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10

was II telegraph operator stationed in The
little town OF Deering, upon the line of the
Pacific Railroad, between the cities of D.
md c.. Six miles further west was the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-07-10
Pnettral.
"NOw LAYM ME DOWN 70 SLEEP.

Golden head so lowly bending,
Little feet so white and bare,
Dewy eyes, half shut, half opened,
Lisping out her evening prayer.
Well she knows when she is saying
Now lay me down to Sleep
'Tis to God that she is praying
Praying Him her soul to keep.
Half asleep, and murmuring family,
IF should die before | wake
Tiny fingers clasped so sanity
II pray the Lord my soul to take"
oh the rapture sweet, unbroken,
OF the soul who wrote that prayer!
Children's myriad voices floating
Up to heaven, record it there.
If. of all that has been written,
could choose what might be mine,
1t should be that child's petition
Rising to the throne divine.
While the muffled bells were ringing
Earth to earth and dust to dust"
My free soul, on faith depend ling.
Faith and love and perfect trust
Would approach Him, humbly praying
(All the little ones around),
Jesus, Saviour take thy servant
Give to her thy children's crown"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
The Modern Ananias.

New York Graphic.
whats them green-looking things?"
said a rural and elderly party to an
outside stallman at Fulton Market,
pointlngto a bowl of scollops. "Them's
sacred fish from the Holy Land.
Never seen 'em before?" "Never sot
eyes on 'em out in Colorado. Sacred, are
they? Do they grow that way?" you
betl The Crusaders discovered 'em in
Jerusalem and used to wear the shells
in their army caps and play 'em off for
white chips" "The Hades you sayl"
when they got home after the war and
Dragged how they'd at, bled and died,
the other fellows that stayed at home
used to tell 'em they we're putin on
scollops. See?" 81 savvy. How did
they get over here?" "Some of our fell
lows brought the seed over on the may
flower. Take a quartz" "Not now.
I'm looking round for Ananias, and If /
don't run agin him round here I'll
come back to you. Sayvy?" The Col
orado man walked quietly away, and
the stallman allowed that q nibble Is
not always a bite.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
From the Toledo Blade.

From the Toledo Blade.
Every physician and every scientist
who has made a study Of the physical
and mental organization of man will tell
him that no man can violate any Of the
laws of nature without taking from him
self something which he can never get
back. This is true Of the physical,
mental and moral man. No matter
what a mans religious belief many be,
there are certain rules Of morals which,
if he violates, he pays the penalty for,
and no matter what his
ideas of physical life may be there are
rules governing just as infiexible, the
violation of which brings a penalty just
as certain. The indomitable ambition
and the wonderful will of Napoleon inn
PEELED him to labor when he should
have slept, and he died young. An in
usually strong constitution may enable
a man to eat or drink too much for
years, but he pays the penalty in a
shortened life and q premature old age.
A man may drink so much beer q day
and live to be 100-without it he would
have lived to be $50.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
Not in Politics..

I heard a very sensible thing recently
rom a young man who had iustplucked
she political bee from his bonnet.
What are you going to run for this
spring? p" asked. Che has been q stand
ing candidate for some position or 9th
or for several seasons past.) II am not
. candidate for anything, /" he said, "and
Idon't want you to get me mixed up in
politics any more. If you ever catch
me running again before I'm so, / want
you to proclaim me a swindler. No,
sir I've been there and I've been burned.
It's only one man in hundred that sue
ceeds in politics. The other ninety
nine, if they stick to the business, will
wind up In the poor-house; or, what il
equally bad, as stooi-pigeons
in q gin-mill. / speak from an expert
ence of three years, and know I've just
stopped on the brink of a~precipice. I'm
going to attend to business for the rest
Of my life-at least till I'm 50-and
then, if an admiring nation wants to
make me a justice of the peace, I'm
willing. But no high aspirations, o,
nor Ninety-nine out of every hundred
of the young men who make q business
of politics ought to cut this out and
by it. 1t is applicable TO the
horde of o~fice-seeking youth who come
from all sections of the state when the
Legislature c~onvenes, as well as to many
who are afflicted with the political mania
in Trenton.-Trenton, n. Times,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
TIVE SHADOWS

In q bleak land and desolate,
Beyond the earth somewhere.
Went wandering through deaths dark gate
A soul into the air.
And still as on and on 1t fled,
A wild, waste region through,
Behind there fell the steady tread
OF one that did pursue.
At last no paused, and looked aback;
And then he was aware
A hideous wretch stood in his track,
Deformed, and covering there.
"And who art thou" he shrieked in fright,
THAT dOst my steps pursueg
Go, hide thy shapeless shape from sight,
Nor thus pollute my view"
The foul form answered him: galway
Along thy path l flee,
I'm thine OWL actions. Night and day
Still must l follow thee"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13

Mrs. John Wattacounit Of 0conto, Wis, and
her twelye-year-old daughter attempted ts
walk A distance Of twelve miles, returning from
the funeral of the mothers sister to their home
Thev evidently Lost their way and persisted by
severe cold in the extensive swamp surrounds
ing Shawanee lake.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13

Paper wash-basins, buckets, and sim
liar articles for domestic purposes are
generally made Of straw pulp, and afte,
they are rough made into the desired
shape they are subjected to hydraulic
pressure in strong molds where they 40
quire the finished form.