Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-09
NEWS MISCELLANY.
CHASTITY DISCOVERY IN THE HOLD
OF THE MERRIMAC.
The Oklahoma Boomers Elected from
Indian Territory-The American
Flag Publicly Insulted by a
Canadian "Chippy."

Germany is having built sixteen tor
pedo boats.
Premier Won TIA has rendered his
resignation.
Berlin, Germany, has suppressed the
salvationists.
There are fourteen Indians in the Kan
sas penitentiary.
A fine of 500 will be imposed for sell
ing vote in Maine.
Nebraska pays bounty of one cent II
pound on beet sugar.
Damascus, Syria, will soon have gas
lamps and street-cars.
The Pittsburg law and order society
employs female detectives.
During the month of February 5000 ne
groes enigrated from North Carolina.
The Russian government will spend
100 900 900 roubles on her new navy.
Robert Sigel, son of General Sigel, has
pleaded guilty OF forgery in New York.
Miss Mary Anderson's physician de-
nies that his patients mind is affected.
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churns his butter by natural gas power.
Booth and Modjeska have signed a
contract for a thirty weeks starring tour.
| Ex-President Cleveland and Mr.. Villas
have been elected members OF Tammany.
Strawberries from the South made
their appearance in the Chicago market
last week.
| King Alexander has written his moth
err, ex-Queen Natalie, to remain away
from Seryia.
| During the present year there have
been fifteen duels and sixteen suicides AT
Monte Carlo.
! The storm which has been raging on
the Atlantic coast for several days past
has subsidized.
John G. Klein, OF Samoan fame, is
anxious to appear before the Berlin con
| ference as Il witness.
The Ottawa government is considering
measure excluding American lard by
an exorbitant duty.
The " Catholic Total Abstinence News
OF Philadelphia, has come out squarely
against prohibition.
Ex-President Cleveland celebrated his
sd birthday last week by embarking on
pleasure trip to Cuba.
John Adams, the $4,000 forger, dice
of sel-mposed starvation i'll the Georgls
penitentiary last week.
The great scheme of Henry Willard t.
consolidate all of Edison's electric com
| Nupine has fallnn tb rplIpb
A lively skirmish occurred in Oklaho
ma last week between the soldiery ant
the persistent boomers"
General Sherman's son, Thomas Ewins
Sherman, will be consecrated Cathoh'
priest at Philadelphia in July.
General Franz Siegels son has beer
sentenced to six years in the penitentiar.
for defrauding pension claimants.
Hon. Enoch Hoult, twice senator iron
Linn county, and author of the railroad
law, died at Harrisburg last week.
Mrs. Langtry is reported quite sicl
with tonsilitis, and in consequence al
OF her engagements have been cancelled
A bill has been introduced in the In
diana legislature to ascertain the relation
between the ground hog and the weather
The customs authorities of Toronto
have seized and destroyed 100 copies o
Zola's novels, for being OF immoral char
acter.
The Union Pacific claims that it ha
been Systematically robbed of rollin!
stock for the last eight years by othe
roads.
BY the closing down of the mines o
the PENNSYLVANIA company at Scranton
last week 1000 men will be thrown out Q
employment.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt, of New York, vii
remove his extensive steel and iroi
works from Trenton, N. j., to Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
A bill introduced in the Indiana legis
lature provides that property purchase,
with pension money shall be eXemp
from taxation.
Martin White, of Jackson, committe,
suicide Friday night by placing the mu2
zle of shot gun in his mouth and spring
ing the trigger with his foot.
The recent performance of Yale stu
dents in dragging the statue of the lat
Professor Stillman from its pedestal ha
excited no little Indignation.
Gen. Wade Hampton has returned tw
battle flags to the survivors OF the 65tl
Pennsylvania volunteers, which were cap
tured by his troops in the late civil wal
The PENNSYLVANIA board of pardon
has refused to commute the death sen
tence of Mrs. Sarah Jane WHEELING, TO
poisoning her husband and two children
The pope, according to late speech c
Cardinal Harocchi, the pope's vicar, wi
seek refuge in the United States, If it be
came necessary for him to leave Europe
The West Virginia Republican sena
tors have agreed to refuse the call for a
extra session, on the ground that Gov
Wilson is not the legal executive of tn
state.
white man, engaged in promotin
negro emigration from North Carolina
was arrested Thursday on the charge {
enticing hands to break their contract
with farmers.
Excitement has been created in King
ston, Ont, over the act OF Il young chip
stamping upon the American flag Will
personating the role OF Victoria in pull
lie performance.
Joseph Mendor, Tilted lover of Ash
land, Wis, entered the room OF Ellie
Long, Is years OF age, and cut her severe
lv about the face and head with razor