Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-07-28
STRAY BITS

J.F. irwin, Of Oswego, N. r. paid $4,000 !
for . Bible
One OF the business colleges In Cleveland
has . department Of phrenology
There are laws against using profane Ian
guage by telephone in all states except Con
necticut
A barber at Sues. Ari., while shaving q
man was seized with an attack Of homicidai
mania and cut his customers throat from
ear to ear
At Denison, Tex. . belated passenger
emptied his revolver at the train that had
not waited for him, and was promptly taken
in hand by the police
There Is said to be only one survivor nd
a once powerful Indian tribe in California
When be dies the language spoken by tn
tribe will become extinct
Honesty IL sometimes rewarded. A New
Orleans lad found valuable sachel, and
upon taking it to the owner, who had adver
tised the loss was made happy with a brano
new $lOO bill
Professional burglars are going the round, |
OF the country towns just now. 1t is theil |
usual summer hegira, and the guardians OF
| the peace should be on the watch for such un
welcome visitors
Less than one half of the senators now II
o(iice were born in the states which they rep
resent. Americans seldom emigrate out OF
the country, but they do a great deal Of emi
grating about in their own land
The managers Of a western railroad which
Is experimenting with natural gas believe
| that it may yet prove not only the cheapest
Of fuel for the locomotive. but excellent fN
heating as well as lighting the cars.
American authors are moro read than the
English in Japan. Last year IS 600 English
and ll9 600 American books were imported
into that country, SO that the old question.
Who reads an American bookT was fairly
| answered
The Zilvern Kruis, the R.st Dutch man OF
war to enter the Golden 0nts r fifteen years
is lying of San Francisco. She Is a training
ship on her way to Japan, China and the
Dutch colonies in India, where she will uake
prolonged stay.
Miss Eliza Bliss, of Rehoboth, Conn, sup
piled tramp with a meal. While she was
preparing the food the trump sang Nearer,
My God, to Thee" and at the same time
, stole the lady's pocketbook and SIS from
, her bureau drawer.
I The new lnman steamship, the City Of New
York, is warranted by her builders to be
uilsinkable. That is, one condition laid down
IN the contfact ny tne company was lnat sne
shouid Do uhsihkaoie, al1nouSh she ls ol hou
anu ''''' 'ap"e''' " 4o''oo Wis
: New England man has beaten the green
goods sawdust men at their own game Ht
. got one OF their circulars, and IN reply asked
! for sample OF their goods. Ihey sent HIN
:, n genuine 81 bill, and the gentleman OF New
= England stopped the correspondence thel
and there.
As wedding party was driving through
. the streets of Pennsylvania town on thei
a way to the church at which the ceremon,
. was to be performed, the carriages droy'
= over a little girl, killing her Immediately
- The arrest Of the party prevented the mar
:, riage, and it has been postponed
The smallest circular saw in practical us
10 tinv disc about the size of a British shi]
ling. which is employed for cutting the slit
III gold pens These saws are about as thic
as ordinary paper, and revove some fou
thousand times per minute. The high veloe
lty keeps them rigid, notwithstanding til
thinness.
London bankers have for long time bee
seeking to obtain an additional fifteen mir
u,es of grace to get their checks through til
clearing house after the close OF business eac
lay. The clearing house has finally COZ
ceded five minutes, and it Is said that tt
bankers welcome even this as an almost II
estimable boon.
Near North Adams, Mass, two girls Of
and 10 went out after May flowers and lo
their way in the woods Some time aftt
dark they stumbled upon a farm house ali
asked shelter. but were refused SO they WEI
forced to remain all night in the woods, al