Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-24

| :, oo~Sou, ana escort his wife
back to HALEY.
Potatoes, potatoes, potatoes at
the Idaho Forwarding Company's.
only two men remain in Muldoon.
to'w't: the Sanford Halls, father and
son.
W. H. Watt left to-day for Boise
City, Intending to be gone about one
week.
Lilieu Charles has decided Philip
Weber one fourth of the First Choice
claim, in Mineral Hill district.
The Rev. l. r. Osborn having gone
to ketchum, there will be no services
at Emmanuel church, to. II orrow.
Salt Lake Beer by the glass, quart,
or gallon-at Kayser & McLaughlin's
saloon, two doors north of the post
Office.
There are thirty seven tunnels of
more than 1000 yards in England, the
longest being that of the Severn
1854 yards.
5. ). Friedman left to-day for Salt
Lake City, to go after his wife, child
and servant. He will return about
the 9th of April.
The Settle estate is said to be worth
about 100000, and the deceased left
neither will, next Of kin, nor legal
heirs. A plum for the public admin
istrator.
About a half a-dozen Haileyites
have already gone to Salt Lake CITY,
to attend the Booth Barrett perform.
ance; and about a dozen more will
go during the ensuing week.
Colonel Canavan says that he is no
longer 'from Resurrection District"
but from the live city of Bellevue;
and that he is for Chauncey M. De-
pew for Presldent-and don't you
forget it!
Superintendent Ressiguie, of the
Idaho Division, passed up the road
last night in his special train, and
came down again this morning about
10 o'clock. He is making a trip of
inspection.
The school-boys are having a nice
time fishing in the river and creeks.
1t is nothing unsual for them to catch
so fine trout in one hour. The fish
Bit so greedily that some of the bows
do not even bait their hooks.
The Union Pacific will sell round.
trip tickets from Haley to Denver
and return March Goth, on account of
the Cattle Convention. Tickets 90.
ing expire March 2Sth, returning ex-
pire April 9th. Rate $53.
Since the organization of the
Security Mutual Benefit Society the
expense to member of middle age
has been LESS THAN TWELVE DOLLARS
YEAR for each thousand dollars of
insurance. J. A. Rupert,
Agent for Alturas County.
G. T. Huffman writes from Ket.
chum that he and his wife, who ar.
rived last Saturday, are in need of
work. His wife will do general
housework, while he is willing to do
ANYTHING honorable. Who wants
help?
1t has been shown that the brittle.
ness Of the bones of the aged is not
due, as is generally supposed. to an
increase of the proportion of mineral
salts with advancing years. From
section of the femur of SO subjects
of different ages no difference in the
proportion of ash could be determined.
In the early forms OF electric in
lamps the filament was of
platinum, and it was noticed that
thin film of the metal soon formed on
the inside of the glass bulb. Tn
recent investigations DR.. Alfred
has found the phenomenon
10 be due to the tearing away of solid
PARTICLES by the violent emission of
gases the platinum had absorbed.
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wis
,onsin and the other Northern States
have been visited by. billiards this
winter, and the Southern States are
having destructive cyclones and cleo
trical storms; but the Pacific States
and Territories escape all such cal.
antilles. This fact, of itself, should
luadruple their population within