The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-29

war. He found out recently that
under the law he was entitled to an
increase of this pension. The SER
geant-at-arms of the Nebraska Sen
ate went on to Washington and at
tended to the matter so successfully
that the Pension Office not only
granted the increase, but reissued
the pension, which means that the
Senator will receive the increased
pension to date from the time the
first pension was granted, making
an accumulation of more than 81
600 back pension.
MIsER BURNS HIS MONEY.
Franklin, KY, was greatly excited
one day last week over the singular
act of w. J. Hilton, a wealthy and
miserly merchant of that city. He
had been sick and was supposed to
be on his deathbed. On the day in
question he ordered negro attend
ant to take nail key which was in
the room and place it on the fire,
telling him it contained papers that
he wished to destroy. Soon after
friend of Hilton's went in and
seeing in the fireplace the smoul-
dering remains of a mass OF paper,
examined it and found it was q
large bundle of greenbacks and
government four per cent bonds.
Hilton had been separated from
his wife for some time and SUIT
for divorce and alimony is now
pending. He also had great trouble
with his son who is rather protii-
gate. It is thought that he pre-
ferred to destroy his property to
having his wife and son inherit it.
AS near as could be learned he had
burned up about $4,000.
THE WAY THEY DO IN IRELAND.
A dispatch from Dublin says that
the Armagh jury in the case of the
five railway employees charged with
causing the railroad disaster, which
was described in these columns last
week, by which rs persons were
killed, brought in verdict of man
slaughter.
OVER HORSESHOE FALLS.
It is said that about the last OF
this month Carlisle D. Graham, the
hero of several trips through the
whirlpools and rapids, will go over
Horseshoe Falls with what little
protection his barrel life-boat can
afford. The barrel boat is designed
for life-boat, and its inventor says
it is entirely different, except in
name, from the craft in which he
went through the whirlpool and
DEVILS Rapids. 1t is II feet long,
40 inches in diameter, and looks
like a little torpedo with turret
amidships, and has side wheels,
steering apparatus and other appli-
ances of a small flying machine for
acquatic use. The craft is cylinder
in shape, and has three compart-
ments, each of which is water-tight.
and and is forty-three inches long
and forty inches in diameter. Two
persons could be squeezed int 9
it in pinch, but to work the side
wheels and steering apparatus sat-
isfactorily there is hardly more
than room for one person. Each
of the other two compartments will
easily carry two persons. The craft
is strongly built, of well seasoned
oak and cedar slaves, and is bounc
with twenty-four iron bands. In
still water it would be as good al
any ordinary boat, except for lack
of deck space. 1t can be propelled
by side wheels from the inside, ane
the machinery is so arranged tina
it is reversible. The boat is suf1i
GENTLY strong to withstand the or
binary shocks of a rough voyage
but it is extremely doubtful if
can escape going to pieces eithe
, on the rocks at the foot of the fall
or elsewhere in the gorge.
TEA FOR THE UNITED STATES.
The Philadelphia Press says tina
/. China intends to get even with u
: as the American consul at Annoy
, China, states that the tea crop i
: that district is of such poor qualit
this season that it is unstable any
where except in the United States
g This will be interesting news t
tea-drinkers. It also indicates, say
the Press, that the Chinese are abor
> to revenge themselves upon US fo
!, passing the exclusion act.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
$ All good American citizens wi
{ agree with that clause of the We
q dict of the Cronin coroner's jur
}, which says, ''that in our judgemer
= all secret societies whose object
: are such as the evidence shows til
I Clan-na-Gael, or United Brothe
v hood, to be, are not in harmon
with and are injurious to America
), institutions" There is no room
, H., ooupfrvy for Aporohicfo or @