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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

The Leipziger Zeitung reminds its
readers that just 100 years ago the
punishment of burning a criminal to
death was carried out for the last time
in Berlin. 1t quotes from its issue of
the time letter, written the 18th of
August, 1875, by an eye witness, de-
scribing the punishme All Berlin
had been in considerable excitement
some days before. 1t was seventy
years since a similar punishment had
been carried out in the Prussian CAPT
tai, and it was supposed that the en-
lightened views of the King, no less
a person than the Great Frederick,
would move him to commute the pun
ishment. The criminal was a servant,
one Hopner, convicted of robbery
and of setting fire to the house where
his master and family lived. The
scaffold was raised from the ground
seven or eight feet, upon which there
was frame work, secured with a door
making it sort of open oven, within
which the condemned man was en-
closed. The whole was covered and
surrounded with wood and straw
The ulprit was brought from his
prison at 6 A. NJ. and placed before
the Rath House, and on being inter-
rogated, admitted his guilt. His SEN
tence was then read for the last time,
the officer of the court broke his wand
of office and Hopner was handed over
to the executioner. On arriving at
the place Of execution he was strip
ped to his shirt and inclosed in the
frame. The pile was lighted, and it
burned for three hours.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

Mrs. Gilbert Butler, a widow lady
of HALEY, was elected school Seperin
tendent Of Alturas county by ma or-
ity, as far as heard from of 1898 over
her opponent, Rev. l. T. Osborn. We
are pleased to learn that she was
elected by rousing majority. Mrs.
B. has large family to support, and
needs the office, which she is thorough
ly competent to fill. The reverend gen.
tleman is differently situated. He
must have been "mighty hungry" for
office.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12
She Wanted q Patent.

Once when Grant was President,
there came to the White House let
ter addressed to the President in per-
son. 1t was from a woman in Kan
sas, who said she had read in the pa
pers that Mr.. Grant before he went
into the army was poor, and that,
though he had won fame and was
then President, she did not doubt
that he was poor yet. She had
scheme to make him rich. She had
invented corn-sheler-a machine
that not only shelled the corn and
separated it from the cob, but bv the
reverse of the wheel at will, it would
grind corn and cob together, and SO
furnish a fine food for stock. The
lady inclosed some roughly drawn
plans and asked if ''Mr. Grant, wouId
not gel her patent and accept a
half interest in the invention to COM
pensate him for his trouble. But
she added: "Mr. Grant. I must ask
you not to say anything about this to
my husband, for he is very Jealous,
and 1t might get US both into trouble.n
"Mr. Grant did not ''say anvthinpn
to the husband, but he did good-na-
turedly, send the letter and its in
closures over to the Patent office to
see II the innocent woman might not
In some way be benefited. 1t turn
ed out that the idea tf corn-shelIer
was original, and. with some modifca-
tlons' and after correspondence
through the Patent Office-this time
with the lady's husband, who did not
prove to be bit jeaIous-a patent
was granted. "Rufe" Ingalls, got
hold of this story, and whenever he
and Grsnt were together in suitable
crowd, Rufus would get it off with
great gusto. Rufus would add (when
he dared): 'The President and I
used to she'll corn together up in Ore
gon and Washington Territory, but
we didn't use any such invention.
Our cylinder was made of glass
and we got away with a good MANY
bushels"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

The majority of the members elect
Of both houses of the next Legislature
are staunch anti Mormons and I'D.
holders of the Test Oath Law. Nor.
monism is dying slow but sure in
Idaho, at any rate the church is losing
its power for evil Idaho has taken
the lead in administering medicine
for the efectual cure of the "Mormon
cancer" The Congress of the L. S.
will do we'll to follow the example set
by the "Gem of the Mountains All
honor to H. w. Smith, the Trainer Of
the Test Oath Law.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

