The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-14
CURRENT EVENTS.


Florida Is enjoying roasting ears just now
One day recently the United Safes Senat.
passed los private BILLS
To hang horseshoe properly have the
points up or the luck will run Of.
ABrooklyn woman OF eighty, who Is great
grandmother, is seeking divorce
Madison wis., man has grvea 5000
children Of that city free sleigh ride.
pancake toss"-the catcher eating all
he can catch-is new entertainment.
A British jury has given daughter
Who sued her father for libel $3.50 damages.
There ere now l0l students ct the Harvard
Annex, and every classroom Is over crowded
The proper pronunciation OF volapuk is
voh-lah-peck giving the sound OF 30" a. in
old.
Langtry bustles that play the overture to
ssrsnnhauser" when you sit down are sdver.
tisesi
Florida nurserymen are doing large busi-
ness In shipping young orange trees to Call
fornia
An Iowa minister refused TO marry couple
because the expected groom was a liquor
dealer.
The production OF raisins In California was
last year so, coo boxes. In 1873 1t was only
5000 boxes.
No smoke arises from any house In Japan.
Charcoal furnaces are used both for cooking
and heating.
Bermuda steamers are now bringing
haate ORlnna aud In IN ha Nan
York market
Miss Eunice Hooser OF Ekton, KY, has
just completed calico quilt that Is composed
OF "a, $50 pieces
During The last year and hall, the cotton
manufacturing power Of Japan has Increased
more than 1870 per cent
A vein OF quartz reported to yield $1,000
worth OF gold to tue ion, has been discovered
near Columbia City, Fla
johnson, Gallup & Hurry" Is the name of
New York firm, which Is said to be busy
and enterprlsing concern.
Mary Strain, colored woman Of Baltimore
Nd, has announced her d ,sre to meet John
L. Sullivan 10 the prize ring.
A change OF two letters in message cost
the Western Union Telegraph Company 5000
by Supreme Court decision.
In Jefferson county, N. Y, they have been
oapt'sing converts In a pond, with the mer.
curry at Is degrees below zero.
A The Imports OF refined sugar at Montreal
and Halifax during 1887 amounted to 200, 1884,
iSi pounds, valued at "a, 551, 3Ss.
Ilnuntna tha IaI L.
new Spanish hotels at st. Augustine, Fla,
are built is claimed TO be absolutely fire.
proof
A syndicate OF French engineers has con-
sraeted to stop the breach in the Hoang Ho
River the overflow of which causel the great
disaster short time ago.
The shipments of citron TO the United
States from Leghorn during January were
4 100 half cases. against 305 half-cases for the
corresponding month last yea".
The EXPORTS 81 wheat from Russia during
! last yesr are reported as equal to about Co.
600, 600 bushels, against 5O,CO0, 900 bushels 10
1886 and SS,64G, 900 bushels in 1885.
The great deer range Of the country is in
northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota.
btdukuiCG kICut VI thSmi
but the deer continue numerous
II is stated that the question Of The boun-
Diary line between British Columbia and
Alaska will be submitted 10 an international
arbitration committee as soon as the fisheries
treaty Ia ratified.
A bear came out on Mississippi Railroad
track the other day and tackled the locomo.
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lots OF spunk, but he viii never do 1t sgain
He overestlmated his size
The temperature necessary to melt wrought
iron lies between 1900 , aud $780, F., and
even at that tremendous heat wrought iron
Is only rendered fluid by the addition OF a
small amount OF aluminium.
The farmers in many districts OF New Jer-
sey met on Saturday for the purpose OF COM
bning and regulating the price OF next sea-
sons tomatoes They decided upon 81 per
ton, as against So received last year.
A minister, In n country kirk In Scotland,
stopped In the course OF his sermon to ask
member who was deaf, "are You hearing,
John" ooh, ay," was the response, n am
hearing but to vera little purpose"
Prof. Arnold states that 1t Gusts mole to
iuNhC NUN iTOU COWS thau ~ uOCo itOuh
young ones having the came milk capacity.
He says as rule the best effects do not last
beyond the eighth year OF the cows age.
Prof. Lodges discover of the remarkable
effect Of static electricity In freezing the air
from dust aud vapor has been utilized by Mr..
]. G. Lorraln In the construction Of an appa.
ratus for dissipating the smoke produced by
The discharge Of cannon.
DR.. hurry Of the ROYAL Society Of Edin.
burgh estimates the mean height of the land
az the globe to be between 1900 and $1,000
feet the latter limit being probably the more
nearly correct Humboldrs estimate OF the
mean heights OF continents was 1000 feet
A series of experiments recently made by
French metallurgist are statCd to have proved
that steel loses weigh by rust about twice as
rapidly as cast iron when exposed to moist
air. Acldu!ated water was found to dissolve
cast iron much more rapidly than steel. This
would indicate that steel bridges are less
affected by the acid contained In the smoke
OF locomotives than iron ones.
Il has been stated that since the sunfower
has been cultivated On certain swamps OF the
Potomac malarial fever has decreased. At the
mouth Of the Scheldt in Holland, 1t is stated
that similar results have been observed. Inc
sunfower emits large volumes Of water in the
form OF vapor, and Its aromatic odor, as well
as the oxygen 1t exhales, may have something
to do with the sanitary influence In question.
The British Board Of Trade returns for the
first month Of 1888 show an increase In the
value Of imports to the amount Of about
twelve per cent and Of the exports to the
amount Of about ~ per cent In the imports
the majority Of important articles show IN.
creases, especially wheat -four, tea, sugar
and wool. Wheat however, shows q decrease
in value, owing apparently to lower prices,
for the reduction In the quality landed is
small.
Southern editors engaged In circulating the
annexed story ought to be ashamed Of them.
selves as they have no evidence Of It's truth.
fuluess: "Rev. Mr.. Martin, of New Orleans,
colored, was barber originally. After he
was ordained his first duty was to baptize a
child. Wetting his hands in the Waterfowl,
he laid II on the child's head; his mind re-
verting to his calling, he began rubbing the