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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25
A Tall Rat Story.

A rat got caught by the leg in o
store and squealed loudly for mer-
cy, says a Maine exchange. The
proprietor of the store watched the
rat, which continued to squeal.
Finally another rat crept cautiously
out and walked up to his unfortu-
nate companion and evidently took
the situation in, for they seemed to
talk with each1othcr and arrived at
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25
A New Industry.

Quite q number of our citizens,
saws the Point Arena Record, are
financially interested in the enter
prise which is being established
down near the port. The new en-
terprise promises to be of consider
able value to our town, inasmuch
as if it comes up to the expectations
of it's projectors, over $500 cords OF
wood will be utilized in the course
of twelve months. Large furnaces
are being built, over which will be
a kind Of oven into which the wood
will be placed. Here it will undergo
a roasting process, the result Of
which will be the carbonizati6n OF
the wood, the product being first
class grade of charcoal. The tar
which can be extracted from either
fir or oak-being rather heavy, is
being drained off into retort, while
the aqueous vapors containing tur.
pentine, acetic acid and alcohol
are carried off through condensing
worms into vats arranged for their
reception. The charcoal made from
oak is of the highest value, while
the tar derived is worth about 81 sc
per gallon. Oak tar is used as
base for quite q number Of com
pounds, the principal of which is 9
preparation used in harness and
leather blacking. In another week
the success or failure of the enter
prise will be known, and we car
then predict its effect upon ou'
community.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

me neither poverty nor riches 1t
seemed as if the Golden Age and
Eutopia of the republic hid been
reached. Westward, even unto the
Pacific, lay the unexplored extent
of the continent, and out of which
I have myself since voted to admit
six states into this Union -'-sena-
tor ingalls,, t...
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25
NOTICE.

WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
~, Tor any labor to be performed on the
o'Te Jacket mine, situated on Eagle Creek,
"a warm Springs Creek mining district, III
A,turas county, Idaho, or for supplies furn.
,sheo - for the same during lease on said
hine. which lease will expire on December
J, 1891. s0hD AYGWIN.y
49, - ( u CHAPMAN & LIBBY.
~ JAS. N. BLOSSOM. .-AttoYney-infact
aetchlEo, I6aho, y..le !, Isoa. ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

Says an eminent physician: $50
long as men uncover their heads in
theaters, halls, ETC., just so long will
catarrh be q national ailment, and
men suffer from neuralgia and bron-
chial affections. There is no more
sense in a man removing his hat
than there is in a woman laying
aside her bonnet"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

The latest invention is clothing
made of a fabric in which fine
threads Of cork are intewoven with
wool or silk, which renders it inn
possible for the wearer TO sink In
water.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

AN English scientific person has
discovered that sitting down is an
acquired habit. The majority Of
mankind do not sit, but simply
SQUAT, or, as it is sometimes said,
sit on their heels. This position,
the scientific person thinks, is the
natural one, while sitting on chair
ia an artificial one. Ila
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25
Bashful Bridegrooms. !