A special to the Salt Lake Tribune
states that six men escaped from the
jail at Blackfoot on the night of the
fourth. At last accounts the Sheriff
and posse were in pursuit. The de-
scrlption and names of the escaped
are as follows: Lew Dorsey, light
mustache and goatee, hight about FIVE
feet nine inches. Sullivan, sandy
hair and mustache, hight about five
feet eight, rather stout build Thorn
as, slender build, clean shaved, hight
about five feet ten. Donley, dark
hair and mustache, light build, hight
about five feet nine or ten. Frank
Freen and Charles Irwin, one
light complexion, medium hight, light
mustache, rather stout; the other dark
complexion, clean shaved, medium
hight. n suitable reward will be Of
fered
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

THE WORLD takes the cake as a
prophet of political events. We pre-
dicted that Dubois would be elected
by 800 majority, and that he would
get majority in this county, not
withstanding Ainslie pledged Haley
handsome majority. We also pre-
dicted that Havird would be elected
The Democrat prophesied that Haley
would win by 1000 at least, and
that German would be elected.
Jack is a hard man to beat, and
Havlrd is a good one too. 1t was a
close race, but Carey managed to
pull through a little ahead.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12
HARDEN

Harden VALLEY IrEMs.--ED.
'RLD: School in Dist. No. 3 open
IA this morning 18th inst.) under ia
able auspices. The pupils appear
yht and Intelligent, and we hope
make a showing unexcelled by any
|IRhe county.
IS armers in the valley are hauling
,Isr hay and grain to market and
ing in supplies preparatory to
Using up for the coming winter,
Cbch from Indications will soon be
!, ,, then sleighing and skating will
a The order of the day.
The school house in the upper dis
flt was destroyed by fire Saturday
|Eht, supposed to be the work of an
Bsndiary.
sir. Carrigan is quite dangerously
7 but reported better this morning.
d lr. John Stockton, of Boise valley,
h been employed to teach school in
/ upper district. School will open
srshe 10Th inst.
All More anon.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

STATESMAN: 1t is expected tina.
Boise City vii! be lighted up with
electricity by the time the Legisla-
ture meets. =. All old residents of
BOISE will remember Clitus Barbour.
who some twelve or thirteen years
ago was partner of E. J. Curtis in
the practice of law here. In the re-
cent California election Barbour was
candidate for Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, and in San Fran.
cisco received Z out of 10000 votes
cast.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

DEMocRAr: Gov. Stevenson has
proclaimed Thursday, 25th instant,
as Thanksgiving Day.....The re-
turns as now received indicate that
Mr.. HALEY is defeated by about 400
votes. He lost every southern coun
ty but Ada and CaSsia, while his ma
jority in the four northern counties
will not foot up more than 450.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

The race between J. @. Thomas,
D independent candidate, and S. A.
Arkson, for County Commissioner
the third district, was close. Mr..
rkson, the Democratic candidate,
noe out three votes ahead.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

aDAs CLYDE, an old-timer of this
ce, and the past ten or twelve years
resident of Custer county, was elect
Auditor Of that county. He is a
publican.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12
TIN CARROLL
4 Clerk BID Co. Com.

D, , thers is one thing more than
Their that makes a newspaper man
lag to be engaged in some other
illness, it is dearth of news items.
- news crop is a total failure this
Ak, and we cannot reap something
w nothing.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

MARRIED. AT the Overland Hotel,
Boise City, Thursday evening,
;, v. 4, 1886, by Rev. J. H. Barton,
i. w. F. Wardwell, of Emmetts-
e, to Miss Carrie A. Ray, of Horse
e Bend.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

Visiting clergyman in Indian Ma
tion-Are all these Indians Christi
ans? Irish waiter-No, sur, not wan
of them; some is Comanches an some
is Episcopalians.-[Chicago Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12
.

