Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-18
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De Brazxa, the African explorer, says the
+. upper Congo teens with ivory. He found
large quantities Of tusks In some OF the
villages, which were offered for small guam
: titles Of beads.
Mrs. Lydia Watson, of Leicester, Mass,
whose one hundred and first birthday has
Just been celebrated. Is In excellent health.
Her form Is erect and she has u fine appetite
and digestion
The German Crown Prince is very popular
The other day 10, 600 people Of Aachen formed
procession and marched to the pilgrimage
resort OF Moneuret, where prayers we're offered
mp for his cure.
OF the twelve men, including William Lloyd
Garrison, who met in Boston on Jan. g nifty.
six years ago. aud signed the constitution OF
the Anti-Slavery Society, only one, Oliver
johnson survives
There is woman living at Hannibal, NO.,
who is so heavy that she can't walk, and is
wheeled about in cart BY Rn able-bodied at
seudant. She weighs 40 pounds, and other
wise is in good health.
Talking Of encyclopedias, the academy at
Pekin has got mp one OF those treasures OF
human knowledge which leaves the Britain
hica far behind so far as bulk is concerned,
being in 100, 900 volumes.
Mr.. aud Mrs. james Goldshurr Of War
wick, Mass, have recently celebrated the
sixty-first anniversary of their marriage. Mr.
Goldsbury, though niuety-one, goes to the
Barn daily aud takes care Of the stock
The thermometer has ranged pretty low in
Montana thus far this winter, but probably
The coolest day ever known in the territory
was New Years Day. 1854 when the mercury
1t Poplar River fell to 6s degrees below zero.
The Minister Of Mines in Victoria, Austria.
Tia, Mfr. G lilies, has calculated that Australian
-old TO the value of e2,Tl0,6l3 was mined
last year, at an expense of s., SS5,6sO. The
profit ia gold mining is rs small as the proht
In other things.
William Clark, q veteran OF the Mexican
Rar. who is living at SHARON, Pa, at the age
81 uinety-four years, knew Daniel Boon aud
General Harrison well in his youth, and was
an intimate terms of friendship with Henry
Clay and General Scott
A few days ago man stood in the street at
Ruby CITY, W. r., and killed two deer. The
people in the several mining camps are killing
about one hundred day. When they are
sold at all large one will bring $50, and
sometimes one cannot give them away
Mrs. Paran Stevens, who owns the Victoria
Hotel. in New York, was in her girlhood
waiter girl in a Lowell restaurant, while her
husband began life as stable boy. She is
now worth S6,uOO.OO0, aud her hotel is
Headquarters for the English aristOcracy in
this country.
81. Petersburg has only one steam fire en-
rue, and the same precautions against ire
are taken there and at Moscow as were in use
a century ago Watcbmen are stationed on
towers rs or 100 feet high, aud when fire IS
discovered signal is given and the fire de,
partment turns out.
The making Of thread spools is a thriving
industry in a number OF Maine villages. The
most novel feature about tine business is the
way the spools are polished. They are simply
placed in barrels, which are kept revolving h.
machinery until the spools have the required
smoothness.
The coolest place in the West is said to be
the little town of Halleek, on the Central Pa
cifc Railway. Il is built at the very bottom
Of a valley that extends due north nearly to
tile Arctic circle, aud railroad men say that
this valley acts as great national wind pipe
Wh.ch brings the coolest blasts of the North
Pole straight down to the unlucky village.
An EngIisLman named Huges rendered
splenetic by unrequted love, committed sui
eide at Bologna in a most determined man
per. He drank a small bottle of whisky mix
ed with strychnine, then locked the doors and
windows, made a tre of charcoal, and finally
cut the artery of his LEFT wrist loaded re-
yoIyer which had been lying on the table
became superfious after that
Eel BAHIA, the last OF the Janissaries, died
gecently liz SerajaNo at the age Of one hun
ired and two. When the Janissaries wer'
-nassacred, In 1896, by order OF the Sultan
Mahmoud H., Zel Bahia alone escaped and
aed to Russia. He subsequently returned to
saraiawo, where lie earned living as {
schooimaster. He was the author of booi
81 Persian poems, which is much read IN the
East.
The diamond mining companies o. South
Africa, which number about ninety, propose
to form gigantic combination that will con
trol the whole diamond territory. The object
Of course, is to increase ede price, which ha'
been reduced by the enormous production Of
shat region. 1t is estimated that there arr
lbout 81, 900, 100000 worth Of diamonds nov
IN use, one-half Of which came from the AEri
eau fields.
Robbers entered the Louise Of Henry tackle
nan, an old miser lily No near Paris, Ark, re
.ently, and binding him to chair, began to
shoot to see which Of the party could COM
lie nearest to his ears without hitting hi
lead. After having both ears pierced by bull
cts the old man begged so piteously for mer
~ that he was released. The robbers secured
B. 2OU froIu him, all Of the money there was Ia
he house.
Now that Daniel Pratt is dead, Frank Vim
cent Jr., the author Of 1.-THE Land OF thu
White Elephant" may very properly be called
he great American traveller. Within the last
eleven years he has Travelled 26j, 100 miles, and
he records Of his outings are contained In a
iozen pleasant books Of adventure and discov
.ry. Mr.. Vincent passed through New Orleans
IN his way 10 New York from Guatemala I
Few days ago.
The vanilla bean is the eostliest bean Of
earth Il fiOurishes in Mexico chiefly ia Pa
oanta aud INSANITY. 1t grows wild, aud /:
gathered and marketed by the natives. just
as they come from the forest the beans sell Al
$40 or So per 1000 After the beans arr
dried and cured they are worth from 81 t
s12 per pound, according to quality. Las