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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-02-08
HALEY, Idaho, Dec. "a, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that on
Monday, February 9th, 1889,

the Assessor and Tax Collector of
Alturas county, Idaho Territory, will
sell at public suction, in the manner
prescribed by law, IN front Of the
Courthouse in HALEY, unless sooner
redeemed, all the above -described
real estate or so much thereof as NAV
be necessary to pay the amount of
delinquent Territorial, county, school,
and poll and hospital taxes. ard costs
and penalties thereon for the year
1888.
Sale to commence at ] o'clock p. m.
W. W. YEATES,
Assessor and Tax Collector.
BY J. II. VAN Ness, Deputy.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-02-08

Unknown. Ketchun,-.Lots a and 10, block
80. lot c, block 80, lots snd I, block
so, lot 6, block 20 lot l, hlock n lots
8 and 6, block ~. lot /, block co, lots
3 and I, block 81. lots l, 2, s and G,
block @, lots l. Q, 8 and 4. block CO,
lots and 2, block CT, lot G, block IT,
lot 2. block 81, lot Z. block Z, fatal
value $50: tax, costs aud penalties
y7.49, schuol 1872. ...............
Unknown, Bellevue--Sot Q, block s, lot o,
block 81. lot 10. block ~, lot 7 and s,
block 81. total value ITS: tax, costs
and penalties. Recommendations.
Unknown. Shoshone- Lot 4, block B, east 70
feet lot !, block 3 and improvements.
total valve 800: tax, costs and pensl-
ties c9.37 school 49, ..........,,,.
Unknown, Bullion improvements on tho
west side Of Wall street known ~ tho
James 4 Harrington butcher shop,
value 100: tax, costs and penalties
Vineyard. J.. HALEY Lot 20. block Al, and
Improvement, value S50: tax. costs
ana penalties lA.Ga, school 7.l3. poll
and hospital 5o............. .... :.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-02-08

II. o. BILLINGS, Register.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Some Short Peculiar Names,

The family in France which has no
other surname than the letter B has,
since the publication of the account OF
a registry officials perplexity over the
name, developed several rivals
In Belgium there is family Of
some distinction whose name is y.
one branch of this family is said to be
descended from French marquis of o,
who was court official in the reign
of Henry III.
In addition to the French village
named Y there is River in Holland,
and in Sweden there is village called
A.
1t is said that there is in China a
village called V, but as the Chinese
have no equivalent for our alphabet
the bestowing of this name upon it on
the maps must have been the result of
the ingenuity of the geographer, who
had no room to get in ''Vee' on his
chart.
The great West., 1889-12-06

and one fail when UP in clearin e he
ran across man who had harmful e
hay to sell. It looked nice ON the OUT
side. and Engle struck bargain
whereby the man was to press it and
deliver it to Engle's teamster for $13
per ton.
Later in the season he went into tho
camp. and there he found q lot of press
ed wire-grass, which, he said. was nse
fit for horse to sleep on.
whats thisp" he asked OF the fore
man.
''Why, that some haylyou bought
II boughty'
Eyes; that's some Davis toted in"
"Well," said Engle, Il always
thought was fool but / never wa
fool enough to buy that stuff for hay.~
But he had bought it The interisr
of that haymow was a big fraud. and
when the seller struck Engle for q sea--
tlement he was told he was = cheat:an1'
he couldn't get q cent
But there came time when sonnO
settlement must be made, and after
much discussion it was agreed the.
whole matter should be left to one W.
G. Davis, an honest ckwoodsma1..
who had toted the material in.
Engle was delighted, for this maui
Davis had worked for him for years.
and William was quite sure good big
slice would be knocked from the bin,
which amounted to several hundred
dollars. They found Davis out in tie
hovel, and, after opening up to him.
the proposition, all took shingles and,
began to whittle, while Engle told hin.
story in the true legislative style j!
The seller couldn't say much; he
thought the hay averaged weM ana
would have opened the NOW if he had,
been asked to do so; and on the who1e:
made bad work of a poor case. !,
Then Davis, the juryman, whitfield
awhile, after which he cooked his eye
toward the lumber king and asked: !
BILL, you accepted the hay?'
"We-l-l, Yes, my man did,
"And you have fed it out?''
Eyes, the man did. He didn't have
any other feed"
Davis whitfield awhile and then said-,
"You bought the hay, Bill. accepted;
it, and all winter you have been feed
ing it out, and betwixt you and mo-
William, think it's a darned poor
time to squeal"
Engle says he saw the point and he
paid.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Malone in Battle

