The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-12-14
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
UNUSUAL MAGNETIC POWER.

| PN'''"A P'"S'o RVHcSSSSN W VIZ
fingers Of Louis Hamburger, the
twenty-one-ycar-old son of Philip
Hamburger, n well-knowE merchant
| of that city. When the hands Of
the young man are thoroughly dried
and touched to any polished objec,
they hold il like magnet. He can
thus raise up a quantity Of pins
which will dangle from them, his
index fingers possessing the quality
more than any Of the others. lie
also raises up glass tube freighted
with a six-pound weight. Profess
sor William Simm has him in
charge and proposes TO give some
scientific experiments before the
Johns Hopkins Scientific associa-
ton.
THE MAoKAY LIBEL SUIT.
a London cable states that the
action brought by Mrs. John w.
Mackay against the proprietors OF
the Manchester Examiner for libel,
in publishing an article charging
thatpriorto her marriage to Maekay.
Mrs. Mackay was a washerwoman
in Virginia City, Nevada, has been
settled by tho defendants apologize
ing for the publication, paying costs
and a certain sum Of money to
charitable institutions to be selected
by Mrs. Mackay.
THE TIE SETTLED IT.
The Northern Pacific railway
company last week settled for ST.
600 a suit for 10000 damages,
brought by Adele Nelson, the Aus
tralian equestrienne. The claim for
damages was made on account of
injuries received in wreck near
Gold Creek, Montana, The com
pany had decided to fight the claim,
bu; il is said that Madam Nelson s
attorney sent out to the scene OF
the wreck and procured the tie
which had allowed the rails to
spread. This was so rotten it would
not hold spike, and the railroad
attorneys after looking at it com
promised the claim,
SIZE DEALT ~ MARGINS.
A recent Chicago dispatch gives
an account of a young woman lately
arrested in that city as fugitive
from justice and taken to Eimira,
New York, on charge of forgery.
The dispatch states that Ella G.
White, handsome young woman,
who came to Chicago from the east
some months ago, was taken to Ell
mira last week on reuuisition
from Governor Hill. She was in.
dicted in Elmira for forgery, and
the amount she secured is said tc
have been $4,000. She was known
as Mrs, Ella G. Worth, and whar
few acquaintance she had in Chi
cage, also knew her by that name
! In somo way it leaked out that sh,
was specializing heavily, and closcl
investigation disclosed the fact tina
the sweet looking lady was engage
in taking flyers through the me
dunn of the bucket shops of tina
city In the meantime photograph
of a woman wanted at Elmira f.
forgery were sent to the polio,
throughout the country. Mrs. Wortl
was located as the woman wanted
Sheriff Cassada, of Elmira, was no
titled, acquisitions were made out
and her arrest was affected Wbe,
confronted by Sheriff Cassada, sh
admitted that the name of WORT
| had been assumed since her arriya
in Chicago. She was perfectly coo
and did not appear Ia he the leos
nut out. Turning TO tbe officer wh,
arrested her che sa;d aCon coo
lawyer before am taken owov2
aTliat Won will have IN find On
from Mr. cassida in vhose nns,od
: Won are now y sail ,ba shor;T 81,
looked thongh,rnllv ,brouah ano !
the windows Of the sheriT7s ollic,
and then said. "Nell IN 90. /.
, me pack nv trunk and then w
D can 90 ahead ne soon as va. HIo
The officers recommended ,ha Won
an 10 her resiJence While She nacL q
! her trunk A DENNY wac statione
! NJ the front door which WINS onon
Z, suddenly noworfnIlv hn;I, no
! spranp upon the dennty eveloin
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