The Democratic majority in the
House is Il. Experts predict that
this majority sill be reduced to 10 or
Il in the neNt Congress.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

The family of J. G. Richardson,
mister. are now residents of this
PFg. They moved up the other day
hmm their place on the Boise City
d.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

Tue Board of County Commissions
! of Boise County will meet as a
ard of Canvassers Nov. II, 1886,
being ten days after the election
,aid County.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

THE SCIENCE OF DRINKING-Con-
sui Tanner, of Chemnitz, reports to
the Secretary of State that the beer
production of Germany in 1885 was
1,100,0O0,0OO gallons, enough to form
lake more than one mile square and
six and one half feet deep, or it would
make running stream as large as
some of our rivers. He says the con-
sumption of intoxicants in Germany
per head is four times as great as in
the United States, yet there are a
thousand hopeless drunkards in the
United States to ten in Germany.
The difference arises largely, if not
entirely, he says, from the manner of
drinking in vogue in the two countries
''This science of drinking" he writes,
Consists simply in the hardness of
drinking. All drinks are taken sip
by sip, half or three quarters of an
hour being consumed for glass of
beer. This is so simple that one is
liable to ridicule for laying stress up
on it, and yet on this one point hinges
in my opinion, a question of vast i'm
portance to Americans. By this man
ner of drinking the blood is aroused
to great activity in so gradual a man
ner that there is no violent derange-
ment of the animal economy. BY
slow drinking the German accomplish
es the object of drinking, and gives
his animal economy chance to say,
hold, enough which only slow drink
irg will do" Mr.. Tanner says that
since his arrival in Germany he has to
see his first glass of water drunk
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

AVALANCHE: A new and rich
strike has, we understand, been made
in the Perseverance mine at Flint.
The ore runs up into the thousands
in value, and is supposed to be quite
extensive. All the mines being work
ed are looking well, and if the camp
does not boom in the spring, it will
be something strange. By that time
the company will have mines opened
to supply large reduction work con-
stantly. We learn that R. S. HAYES
has struck it rich in the Rafting Jack,
the lode being about three feet wide
of solid quartz, much of the ore show
ing free gold. The lode is a north
extension of the Orc Elmo, and will
no doubt prove of great value.
WE make the following extracts
from letter from J. r. Box, an old
citizen of the Basin, and now resi-
dent of Copperopolis, CAL: at
is raining to-day, and this is the first
rain of the season here. Money is a
cash article here, and but few have
any to sell. You can scarcely look
at paper without seeing the assign
ment of some of the supposed wealth
lest farmers of San Joaquin, or add
joining counties, and but few of
those in more moderate circumstances,
which proves that spread eagle tilling
of the soil will gradually give way to
smaller holdings. The working men
of this vicinity seem to be as thrifty
as usual. 1t is those who are in the
cities and large towns who are making
so much noise about no employment
those that lie in wait at free lunch
counters and for the doubtful cock
tai of candidates, the last one of
which carries the vote. We are not
troubled here with the curse of polyg-
amy, and [ hope the time is near at
hand when Idaho and Utah can say
the same. l also hope the sold dirt"
will elect no Legislator who is oppos-
ed to the test oath.-The mines Of
this county are all flourishing. Pros
pecting is at high tide. More mining
locations have been put on record
the last year than for years past in
the same length of time"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

If the claims of old decent were
justifable source of pride, the human
race would feel elated this morning
on being assured by the wise man of
the British Association that authen-
tic proof has been disco vered in some
Welsh caves that men, sufficiently de-
veloped from the ape to manufacture
flint implements, existed on this planet
100000 years ago. To us it is a mel
ancholy reflection that we should
have taken so prodigIous a time to at
tain so small result. Even when
the duration OF the race is limited to
the six thousand years Of history, the
outcome can hardly he considered as
satisfactory, and there is something
profoundly depressing in the sudden
addition of a series Of ancestors who
spent $4,000 years in marking time,
indeed, but in making no other mark
in the rld.-[Pa!l Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