Speaking of Malone friend of his,
told me story about him the other
day, says a writer in the Cleveland
Leader. He said that when the gen.
eral was leading his brigade into action.
at Gettysburg he was one of tho;
sort who always said: ''Come!" not.
"Go!"-the bullets and shells were fly
ing around pretty thick, and some onet
of the men yielded to the natural inv
pulse to duck their heads. Mahona
reproved them sharply, telling them
dodg ing was unworthy of brave soaf
diers.
'The gin'ral kin be brave purity
burned easy" exclaimed a fellow n}
the ranks, 'fer he SO dog goned thin
that the Yanks couldn't hit him in .
month O Sundays, and ef they did
he'd just split the bullet"
At this instant shell went streams
ing just above MahoDe's head audt
burst a short distance beyond with n,
terrific crack. The generals sacod
reared and plunged so furiously than
the rider was unhorsed. He disappear,
ed SO quickly from the saddle that the
soldiers thought at first that he had
been killed, but when he was observed
remounting they set up wild yell.
mingled with cries of No dodgin'' thar;
gin'ral," ''stan' up n face the music.
ole man?" Flushed and angry the
general drove the spurs into the fanks
of his horse, swished his sword through
the air and yelled to the men to follow,
him, Double quick-march!" and ha
led them into the storm Of death As
a matter of fact, General Malone was
wounded once, but to look at him You
wou Id wonder how it happened. Ma,
hone has Irish blood in his veins and
was a great fighter in war, as he In
now in politics. AS leader of soldiers
he was much like General pat"
Clebourne, who com manded q brigade
and then division under Bragg, Joe
johnson and Hood and fell in Tho
charge at Franklin on the Last day Of
November, 1864.
The great West., 1889-12-06
CHANCE OR FATE +?

It was 4 o'clock on depressing autumn
afternoon.
The railway station at one our most pop
ular watering places was not so crowded
but that the noisy mirth of a group of yacht
ing men. assembled to take leave of one of
their number, attracted considerable atten-
ton among the passengers. porters and
loiterers collected on the platform.
In one instance this notice was wholly of
. condemnatory kind
Opposite the spot where the young men
stood gentleman sat alone in a first-class
compartment, from the window of which he
cast frequent glances Of contempt and dis
approval at the loud-voiced men outside
These last were typical Englishmen; four
tall, well-built young fellows, with fair
skins burned red or copper-color, gathered
q fifth, still taller than they, and evidently
older-a yellow haired giant, with a fine
figure that was beginning to tend toward
stoutness, good-looking, red face, and a
manner that was at once genial. didactic
and self-assertive.
Whether from instinct or from the fact
that he was Numerically opposed in type
to this particular Individual, the solitary
traveller before referred to took an especial
dislike to this ponderous fair man.
''Great bumptious brute!' he said to him
eelf. "Fancy being married to such
mani"
With this second reflection, the blood
rushed to his sensitive, dark face.
He was rather under than over the
middle height with slight, boyish-look-
ing figure, a face rather interesting than
handsome, and delicate, restless hands,
with which he necessarily stroled his
mustache. His nerves were strained to
their utmost tension; doubt uncertainty,
pity and passionate love were blended in
his mind with great desire for solitude:
and, in this phase of nerve tension, the
noisy laughter of those four bronzed yacht
ing men, and the self-complacent plati-
tudes of the fifth, irritated our traveller al.
most beyond endurance.
Suddenly the door of his compartment
was burst open. The yellow haired man
jumped in, directed porter where to
place his portmanteau, in deep bass voice,
suitable to his large frame, tossed the man
sixpence, with an air of princely patronage,
then ratified down the window, and leaned
out for few valedictory words to his
friends
The great West., 1889-12-06
A Very Queer Apple

The "apple king of Kenneboa
county, Maine rails ed queer apple last
season. It is a m medium-sized apple of
greenish color, and from one side Won
may cut slice of sweet apple of as fino
a flavor as you ever ate, and from an
other part of the same apple you cut .
slice sour enough to make an old
maid sQuint. The sweet and sour
portions are distributed in alternate
layers extending from stem to bow and
from one-half to inch wide. and can
be distinguished by the color and tex
ture Of thu outside skin. There aro
said to be several trees which bear this.
peculiar vartity OF fruit
The great West., 1889-12-06
A Congressman's New Suit.

