Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-31

10 hldNu 43IhOI do hhO AaL ON4At~os ~
,ording to population.
Now it is asserted that Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria wants to become
king. 1t would seem as though his
head must be uneasy enough now with
out assuming crown,
MINISTER GEENADIUs. who came to
this country in the interests of Greek
currants. is delighted with the currents
of American fe as he finds them in
Washington society.
III sardou really took the main situa-
tons in LA Tosca" from Maurice
Barrymore's 'Nadjezda' there is every
reason for asserting that Barrymore
ought to be ashamed of himself
THE American Minister at The
Hague, Mr.. Isaac Bell is expected
home this spring on leave of absence,
and he will probably occupy his villa
at Newport during the coming hot
season.
JAMES E. MURDOCH. the tragedian.
author and dramatic reader, recently
a resident of C ncinnati. has been
elected President of the Faculty of'the
National School of Elocution and Ora
tory of Philadelphia.
PRoF. CLEVELAND Able is now in
charge of the weather predictions
which emanate from the Washington
Bureau. His predictions are verified
so constantly that they speak of him at
the capital as the Able Constantin.
THE news that n ma Van Zandt is
not go ng on the stage after all is one
of the most cheerful and inspiring re-
ports VIII ch the early spring has
brought forth. N ina seems to be grad
ually recovering her mental health.
j. I. CAMPBELL, United States Con-
sui at Auckland, New Zealand, says in
his latest report to the State Depart
ment that sl2 600. 600 have been ex-
pended in New Zealand in the last
eight years in the effort to overcome the
rabbit plague.
FOLLOWING hard npon the assertion
that John Ruskin can find no poetry
written by an American comes the news
| that Victorien Sardou considers Shakes
peare' "Hamlet'' idiotic- "All Gaul
is divided into three parts, "and Sardou
| is one of them.
In a recently published poem james
Russell Lowell speaks of champagne
in the air. There is some disappoint-
ment felt because he did not mention
the locality in which he had discovered
this inspiring atmospheric phenomenon.
Doubtless it was in a country where
the climate is ''extra dry"
A CAPITALIST in Omaha was given a
sance a few years ago to buy the
Coronado Islands, in San Diego Bay,
for S75 600, but refused it, and they
were sold to syndicate soon after for
s1lO. 900. The Syndicate has since
sold 81, 800, 600 worth of lots from the
tract and the balance is held at Sl0,-
10000
THOMAS F. BAYARD is the only living
man who was balloted for in the St
Louis Convention in 1876. Tilden.
Hendricks, Allen, Hancock and Parker,
all of whom had enthusiastic supporters
for the nomination. are dead, and John
Kelly and John Morrissey, who were
: prominent figures at the conventions,
have followed their chiefs.
SENATOR STANFORD is said to be the
most unassumingly dressed man in
= Washington. This independence in
: the matter of personal decoration Is
one of the advantages of being rich
! ! Russell Sage it is said, walked into
Broadway clothing store the other day
r and tried on and purchased twelve
e dollar suit of s'hand. me downs"
{ DR. JAMES G. HYNpMAN, the throat
5 specialist of the Ohio Medical College
9 tells how the only Catholic priest il
! America who wears q beard came to lie
! his whiskers grow The priest, whose
' PASTORAL duties are performed in Gin
{ cinnati, o., is subject to throat trou
: bles. On the advice of DIR. Hyndma'
g he let his beard grow aud had no fur
: Their Inflammation in his throat His SD
i periors, however, objected to the inova
\ I, lion aud the priest was obi ged to g
+. to Rome to obtain permission to wea
e whiskers, BE took W tn him full &C
count of his case from DIR. Hyndman'
pen, and the church authorities
y y Rome at once granted the permissio
desired.