Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-11
HERE AND THERE


rrs1lt Of snskr-bltes-
J. c Whitaker, The eolored cadet, who had
his car slit az West Point is praeiieing Law at
sumter, s C., and was orator Of the day at
The emancipation celebration thers recently.
A white deer, one Of the raress animals,
was killed recently in Clinton Couatv, Pa, NJ
Prothonotary Mann, Of Sunhury. But three
shite deer have ever been killed in that part
OF the state.
The largest block OF coal ever taken from
mine in the United States was exhibited at the
Texas State Fair. 1t weighs I, SOL pounds. II
Texas keeps on she viii have a coal miners
strike one Of these days
NJ Coquelin, the celebrated French actor,
who returned to Paris from Constantinople
the other day, gave while there performance
sR board of W. X. Vanderbilts steam yacht
sAlva, FOR which he received $1,000
Three months ago there was no such town
as Milton, d. T. Its site was open, unculti-
waited prairie. Now there Is . lively village,
two large elevators, three stores, bank, and
all the minor industries of Western town.
There are 900 private railroad cars in the
Enlted States, representing value of nearly
y S. 10000. They are worth anywhere from
probably, being that owned BY George NJ. Pull
mas.
1t Is said that the biggest quill toothpiek
factory in the world Is near Paris. 1t was
originally quill pen factory, but when these
went out OF general use the factory turned 10
The toothpicS business, and now makes %, co.,
no annually.
Gopher farming Is new industry begun at
FAuburndale, Fla. Two men have devoted
tract of 1000 acres to the purpose. 1t is said
SHAT the most fastidious epicurc cannot tell
ihe flesh Of the Florida gopher from the ia
nous Maryland terrapin.
a little girl, while playing with cat at
Eastou, Pa, put her tongue through the folds
Of curtain 'to make pussy believe that 1t
was piece of meat" The cat seized the
child's tongue and tore it so badly that it wss
cured only after much difficulty aud suffering.
George Bancroft, the aged historian, ac-
souGts for his long life By the fact that he was
the middle child in his fathers family, that
he has always been in bed by 10 o'clock at
night and that he spends four hours III the
open air every day unless prevented By stormy
weather.
Probably the oldest practicing attorney in
ton. He was born in Plymouth Mass, in
1852 and still has lucrative practice. His
speciality is corporation law. and he is attorney
for two of the greatest Of the railway systems
in New England
Mrs. Henry Clews wife of the New York
banker, Is said 10 be the only American lady
who owns chariot. is very large, and has
"a high seat for the coachnan and at the rear
step for footmen to stand on. Around tile
TOP OF the chariot, on all four sides, is a row
of comets in raised brass
The reports Of the various departments OF
the New York postofiice show that 797, rs. l45
pieces OF mail matter were handled during
the year. The aggregate business OF the
money order department amounted to sS2,-
57J, 81. The receipts Of the Office for the year
we're s., S33 995, and the expenses 81, 75S 994
It is said that the big cattle ranches OF the
far West and Southwest are breaking up.
year ago the Niobrara Land and Cattle Com
panY. which has become bankrupt refused
Sl,O00,0)0 for its property. Instead of the big
companies swallowing the little ones, 1t Is
thought that the tendency is toward the
breaking up Of the big ranches into smaller
ones.
1t is rare that man dies laughing, but
William II. Brown. New Haven saloon
keeper, is said 10 have met his death in that
manner. He was sitting in his place the other
day in conversation with a friend, and, just
finishing funny story at which both laughed
heartily, was noticed to grow pale and then
fall from his chair corpse. The doctors said
It was heart disease.
At xenia, Ohio, the other day man traded
a. n n Il an
Then he traded the buggy for several miscel-
laneous articles, which he snapped for other
things that took his fancy. During the day
he made thirteen different trades with various
parties, and in the evening be found himself
still the owner of the calf and also of s24, the
profit of the several transactions.
Many of the valentines which are a eombi-
nation Of laced and siVered paper, sprigs,
notices, punches Of colored flowers, little
mirrors, and the like, are made In London, in
factory where the work goes on the wear
around Much Of the work Is done By hand,
and women are the most expert at It They
use good deal of mucilage in constructing
these affairs. and invariably use the third fin
ger of the right hand instead of a mucllags
!. brush.
The latest 'fad" among wealthy families is
10 burn "irift-wood" in open crate fires This
wood is gathered along the seacoast by East
ern parties, packed In barrels and shipped
through the country. 1t Is mostly wreckage
A great part OF ii has once been the material
OF ships bottoms and was sheathed with cop
per plates. The copper salts have impregna-
ted the wood, and when burned It gives out
most beautiful green and peacock blue
flames.
II Is estimated that the amount of petro-
leum produced In Pennsylvania since brakes
well was drilled in 1859 to the year 1857 was
$50. 0O0, 600 barrels Of forty-two gallons each.
This amount Of oil would be sufficient to
make gOod-sizcd river orlake II collected in
one body. 1t would make stream 10 feet
deep, 100 feet wide and about $50 miles long
or a lake or rectangular pond about three
miles long, two miles wide and ten feet deep
StIIl tie supply is not exhausted.
David Day. the hermit Of Green Pond
Mountain. in New Jersey was found dead the
other day In his dug-out cave I'm the side of
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