The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-23
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.

ct swimmers.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves favorite
diet is bread and butter and pineapple.
An Indiana man has been killed by o
mosquito bite. 1t has not since sent in its
bill.
Chicago's international exposition stock
will be taken twice over before congress
meets.
There is said to be little doubt in Eng
land that Sir Edwin Arnold will be the
next laureate.
Cincinnati wants her waterways i'm
proved Some of her other ways need i'm
provement also.
1t is rumored that Queen Victoria thinks
of bestowing the Order OF the Bath on
Thomas A. Edison.
Gen. William Malone is a man of slender
figure and small stature, almost to the
verge of effeminacy.
Judging from the antics Of the lawyers in
the Cronin case they are bound to have
jury II it takes all winter.
White Horse, the Crow chief, is dead aud
will never be seen again even If one meets
regiment of red-haired girls.
Dr. Brown-Sequard should give stimu-
liant of some kind to his waning boom. The
Elixir of Life is on its last legs.
Thomas Harrison, 1.-THE boy preacher" is
forty three years old He is about feet
inches in height and very slender.
Kentucky's latest feud resulted in the
killing Of three men and the sending to the
peniteutiary for life of two others.
The emperor Of China has had court
astrologer beheaded for making false pre-
diction. The emperor is very progressive.
A Boston man is operating some very
valuable mines in Bolivia, The dispatches
fail to state whether they contain beans or
diamonds.
Bismarck is suffering from Inflammation
of the veins. AS parliament is about to
open he is probably working up one OF his
heated veins.
Mrs. Harrison recently remarked that il
a woman loves the society of her husband
she should never encourage him to become
public man.
Gen. Robert G. Schenck, who made a
| reputation as a soldier, diplomatist and
poker artist, will be so years old should he
live to October 4.
Alice Lehman, aged g. is astonishing
| London critics with her skill on the violin.
| Musicians more than 10 years old are be-
| coming quite rare.
The Grand Army declines to recognize
| the sons of veterans. 1t does seem almost
beyond belief that the children have got
big enough to bear arms
Mr.. Looney, Of Ohio, has been arrested
| on the charge of forging notes and
mortgages. His name suggests defense
which is sure to acquit him.
Max O'Rell, the cute little Frenchman,
having patted Brother Jonathan gently on
the back, and thus put him in good
| humor will return to America next winter
| to lecture.
| II the potato crop in New England
has been greatly damaged by continued
wet weather, the mass of consumers Will
have to eat the imported article from Scot
land and Nova Scotia.
Lynchburg, Va, is not as thickly popu-
lated as it was. Two of its prominent
bankers have Just left town with their
banks and the people are too poor in copse-
quence to follow them.
| President Harrison informed certain
young ladies at Deer Park recently that
Baby McKee's name is benjamin" He
had been annoyed because the girls called
the youngster Benny"
| Young man from Dement, ILL.,, has just
skinned the smart men Of Knoxville, Tenn.i
out OF large amounts on forged paper. They
have yet to learn down there that the pen Is
mightier than the sword
There is said to be scheme in New
York fer playing base ball games there in
the winter. The idea includes the cree
ton of mammoth iron and glass structure,
to be at least 100 feet high. +
Victoria Morosini, the daughter Of the
millionaire who married her fathers coach
man several years ago and starred on the
stage, has done satisfactory penance for her
social sin, and is again with her father.
A New York saleswoman has just re-
ceived SC, 500 by the will OF a crotchety old
woman whom she had treated politely
Now let all the saleswomen, and statesmen,
for that matter try civility on speculation.
Charles Dickens, the reader, has long
novel in manuscript which he has never
had the courage to publish. He realizes
that his work would be compared with his
| fathers and he does not dare to brave the
test.
There was quite social event at the par
lors of San Francisco lady in the Palace
| hotel the other night. Two blear-eyed
ruffiaps fought for purse in the presence
of the hostess and some of the first fam
ilies
In the Woman's Journal, California
correspondent answers Frances Wizards
query, "Why do women neglect the news
paper!' because they have not even q
dime except as they ask it of their hus-
bands"
The monument to Roscoe Conklin in For
est Hill cemetery, Utica, has mistake in
the inscription which cannot be corrected
without spelling its appearance. 1t says:
"Died April 16 1885," while the true date Of
his death was April Is.
The London times, in discussing Gen.
Sheridan's Memoirs, remarks that "he saw
an amount of service and experienced
number of exciting adventures such as can
not, probably, be matched by the Oldest
and most adventurous veteran now living
in any European army"
Queen Margherita. of Italy. is an ardent
student of Hebrew and great admirer OF
Jews and their literature. On her recent
| Visit TO v enlc6 SUE gave prlNaOO ouuihOO
to Signor Caen Porto, chief rabbi OF the
Jewish community, and received him in the
most charming manner.
The shah contemplates introducing GER
tain Europeon dishes into the royal Persian
menu and has consequently arranged for
one of his cooks, who received instructions
in the kitchens of Buckingham palace as to
the preparation of certain English dishes,
TO 90 through years instruction in cook
cry at Partisan restaurant.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is never
pleased at anything that is not political. 1t
says that the objection to large water
melon crop lies in the fact that the rinds arc
scattered about the street and make work
for the garbage man, and appeals to Secre-
tary of Agriculture Rusk to develop new
type of melon which may be eaten rind
and all.
Gen. Albert Pike, the head of all the
Masonic orders and rites in this country, IS
In his s0th year. He was born in Boston,
ond xuoe pr.adu atad at Harvard, went west