Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29
MlNoR MENTION.

sixteen thousand lersons ferlshed by fam.
Inc 1T Cape Verde 10 l775
Tie amethyst was the ninth stone upon
the breasIplate OF the Jewish high priest
1891 b. c.
French count N Green Bay turns out 10
lie New York iDuse professor lie beat the
folks out Of $500 before they got on 10 him.
Steam navigation was projected on the
Danube, BY Count szecbenyl, ia 1889, anu in
that year the fret steamboat was launched at
Vienna.
vi le4 persons 10 France claiming 10 be
over lOJ years old, committee threw out 10
after Investigation, and the other three we're
considered doubtful.
al France Is puzzled over Sara Bernhardt
She hss either gained three pounds or got
larger hustle, and as no one can find out
which, the nation Is agog ss@
New York harhor was frozen over, admit.
ting tile passage OF teams on the Ice between
the city and Staten Island, in 1854 The bay
was agan frozen ia 1871.
There are Just as many murderers IN Ohio
as II they didn't hang for the crime, but there
sre not near 50 many murderers bldlng their
time 70 get out Of prison and do so some
I more.
man IN Birmingham, n, Y, who received
icguey Of S250O0 paid out S2I, 0JO Of It for
4 hne mansion, aad inside Of three month be
was dead broke and trying to resell for
| $4,000.
/ The pesky little moth costs the government
/ $4,000 per year. snd is then ahead much OF
the time. Washington is said 10 be more in.
\ tested with this Insect than sny other town
! 10 the land
Plays were represented By Liylus Anjronl-
/ Gus, who, abandoning satire, wrote plays with
( regular and connected plot and who gave
singing and danelng 10 different performers,
shout go b. C.
| The stuffed skin Of black poney which be.
! longed 10 the Queen Of Spain makes a novel
bobby horse for the little king. IN the por-
| trait Of bis msiesty The riding horse is
| prominent feature.
TIE Nile still continues to fall, and II some
thing isn'i done pretty soon the crocodiles
viii have 10 buy water AZ the private wells 10
vet their dust covered backs. The Nile
should behave Itself.
KuoW ye, and don't you forget II, that In
dian summer never comes until after the first
snow hskes sud until after the 10th Of No
vemhr Summer days 10 October simply
mean decent weather.
Nervous people are afraid to attend the
services In The Bristol Cathedral, England, as
the building literally 50 arms With rats. The
creatures are 10 b. seen running about 10 tho
nave while service Is proceeding in the choir.
A steward who had been Entrusted with the
task OF illing az his masters library sent the
following order 10 London BOOKSELLER: ''In
the hrsi place want six feet Of theology, the
same quantity OF metaphysics, and near a
yard Of old civil Law 10 folio
Early drearm, were yery rudcy construct.
ed and we're trst discharged ~ lighted
match. About 1917 wheel-loek came into
use, and about 1902 this was superseded by
the alnt-lccz. The principle Of percussion
was patented by the Rev. Mr. ForsJthe 10
is55.
Hogs arc higher 10 Ch cago, with but liItle
over half the receipts In that city or other
western points Of year ago The exports Of
hog products from Atlantic ports for the last
eleven month are over 10 200, 600 pounds be-
hind year ago, the falling Cd bsing greatest
10 the latter part OF the season.
Bokhara. after successfully forming part Of
the empires OF Persia, Of Alexander aud Bac-
trlanA. was conquered BY the Turks in the
sixth century, by the Chinese In the seventh,
and hy the Arabs about l705 After rious
changes II was snbdued by the Uzbek TariarN
iis present possrssors, about 1905
woskmen In a gravel bed on the Western
Railway Of Alabama recently came upon The
skeleton Of what they think was an Indian
prluces& ON Il were found asilver eoronet,
silver bracelets. necklace made OF silver
buckles tied together ith silk ribbon, aud
a peculiar knife with sabre blade.
ore Of tho most gigantic men Of whom
there is any reliable data as 10 exact size was
John Middleton, bura IN 1873 aud who was
commonly called "The Child % Hale" (l.an-
easllrsl. His hand, from the cHrpus TO the
end OF his middle finger, was seventeen
inches long, bis palm 81 inches broad, and
his height nine feet thrce Inches
The honry season in the United states snd
| Canada proves to I've nearest 10 failure Of
ans season in some tiiae, except last year.
Throughout the whole country the nights
have besa cool. which Is unlayora0le for The
.ccteiioa 81 nectar while IN Tue west the
drought 81 last year Killed the white clover,
80 that no crop could have been secured
there had the weather been ever 80 iayora-
I bic.
The largest Christian place Of worship in
tho world Is the church Of St. Peters in
Rome which has capacity for cougrega.
ton Of $4,000 persous. The three next IN
order OF size are Milan Cathedral, which
bnlds ~, 0o0. aud 81. Paul's, London, With a
csparlty or $4,000. The space covered by
ill., buildings Of st. Peters Is said to be 80,
600 toua,c feet, or about five aud half Eng
,is,i ncrcs,
Mr John 4. Townsend, - his "a ircss on
AN ~ upuk, tu 90 uuhcA STATES, stated
tlRt iac average cNynsc 81 savings hank
management ii thulteu states is less han
ono THIRD. 81 ore nv ccui 'hc average inter
cst pad is merry ious per crui.i V The ~
New England States the Avetece Is greater
imam four per cent; Ia Vermont Il vas -
Ter tcnt., and IN Rhode leland s-lO per cent
aus paid Ia lSc5
Il, A, IyInan a. Milford Ct, e making Tho
smallcs. possible specimen Of m engine u
wil hs made nom SILVER hali.do'lar The
/ , Az, q. 80 t,,td shonk oiRbt dTOps Of water,