wa o6s~AAS"
Bashful Bridegrooms.
Ministers declare that in nine
cases out of ten brides are much
more self-possessed than are bride
grooms when the marriage ceremo-
ny is being performed.
A shy, modest-looking, little crea-
ture robed in white will stand per-
fectly erect, looking the minister
calmly and squarely in the eye,
without for an instant losing her
self-poise, while the big, blunt six
footer of q bridegroom by her side
is pale, nervous and trembling.
His fingers are likely to twitch nerv-
ously, and he may even hitch at his
trousers legs or twist q corner of
his coatskirt.
was once ''best man" to a stall
wart, middle-aged bridegroom,
noted for his courage and feats Of
daring, and when the time came
for US to go down stairs to meet the
bride and her attendants he nearly
had fit, and he looked like walk
ing corpse all through the ceremo-
ny. l had to keep saying, "Brace
up, old boy" and "Come, come,
you've got to go down. to get him
started at all, and at the door he
was idiotic enough to clutch at me
and say: -.... -.
"Say, Fred, how would it DC. to
have Mary and the preacher slip in
here and have it all over with be-
fore We 60 down at alp l can't 60
through with it before all that
crowd"
"Idiot r' said, briefly and point
edly enough to leave no doubt as to
my meaning. MARY won't come
in here and you will 90 down this
instant .....-.
He got through it at last without
doing or saying anything ridieu-
lous, in which respect he was luck
ier than another stalwart bride
groom of my acquaintance, who
was so dazed and overcome that he
held out one of his own fingers for
the ring when the minister said:
with this ring l thee we'd"
Another bridegroom l knew lost
his head to such a degree that when
it came time for him to say: II,
Horace, take thee, Annie, to be my
lawful welded wife," he said in an
unnaturally loud tone: II, Mary,
take thee, Horace, to be my lawful
welded wife," and when the time
came for him to introduce his bride
to some of his friends who had not
yet seen her, he did it by saying
|awkwardly: "Hh, er-Miss Carter,
this is my wife, Miss Barton" call
ing her by her maiden name.
Few men say my wife" easily
and naturally the first time they
use the words in public.
A funny case was that of the
badly ratified bridegroom who stared
blankly at the minister until asked
if he took "this woman to be his
lawful welded wife," when he start
ed suddenly and hastily and in the
blandest manner:
"Ah, beg pardon-were you speak
ing to me?'
A village preacher says that he
once married q rural couple at the
house of the brides parents in the
presence of a large company of in-
vited guests. The bridegroom was
big, bony, red-faced, young fellow,
who looked as though he could
have felled an OK with his FIST but
he shivered and turned pale at the
beginning of the ceremony, and at
| its close he fell down in q dead faint,
to the manifest annoyance Of bis
bride, who had been "as cool as .
cucumber" throughout the whole
ceremony.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

Heather nations have different
legends as to the origin of women.
The Japanese believe that she grew
on a tsee, the 5Laplanders that she
was once rabit, the Persians that
she fell from the heavens and the
Australians that she was once toad.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

Sixty years ago railroads were
unknown in the United States, and
the population consisted of t2,0W,-
GOO people; to-day there are up.
ward Of 165 900 miles of railroad
and the population has increased
to 5,O0O,O 900. . t.' i.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

Of the tmenty-six barons who
signed Magma Charter all but three
had TO "make their mark" belng
unable to write.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

A Knotty Point-"The1e's one
thing L never quite understood
about Adam and Eve said Iold
Mrs. Bankerson; "that is, who mas
the clergyman that married emf"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

That Excellent Stiggins-"My
son." said the ReyeIand Stiggips,
don't ever let me hear you say .spov.
erty.'' "Why, father?" Becausee- :
my boy. poverty is . curse, -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-25

Love is blind, but your mother
in -law isn't. III VI
, 1890-03-13
HEARTS AND Lu.Gs.
Queer Layout Encountered by a Prow-
ling Reporter.

Queer sights cross the vision of one
abroad at night. The young man who
does unreasonable hour observing for this
paper dropped into a gambling house at .
O'Clock yesterday morning. Play at the
banking games was light. There was a
heavy circle of interested men about a
poker game in which the stakes we're not
small.
-Four men played hearts at another
table. Each was bringing into the battle
the fullest result of memory training. All
we're quiet, as were the few spectators.
Suddealy one of the players called a
friend to take his hand and leaving the
chair at the table dropped heavily into
another conveniently close. He paled,
gasped, %shuddered and almost tainted as
a stream Of blood spurted from his mouth.
The Doc fellow was clear grit and had
his wits about him. He called for salt
and ate a big handful OF it when the mes.
senger returned, but in the meantime lost
much blood. The hemorrhage weakened
him considerably, but after a short
breathing spell he resumed his place and
was soon again exercising strategy and
thought in the fascinating game Of
hearts"
In appearance the man was decidedly
robust and even after losing blood as he
did, the color soon returned to his frank
face,
During the attack everyone in the club
room came forward with proffers of aid
and expressions of sympathy. but the
aIling man only expressed gr~atefulness
and said he needed no help. He re-
mainei entirely composed.
1t was a sort of a queer layout, a man
in imminent danger OF bleeding to death
in a gambling house at 2 o'clock in the
morning and so intoxicated with interest
that he would not leave a game of hearts.
They say some of Cheyenne's best people
are enslaved to an equal degree with
the same game.
, 1890-03-13

