The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-14

A PREACHER in Georgia who dufi1y
bis ministerial career has married in
couples received but 30 in fees One
couple paid him s5 and the rest moth
ing.
SAN FRANCISCO is being deserted BY
hundreds of Cinnamon who are going
back to China to participate in the
New Years festivities Of their native
land.
Mrs. HOLMES has just reached her
home in Cincinnati after S,0O0-mile
yacht cruise through the big lakes. She
managed her own yacht during the en-
tire trip.
On plot of ground at Starke, Fla.
four different crops have been raised In
succession since October. 1886. They
were sweet potatoes. corn, rusabagas.
and beans.
RACE antipathies have been pushed
to such ridiculous extent In Austria
that the Moravian fire brigade has been
divided into two sections, one German
and the other Czech.
A sHIP-BUILDING firm at Greenock.
Scotland. is constructing what will be
when completed the largest sailing ship
in the world. 1t Is to have capacity
of five thousand tons.
SPEAKING Of the colored fair now In
progress at New Orleans, The Times
Democrat says 1t is worthy Of the pat
ronage Of all the people OF that city.
white as we'll IS black.
WOMEN have their own way at Lex
ington. Miss. The express agent is
Miss Dixie Cole; the telegraph opera
tor, Miss Mollie Hoskins, and the post
mistress, Miss Emma Wright.
A PUBLIC park is to be made OF the
old Chinatown at Oh CO. Cal. The
Chinese are offered free ground, 40
600 feet of lumber. and free water If
they will locate outside the town linn
its.
MRS. GRUMPY, of The Neso Hors
Mail and Express, tells how the divor-
ced wife of man not long ago mar
ried again applied to his second wife
for assistance and received check for
81, OO0
AN Engllshman recently attempted
to steal hot plumb pudding. but found
it so uncomfortable warm that he has
to drop it. He was arrested. and Is
now serving e three months sentence
in prison.
THERE is cotton plant at Narcoos.
see, Fla, that is over five feet across
the branches and has from $50 to 400
blooms 1t contains cotton In all its
from the swelling buds to the
mature article.
For the benefit of foreigners whe
cannot afford to visit this. country to
see how beautiful the autumn foliage
can be, albums containing autumn
leaves are being made up and sent to
European cities.
NIrs G,,n Of nd mol
lege Is much injured by the chem,c Gle
action on the marble from the fumes OF
thousands of furnaces. When put ON
it was expected that the roof would last
as long as the building.
A REPORTER, in describing the mus
der of man named Jorkins. saida
1.-THE murderer was evidently Inquest
Of money, but, luckily, Mr.. Jorkins
had deposited all his funds in the bank
the day before. so he lost nothing but
his life"
A TELEGRAPH line to connect Russia
and France is being built. In case of
q war with Germany Russia would be
cut off from all telegraphic commune
cation with the eastern countries, as
The only telegraph wire it has goes
through Germany.
DR.. GIBSON is as unfortunate after
death as he was when a member of
Mark Twain's famous -"Innocents
expedition. His heirs are
now seeking to have his monument
sold. 1t cost $4,000. and is over his
grave at Greencastle, Pa.
A PHILADELPHIA recently cut His
great toe while trimming the nail and
,laimed compensation from an ac-
,ident insurance association for one
weeks total disability. The associa-
ion refused to pay until suit was
brought. and then it paid up.
The worst enemy of the CaliforniA
;arantula is big insect, something
ike wasp, only much larger. which
attacks the monster spider whenever it
ices him. Almost invariably these
wasps sting the tarantula to death in q
short time. and then tear the body in
pieces and carry it away.
WHAT is the matter with the soviet
3D. Irishp Recently they were
offered by Georgia sympathizer 100.-
700 acres of land if they would settle in
MS state. Having received not a single