Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-18
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Robert Garrett is on mis- way to Russia.
Paul de Chaillu has settled for good 10
England
Roiert Louis Stevenson was paid 5000 for
his last novel
Senator Stanford affects the low cut vest
of olien times
Gladstone is said to have got G25O for .
magazine article
The Duke OF Marlborough IL again In
pecuniary difficulties
Speaker Carlisle has just paid $24. 600 for
house in Washington.
Minister PHELPS will not return to England
until the middle of June.
Tennyson is again at work, and, 1t ID stated,
at poem OF some length.
Governor Rusk, Of Wisconsin. stands six
feet three in his stockings
Postmaster General Dickinson is extremely
fond OF the game Of tenpins,
"Ferdlnand the Siken" is the nickname at
Vienna foI the prince OF Bulgaria
Ferdinand lie lAessey~, the great engineer,
Is extremely fond Of taking cold haths
MIR Balfour, the Irish secretary. used to be
njcknamed clara" at school and college
Governor Hills first business venture was
selling apples on train at the early age Of "
President Ingalls, uses a sand glass to time
speakers when the senate enforces the Eve
minute rule
Frank Saltus, brother Of Edgar Saltus, the
novelist has command Of twenty one differ
ent languages
The sultan went into mourning for EN-
peror William, although it is contrary to
Turkish custom.
The papal jubilee has turned out to have
been very expensive 1t cost the Vatican
about 81 .OOO0OO
Louis K ossuth, the Hungarian patriot, now
In his S',th year, II very feeble, and his end 10
fast approaching.
Confucius is visiting England. He Is q
Chinanian and claims to be direct descend
ant in the seventy second generation of the
famous Confucius who gave China q re-
ligon-
Karl Formes, the famous basso who has
lived in America for the past thirty years,
has been engaged to sing at the approaching
London season of Italian opera. He is 73
years OF age
Justices Lamar and Harlan are the only
members OF the United States supreme court
who do not own houses in Washington MrA.
Lamar, however, is wealthy, and intends to
buy or build house at the capital.
DIR Carlo Gardini, husband Of Nine Gerster,
the opera singer, has received the order Of
the Crown Of Italy from King Umberto In
recognition of the value of the doctors work
on the United Stites-two large Volumes
California papers are holding Israel Mat
thewson up rs a sample case Ten years ago
he found "a e. bill OIL the streets of San Fran
cisco and restored 1t to its owner Today he
IL worth $sU,OUO and runs the biggest faro
bank In Montreal
Senator ishnm g Harris, of Tennessee was
first sent to congress in 1850 There is not
, man In either house whose congressional
, career dates back so far his. He has
served two terms in the senate and IL ready
to run for another.
Mr. Isaac Pitulan, the father Of shorthand
writing" il now 7j years old He Is almost
} an eeetic using no wine, beer, spirits, to-
bacco nor animal food OF any kind. In re-
ligion he is IN earnest Swedenl,orgian He
is an early riser and a hard worker
Now thyt Gen I,oulanger has been turned
out Of the army ne is entitled to a pension OF
|, 1900 francs year aud 100 francs addi-
tional as a grand officer of the legion Of
honor His parliamentary salary will be
9,OOO francs leaving him 81 900 francs In all.
Vienna bread has made many fortunes and
one of SsUH go came to Count Zang, who
died recently In Vienna In 1872 he estab-
. lished the first shop for Vienna bread in
7 Paris and from that gained his wealth. The
!, shop exists still as the Maison Zang, on the
; Rue Richeieu.
= "Genr Booth the Salvation Army leader,
!. is one of the sharjest business men In Eng
land and has accumulated a large fortune.
Tickets OF admission to his daughters we'd
ding to Mr. FaSeer Tucker were sold at q
apiece. and hundreds were purchased by the
aristocracy OF London
. Immediately after Emperor Frederick left
a San Reno the sultan sent him q collar. con-
: sistine of nne hazel nuts with inscriptions
a from the Koran over which the dervishes
= and sheks OF the palace had prayed, and
: which, as the sultan assured the crown
a prince would cure him us II by magic
The weal,hiest man In the northwest ID
' James Hin OF st Paul. president OF the
2 Manitoba railroad His fortune Of sc. 1000 ,O00
. has nearly all teen made during the past ten
Z years IN railroad speculatlons and real estate.
: MIR Hill IL 81 years old and bids fair to
;, double his wealth before departing this life.
r Crown Prince William of Germany, had
2 an opportunity Of displaying his hatred for
I everything English the other day. in which
dislike his own mother II included lie had
I q sudden attack OF nose hleedng, and several
: members OF his suite offered handkerchiefs t0
: stay the flow He refused assistance, with
the remark The more of this English blood
I lose the better
Oscar w ille and his wife are a very ordi.
nary looking pair Of mortals. according to q
London correspondents He has grown %
stout as TO be absolutely unpictureselue, and
the latter, while she dresses with degree Of
J individuality is by no means the picture oi
artistic loveliness that one might reasonably
Q demand that the wife of the apostle Of the
! sunhower should be,
Rev Robert CoIlyer was 81 years old when
he came to this country He brought his
bride over with him in the steerage. For
nine years he worked a blacksmith In
Pennsy lvania then he became local Meth
odist preacher but later he became Uni
tartan. and went to Chicago where he soon
made reputation. and WAS then called TO the
Church of the Messiah in New York
a The little king OF Spain Is constant source
4 of disturbance in the royal palace OF Madrid.
: few days ago he was lost for hours and, az
!. has been related. tinally found in a cup
. board Not long after he was taking his
midday repast Of bread and milk. Not lik.
. ing the flavor of the milk he suddenly seized
!. the dish and poured its contents over the
/. nurse who was feeding him Then bis
. majesty laughed IN mocking, naughty way