Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-22

right and clean, and agreeable 10
andle.
SuNfLowERs are now used in Wyo-
ming Territory for fuel. The stalks
then dry are as hard as map,ewood
nd make a hot fire, and the seed
reads with the seeds in are said TO
surn better than the best hard coal.
An acre OF sunnowers will furnish
uel for one stove for year.
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WHILE George Newly, aged twenty
me, Mary Wilson, aged seven, and
Emily Wilson, aged five, and man
named Perkins were attempting to
cross small stream in the Ogden
Canon, near Salt Lake, in boat, they |
we're swept over Wilson's dam and all
except Perkins drowned.
THE three Ewing brothers, Of Law
fenceburg, Ind, were born at the same
time fity.four years ago. They are
said 10 be the oldest, largest and best
looking triplets in the United States.
Abel weighs 225 pounds, Joshua A3
and Putnam 2iS pounds; total, TIC
pounds.
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A LADY teacher of music in Ontario
County, New York, inserted her pro
fessional card in one OF the county
newspapers. 1t was seen by an old
lover in Chicago, who at once hunted
her up, explained his absence oil a
quarter Of century and married her
IL pays TO advertise.
THE latest 'cattle queen" OF the
West Is Miss Kitty wilkins, OF Idaho,
tall blonde, twenty-three years OF
age, fine horsowomau, and II dead
shot. Though called the cattle queen,
as a matter OF fact horses are her
specially, and she owns no less than
eight hundred, besides thousands OF
cattle.
john CoLdIS, of Hartford City, lid,
is the possessor of four young foxes
that have been adopted by a cat on
the premises, that seems TO manifest
as much maternal solioitude and
motherly fondness fer them rs though
they were her own The foxes have
accepted the situation in spirit OF
meekness, and are seemingly satisfied.
A Farm hand, peculiarly known ms
"Tony, the Dutchman." had desper
ate encounter near Scranton, Penn,
with a wild cat, which he finally
dubbed into insensibility after the ami
NAL had torn his clothes and badly
scratched his face. "rony' subse-
quently procured gun and shot the
beast, and the latter has since been
stuffed az n memento of the struggle.
Mrs. BAKER, OF Embry, Kan, awoke
her husband the other night and told
him to so for the doctor, for she had Il
tremendous attack OF cholera morbus
Mr.. Baker went, the doctor came, and
an hour or two afterward a nice boy
was born into the world, much to the
surprise of both mother and father
who insisted they had no idea that
any such thing was to happen.
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A NOVEL school commencement was
held at the New York Trade Schools
on Friday last. One hundred ane
twenty brick layers were given diplo
mas, one hundred and eighty-fou
plumbers, each armed with a sheep
skin, were set loose on the community
together with fifteen stonecutters
thirty-eight painters and twenty-eigh
carpenters.
Bob MOODY and his son-in-law Bill,
Berrie went out hunting recently il
Maine, and each killed an old buck
Moody's deer wouldn't lie still, so tn
young man came over and emptie'
the other barrel OF his gun into it, an,
went back to his own. Mr.. Mood
started to cut the deer's throat, an
stuck the knife through, when TN
deer kicked out twice, jumped up an
ran, SWAN the river and got away.
The Bank of New York has chez
yellowed by fire which was drawn b
Aaron Burr, August IA, 1884. and ais
another check drawn by Talleyran
and Gulian Verplanck. 1t is now neal
ly 1o4 years since the bank was estal
lished.