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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
STOCKHOLDERS mEtI''''
Notice Of Election Of Bank D''

NOTICE is HEREBY Gi 81 p;r.cto TOT, !, :
N the Annual Election Of + sp3ebur,
the First National Bank OF no1Idersd
no. will be held by the hank, .
bank, at the office Of said said, D Il ld.b1.s
town of Ketchum, Terrlttoo55yy At 90
the 10th day Of March, 1853 70 hs1ss
P. NJ: The regular meela6 f.lled. s
held in January, 1888, havlu nx not
holden, shareholders are n Md t;nf
appear for said purpose - gno;;+ec1ue
81 order of the Board o 9! "a Pre-
ISAAC I. LEW 10
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

THERE'S considerable strife pend
ing as to where the next democratic
national convention is to be held.
The contest has narrowed down as
between San Francisco and Chicago.
From latest reports it would seem
as if the Pacific coast would cap
ture the place for holding the cop-
vontiou.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

R. A. PIERCE, senior editor and
proprietor of the Challis Messen-
ger, has sold his interest in the
paper to NJ. M. Sweet. Mr.. Pierce
in his valedictory severing his con-
nection with the journal pays the
following compliment to the press :
sits interest is that of the community
in which it is located; and is entwined
with all-one and inseparabIe,. for where
the press is, not, ignorance increaseih
and civilization is not sure Of it's stand
ing. It's the. elevating power Of the
osse, apd snputu be warmly supported by
every community that desires 70 walk Oh
the nobler highway It IL not beggsr
its a sepefsctor,'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

BLA1NE's friends seem to enter
tain a great diversity of opinion
about whether his letter declining
to accept the nomination for presi-
dent, should it be rendered by his
party, is really his ultimatum or
not. If his heath is in the critical
condition some reports represent 1t
to be, he probably means what he
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

FIVE successive steamers that have
arrived in San Francisco from China
and Japan have had cases of small
pox on board. The steamer Shen-
andoah has been fitted up as quar-
antine boat and is now occupied
bv several hundred Chinese who
have arrived on the infected vessels.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

D. r. LOCKE, the Petroleum Y.
Nasty" of war times and of late
editor of the Toledo Blade, died in
Toledo on the 18th inst. of con-
sumption.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
N the undersigned will not be responsible
for any Indebtedness of any nature what
ever that has been contracted, or which
my be contracted hereafter. by Merritt A.
Comstock, Mark Pierce and Charles Stole.
or either of them, or by any one in their
employ. in working the Silver Crown mine,
situated ut East Fork, Warm Springs Creek
district, Alturas county, Idaho Territory.
by and under certain lease dated Novem
Der 10. 1887. LAURA SCHWARTZ,
LAURA SCHWARTZ.
Guardian of Ma k j. King. minor.
Ketchulu, Idaho, February Is. 1888.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
LAST Wednesday was the ann

LAST wednesday was the ami
versary of the one hundred and
ffty-sixth birthday of George Wash
ington, the first President of the
United States. Flags were dis
played throughout the town and
the day generally observed among
business circles.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
At KETCHUM

TERRITORY OF IDAHO, e..
County OF Alturas. o.
1, Isaac l. Lewis, President of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
ISAAC l. LEWIS, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2lst day of February, 1888.
GEO. NJ Snow, Notary Public.
COrrect-Attest:
H. e; e; LEWIS. -
GEO. J. LEWIS,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

We see in different papers and
periodicals notices Of persons writ
ing letters and emitting to sign any
name, or perhaps enclosing a sum
of money and ordering some arti-
Gle sent to them and giving no adj
dress or clue to their identity or
whereabouts, but the strangest over
sight of the kind we ever heard OF
was that of some person who wrote
to the Statesman not long ago re-
questing the publisher to insert IN
that paper an obituary notice en-
closed and neglecting to give the
name of the deceased.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

THE Crown Prince of Germany,
who had an operation performed on
his throat a short time ago, seems
to be slowly sinking, though the
bulletins of health issued from San
Reno are made to read as hopeful
as possible. His case is similar to
that of Gen. Grant, and there is
very little doubt but that the end
will be the same.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
NEW TO-DAY.
A. j. PINK HAM.