Auditor Grant is oyer from Laramie.
Revenue Collector Sitter is out west.
Frank Stanton is in from Silver Crown.
H. II. Robinson has gone back to Kim
ball.
Ex-Governor Hoyt is ovcr from Lara
ME.
John F. Coad is here from Fremont,
Ne5.
A. Russell, the oil agent, is back from
Denver.
Donald MacPhee of Islay, is visiting
the city again.
Fish Commissioner Miller returned to
Laramie yesterday.
G. c. Compton, E. D. Sloan, Denver,
are Inter Ocean guests.
j.. f. Ludin. editor of the Mountaineer.
left for Lander yesterday.
Superintendent Hyland, OF the Chey-
enne & Burlington, is in town.
John Tinnin of Wells, New, registered
at the Inter Ocean yesterday and is re.
newing city acauaintanceships.
j. K. Moore, post trader at Fort
Washakie, passed west yesterday en- route
home. He has visited Washington"
Mrs. D. G. Rhodes and children re-
turned from Texas yesterday. Mrs.
Bates came to visit her daughter. Mr..
Rhodes met the ladies at Denver.
, 1890-03-13

Lynn Rauenzahn, a laborer employed
for several months on the shops here and
subsequently, at Laramie, died in a hotel
over the hill after being duly sick. The
remains were shipped to Kansas City, the
dead mans home. Rauenzahn's father
somehow became imbued with the belief
that his son had been murdered and an
autopsy was held, and this was followed
by an inquest. Both were result!ess.
The matter was treated in a highly sensa
tional style by Kansas City papers. One
stated that there was every indication of
foul play.
As a matter of fact the mans death
was perfectly natural.
, 1890-03-13
The Best ContraIto.
Anglo-Amerlcan


Probably the best contralto we have
ever heard is Miss Florence d'Arona.
Her rendering of the part of "Azucena''
last night was simply perfect. and the ap
plause she gained was most deservingly
merited. But besides being a superb vo-
calist with a compass of very unusual ex-
tent, she is a most finished actress, and
her impersonation of ''Azucena" last
night was fully in keeping with tie wierd,
plaintive and at times thrilling impassion'
ate music, that a truer l"mpersonatiOn OF
the revengeful Gypsy character could
hardly be conceived.
Madame d'Arona Davidson's concert
occurs this evening.
, 1890-03-13

pense on several of the counties. 1t
should always be so arranged that the
many expenses of our courts should be
reduced to the lowest amount consistent
with a due administration oil the Law. A
Gtigant can easily determine when his
case is reached upon the call of the docket
whether he desires a trial By jury. and,
it being announcement for him to make his
desires known at that time, the public in
terests should be needed by providing
that a failure to call for a jury upon the
call of tie docket shall amount to a
waiver of a jury trial. 1t seems to me
that this act will unnecessarily increase
the expenses of our courts"
There will be consideration of this sec
ond measure today.
TIE NEW DEAL.
The Adams bill ~reorganizing the live
stock commission, turning the maverick
fund into the treasury and ap~propriating
$4,000 to the uses of the board, was re-
turned to the house yesterday morning
with the councils stamp of approval, and
is being enrolled for presentation to the
governor.
A FUND ABOLISHED.
Byconsentof the house Mr.. Adams pre-
sented a bill transferring 81, 700 from the
inspection fund. derived from the sale of
mavericks and e~straYs, to the general
fund of the territory. 1t was passed.
This money could not have been used by
the new stock commission.
T%hRoTTLED.
These measures were recommended for
indefinite postponement by the committee
OF the entire house:
Making numerous amendments to the
coal mining laws.
Providing that employees of certain cor
porations may select by ballot their sur
Reon, who is designated by the employ
ers, ana paid by deducting from the
pay of the men.
In relation to the taxing of range cattle.
On this bill there was considerable talk
about owners selecting counties in which
to pay their taxes. Many of thel mem
bers did not discover the genius of tie
measure, but suspected it.
NOONllEJ.
Governor Warren notified each house
that he had approved the bills creating
Big Horn and Weston counties.
THE MILITIA.
The house has concurred 10 council
amendments to the militia bill original
ing in the lower branch early in the
session. The bill goes to the governor
today.
INSANE ASYLUM.
Mr.. Liggett's council file providing for
the maintenance of the territorial insane
asylum has been referred to the ways and
means committee of the house,
MASSACRE MEMORIAL.
A memorial by Mr.. Burri.t calls the
attention of congress to the neglected
Fetterman massacre field, where eighty
seven citizens were ambushed and
slaughtered by a horde of Indians. Con.
gress is requested to vest title to the
bloody land in the Massacre Hill Monu-
ment Association and vote $40, 900 to the
project. The memorial was made the
special order for today.
A HAPPY SOLUTION.
Warm argument was in progress on
Mr.. Jesurun's motion to indefinitely
postpone consideration of the bill chang
ing judicial districts when Speaker
Downey suggested a rest before final ac-
ton. On Mr.. Simpsons motion the
house adjourned.
Messrs. Rex and Schnitger were chair
men of the ommitte of the whoa
, 1890-03-13

