The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-30


$ and no demand was made on tn
y messenger to unlock it. They werr
2 evidently new hands at the bushes
! or they would not have neglected
: the safe. None of the passenger
9 were molested.
GENERAL s1GEL's SON.
: Robert Sigel, son of Genera
Slgel, who pleaded guilty to forgin,
g pension checks, was sentenced il
the United States Court a few day.
: ago to six years Imprisonment with
hard labor. The prisoner exhibited
f great nervousness as Judge Bene.
} dict told him he had wronged many
persons, and it was difficult to fine
/ any circumstances to warrant init
lgation Of punishment. Sigel's
} young wife, seated in the rear O
the courtroom, wept bitterly wher
the sentence was pronounced. His
father is Frustrated with grief and
modification.
NOVEL SCHEME.
| A scheme for what may be called
cooperative self-bribery is reported
from South Dakota. A corporation
has been organized with capital
OF 81 10000 to control the location
of the capital. The shares are to
be $40 each, and to be sold to the
voters. When all the stock is taken
the company will buy tract of
land in or near city having a good
prospect of securing the capital.
Then the stockholders will be in
formed of this action. and the latter
will work and vote for the desig-
mated city. The names of the direc-
tors are published, and all the early
stages of the enterprise have been
marked by simple minded candor
that is refreshing.
THE DEATHLY CIGARETTE.
The latest case of death from the
cigarette habit is from Philadelphia.
The victim was a boy of on only
fifteen, and the coroner's jury rem
dered verdict that his death was
the result Of excessive cigarette
smoking. And yet nothing is done
to put stop to selling these deadly
articles to mere lads. We heartily
agree with an eastern paper which
characterizes this subject as "some-
thing scarcely short Of criminal"
ENGAGEMENT OF JUSTICE GRAY AND
MISS MATTHEW'S.
The engagement of Justice Gray
and Miss Jennette Matthews, to
which we alluded above, is formally
admitted by both parties and is the
subject of many comments among
their numerous friends in Wash
ington. They are not very youth
full couple, as Miss Matthews is
about 30 years old, while the JUS
tice is sixty-two. Whenever the sub
ject of marriage has been preached,
Justice Gray has made laughing
disclaimer of any intention in that
direction, stating that his difficulty
lay not so much in finding one who
would have him, as in selecting
from the many pretty girls of his
ance some particular one
to approach upon the subject. His
friends had all made up their minds
that he would always remain a
bachelor. When in the autumn the
Justice moved into his great, roomy
house on 18th street, in Washing
ton, dame rumor was busy whis-
pering concerning a charming
young mistress whom, it was said,
would be installed therein. Accord
ing to the popular verdict, she was
to be none other than Miss Annie
Van Vecteen, of Albany, to whom he
had previously paid some attention.
When these whisperings reached
the ear of Justice Gray he at
once denied that there was any
truth in them, stating that his sister,
Miss Gray, would preside over his
home. Further than this, the JUS
tice declared that his new home was
permanently bachelor establish
ment, as there was not a single cup
board or clothes-press in it from
garnet to cellar. The somewhat err
ratio arrangement of the windows,
as seen from the outside, is due to
the fancy of the owner, who declares
hat in their disposition he had in
mind the best possible light for his
oookshelves. and coy corners for
reading. The present engagement
s indirectly the outcome of Justice
illness, as throughout
he long months during which he
vas confined to his room Justice :
dray was one of his most constant
attendants. During these visits to :
he bedside of the father, Justice 5
Gray had such abundant opportu-
Mites of meeting the daughter, and !
pleasant friendship ripened into {
he warmer feeling. !
AN OLD POSTMASTER. $
Roswell Beardsley, postmaster at r
North Lansing, Tompkins county, !,
New York, will be permitted to re- n