Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-28
FREAKS OF FORTUNE


DAVID Stern. pawn roker, eA Clay
street. Is one man at least who ha. experi.
ehced the sensation Of winning q fortune
Tor dollar. On Thursday he drew ST.
W from Wells. Fargo * Cos hank. his
coupon, representing one tenth OF the can
ieAi pr1ze OF 81 % In the January draw.
ing OF the louisiana State Lottery havina
Zen Immediately honored. A Chronicle
reporter, who heard of Mr. Sterus luck
svuxSt the fortunate pawnbroker at h;s
piace OF business, and found him Ina the a,
OF emptyfng huge sacs OF shining tyy. nv
dollar pieces on . table iu the rear ~ NJ,
establishment Mr.. Stern was. to saw the
least somewhat excited His usually
s"arlhy coantenance was white, AID hia
darx eyes blazed with strong ema ii IN
., es, have won, s.said he, In a voice
Ia. INA. vas quite husky for the moment.
from the b NIX with il"
ne added hat he had not counted IL. but
the Information was scarcely necessary.
Tor ne was In no frame Of mind To .ount
anything. The $i5.tOO made q great heau
u Rnstsning gold, that linked and gilt
.Sieo sheerfuily a. tie Stern family ran
Their nngers through It. They seemed- A.
yet, 10 have scarcely reaIi ed their eood
iortune They locke at the gold, end felt
" a. they expected to see it vanish like
the fabric OF . dream. But there WAS
q lnii 8 intangible about the heap Of yell
70" twenty dollar Lieces. Some Of The
money slipped from the table a d roll ed
nerr1iJ asobg the floor, jingIinx as II d
lghted TO have been freed from the re-
straint OF the bank vaults The toddiin9
youngster ON the floor filed his little hand.
win The valuable play Ihings, and seemed
- - maen pleased with their touch a. his
oider reiatiyrs, whose eyes were fixed on
the table. Mrs st IN was spec hIss. and
could only clasp her hands and mile 1t
ner lucky spouse.a The latter was still too
excited TO think or act with hsbituaI cool
ness de wal, ed FIR IN the gold-Ia
. .spie 70 the 'front.' door and uack a dozen
times In minute without apparent pur-
Dose. Customers came in and Iook ed
around, but he eemed to see nothing but
the glltterin9 fortune th9t had come 50
suddenly. The news had s,read outside
and relative. ana frieni. d opped in TIL
the gathering became 80 much q family
one that the porter concluded to with
draw for a while In an hour be returned.
MT. Stern bad cooled down slightly and
could talk eoherently. He had uur the
money In the bank after paying a few
friends who were interes ed with him In
apoi.
The year has begun. well for me, thank
Coo" said he '.On SUNDAY last nv bow.
being 3 years old. was confirmed in ur
religion. On Monday we had banquet,
and he got many valuable presents, in
Guiding bank-books showing money de-
posted for him BY friends On Tuesday,
conn. z home from school he stopped at
the Chronicle buIletin-board and copied
on the list Of winning numbers in the
Louisiana Stale Lottery, and rhed down
TO say, Papa, you've won the SI5,u 60 !
couldn't Gre it 1t at first, but a. soon as /
looked over my list of numbe; saw the
BOY was right Then l was afraid the
ticket might not he genuine, but | 500
Harmed that II was. and l had it cashed
this morning"
Another inundation of fri nds and rela-
uves flooded the store, and The reporter
withdrew
Oscar Nathan. an industrious barber or
Hardy place, between Post and Suffer
streets, held tenth of ticket S5.C4 which
drew $500. He got his money an hour
after Mr.. Stern nlled his sack at the bank
The frequenters of the bar MORT beast
corner of Clay and kearney streets are in
ferment by reason of the fact that some
old-timer has drawn another tenth of the
capital prize and refuses to disclose his
identity. Boniface'Ro inson, the pr sid
ing genius of the establishment, has ben
requested by an Indignation meeting of
his patrons 10 reveal the secret, but has
refused. The pla is frequented by lynx
eyed politicians and special policemen,
and they are al watching one another tor
gence in new clothes that would indicate
the lucky prize-winner.
Colonel j. l. Wehr, new arrival from
Kansas City, is ptrha the most di> gusted
visitor on the p cific roast at present.
Colonel Weir, although ali educator and
apparently most intellig. Mt gentleman,
is some hat Influenced by superstition
Before the January drawing of the Louisi-
ana lottery he invested 81 in a one-tenth
coupon If ticket % Is. Directly after
getting the coupon The gallant Colonel ra'.
full tilt on kearney street against g crtJ,s-
eyed woman. On the next block he met a
funeral and as the superstitious cude of
i'll oRlens marks these as sure signs of bad
luck, the Colonel concluded that his ii ket
was mere useless paper. own the street
he met his friend r. S McCann also Of
Kansas. and alluded laughingly to the ill
omens.
IN put I'D half dolla. against it and
shake you for it, said Mr.. Mccain.
Nc ann won the shake and pocketei
the ticket, and a few days after the Colonel
read on the Chronicle bulletin board that
the despised coupon mad won the second
priza. and Mccain. who has gone to Hum
boldt to look at some land, is expected
back in a few days.
4. n. MIleovich, better known as Big
Pete" the Bulgarian sportsman, and pro-
prietor Of the United States Restaurant.
on Broadway, Oakland, held a one ten b
coupon of the capital prize Nick was out
exercis ing his grey hounds near Alameda.
and fell into ep ditch. His lottery
ii ket having got thoroughly soaked
through he put it on the cover of his large
coffee pot TO dry. The young Bulgarian
apprentice, who has 3 free and easy Slayo-
MAN sy of tossing things around, whip
ped off the cover IF the coffee-po and Not
knowing anything about the lostary-
ticket, managed to drop it into he seeth-
ing Mocha without seeing it. When Big
Pete got back from the front of the res
taurant TO examine his precious lottery
ticket. there was a wild scene He was
nearly beside himself till the cook in
emptying out the eoffee-kett,e found the
ticket, but il was in such condition that
a microscope could scarcely decipher the
number. Ii has been given TO compe-
tent chemist, who has undertaken make
il presei ahle for bank purposes Mean
time Big Pete" sits on d top of one of
the high stools in his eoffee-housa, unde-
cided whether to take off his coat and 20
TO work or make arrangements for a Tip
to Europe. The apprentice Who has been
the cause of SO much misery Is hiding for
his life in the hills back of Ten escal.
John Foster. an employe in an Oakland
brush factory on the creek, near the
Broadway landing, won 500 in the Jan
uary drawing. so that California Jared
well at the hands of the tickle goddess this
month.-San Francisco Chronicle, jan Is.
Sulphur sprinkled in the dust furnished
hens at this season for bathing will help
TO prevent lice.