One afternoon rural-looking party
dropped in at a tailoring establish
ment in Chicago, and asked to be
shown patterns for suit of clothes
and an overcoat. The practiced eye
of the tailor took in the new customer
at a glance. He saw that he had on a
$40 overcoat and hand-me-down
suit, and, as he hardly hoped for his
custom, he thought to save time by
dazing him at the start, so he exhibit
ed material for an $85 suit and $75
overcoat- The stranger appeared
pleased with what he saw. "How
much are they?' he asked. The tai
Tor informed him that the bill for both
would be $3.50. What" ejaculated
the stranger. The tailor calmly re-
peated the figure and expected to see
the would-be purchaser disappear
through the door. But he didn't. In
stead. he gazed admiringiy at the tai
lor and asked how long he had been
established there. "About seventeen
years, was the reply. How old are
you?", asked the stranger. About
fifty" The stranger looked at him
again and said: MY friend, I want
clothes to wear in New York and
Washington, and am anxious to find
good tailor whom can depend on.
You appear to ae in good health and
think you can take my measure for
that suit and overcoat You may die.
but I'll be - if you can ever tail r
And the tailor bowed low and proceed
ed to call off the proportions of the
new customer, who was soon to 60 to
congress from Wisconsin,
The great West., 1889-12-06

"ITs GOOD TO BE IN ENGLAND AGAIN"
posite, took several whiffs at his pipe and
prepared himself for conversation.
1t was La vain that the other man shut
his eyes, opened them with stony glare,
took out letters to read, or affected to be
absorbed in making calculations in his note
book. "1eddy" was resolved to talk and
was soon in the middle Of a slowly deliver.
ed description OF the perils of one of his last
yachting excursions. and Of the heroic
bravery he himself had displayed therein.
Getting used to tho deep, monotonous
voice, his fellow travellers thoughts went
of on their usual Journey. His eyes were
fixed on the cushions facing him; but his
mind ooniured up the vision of woman
with soft brown eyes full Of sadness. q
voice like the sweetest notes Of violin.
and touch SO charged with magnetism
The great West., 1889-12-06

The other gave short laugh, which fhe
intended to be offensive, and which sue
ceeded in being so, and to his intense relief
silence was at length established between
them Even the but slightly sensitive mind
OF ''Teddv" had at length received the i'm
preston that his travelling companion had
no great liking for his society, and meant
to make himself disagreeable. He did not
know Bella. and therefore could not esti-
mate the impertinence and absurdity of his
suggestion. That she could by any possi-
bility have "ccnsoled herself for her hus-
bands absence.
Bella was jcst an ordinary woman. quite
happy pottering about the house, writing
letters, or buying little things she did not
want. Then there was a course of reading
he had marked out for her, which, if prop
erly followed-if properly followed
Teddy" had closed his eyes, and had
fallen into light 'doze, the duration of
which he could never afterward estimate.
From this he was roughly awakened by
being hurled forward upon his hands and
knees. and then flung against the side of
the carriage with such violence that the
glass Of the window was shivered to q
thousand pieces. He heard the crash of
glass and terrible roaring, as of some
hungry mons er somewhere in the distance.
Opening his eyes, he found himself in COM
plete darkness. A rush and rattle of whir-
ring wheels mingled with the sound OF
long drawn whistling and women's des-
pairing shrieks. And from somewhere close
to him came groan Of agony.
He was stunned at first by the force of
the conclusion. In the confined space in
which he found himself he could at first
hardly do more than realize that he was
alive Presently, by little stretching and
pushing at his large limbs, he learned that
they were all unbroken, and, before the re-
lief party arrived, Mr.. Harry Edwardes-
for such was thu true name of the man
known among his chams by the nicknames
of ''Teddy" and "Gilpin" had crawled out
from the ruins of his compartment, bruised
and shaken, but without any serious hurt.
Drilling rain fell from q leaden sky upon
the scene Of the disaster.
Signals misunderstood and the uuexpect-
ed shunting of a coal truck across the line,
such were the theories advanced after
wards as the cause of the accident
But this Harry Edwardes did not learn
until many hours were past The results
The great West., 1889-12-06
The Name "Ameriea." J"

