The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
FACT AND FANCY.

Sill 600 invested IN western farm mort
cages.
A country parsoh ID New York wanted .
picture seIscd by the police because It showed
wofDan's bare arm.
Rejoice when your Christmas turkey makes
a brave fight for life The bssvest are the
tenderest, ycu know.
William Jack Haines celebrated the hun
dredth year Of his life at Cincinnati Christ
mas day. He Is still active ana strong.
The Ohio society In New York city has
three hrndred members, and VIII soon erect q
clubhouse. WhitsIeu Ried 10 the leading
spirit OF the association.
1t Is reported that the elevated roads OF
New York have practically abandoned the
idea Of an electric motor, and are considering
the sdSsability OF trying the cable system.
Larks on stuffed tomatoes, oxtail rngout
with trufles, and wild duck with stewed
celery were new dishes TO some American
guests at dinner In an English country
house.
1t is noted by Washington correspondent
that most Of the diplomates representing
Turkey at the capital have been 9rceks and
Span!ards
Connecticut farmer who died not long
since left among other property, 81, 200 in
silver It was mostly in half dollars, all Of
old dates, many being Of the coinage Of 1928
and the early '3Gs.
stone weighing five or six tons, which had
apparently recently fallen, has been found
near Bearbroek, ON the line OF the Canada
Atlantic railroad. 1t is almost entirely be.
meath the surface Of the clay soil on which 1t
struck, and the ground around shows signs Of
great disturbance. The stone 10 Of dali
gray.
An African traveller says the Intoxicating
liquor now chiefly exported to Africa from
Bremen and Hamburg is a poisonous distilla-
tion from the potato, and produced very
cheaply. Chemists state that there 10 more
fusel oil in 1t than In any other known spirit.
The natives give 1t the appropriate name of
death.
A Californian says that in August while
driving near Pomona one OF hts party pointed
out great mass OF tarantulas crawling by the
roadside. Tie party shot scores of them, and
then succeeded In getting fifty or sixty into
WATERFALL. Then began a tremendous fight
between these big spiders, which ended only
when every one in the pail was dead.
Over FIVE hundred homing pigeons are on
exhibition at the annual show OF tie fedora.
tion Of American homlng- pigeon fanclers at
Newark, N. J. They come from all parts Of
the union, and are the most valuable and Won
derful lot Of llers ever seen. There are seven
birds in the collection which $500 could not
buy, while the cheapest of them would bring
S2l
W. A. johnson, who died recently In Lisbon,
Conn.,, at an advanced age was wagon maxi
er, and one of his last jobs was to repair an OK
cart which he built In 1882 and which had
been In constant use for Afty-Ave years with
out repair. His first job In Lisbon was to
make set OF wheels. They have been used
Oh Farm wagon nfty-six years, and are just
as good as ever.
1t is believed that Mrs. Nancy Coley, Of
Eastom Conn, Is the oldest natlve-born white
American living She was horn on Greenfield
Hill, Conn.,, In the fal! Of 1779, and was 80
little that the nurse could and did put her In
to pewter teapot and closed the lid But,
Us the old lady says, II lived and grew nice.
~" She bore twclv: children, all but two of
whom are dead.
The Lincoln family now residing at Dallas,
Tex, Is the wealthicst party OF colored people
In the world. Fortunate speculations In
| Mexican mining property made the grand
| mother OF the Lincoln family immensely
| wealthy, and she deposited all her money 10
| the Bank OF England A year ago the money
was divided among the grandchildren, six in
| all who are now worth $3.00l. 600 each.
While trying to find out the leak of gas.
pipe on street in Harrisburg, Pa, the other
day, laborer struck piece Of flint with his
pick which ignited the leaking gas that per-
meated through the limestone rock. No less
than hundred flames could be seen all along
the road, and the street was as light as day.
1t was not until trench was dug and the
| pipe reached that the fire could be extin-
| guished.
| On the Goth of last June the town of More
head, KY, had population OF only three hun
| bred, and one Of the worst bands OF despera
does Kentucky has seen in many years. The
band was defeated In battle BY sheriffs
posse, the leaders were killed, and the next
| day the town began to grow and boom. Now
it has a population of over five hundred, q
real-estate boom, and recently discovered
coal vein.
A resident OF Mansfield. Pa, has leased five
thousand acres Of coal lands In the townships
| OF Peters and Cecil, Washington county, and
upper st. Clair and South Fayette, Allegheny.
He pays cash 50 cents an acre and from s35 to
S45 per acre on the lst ofJuly, 1885, according
| TO location al Regards railroad facilities for
shipping. Besides this he pays over 500 per
acre on an option on the surface OF two or
three pieces OF land at Bolce's aud Hills sta
tlons, on the CHARTERS Valley railroad, In AL
lcgheny county, which options extended only
iuto February.
A resident OF Mansfield, Pa, has leased
5000 acres of coal lands in the tow nships oil
Peters and Cecil, Washington county. and
upper st. Clair AID South Fayctte, Allegheny.
lie pays cash SO cents per acre and from $3s
TO $45 per acre On July l, 1858, according te
location as regards railroad facilities for ship
| ping. Besides this he pays over 500 pei
acre on au option on the surface Of two OF
three pieces of land at Boyce's and Hill's sta
lions, on the CHARTERS Valley railroad, In AL
leghany county, which options extend only
into February.
Barnum's elephants, when ''dead and
turned to clay" seem to possess O scientific
advantage which makes them desirable ad-
dition to all institutions OF learning DR. vii
der at Cornell University Is hard at work
studying the brain of the big elephant, and
will probably add to his fame by q treatise
upon Its peculiarites. Now 1t Is said that
the university Is to purchase the complete
skeleton of an elephant to be mounted and
placed In the museum of anatomy and zool
ogy. The whole animal will be well known to
Cornell students.
Ever since last July a valuable young mare
belonging 20 Sylvester Camp, OF Pike, Pa,
had been gradually loosing flesh and strength.
No cause for the steady emaciation could be
discovered. The least exertlon would throw
the animal into violent fits of coughing. Mr.
Camp spent nearly $500 IN efforts to learn
what allied the marc, but the best veterinary
surgeons could locate no disease Last weeI
the marc was killed 10 end her suffering The
animal was dissectcd aud in her throat wa.
found a hemlock splinter, nearly six inche.
long, an inch and half thick at one end
and running to a sharp point at the other
Tho charm rofnf w a i'm he,1ad deep In ooa ofdx