The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
A FAMILY HEIRLOOM LOST.

OA1C VI NCW VI AOuE uuIf
dred" in the loss Of q diamond star
A late press dispatch says, "tha
society in New York and its fash
ionable suburb, Tuxedo Park, is al
agog with the mysterious disap
pearance of q five pointed diamond
star. Last Monday eveningit gracec
the neck of Mrs. Henry Parish, Jr.
at a ball in Tuxedo. 1t is family
heirloom,' she replied to a question
of lady sitting beside her. 'and
value it more than l can say Then
she arose to take her place in fig
ure ustarranged. The waltz over, she
was returning to her seat when she
suddenly stopped and cry of dis
may startled her escort. To his
question she answered: "My star
my diamond star is gone" Search
was at once began and the dancers
gathered around. To the countless
questions she could only reply: 1t
has only just fallen; it was in its
place only a moment ago." Every
inch of that ball room floor was
searched, but the star did not ap-
pear. The dance proceeded and
the evening wore to an end. With
two trusted servants, Mr.. Parish
and the club manager inspected the
floor, seats and every nook and
corner Of the room, but without
success. The morrow brought no
more result, and then Parish in
serted an advertisement in the pa
pers offering $500 reward for the
star. Thus far the star has not
beamed upon his pathway. The
star has been in Mrs. Parish's fam
lily for two generations, and it is
said to have been of rare beauty.
It's intrinsic value, apart from its
value of association, is many thou
sand dollars. Its disappearance is
the first mystery that has befallen
the Tuxedo colony. The guests at
the ball were all members of the
Tuxedo colony and their friends,
the latter only present by special
invitation a fortnight previous, from
a carefully selected list. Not aper-
son was present who would not have
a recognized position in New York
society, and all knew each other
we'll. There were no servants in
the room when the star was lost"
1t is certainly very mysterious, how
a star of such magnitude and brill
fancy could disappear among such
a select and brilliant gathering.
AS A LAST RESORT.
A fine looking young man ap-
peared at the war recruiting station
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week
and made application for admission
to the army. He passed an excel
lent examination, and was accepted
and sent to the front. His name
was given as Edwin J. Drexel. After
be left for the front it was learned
that he was a nephew of the late A.
J. Drexel, the millionaire banker of
Philadelphia whose daughter, Cath
crime, took the white vail at the Pitts
burg convent on the Sth inst, an
account of the ceremony appearing
in our last issue. Edwin J. Drexel |
was a sort Of disinherited member
of the wealthy family, his youthful
actions, it is said, having shocked |
bis relatives to such an extent that
they concluded to leave him out in
the division of the property. After
wandering around the country for
several years he concluded that the
standing army was about the last |
resort. Such is life.
SIZE ADVISED HIM TO DIE.
A recent dispatch from Jersey
City tells of a remarkable case of |
a foreigner whose new found rela-
lives led him to poverty and death. |
A Mrs. Jennie Gutenberg of Brook
[yn, New York, is locked up in the
Hudson county Jail at Jersey City
as a witness in the case of Jacob |
Gleucklin, an Austrian Jew, who
committed Suicide in Hoboken
few days ago. Gleucklin arrived in
his country about five weeks ago,
and hired room in a boarding
house at Hoboken. Before he end
I'd his life Gleucklin sent letter to
the New York Stats Zeitung in
which he told Of his contemplated |
suicide and the reason for it. From
he letter it appears that when
dleucklin arrived in the country he
mad with him $4,000. He had been
n Hoboken only few days when
Mrs. Gutenberg and her husband,
who were relatives, called upon him.
he told them Of the amount of
money he had, and they suggested
hat ne had better not keep it around
lim loosely. After considerable
ak, Gleucklin handed the money
over to Gutenberg, who told him
t would be given him at any time
lie demanded it. Two weeks after
1leucklin, who had returned from
| pleasure trip through Canada,
vent to the house of the Gutten-
oergs. Mrs. Gutenberg burst into
ears when she saw him and said