The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
MINOR MENTION.

Tor tile summer.
Madeline Lucette has written play Tor
Minnie Maddern.
Florence and jefferson are likely to star to-
| gether some time.
Emma Abbott owns 4 nickel-plated bicycle
of the latest style.
Mrs Louis Hammersley has a pearl neck
lace that cost s., 500
Theresa Vaughn has new steam yacht
and gives parties ON it.
Mrs. D. P Bowers is to make two years.
tour of the Australian cities ses
Nina Van zandt, the proxy widow, will
summer at Frankfort Mich.
W. G. Grace, the greatest cricketer in the
world, will be forty years old July 1a
Matilda Joslyn Gage has petitloned Con-
gress to remove her political disabilities
The late George Surge, Of England, left
more than 81, 25O, 900 for various charities
john Jacob Aston prefers walking to riding
aud is seen on Broadway every afternoon.
Robert Louis Stevenson considers Henry
James the greatest of living American nov
elists.
Paris has "society for the protection of
| young men who have lost their latch-keys
and can't get into the house."
The new wire gun at Shoeburyness has
thrown a 500 pound shell distance OF twelve
| miles, the greatest distance ever covered by
| q cannon ball.
The slathers'' may mean men who put on
lath or men who put on lather; in any event
they are striking in the east for about the
pay OF a congressman.
Yankee genius should utilize the grasshop-
pers. There is no doubt they could be dried.
pulvcrz ID and made into soup cakes for use
of the army and navy.
The oldest house in Indiana, the old Moore
mansion, situated on the Utica pike, nea
Four Mile Springs, has recently been torn
| down. 1t was built In 1900.
There are now seventeen city officials, or
ex officials, doing time at Sing Sing for crimes
and misdemeanors. The number seems large
| but at least zoo have got away.
Herbert Spencer is said to have yainly
ought for years the degree Of LII. D., which.
the University of Cambridge last week ex-
tended to Prince Albert Victor.
Gen. Sheridan commanded the cavalry in
the Army Of the Potomac just year, and
in that time fought rs battles, captured 2Oo
battle flags, and over 100 field pieces.
! A daughter of the late Nathaniel F. VII
lis Uhe widow of Dr. Eddy, lives in pic
turesque cottage at Cambridge, Mass, and
occupies position in Harvard College.
Howard Seely, the Texas writer, makes
use of human skull for an inkstand. 1t
once belonged, it is said, to Mexican
scnori!a who was famous for her beauty.
i 1t is now stated that the reason Matthew
Arnold died SO poor after all his profitable
literary work is that he expended his
money in paying the debts OF profigate
| son.
| A Troy dressmaker has hung out sign
| reading: "Dre ssmaking by the day, week or
| YEAR" She lakes contracts 10 keep lady
| well-clothed for a certain time for so much
cash.
| The natives of Venezuela followed wagon
FOR nearly week to sec If the hind wheels
would catch up with the front ones. As this
did not occur, the vehicle was pronounced q
fraud.
The very dearest and best of Croton water
con- aims 100, 90 bacteria to the pint Any one
des ring to fill up with bacteria at low
Price Gin have the above information free OF
charge.
1t is said of Walt Whitman, who Is now
preparing for tine press his new book. "No-
yembcr Boughs' that during the last five
years he has received about S. 900 from the
sale of his work.
The temperature of the sea abreast of Cape
Horn is the same as ice water poured from q
pitcher, and 1t Is suggested that few lemons
and anillne would open up rich Fl nd In the
lemonade business.
A Georgia mud turtle which was boxed uT
and laid away eighteen years ago was uucov
cred the other day, and he yawned few
times aud then started off for q mud hole to
fill I'D for another rest
i A strawberry is scientifically described q!
Ga pulpy percarp without valves" We al
ways supposed they had lots Of valves, and
that those valves were closed when quar-
Of them were crowded into pint box.
Philadelphia is to have four new theaters
this summer There Is no prospect that any
of them will pay a profit, but the idea 10 t.
furnish the married men opportunities t.
spend their evenings away from home.
The idea that any one is safe on feathe
bed in a thunder storm is being exploded al
most daily When bolt Of lightning START
out to make its way In the world 1t had as
soon rip open Q feather bed IS straw tick
Within the last ten years many of the war
riors of the Cheyenne tribe have become
bald-headed, and their medicine men lay Il
to poor whisky and strong salt pork. 1
may be case Of retributiyc justice, how
ever.
Two Tennessee lovers walked forty eight
miles to get the knot tied, and then me
with a refusal because the young chap die
not have 1ity cents to paw the Justice. 1t 4
shame that happiness has to be purchased
with money.
John Thomson, OF New Hampshire, CAV.
Sl4,O0J in cash out of his pocket five year.
ago for Fourth OF July celebration ut Con
cord. 1t was big one and grand one, ant
he has been at work on q farm for SIS pc
month ever since.
Judge William Strong, retired justice oil
the Ul,ted States Supreme Court who Ii
eighty wears of age, lectures occasionally or
constitutional law In one of the Washington
schools. Uncle Sam continues to pay hin
$40, 600 year.
James Adkins, of Vermont, crept into
cave to explore it in search of a chest Of gold
The occupant turned out to be a panther
J and James backed out with so many claw
marks on him that be won't be handsome
again before next Christmas.
While the three -months-old infant OF Mrs
Henry Croker, living near Milwaukee, wa
sleeping in its cradle, a large cat jumped In
to the latter and curled itself up for q ma
over the little ones face. When the child
grandmother, who had fallen asleep Will
watching at the cradle, awoke, she foun'
the baby smothered to death.
The Finance Committee Of the Senate wa
debating knotty point few days ago, AM
MIR, Beck could not be persuaded that Mi
Vance had been accurate In certain state
ment. '.Why don't you put 1t In writingi
asked Senator Beck sternly. "What you ga
goes in at one ear and out at the other
"Ahp retorted Vance, 'thars becaus
there,s nothing there to stopit