4 TTORNEY-AT-LA Ketchum, Idaho.
IA Practices in all the Courts of the Ter
ritory Conveyancing and procuring OF
Patents speciality.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
The KETcHuM KEYSTONE.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE
KEYSTONE PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

THE city Of Mount Vernon, ILL.,,
was visited by a terrible cyclone on
the afternoon Of Sunday, February
18th, which carried death and de-
struction in its path. Over thirty
people were killed outright, and
scores of men, women and children
were MANNED and wounded and
about one thousand people were
made homeless by the disaster
Among the buildings destroyed, be-
sides private residences, We're the
county court house, supreme court
house, school house, two churches
the round house of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad and many
of the leading business houses. Tl
add to the horror, raging fire broke
out which destroyed much property
that escaped the cyclone. The dis
tress and suffering is dreadful. Gov
Oglesby has issued proclamation
calling for relief for the sufferers
The loss in money value is esti
mated at $4,000.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

A SUB COMMITTEE has been APP
pointed by the senate committee
on territories providing for the adj
mission to statehood of Dakato,
Montana, Washington and New
Mexico territories. Senator Stew
art Of Nevada has come to the front
as chairman of the subcommittee,
and he will leave no stone unturned
that will help to annex the pan
handle Of Idaho to Washington.
It would be more seeluly for him
to devote more attention and effort
to infusing a little life into the
"rotten borough" he represents than
to waste so much time in poking
his fingers into the territorial pie.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25

SATURDAY FEBRUARY %. 1888
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18

at Naples she was much annoyed bv
the exactions of the boatmen who
took her baggage from the wharf to
the steamer. In her broken Italian,
she endeavored to express her senti-
ments in regard to them and their
conduct, becoming more angry as
they grinned and chuckled at her ill.
success with the language. Suddenly
she turned, and perceived Mr.. Emer-
son standing near her.
"I beg your pardon" she said;
"I ought not to have lost my temper,
but do so hateto be swindled. You
must know how aggrava5ing tits to be
swindled, Mr.. Emerson"
The philosopher smiled benignly,
and turned toward his daughter, who
stood nearby.
"Ellen," he asked, "have we ever
been swindled ?"
1t is to be feared that the secret
feeling of the lady must have been q
longing to shake him for being SO
placid
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
An Original After-Dinner Spec CHI
From Longman's

From Longmans.
The entertainment was given by an
earl, deservedly popular. It was ex-
tremely handsome, and champagne
flowed in an almost excessive food.
The evening was well advanced, when
benignant old gentleman arose to
propose a toast. He spoke with en-
tire fuency, but somehow he said ex-
actly the opposite of what he meant.
81 feel" said he, "that for plain
country squire like myself to address
this learned company is indeed to cast
pearls before swine." Never was so
successful q speech made. He could
get no further for many minutes. The
swine applauded vociferously, and as
though they would never cease. We
knew, of course, that thegood old gen.
tleman meant that he was the swine
and that We were the pearls but then
he had not said so. His meaning
could be gathered but was not ex-
Y1raaSQd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
He Doesn't Stare Any Longer.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
There Is q sad young man In q GER
tain Brooklyn clearinghouse, whose
New Year will be happy only after the
lapse Of large part OF it. The sad
young man has been IN the habit at
meal hours of gazing frequently and
intently at the younger members OF
the feminine portion of the household,
much to their annoyance. Turning
clear around in his chair, he would
focus his gaze on three young women
in particular, and permitting his soup
to get cold, and careless of the charms
of roast beef, with it's trimmings OF
potato and turnip, he would devote
mis- entire attention to beauty eating
it's dinner.
The situation became unbearable,
SO the oppressed young women ar
ranged O. scheme, and when the
trouble began as usual at dinner one
evening last week, q fair young
boarder at the end of the table sud-
denly exclaimed: "Sit per'e ctly still;
keep that sweet expression just as you
are, and Til have it done in second"
Saying this she picked up from q
chair beside her, little pasteboard
box which had been rugged up to re-
semble q camera, and throwing a nap
kin over the end looked into it. Then
pulling Off the cloth she glanced at the
astonished young man and exclaim-
ing, GAIL DONE" handed him g. very
uncomplimentary comic valentine.
A tremendous shout of laughter
went up from the forty-one other
boarders and even the walters flew
out into the kitchen to tell the cook
and roar. The youth who was chiefly
concerned looked wildly around, then
arose and fed wildly from the room,
and now he breakfasts in the early A.
M. and dimes at restaurant in Long
Island City
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
THOSE At THE FRONT

