Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-21
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Congressman Tracy has rented bis residences
at Albany 10 State Sen&tor J. sloat Rhsscss
for the winter.
Scientific tests In Hungary show that corn
will produce the largest yield Of milk, chile
sorghum produces milk OF the richest quality.
Representative John NJ. Glover authorizes !
the announcement to be made that be Ia a
candidate for Governor of Missouri ON an an
tlring platform.
The Boston Transcript speaks OF Governor |
Foraker Of Ohio as '.the end man Of politics"
I THIS Is doubtless because be playes on the
bones OF dead issues.
The Chicago TALLER who refused the lamp
used by August Spies TO Nina Van Zsndt
doubtless reasoned that the girl had no use
for IL, being so extremely leht.headed a. ems
Is.
Dubuque, Ia, has man who asserts that he
Is the devil, and there are some who are In
cilned to believe him; but, as be has no horns
and no tail, the police have locked him up az
an impostor.
Col. John A. JORGE could not sand the rare
fed air Of Colorado He recently went TO
Lesdville to edit newspaper, but he has re-
turned TO Georgetown, d. C.. with severe
coli on his lungs.
Quite curiosity in the shape Of twIn
orange is on exhibition at Anthony, Fla IL
was found 10 Mr.. Slriplsnd's grove. Many
old inhabitants say they never saw anything
Of the kind before.
Little Marshall p. Wilder says that he 10
constantly mistaken for Josef Holman, the
musical marvel He wishes the public TO un.
derstand that the NJ z. in hIs name does nos
htand for aMusicaI ProditT.D
,, Among the candidates for the Mexican mis-
sion are Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin; Gen 7.
, NJ. b. Young. of Georgia, and Judge Temp
kinf, of Atlanta Thsy are all proof against
the rarefed air OF high attitudes
! The wife Of President Diaz Of Mexico has
established In the City of Mexico q large
!, Friendly Home OF the Workingwoman" at
!. which small children viii be cared for during
the day while their mothers are at work
The Oldest two trees 10 the world are sup
4 posed TO be one 10 Caiayeras county, Callfor-
: MIA, which is believed TO be 2,5s5 years old,
II the cypress OF Somma, in Lombsrdy, Italy.
. which is 1911 years old. planted B. Y. a
r The big summer hotel Brighton, at Brlgh.
ton beach, on Long Island, has had its
= foundations washed out By the ocean sweep
l. ing inland, aud will have to be removed
inland to save it from complete destruction.
Lord Tenueyson receives an income OF from
$4,000 10 $25. 600 year from the sale Of hi
- books, but not a cent OF It comes from al
Il American publisher, despite the fact that Ills
,etry is nearly as popular here as in En-
d gland.
1t King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Islands
n has had his salary reduced, and wili have to
confine his poker ventures TO the harmless
game known as s'penuy ante" Protection e
Il the .'infant industry" Of kiugship is piayet
out at Honolulu
70 Alta recent entertainment in Philadelphia
a admission was not By ticket butt By vegetable
)u each person being required to hand over :
las the door keeper potato or some other Eegs
table product The net proceeds were di'
We tributed among the poor.
nd A society for the promotion Of reform
le berlals has just been Incorporated at Clev'
land, Ohio. Its i1rpose 10 TO provide funei
er ais for its members, rich aud poor alike. at
he minimum of cost BY avoiding the excesslV
mt chargers of nndertARers
xt Hermann, the prestidigtator, has bee
:, looking for ghosts all his life He has new
found one, and Is sceptcal as 10 their exis
enee. He is now on bis way TO St. Loui
where be owns some property. They %
as spirits can be found In that city.
ne Thursday was donation day at the Phil
or lelplia home for aged and inhrfn eolors
persons. A colored clergyman who 10 Il
ng wears Of age opened the ceremonies 90 hi
day with PRAYER. His name 10 John GihsS
w aud he was born In Virginia Ia February, IN
'ne Dorothy Whituey, who was once persol
age Of national fame, has been somewhat ne
lected BY the press Of late She has not I
s,a lowed this fact to degrees her, howevt
!. Monday she reached the mature age OF q
alu mouths and celebrated the occasion By Gu
rrf ting her tenth tooth.
ihe man who has just been released from 9
as Nebraska state prison, where be has served
term, has sued the lawyer who defended b
'eS In tile trial that resulted In his convictic
The cx-conYct clallns that the convection "
MI, the result of the lawyers malpractice, and
"a wants $50, 600 damages
Two United States revenue officers recen
~ tried to arrest a smugglcr who was bringini
ho load OF GIN from New Brunswick into MAR
The smuggler ran to the woods, but before
started he pulled cord which opened the I
casks and nearly all OF the liquor ran out
N'h fore the officers could shut Il OF
New England is deeply interested in
are rumors about the solyency OF some OF
an western farm mortgage companies The IL
companies of Boston alone hold 81, OO9 west'
,es. farm mortgages, on which $1,000, 900 IS o.
standing. Aud the insurance companies
Hartfort hold mortgages on western farms
,.se the amount Of s7O,o01,00
A large vault with walls Of stone and al
with skeletons of human beings has been
covered In an Indian mound which ovcrlo'
,itb the Missouri river from hill near Jefferi
ynp CITY, Mo. The skeletons are thought 70 be
N n remains OF the ancient mound bullderS
iJhr though the remarkable state Of preservat
w;th In which they are found would indicate
- q they are of more recent date.
Two Aunt Hattie North, who recently died
and Troy, Kan, was thought by those who ku
3 a her best to be fully liz years old. She wa
Oolored woman aud remembered living In
eon. Louis when the city was French tradlng !
who with ycry few houses. She often related
cidents that occurred full century ago
hear as she never knew how TO read Il was thou
lspn that she spoke from actual experiences.
'An eastern capitalist has been in town
week. remarks Denver paper, look
= around with the view to putting Ia 81
w. gigantic manufacturing establishments
cent. aid not register at the hotel, aud strive
Buff eonceal his identity, but was readily re-
h,r. nized by our reporter from the fact that
Ing the first day OF two Of his stay he q
"esS 10 the eastern custom Of wearing bis ~