The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-08
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
STORMS.


STORMS.
The dispatches of the last weel
have teemed with accounts of tn
most fearful storms and floods, ex
tending over a large portion Of tn
United States and several countries
in Europe. The daily press ha
given heartrending details of tn
loss of life at and near YOUNGSTOWN
Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny
mountains, where eight Thousand
people were drowned, and hundred
of families were rendered homeless
A reservoir east of YOUNGSTOWN BROKE
during the awful storm that ragged
and an immense volume of watel
rushed down to the city carrying
death and destruction. At Tyrone
near by, the Juniata river overhowec
it's banks and flooded the entire
southern portion of the city, caus
ing great destruction. Heavy land
slides occurred along the railroads
cutting off communication in many
instances with the suffering towns
when they most needed help. Neal
Harrisburg it was said that the
water stood ten feet deep OH thu
Pennsylvania railroad track. Dis
patches from London show that
there were heavy shocks of earth
quake felt in the channel and the
mainland of both England and
France. Heavy shocks were felt in
Paris along the banks of the Seine
and in the suburbs of the city.
SNOW IN MILWAUKEE,.
On the 31st of May large. heavy
moist flakes of snow fell in Milwau.
kee until the ground was covered
The trains that arrived from the
north that day were covered with
snow. Reports from other parts Of
Wisconsin say the snow was heavy
and that vegetables, strawberries,
and small grains were badly dam
aged.
GEOLOGICAL PARK.
Washington dispatches say that
the site of the new geological park,
for which congress appropriated
100000 at the last session, has
been selected by the commission to
whom the matter was referred. 1t
comprises about $50 acres, along
the banks of Rock creek, near
Washington, and is admirably adj
apted for the purpose. Senator
Stanford has sent to the Snithso-
MAN Institute young antelope
from California to add to the col
lection for the National Zoo. 1t
was eleven days on the trip, and
reached the park badly bunged up,
but is recovering, and Captain Wee
den, the keeper, hopes to be able to
save it. Heretofore it has been
found impossible to keep an ante
lope in confinement for any length
of time.
FIRE AT SALT LAKE.
Mark McKimmins' livery stable
caught fire last week, Friday morn
ing. The flames spread rapidly,
and before the fire department
could turn a stream of water on,
the building was pretty we'll Quilted.
by prompt work the horses and car
riages were saved. The loss was
heavy. This is the second time Mr..
McKimmins has been burned out
at this stand. He had scarcely re-
covered from the effects of the other
fire.
NEW USE FOR DYNAMITE.
They have a new way of planting
out orange trees down near San
Diago, which might be utilized to
good advantage in planting shade
trees here, and be apt to insure the
trees getting a good start. They
bore a small hole and drop in a dy.
Mantle cartridge, the explosion Of
which makes the hole big enough
for tree, and loosening the soil tc
a depth of several feet, enables the
tree to take root easier.
SAD DEATH.
The Salt Lake papers gave an &C.
count of a sad death of lonely
child last Saturday. A little CIR
boarded the train that left Salt Lake
at 6 A. NJ, Saturday, with ticket
to Portland, Oregon, and after sit
ting quietly in her seat until neal
Hooper, went to the closet. She
was there so long that this, with =
thud-like sound heard inside, occa
stoned suspicion, and the conduct
or, on investigating, found the child
almost dead on the floor. He laid
her out on two seats, not thinking
her fatally i'll, but she died in few
minutes. No one knew the child
She had no money, no provisions
no baggage only a small box con
tanning lot of child's trinkets
among which was a little book that
according to the inscription on the
fly leaf, had been given her by one
of DIR. Anderson's daughters, Of
Salt Lake. With this clue Sheriff