Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-18
CURRENT EVENTS.


The United States put $1,000 pianos on the
market last year.
The Chinese alone hold the secret OF
making India ink.
The United States put $1,000 pianos on the
market last year.
d.. T. Dewitt TalmAge celebrated his 6eth
birthday Saturday.
Italy win spend 2sOOO,OOO francs in fitting
up her nav this year.
Florida markets are supplied with new
tomatoes OF native growth.
Forty-nYe years ago there was not postage
stamp In the United States
A few New Workers. are paying &C. 70 for
quart OF Florida strawberries
Mrs. General Grant Is visiting Senator and
Mira Stanford In Washington.
The @. A. r. Post at Lynn, Mas, holds
over $4,000 worth OF property.
Perslmmons from Florida are In the Eastern
markets. They cost 81 dozen.
1t is said that the Florida orange crop this
season will not exceed 200, 900 boxes.
Francis Murphy lsat Sunday Joined the But
Ter street ~ Z. church, OF Pittsburgh.
Talmage dictates his sermons TO his score.
tary at the rate Of $50 words minute.
In Connecticut there are IS, 500 acres under
oyster cultivation along the sound shore.
An Athens letter says Mr.. schlImann has
discovered the Oldest temple in existence.
One California house sent east during the
last year three hundred carloads Of grapes.
Bishop Nlnde, OF the Methodist EplscopaI
church, has gone TO Florida for his health.
Kentucky still heats her state house with
wood fires, 10 oid-fAshloned open hre-places
The salt consumed In the United States is
said 70 amount to 100000 barrels per year.
The Fishermen OF PlaInfeld, n j., resigned
10 body, because rum selling IL to be
stopped.
During the ten months, from January TO
October last, Yokohoma exported 9,0ll, 800
pounds OF tea
The man who has the contract for cleaning
away the garbage in New York city clears
S50,O 900 year
The Germans are organizing considerable
establishment Of falcons to catch the enemy's
carrier pigeons
Mrs. Vanderbilt received marked attention
from the Sultan during her recent visit TO
Constantinople.
There are two Abraham LIncolns in the New
York state prison at Anburn-both darkles
'irom the Souf.
A report comes from gainesville Ohio, that
Mrs. Garfield, the mother OF the murdered
President, is dead.
New York invested over s57, 900, 600 in build.
ings last year, Rn increase OF s9,0OO,0O0 over
1856 aud go O0O, 900 over 1885.
Lord Wolseley threatens 10 take away the
Highland soldiers kilt and the Highland sol
diers threaten TO make a row.
The recent session OF the South Carolina
Legislature lasted "a days, yet 236 laws and
p joint resolutions were passed
Henry Jones, Of Tlfiin, o., has ordered bis
coffin and put up bis own monument He
expects 10 die early in this year.
There are about 10000 people engaged in
keeping bees In North America, aud the honey
product is 100, 900 pounds, valued al SIS
OOO,Oo
The newest thing in mourning is that the
girl whom death bereaves OF her accepted
lover may wear black ribbon as testimonial
OF her grief
An octogenariAn was married at Wood
bridge, n. j., a few evenings ago, and on
the following evening the marriage Of his
granddaughter toek place.
The county court Of Buffalo is known as the
Court OF Four wil!amsn from the fact that
the Judge. two side justices, and the clerk all
bear the Christian name Of William.
So many sentFies were freezing to death IN
| Russia that they have turned some peasants
out OF their houses 30 that the soldiers can be
kept alive, while the peasants freeze TO death.
They are being bothered in Mexico Just as
We are here. The local papers there complain
| that the women who 20 to the bull fights
/ wear such big hats that Il obstructs the view
! Of those behind them
The flavor of nearly sll kinds OF fish Is Inn
proved by removing the skin from them be-
| fore they are cooked. TIE skin has disagree
able aAyor, as does the fat that is between
| the skin aud the fcsh
At the ball given by the New York Fifth
Avenue hotel walters last week, the walters
preferred not TO wear dress suits, as savoring
toe much OF their profession, but appeared
generally iu Prince Albert coats.
A Portland CMe.) woman has read the bible
through eighty. FIVE times; she is % years old
and began when abe was Z. She reads from
the same book with which she first began, aud
has read It at least once every year.
Seven years ago the little son Of james
Roup Of Koupvllle, Ga, got blade Of straw
1 in his car aud was made deaf by IL Recent
" the straw, two inches in length, worked IT.
self out, and the boys hearing is restored.
II Is proposed TO set the convicts in the Au-
burn, n. Y, penIteniIary to work making
fertilizers An argument in favor of this en-
ployment Is that they would indirectly become
food.producers instead OF food.consumers.
The American red.winged starting, which
has been introduced into England, appears to
be doing as much mischief in grain fields
there as the English sparrow does here. Be.
sides eating grain II has been accused OF kill
ing the smaller native birds
Several farms recently put mp at private
sale in Salem county, N. j., have been with
drawn, not even bid being made in some In
stances. At a sale In Pcnnsgrove, n. j., re-
Gently, the highest bid was but half the price
paid for tho property twenty years ago.
Very interesting statistics as to the oecupa-
Elan ~ tho women graduates OF twelve Amer.