LORD FREDERICK HAMILTON is COM
ing to Canada to visit his friends the
LansdoWnes.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has abandoned his
intended visit to Naples and will re-
side next month at Florence.
DR.. D. FL. AGNEw failed in the coal
business and went back to doctoring.
Lack Of nerve was his weakness.
Mrs. HANCoCK's friends have SUBJ
scribed SIS, 900 for home in Wash
ington, and the money is still coming
in.
THE Rev. De Witt Talmage has
been chosen chaplain of the thirteenth
regiment to succeed Henry Ward
Beecher.
EDWIN ARNOLD, the poet and editor,
is now a knight OF the Order OF Knight
hood and Commandership of India.
The Queen did it.
The Baron and Baroness Albert
Rothschild, after waiting 20 years for
recognition, are to be received at the
Austrian state balls.
JAMES PATTERSON, swho died recently
at Oakland, CAL, was the man who
gave Garfield his first employment as
driver on the canal.
II. H. GARRETT, the banker, and
brother of Robert Garrett, has had
O. 6OO-foot toboggan slide built at his
country place near Baltimore.
LONDON GALLOWAY, who lives in
Meigs County, Ohio, claims to be LOT
years old. though he has forgotten
the day and month Of his birth.
M. REMENYI, violinist, who is well
known in the United States, and who
was reported to have lost his life in
a shipwrecK, has turned up alive.
FREDERICK R. RINDGE, who is to give
Cambridge, Mass, q city hall and
high school building, has added $780,
O0Oto defray all the expenses attend
ing his gift.
"HoLMEs, Oliver W., professor, Bea-
con Street," is the style in which the
name and address OF the Autocrat
OF the Breakfast Table appears
in the Boston directory.
LORD STANLEY, of Preston, who will
be the successor of Lord Lansdowne
in Canada, is g Tory and a warm
AIAOhOA vi Lula kcoAAOOuAJ So AO 40 AACAA
to his brothers. title, earl of Derby"
MRS. ELLA WHEELER. Wncoxi is said
to believe that her genius for poetry is
due to the fact that her mother read
Leila Rookh through with great inter
est just before her talented daughter
was born.
MRS. CLEVELAND has recently re-
ceived present of splendid ST. Ber-
nard dog from Mrs. Richard Watson
Elder which is said to have en-
tirely supplanted Hector in the affec-
tiOns OF his young mistress.
THE Empress of Russia has been
presented by the Society for Promot.
ing the Use Of Russian Materials q
sewing-machine ofsolid silver decorat.
ed with sapphires and precious stones.
Still it would probably disable a
woman as expeditiously as one Of the
plain, old-fashioned kind.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
A convenient vessel for the fowls to

