Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
1T is sad there are only abou

1T is sad there are only about
dozen wooden houses London.
Oh ckens near Paris are dying OF
consumption, which they caught from
man who cared for them. Funny
things happen in France.
The death is reported of Mrs. Da-
Wis. who for over fifty ears had the ex-
elusive privilege of setting up fruit
stall in " estminster Hall.
An addit onal p cture for nearl
every day n the year was placed last
year n the ''rogues' album in tn
Berlin Criminal Police Court. Dur n
the year the collection served to ident
fv l24 Grim mails.
Frau Mollenweber. at Remscheid
n Germany, is over one hundred years
I'D, and has had the privilege since
May ID of being a great-great-grand
mother. She is in good health. has
never worn spectacles, has two chill
dren aged seventy-two and seventy-sN,
tn rty-six grandchildren. and forty-two
great grandch ldren.
&C., + rst-class carr ages are not much
required on some German lines. The
,tatist cs have always shown that they
are little used. On one of the State
railway systems in the year to Marc
3 st, 1888, only three passengers in a
most of the ira rs must have had no
first class passengers at all.
"A Welsh farmer named ANN Lew
is of l. anharran, near Pencord, has
d ed at the age of one hundred years.
He enjoyed excellent health through
out his Life. and up to November last
he was able to follow his daily duties
On the farm. When in his ninety
seventh year he, with his grandson,
moved four acres of grass in one day
VIM ng the Derby seems to give
a brevet of longevity to horses. for out
of the twenty-three last winners of that
race onl, five have died, and one OF
hese not from natural causes. But
while all but five of the horses which
have won the Derby since 1873 are
al We, only ten of their owners. or
eleven, counting the two owners of the
horses which ran dead heat last year.
are st Il in the flesh.
The railroads in Guatemala are
run on the credit system. Freight
charges are seldom paid upon the de
livery of the goods. but merchants and
others expect three or four months and
some times more time. If a package
arrives W tn your name upon it the
IA lroad company is expected to deliv-
er Il at your residence, unless it hap
pens 10 be very bulky, and few weeks
after collector comes around for the
fire ght money.
AT Buxton. in England, lately, q
man who was i'll began to recover. but
conceived the idea of Stimulating death
when the doctor came, and was able tc
persuade the doctor that he was dead
A certificate was accordingly made
out. The man arose, sha ed off h's
beard, and became 1.-The brother of tue
defunct," registered his own death, OBJ
tanned an insurance claim, and wa,
well on his way TO foreign parts wher
the trick was found out
The following instance of persist
ency on the part of rejected admirel
has perhaps, rarely been surpassed
The sappo inted sutton followed thu
young woman and his more fortunat,
rival into church it was the church O
Burwash, in Sussex addressing thu
oride-elect from time to time il
p,teous tones: Say No. Martha
say No MARTHA" and this he con
tnued till the cruc al question was put
wilt thou have this man to be tn
welded husbandp' AS soon as til
fatal words IL will'' had passed tn
br de's lips instead of the No" VIII C
he had fondly no, ed for, he turne
away and left the church.