|,eal Float and Territorial
Concentrates.
|,HENRY CHIFFON is down from Ban
|fEIGHTY-seven ladies voted at Hal
JoHN M. CANEADY was elected
Sditor and Recorder of Alturas
santy bysa big majority.
BULuos rolls in pretty lively from
inner. Charley Magee brought in
zee more bars Wednesday.
|NH. w. SMlrH. father of the Test
til Law, vas elected to the Coun-
from Bingham county by major
! Of 109.
Mn. ana Mrs. F. NJ. Groves, who
We been Stopping at Kempner's
fich for several months, moved to
/ place . few days ago.
J. s. KINGSLEY will hold services at Ma
Tic Hall on Sunday evening next at
lock. Text-Psalm 144;15. Some H.
tratrons drawn f.om our recent cleo
!. All Invited.
ITAILoRINo, and clothing repaired
Mrs. J. w. REEL.
tDAHo CRY, Oct. 22, 1886.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12
|,eal Float and Territorial
Concentrates.

|lHENRY CLIFTON is down from Ban
I.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

fEIGHTY-seven ladies voted at Hal
!.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-12

lJoHN M. CANaADY was elected
Iditor and Recorder of Alturas
a1nty by-a big majority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-29
Caught in his own TRIP.
Harptr RS Magazine

Men will sham any complaint nova
DAYS to avoid their work." said our worthy
skipper, as he sat at the head of the break
fast table on our first day out. Il had a
fellow once who pretended to have famed
himself when we were about halfway out
to Calcutta; and he did it so we'll that
nobody ever suspected him a bit, till one
night there was false alarm of fire, and
the way that lame man flew up the ladder
would have astonished an acrobat"
"Well," said l." you remember that
story of the Irishman who went about
Dublin with ''Pity the poor blind on a
board round his neck, and made quite a
good trade of it, till at last one of the
people who used to give to him met him
in by-street stepping along like prize
pedestrian.
You old humbug:" cried he'' you see
as well as do"
''Sure, thin says Paddy, looking down
at the blind" board that he carried,
''they've hung the wrong board on me
to-day by mistake. It's deaf and dumb l
ann
SWELL. [ once saw something almost as
good as that myself said my right-hand
neighbor, Profession t, when I was
on a visit to my friend DR.. L. in the
east of France. There was great con
scription going on just then for the
Crimean war. and l. had to test the
recruits as they came in, to see whether
they were fit for service.
Nov among these fellows there was
one fine, sturdy Auvergnat, just the stuff
for a soldier, if he hadn't unluckily been
stone-deaf. So he said, at least, and it
certainly appeared to be true, for all the
tests that they applied to him couldn't
make him give any sign of hearing a bit.
1 fully believed his case to be genuine:
but 1 could see by the twinkle in DR..
lis eye that he didn't
"That'n do, my man. said l. to him
at last. in a low voice. You're too deaf
TO be of any use to Us. You can co.
INSTANTLY the recruit, forgetting him
self in his glee at having got off so easily,
sprang toward the door like cat.
Not so fast, my fine fellow, shouted
the recruiting officer; IF you can hear
that, you're not too deaf for the army.
You're a mighty cunning rogue, but this
time we've caught you in your trap
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-29
An Old Fashioned Judge.
Ben. Perley Poore in Boston Budget