A convenient vessel for the fowls to
drink out Of is made by saving off
about six inches of nail keg and
setting g. common wash-basin in it.
The rim OF the basin just laps over
the edge Of the keg, and the contriv-
ance is elevated enough to keep the
fowls from scratching dirt into the
water.
The cold, damp weather is more
damaging to poultry than the cold,
dry days OF winter. Hens do not like
to be in the wind, and g. covered
scratching place should be provided
for them.
A covering of fine, well-rotted ma.
nure placed over the strawberry rows
will serve as q mulch and protect the
new plants. In the spring the soluble
matter will be appropriated by the
growing plants as soon as the season
shall begin to open, thus causing them
to push forward rapidly. Spring work
of maDuring them will also be saved.
DR.. Hoskins, of Vermont, says that
hogs In orchards are not looked
upon with much favor by experienced
orchardists; they root out deep holes
and gnaw and tear many roots. The
good they do as subscribers and en-
richers will not offset these injuries.
Ring them.
Use every endeavor to induce the
birds to build near the house and
barn, as they are the best insect ex-
terminators.
Spinach is a winter plant, and pro-
vides early green's. The seed may be
sown as late as November if the soil
be warm. The ground should be rich
and the seed sown rather thickly.
A covering of leaves or straw during
the winter would prove beneficial.
It is quite expensive to put an acre
of ground in onions owing to the high
price of seed, while the labor Of rails
ing an acre of them is also arduous
and costly; but should an acre of on
ions be secured, and the crop good, it
will pay we'll, as some growers have
obtained as high as 600 bushels per
acres.
Select the frmest and best heads of
cabbage If you wish to save your own
seed. Bury the heads Or keep them ia
a place Of even temperature. In the
spring cut off the stalks to within two
inches OF the head, cut g. slit in the
head, and put the head in the ground
with the. top barely exposed, and it
will than shoot nm To seed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18
A Man of Wealth.

From the Philadelphia North American.
While the wealthiest oyster dealers
are reckoned to be those IN Baltimore,
there are hundreds who have lived all
their lives on the little islands in the
dreary waste of waters, who own real
estates Of considerable value, and
who can count their cash by thou
sands. Many of those people are
illiterate and without the first rudi-
ments of refinement, who can be seen
in spawning time bare-footed, and
clad in blue shirt and tattered straw
hat, working energetically. Yet some
of them own six and eight boats, be-
sides neat and cosy cottages comfor-
tably furnished. and who can sign their
names to $4,000 or $4,000 checks
and have snug balance left. An anec-
dote will close this article and illus.
trate the truth of the aphorism that
appearances are deceitful. One Of these
oyster men, native and to the manner
born, lived On land adjoining small
tract belonging to q New York man.
The oysterman had often expressed &
desire to absorb that tract. One day
the gentleman from New York paid q
visit to that section ofcountry and was
inform ed Of the oyeterman's desire.
Now this gentleman was unacquainted
with the manner and customs OF these
unsophist1cated but hospitable peo-
pie. Dressed in the height OF fashion,
he sought out the oysterman. He
found him with nothing on but his
trousers, rolled to his knees, an old
blue shirt, with no hat and his hair
unkempt. He was scrubbing out his
canoe.
The New Yorker looked surprised,
and concluded that he was the victim
OF q joke.
The salutations of the day were ex-
changed and the question OF the sale
OF the land brought up.
81 say, stranger. air you the man
who owns that air land jinin' my
patch 20
s'I am the person." replied the gen.
tleman in a dignifed manner.
''And you want to git clear of it?"
ST have concluded to dispose of it if
| can secure a satisfactory price"
"Say, stranger, what's your lowest
fgur-'way down, now"
"Lf [ were to give you the lowest fig
ures, it means cash. Do you think we
can deal ?"
SIT means cash, Ell? Way down fig
ures; give 'em to me. Well see about
the cash.
"Well, undoubtedly, you know
about it's value-say $5OO.'
"That's the lowest, eh ?" reflective
~. "Say, stranger, whar you from ?"
"New York CITY,"
"New York City," he repeated.
"Won't take no less?"
"That is fair figure, in fact, a.
sacrifice"
"Say, stranger, ies' wait till git my
coat an hat, an I'll bind the bar
gain"
The gentleman looked at his custom
er in surprise, while the friend who
accompanied him, and told this story,
could scarcely repress his disabilities.
He climbed into the wagon, rode into
town, had the necessary papers exc.
cuted, got his friend to write his check
for $500, and went to the bank and
drew the money, and as he handed it
to the nonplussed gentleman, he re-
marked with broad grin: "You
thought was a-fooin', but just come
down this air way agin an I'll gin you
check for your hull durn city of New
York" And he was Off with q wave Of
the hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18