Amerigo Vespucci had no part in ths-
bestowal of his name on the new world
1t was the act of body Of learned men,
Columbus always believed that the
country he had discovered was a part
of Asia; but the discerning and COM.
prehensive mind of Vespucci thought.
differently; he believed it to be a sep
arate continent. His written descrip-
tion OF the country, it's people, climate
and productions convinced the learned
men of Europe that his vie ws wore cor
rect.
The great West., 1889-12-06
That Was Too Much.

Illinois juries look upon breach of
promise suit in its true light-a legal
species of black-mail-and a jury in
that state lately gave a good-looling
girl only cents damages, where she
wanted $25,O Her lover had dis
covered, as he testified, that she was
given to gossiping and gadding about,
and would have made poor wife for
anybody.
The great West., 1889-12-06
Found Their Place,

A mOng the stock in Massachusetts,
paper mill is 100 tons of public docu-
ments, all we'll bound, which were
bought at two cents per pound. Once
in while Uncle Sam issues q thrilling
and interesting tale, but such books
rarely go to the public
The great West., 1889-12-06
4 sHAN'T GO NORTHwARD UNTIL T.

II sHAN'T GO NORTHwARD UNTIL To-
MORROW
II shan't 90 northward until tomorrow"
he observed
At which there was laughter chorus of
ITO o-morrow, Teddys"
"Well, they don't expect me yet" he
went on, smiling with a radiant, superior
calm. II say, boys, we really have had a
most excellent time together"
''Pity you didn't keep up that diary.
Might have interested them at home" sue-
gested one Of the four.
"You might compile an amended edition
in your spare time in London, Gilpinr' put
in another.
II can't make you boys believe it; but I
shall only stay in town long enough to see
my lawyer"
And then take the next express back to
the bosom of your family. We know, Gil
pin.'
"And afterwards" the big man went on,
imperturbably, II shall permanently settle
down in the north and put together my ex-
periences into book form''
The train was moving off by this time.
The four yachting men ran alongside of it,
waving noisy good-byes until it steamed
more quickly out of the station; and the
fair man, after repeatedly nodding to his
friends, sank heavily into seat and gazed
around him with an air Of patronizing be-
,nevolence
He evidently wanted to talk, and, what
more, he meant to.
First, he asked concerning the windows.
whether his travelling companion minded
having them down; next he grew discur-
sive on the fact that it was not a smoking
compartment, but that he meant to smoke.
After which, observing with genial smile
and a north country infection:
"Eh, but it's good to be in England again."
he stretched out his feet across the seat op-
The great West., 1889-12-06

The man who founded the town of
Santa Rosa Cal, is dead. He lived
long enough, however, to hear it gen.
orally regretted that the town was not
name Smithville, after the man who
opened the first whisky shop.
The great West., 1889-12-06
A Poor Time to Soueal,

Keprese NATIVE William Engle of
Bangor is an extensive lumber opera
tor, says the Lewiston Me.) Journal,
The great West., 1889-12-06

q new vile to whom he gave all his
time, and the other wives would have
to simply say nothing, but endure his
neglect.
1t is rather curious that the intel
lectual women of Utah. of whom there
are many, take such a favorable view
of polygamy. A little volume called
1.-The Women of Deseret" has sketcees
of some thirty or more ladies who pos
sessed great mental gifts, and they
were all staunch advocates of polygamy.
They justify it on Biblical grounds.
Indeed. the Mormons build their hopes
more on the Bible than they do on the
Book of Mormon and they claim to
have more justification for their creed
in the Scriptures then can be found for
any form of Christianity in existence.
The wise Gentle does not engage in
Bible argument with the Mormon.
The Latter Day Saint can outquote even
Satan himself, and anybody who tries
to best him in a contest with the
Scriptures for referee will be sadly
disappointed. The women of Utah,
however, accept all that there is of
Mormonlsm without doubt or hesitation.
They are the ma1nstay of the Mormon
belief in cures by faith.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-12