| Daniel Webster used sometimes to read
the conclusion of a charge by Judge
Dudley, trader and c farmer, a manu-
script copy of which he had for many
years in his desk. It was a treat to hear
him read it in pure and undefiled English,
as it doubtless came from Judge Dudley's
lips:
''You have heard, gentlemen, of the
jury what has been said in this case by
the lawyers, the rascals! but, no, / will
not abuse them. 1t is their business to
make good cause for their clients; they
are paid for it, and they have done in
this case well enough; but you and I, gen
tlemen, have something else to consider.
They talk of law. Why, gentlemen, it is
not law what we want, but justice. They
would govern US by the common law of
England. Trust me, gentlemen, common
sense is a much safer guard for us; the
the common sense of Raymond, Epping,
Exeter and the other towns which have
sent US here to try this case between two
of our neighbors. A clear head and an
honest heart are worth more than all the
law of all the lawyers. There was one
good thing said at the bar. 1t was from
one Shakespeare, an English player, |
believe. No matter; it is good enough
almost to be in the Bible. 1t is this: BE
just and fear not It is our business to
do justice between the parties, not by
any quirks of the law out of Coke or
Blackstone, books that have never read
or never will, but by common sense and
by common honesty, as between man and
man. That is our business, and the curse
of God is upon US if we neglect, or evade,
or turn aside from it. And now, Mr.. Sher-
if, take out the jury, and you, Mr.. Fore
man, do not keep us waiting with idle
talk, of which there has been too much
already about matters which have moth
ing to do with the merits of the case.
Give US an honest verdict, of which, as
plain, common-sense men, you need not
he ashamed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-29
Nassar.
Rochester Spy.

Vassar College, famous as the first col
lege solely for the education of women,
has now 29O students. What pity its
real friends were not strong enough to
place at its head a woman for president
They need only to look at Wellesley, of
this state, where the youthful Miss Free
man maintains her more difficult position
so ably, for an example. Why not have
taken Maria Mitchell, whose services for
Vassar are undisputed, instead of hunting
around so long for some Baptist clergy
man, though we have nothing to say in
disparagement of the young and practi-
cally unknown Rev. J. M. Taylor, of Pro
violence, Rhode Island, who has been
chosen?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-29
A Ride on the Plains.
Harper's Magazine.

Down the river, now slowly and eau
tiously scraping over the wide sand bars,
now swiftly gliding along, aided by the
rapid flowing current; down the river
through the Country of He'll, with its
broad desert plains and barron brown
hills, inky black were the moving clouds
cast their shadows; down the river past
old abandoned Indian trading post fast
crumbling into ruins, past the lonely
military telegraph station, where we learn
of the passage of ''dugout," with its
crew of fugitive desperadoes flying from
the wrath of the cowboys: down the river
between perpendicular sand-banks, crum-
bling away at the touch of the ''rOllers"
caused by the passage of our boat, scar
ing up focks of wild geese and Swiftly
ing, blue-winged heron; down the river
through lovely prairies covered with
waving grasses and gayly colored wild
flowers, into the Indian country, until,
looking across one of the long, fiat, out
running points of land that mark the
constantly recurring curves of the river,
there, shining in the morning sum- the
distant buildings of the military post, our
destination, CLEAN bright under the blue,
white, and scarlet folds of the national
standard floating gracefully out from its
| Gdl1 pOlC dS d1uSU UllC uOOP Wall pun plO VI
the sky beyond. Hundreds of Indianteepees
are scattered over the wide plain, and at
our approach we can see the inmates hur
rying to the banks to watch the arrival of
the great steamer. Wild-looking savages
| their faces smeared with streaks of bright
uermilion or orange, are watering their
horses, their gaudily clothed forms reflect
ing straight down in the mirror-like sur
! face of the water: some half-clad lads.
who, lying prone upon their bellies, and
leaning far over the high banks, have
been fishing in the stream, pull in their
| lines and race along the shore, their
coarse black hair floating out behind, and
their bronze-colored naked limbs moving
with untrammeled ease, as they easily
keep pace with the boat; young bucks
mounted on half-tamed ponies gallop
along and mingle with the throng; the
white sombreros and light blue uniforms
of the Indian police contrast strangely
with the partlycolored rags of their fell
llow-savages. As we slowly paddle up to
the landing we make our preparations to
land, recognizing our acquaintances in
the little group of shoulder-strapped blue
coats near the ambulance, which has just
been drawn up to the bank by its team of
four strong mules, and are soon exchang-
ing greeting with our friends, who receive
US with the frank, kindly, ready hOspitali-
ty of the American soldier.