The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-29

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CALDWELL, : (; idaho
EMIN BEY Is familiarly known 4
Germany especially at Breslau an
Berlin, where he studied medicine b
the prosaid name Of Edward Schnitzer
GOLD was first discovered In Cali
fornia on the property of Col. Suffer
near the town Of Coloma, In Fl Dora
do county, In the month OF February,
184S.
NINE BARRIos. widow Of the late
President of Guatemala. 10 engaged Il
be married to an English nobleman Of
high rank. She Il worth several mil.
lions of dollars e
A HUMAN subject without collai
bones has been met with In Q 81
Louis disseoting-room. This structure
is that of most OF the verte bratex
such as lions bears, etc
AN Atlanta, (Ga.) shoemaker has
just made shoe which has Ii inches
of sole. q width of 81 inches. and 81
inches deep. Three thousand square
inches of leather were used In both
shoes. y
TIE wool-growers Of Utah, In .
convention recently held at Salt Laks,
aver that they own In their own right
$500. 600 sheep. which represents a
capital Of "a, 600. 900. Their last years
clip they claim to have been II, OOO, 900
pounds.
A NOTED scientist presents tho pos
sibility of the ground now occupied
by the city of New York being In time
entirely recovered by the AtlautIo
ocean. He states that the ground has
perceptibly subsidsd during the last
century.
THF first women ever selected 10
participate In the General Methodist
Conference were Mira e. Van Kirk, Of
Pittsburgh. and Miss Frances Willard,
who were recently chosen lay dele
gates to the next session. which will
be held In New York city.
MISS AGNETA RAMSEY the young
English student who was the first
scholar In her class at Cambridge Uni.
versity. and achieved the honor OF sem
for classic scholar, IL soon to marry
DR.. Butler. the master of Trinity Col.
1ege Tho bride Is twenty-five years
old and the groom fifty-6ve
TIE biggest bank check ever drawn
In this country was that lately drawn
by the Pennsylvania railroad to pay
for the purchase of the Philadelphia
and Baltimore road. The amount was
$14. 296. LOG. and paym was delayed
three weeks to allow currency to &C.
oumulate 30 as not to derange balances.
THE total number Of prisoners at
Andersonville was 40. 4S5; largest mum.
Der in prison at any one time (Aug.
8. 1864. SO, COG; total number of deaths,
H. 462; average number of deaths for
each of tho thirteen months, 95S;
largest number of deaths In one day
(Aug. 2S. 1861 81; total number Of
escapes. 1923.
SCARLET fever is specific poison
which emanates from tho person O
the patient and can be caused by no
other means. Diphtheria is contagious,
but may arise from fermenting filth,
etc Typhoid fever and Asiatio cholera
are not directly communicable from
person to person, but are spread by
the dejecta of their victims, which con.
taminate the water supply.
ANEW method of weather predic.
ton has been discovered by Oh. |
Montigny. French physicist He has
observed that the scintillations OF
stars increase before many storma In.
disturbance Of tho upper at.
mosphere hours before the meteorolo.
gioal instruments show any change.
The fiercer the storm, the more Is the
strength Of the intillatlons increas.
ed.
EMPEROR WILLIAM and his consort
will be crowned King and Queen oil
Prussia about Oct 18 Hitherto only
two Kings of Prussia have boen.
crowned, Frederick L ard William l.,
other monarchs having contonted
with what was called the
or the solemn declaration
Of homage from the representatives oil
the states Of the realm.
Pontiac the famous Indian chiei.
during the war which he waged
against the English in 1868 issued
oromissory notes or bills OF credit,
written upon birch bark. to purchase
supplies for his warriors. and such
was this chieftain's reputation for in.
egrity. that the French readily re-
viewed these bills. which were subse-
luently all redeemed, in the latter 70.
poet being unlike the Continental
ill of credit.
The laying of the Mexican Central
Railroad has been attended by some
'urious meteorological pheuomena.
With the advance of the line water.
pouts havo appeared. and inflicted
treat damage, while the rainfall has
increased. These results are supposed
o be due to some attractive force. OK.
rted by the great mass of metal In the
ails and telegraph wires, and are at
racting considerable scientific atten-
ion.
KIND deeds never die" An old lady
II Virginia goes into her orchar d oyery
veniug. and. turning her face toward
he north, prays fervently for the re-