I've Of Olympla0 Resi1emta are Sup
posed - Have ElepeA.
On the 4th instant it was handed
along that q young man named JEFF
Whitney and his affianced, Miss Jennie
McNair, had eloped.
As soon as the news was whispered
about that they had gone, Mr.. McNair,
father Of the young girl, set about to re.
turn her to her home. He at once caused
kilograms to be sent to various points to
no purpose. Hastily securing team he
set out for Tenino and there boarded the
train for Portland.
After his departure it was learned that
Whitney had, early in the day. gone to
the stable of Foster & Laberee and en-
gagged a covered hack to be in readiness
at 80 O'Clock. At that hour he was
on hand and with the hack proceeded
out Third to Franklin streets, and thence
to Fourth street, on which thoroughfare
he travelled toward Tacoma. Where the
young lady was taken aboard it is not
known, but that she accompanied him is
beyond doubt
The driver Of the vehicle returned this
morning and when an interview was at
tempted on the part OF the OLYMPIAN ne
was as mute as an oyster. and refused to
answer any question at all, only vouch-
safing the remark, "They are all right"
A telegram sent to Tacoma. to-day, to
Auditor Huggins, asking if q license had
been issued tO the parties there was ans
wered that there had not, SO 1t stands to
reason that the young couple have gone
on, possibly to Victoria. This idea is
" the S. fact tea MSnns Su,ns:,
here, and taken all he had with him.
Mr.. McNair and his family are COM
pletely broken up by the unfortunate oc-
currence, and if the young couple are
overhauled by the irate father there is no
doubt but that there will be trouble.
This, however, is hardly possible, as
they are both travelling in opposite direc-
tions,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-12
Some Pertinent Suggestions
EDITOR EVENING OLY,r1AN.


While it is probably true that WASH
ington Territory, as whole, is receiv-
ing all the advertising that is judicious.
and that certain sections are being ex-
tolled beyond what they deserve, yet it is
especially true that other sections are
not receiving the attention they are
justly deserving of, through the neg
lect of the inhabitants to invite atten-
ton of would-be settlers to the advan-
t'ges and inducements which their
localities offer. In this latter class 1
must include the people of Olympia
and Thurs. on County. / have been
travelling through Western Washing
ton for some time, partly in pursuit OF
improved health, partly to find place
for small investment l have trav-
eled over the principal par; of the
eastern and central portions of the
Territory west of the Cascades, finding
nothing that exactly suited me, and,
having noticed articles in several of
the daily papers laudatory Of Chehalis
County and Gray's Harbor, concluded
to visit these and came to Olympia.
Finding it necessary to spend day or
two here, l began to look around, and
being impressed with the beauties of
your town and harbor, and the fine
qualities of the agricultural land
around, have made a small investment
in this country. must say that
have seen NJ section, that to me seems
to offer equal inducements to settlers
as this county, and that it appears to
an outsider, that the people here, are
making a great mistake in not letting
newcomers know what q fine agri-
cultural country they have here, and
what elegant and attractive sites for
residences their beautiful harbor and
its approaches affords. l would like
to suggest that every citizen Of OF this
city make it the one object Of life to
extol this section; that every one who
can, become correspondent OF some
prominent newspaper, truthfully de-
pieting the city and county to the
best of their ability, and that an emi4
grant agent be stationed at Tacoma to
turn the tide OF travel this way.
F. w. HIGGINS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-12

To reimburse the Indians for the
loss of their guns, Governor Stevens
held a big "potlach," and gave them
blankets to more than equal the value
of their destroyed guns.
The account real W. II, but We can
not refrain from expressing the belief
that Brother Mills is drawing the
Z" long bow" on those who, unlike
himself, have not become acolimated
by forty or fifty years residence in this
Western Paradise. 1t will be remem-
bered that the guns found were stand
ing in a symmetrical row against a
log, and were perfect in form, although
rotten and rusted by age.
This scarcely agrees with Captain
Miles assertion that the guns were
broken and "tossed in the thicket."
He must have lost his talent as a story
teller, however, to be Caught out on
a foul"