The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-12-07

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Island. The schooner was valuet
at $500. The captain of the Law
son said Governor Jackson told hin
that Maryland owned the ground
and will hold Mr.. Lewis response
bic for the loss. Besides losing tn
vessel, Captain Evans sustained
loss of $50. Great excitement pre-
walls among Virginia oyster men.
A STRANGE SETTLEMENT.
News of late date comes from
San Francisco that a published
statement of a settlement has beer
reached between Arthur C. Will
Jams, who, it is claimed, has beer
in considerable trouble since his ar
rival in California, and his alleged
father, Arthur C. Gorham, the Bos
ton banker, whereby Williams re-
ceives 100000 in bonds, eight
acres of land in Kansas City, and q
half interest in certain iron works
at Birmingham, Alabama. Will
Jams, who is now in San Francisco
states that the settlement was made
on condition that he renounces all
claims to being Gorham's son.
Williams might, perhaps, secure
another haul out of the old man by
disowning his mother, if living.
sWINDLING BY TELEPHONE.
The National City bank of Brook
lyn, N. Y, was defrauded of $3.50
the other day by means of forged
telephone message and a forged
check. The message informed the
bank that Clapp Brothers, of 979
Fulton street, had sent district
messenger boy to get a check of
$3.50 cashed and that it was all
right. When the boy presented the
check it was paid without question.
The check had been given to the
boy by man who stood in the door
way of Clapp Broterhs store.
NO, NOT TAscoTr,
It is another Bender-old man Ben
der this time-says an eastern pa
per, and he has been discovered in
the Ohio penitentiary, under the
name of c. S. Miller, on the respect
able charge of grand larceny. This
wicked old man imposed himself
On the hospitality of Ohio as plain
light-fngered and legitimate thief.
Since May, 1886, this atrocious old
villain has been pegging away in
he state shoe-shop and eating the
bread of the state, assuming the
airs of p respectable convict. The
oreponderance Of evidence, how
ever, goes to show that the entire
Bender family never left Kansas,
md that they did not escape the
avengers on their track, but the
pleasure of finding one or more of
hese people is always fresh, and it
S safe to say that Bender will be
discovered here and there so long as
lexible imaginations are given to
eporting the news.
NEW USE FOR CATS.
A recent dispatch says that on
he morning of November 2Sth 1000 |
ats were turned out of Niblo's
'heater.to find their respective ways
ZONE or take their luck among
trangers. Each cat was conspicu-
usly labeled. The affair was the
utcome of a Slime advertisement.
'he advertisement announced that
600 cats were wanted at Niblo's
tage door at II o'clock on Friday
corning. Before the appointed
lme Crosby street was crowded
nth various kinds of people. Each
f them had at least one cat. About
80 o'clock Ben Stein, whose fer
lie brain had evolved the scheme,
ppeared at the stage door. He
ecided not to wait until L o'clock,
nd with the employees of the thea
or he began to take in the cats.
he candidates endured no civil
ervice examination. They were
quail in STEMS eye, regardless of
re, color or disposition. One re-
uisite only was enforced. The
ats had to be alive. As they were
elivered up various bargains were
truck with the owners. Most of
lem were satisfied with tickets of
omission to the gallery, good be-
inning next week, one ticket for
ach cat. Each cat was taken in,
andled gently and supplied with
big tag fastened around the neck
it'll string. On each side of the
e was an announcement of the
hristmas pantomine to be pro-
uced at Niblo's Theater beginning
ext week. When the streets were ,
ell cleared of possible spectators ,
| cats, the animals were set free. {
hey were glad enough to get out
the theater and most of them set
f at lively scamper. The theater
eople assisted the cats in getting :
move on, and in a few moments !
| of the 1000 had disappeared. ;
tein tried this scheme in St. Louis
rec years ago, and to test the
ficiency of it be assigned man (
follow one cat and see what be- :
me of her. She led him a weary !.
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