Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-09-07
WINGED MISSILES.

1ne pc3utN OF NAtheflnu oI lNuSSAS ~ Il
sad consisted in her green eyes.
A large deposit Of tin ore is reported Il
have BEEN found in Peeos county, Texas.
Customs were collected upon merehan
disc in England under Ethelred H., in 9.9 \
One ton Of coal is capable of yielding
an amount Of force equivalent TO that OF Ga |
men.
At ball in Paris recently lady wore |
shoes each Of which had watch inserted
in the leather, near 10 her toes.
1t is said that nearly 5,Ool,0oo persons in
the United States depend for their living
on the sale of liquor and tobacco.
Files were a very early tool with handi.
craftsmen, and are mentioned in the Old
Testament q Samuel, xiii, p, 1898, B. c.
1t is stated that members Of the English
Iron and Steel Association will visit the
iron districts Of Alabama and Tennessee this
summer.
1t is reported that Boston syndicate in
tends to purchase the Magdalen Islands
in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence and erect on
them second Glouchester.
An Ottawa (Ont.) dispatch says that it i:
understood there that negotiations for
a settlement of the Atlantic fisheries
question will be reopenel shortly.
1t is rumored that frauds have bean dis
covered in the contracts for Montana's
territorial purchases, and that at least Ssil,-
OOJ mas been diverted from its proper
channel.
Grapes were first cultivated about 1915,
and previously to the reign Of Edward vi.
were brought in large quantities from Elan
ders to England. The vine was introduced
into England in 1852.
A Chicago attorney has bees requested
to secure for the London Times certified
copy OF the evidence taken in the Cronin
inquest The evidence makes eleven hun.
dred pages in typewriter print.
According to yoltairs, forks were in use
on the continent in the thirteenth and four.
teenth centuries. This is disputed. They
were not introduced into England until tho
beginning of the seventeenth century.
The name s,Johnny-calse'' is said to bed
rived from 'iourney-cake,'' b cause emf.
grants iournsying from New England TO
the West were obliged 70 bake their Indian
| meal cakes in the ashes OF their camp, fires.
Those two bombs found buried under a
street in Odessa the other day had the ex-
! plosive power Of three tons Of gunpowder,
| and cold chills run up and down the Cars
back every time he THINKS OF how no walk
! ed over them.
| In some places in southern California
1 holes are blasted for planting trees A blast
| wei put in, creates pocket for broken rock
mixed with top soll, which furnishef basin
/ TO hold moisture, as well rs deeper and
cooler hole for the roots.
/ King Macbeth was defeated at Dnnsi.
name, Perthshire, Scotland, by Siward,
Earl OF Northumberland, July -, 1851.
After this defeat, Macbeth, it IS said. was
pursued to Lumphaua, in Aberlccashire,
and there slain in 1876 or ll57.
Official returns from erc,y county in
Pennsylvania show the majority against
the probibitory amendment TO have been
1s2,O!9. The majority against the suffrage
amendment providing for the repeal Of The
poll-tax qualification is 1}J,5iJ.
A test has been nude in France 90 sea
whether the color Of horse had anything
to do with his characteristics. 1t has been
demonstrated that any such idea is NIL non
sense Pedigree and early training hay.
all to do with it, and color nothing what
ever.
A letter proposing marriage to q CASTLE,
N. Y. girl remained in the coat tail pocket 0
the proposer for eight months, he sUpposins
it to have been mailed When lie finally
did mail it she was married, bat size CAV,
her husband the shake and e!opcd to far Of
Connecticut.
A new clock Just placed in the tower o
Glasgow University is tremendous affair
The main vince OF the striking and quar-
ter trains are twenty inches il diameter
and the weight Of the hammer that strike
the hours is 100 pounds The bob OF tn
pendulum weighs 800 pounds.
Irish names out Of Ireland are not al
found in America. Spain has had Organ
the late minister OF war, O'Donncll, O'Don
: noju, and as Governor OF Cuba, O'Roilly
and as vice president of the Spanish senate
O'Donnell France has its AlacNfahons
} O'Neills, O'Connors and Nugcuss. 81
} Patrick's Day is celebrated each year b.
/ the Franco Irish.
David Jones was the first settler or I;alti
more, in 1852, and his name is borne by
small stream that runs through the city
In 1870 a town was laid out on the ives
: side Of this stream, and called Baltimore
; in honor OF Cecil, Lord Baltimore. a tow
, caleb Jamestown was laid out on the eas
: side in 1872, and this was united wit
Baltimore in 11I5, dropping its origins
name
The collections Of internal revenue durin
a the first eleven months OF tbs fiscal yea
!. ending June ~, 1889 werc SIP or, 95s, b2in
S5,93I,2Js more than the collections durin
, the corresponding period or the last fsc;
year. The receipts were; On spirits 555
Q 40, 2Jj, on tobacco s39,2i6 2O2, on fermenta
y liquors s3i ,35s,Gls on oleomargarine SSjj
Q 654, on banks ard bankers sos, on misce
/ laneous sT7,2i3.
: In 17S2 Robert Aitlsen, printer ard bool
~ seller in Philadelphia, published the fir
: American edition of the Bible in Englisl
the publication being in quarto form.
J 17g1 Isaiah Thomas Of Worcester, Mass
. printed in folio form an English edition
y the Bible. This was the second edition
a the Bible in English 10 be published
l. America, and the first to be issued in fol
. form in this country.
y A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says thi
Y Governor Thayer recently received q r
p quest from the British-American Associ
!. ton Of Boston that he assist in securing Il