Thinking it might be interesting to
some OF your readers TO learn the
cost OF an ice house Excepting lumber,
which any one can calculate), [ have
given my experience in building and
filling one. Ny ice house is IL feet
square outside, and II feet to the
bottom of the rafters; used 6-inch
studding, boarded it outside and lined
it with old pieces of board inside.
Laid the ground over with old rails
and covered them with straw. Built
shute at the lake 16 feet long and 3
feet wide, for drawing ice out upon
the ground with horse. Cut the ice
with two old rusty cross.cut saws mo
patent on the rusty. Hauled the ice
on sled from the shute, which is
1900 feet distant from the ice house,
and filled the house IL feet high with
ice closely packed, with broken ice In
the crevices. Six pair of rafters are In
place, but as yet there are no boards
on them.
Here is the expense: Time OF men
building and filling, one man AZ days,
6 men, 2 days each, 16A days, at
$1.25 per day, 500 81; three horses,
1 = days each, equal to AZ days, at so
cents per day, 1926. Total cost of
labor and horse hire, $22.56. super
intended the work, spending 1 = days
with the men, occasionally drawing
the cakes of ice from where they were
sawed to the shute [ estimate that
there are about SO tons OF ice in the
house.
I purpose using saw dust to cover
the ice, filling in between the studding,
and as the ice melts away from the
lining TO also fill the vacancy, and
will roof it as soon as the weather
moderates.-[E. W. Shipper in Prac-
teal Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-18

make her, you know, and | won't fall
into absurd superstitions that wo
man must hate her mOther-in-law. l
can't remember my own mother, and
Gregory's certainly would seem to
come next to her. Now you have the
the story, Mrs. Switzer."
81 am sure it does you credit, and
the old lady ought to be ashamed OF
herself"
wanted to get up and kiss my
daughter-in-law then and there, but
that would have spoiled my Jun, so
after that / sewed hard end didn't
say much, and together we finished
the pretty silk dress, and had just fin
ished it when key in thedo caught
both our ears.
'sThat is my husband" said my
daughter-in-law; and | knew it was
Gregory. Up stairs he came, two
steps at a time, opened the door and
looked at us with q bright smile on
his face.
"This is as it should be-" said he.
'Fanny, I shall kiss mother first this
time"
And ne put his arms around us
both, but Fanny gave little scream.
sob Gregory, what are you about !?
This is Mrs. Switzer, who is making
my dress. At least, have thought
so all day." For you see had burst
| out laughing, and had kissed Gregory
back, and then kissed her.
"My DEAR" said /, give played a
little trick on you, or rather, let yol
play one on yourself, but you've
turned out as good as gold. | could
not get you to say a word against the
old lady. L am Gregory's mother,
my dear, and yours, too, if you will
call me So"
"Indeed WILL" said the dear girl;
"but have kept you sewing hard ali
| day. You see, / expected Mrs.
| Switzer, and L"
"We've been all the more sociable
for that, my DEAR" said; sand I'm
glad it happened; I've been very fool
ish all the while, and Gregory has
chosen better wife for himself than /
could have DONE"
And so I think to-day, for | believe
| there never was a better woman than
Gregory's wife, Fanny.