Mrs. Purtell died suddenly here in
1881. The body was buried the
next day. Many people believed that a
woman sill alive had been placed in
grave. There was talk of a disinterr
ment, but it was postponed until too late.
The body was removed yesterday by d.
rection Of the vidowor, who is an eugi-
neer at Green River. When the cofi n
was raised friends were present to see 1t
opened The body had not moved a
hairs breadth. Tue features were yet
recognizable. In the crossed hands were
clasped flowers green as the day they were
placed there.
, 1890-03-13

Mrs. John Coughlin, wife of a former
Union Pacific roadmastcr here, died at
Sidney, Neb., at l:3O O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. The remains will be brought
here for interment, and the funeral will
take place from St Mary's cathedral at .
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Three young
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Coughlin died
within a week five months ago, and all
were buried here. The Misses Kelley of
Cheyenne are sisters of the dead woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coughlin had hundreds of
warm friends in this city, and the hearts
of these go out in sympathy to Mr..
Coughlin.
, 1890-03-13
House OF Representatives.
A PAIR OF vEToEs.

A PAlh OF NETOES
Governor Warren returned to the
house yesterday without his approval
two acts which originated in that body.
One vetoed measure is titled IAN act
relating to the manner of the execution
of deeds and other instruments" The
governor says:
This act is intended to abolish seals
and scrolls upon deeds and other instru-
rents and in this respect it is a wise
measure. The act, however, provides
that all unsealed writings shall have the
same force and effect as sealed instru-
ments. This is a dangerous innovation
in the law. Many attending effects are
given sealed instruments which should
not be extended Unfortunately to all
writings. The rules of evidence would be
greatly disturbed by the proposed act,
and this should not be lone without clear
" defining in the act the extent to which
these rules shall be altered or abolished.
The act in question leaves it uncertain as
to what changes will be wrought by its
enactment. and | cannot, therefore, give
it my approval"
The house refused to pass the act over
the veto and Mr.. Burritt, father of the
original bill, introduced another of sim
liar import with the Objectionable feature
eliminated and it was passed.
In refusing to assent to the second act
vetoed. a Jury bill BY Mr.. Taylor, his
excellency writes:
under this act herewith returned a
litigant is entitled to a trial by Jury with
out having given any previous intimation
to that effect and this would necessitate
the attendance of a petit jury during all,
or the greater portion, of the entire term
of court. Being composed of twenty-four
men the continued attendance of this Jury
would entail very great and increased ex-
, 1890-03-13
o,NeiI,s Excellent Work.

Lovers of the drama filed Niblo's Gar
den last night, said the New York World,
to witness Mr.. James O'NieiI's Monte
Cristo. The play is one of the best OF all
romantic dramas. 1t is one Of which the
public seem never to tire, but its long
continued popularity is largely attributed
to the excellent work of Mr.. O'Neill.
Boston Herald: The popularity of
Monte Cristo was attested by the large
audience which filled the Globe theatre
last evening. 1t is perhaps enough to say
of this impersonation that there is not an,
other actor on the American stage so well
fitted to succeed Mr.. Fechter in this role
as Mr.. O'Neill.
Here Saturday night.
, 1890-03-13

Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked Up
Throughout the City.
Monte Cr1sto seats are on sale this
morning.
Call and see Mrs. Chafin's ~azalias and
hyacinths.
Alex. Turubull & Co., undertakes.
Geo. FL. Willard, manager.
All the best amateur talent will take
part in Madame Davidson's concert to-
night.
Faust will be given here on , metropol
itan scale by the Juch Opera company
the 22nd.
Engineer D. j. Givens of Denver
bought a block Of Interior Heights lots
Yesterday.
Money to loan in small amounts on
short time, by H. Walter Viets, I7l4
Ferguson street.
james O'Neill's presentation of Monte
Cristo Saturday night will be the dra.
matte event of the season.
This Is the evening OF Madame David
sons grand concert. The artist and
pupils and friends will take part.
When Dan Hogan returned from the
cast Sunday he brought a stunning tro-
ply in the shape of the best bred fox ter
rier in the west.
Whltcoub's, 2o22 Ferguson, corner
Twentieth street. Rooms and table first
class. Meal tickets, S. and $40. so for
twenty one meals.
M. P. Keefe. the capitol contractor,
has declined an invitation to bid on the
Denver shops. He says the plant is to be
somewhat smaller han Cheyenne's.
w. l.. Evans and j.. s. Jones, Carbon
county; Charles j. George, Albany
county, and William Goodell, Uinta
county, have been appointed n~otaries
public.
, 1890-03-13
TALKING POLITICS..
Partisan Debate on Nominations in
the Council Yesterday.
President Beck Ably Sustains the
Position of the Democrats.
Governor Warren Vetoes two House
Bills and a Council File.


ton on the executive communication Of
yesterday to Friday forenoon brought out
an extended discussion, which at times
was a purely political debate.
Mr.. Stotts, the pompous little man
from Crook, amused the audience i'm
mensely. Before reaching the capitol he
was classed as a certain legislative leader.
He vas reputed aggressive, skilled IN de
bate and educated in parliamentary prac
tice, besides being an orator of great
power. Mr.. Stotts might have man
tanned his reputation as a public speaker
had he refrained from trying to talk. In
sing song tones he repeated the Repub
lican wall of partisauship and ~discourtesy
to Mr.. Burdick and treason to the COVER
nor. He said the seven were high handed
and the five virtuous. but persistent. Dur
ing the discussion Stotts received
notes and verbal messages from
Republicans in the lobby, but somehow
tipped the lances thus furnished with
sponges. He closed with saying that
nomination was the governors right ard
confirmation the councils duty. He said
he could not be trapped into questioning
tba. 6tness or thu man hold in 49, \, ~
counc;l ma;or;,vI
NJ C.mnha,i o,ra . . ro..o, Co.
~postponement the probability that some
members of the penitentiary commission
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, 1890-03-13

Buddington system of dress-cutting
taught. Fitting done without change Of
seam. Price of machine with instruc-
tons, So. Address Miss j. A. Holt, $50
East Eighteenth street.
, 1890-03-13

The Union Pacific, THE Overland
Route" announces that taking effect to-
day the following low rates offered to the
points named. will be in force until further
notice:
To Chicago first class, limited, SIS. 90.
To Chicago second class, limited, SIS 90.
To st. Louis first class, limited, $l5. 90.
To Missouri river and intermediate
points, $1,000.
No change of cars of any class be.
tween Cheyenne and Chicago, st. Louis
or Council Bluffs and Kansas City. Free
reclining chair cars on all trains Dining
cars through to Chicago on fast limited.
For any information desired requiring
time of trains and rates to far eastern
points call on G. w. SWEET,
Agent.
G-l- IL I'LL
, 1890-03-13

The %tavorite and popular violinist,
Prof: Hutchinson. will play an andante
by Mendelsshon, also the Satrerlia by
Papinia, next Thursday evening.
, 1890-03-13

Secale Flakes. Have you tried them
for breakfast? Ask yonr procer for them.
, 1890-03-13

We have a nice four room house worth
about 81, 300 which we can trade for
other property and a small cash payment
Garland l. Co.
, 1890-03-13

Garland & Co. have SO nice lots, 66x
1872, nea Lake Minnehaha, which they
will sell on very reasonable terms at $50
each
, 1890-03-13

Lots, blocks and acre property in diff
ferent parts OF the city for sale by V.
Baker, real estate agent.
, 1890-03-13

Madame d'Arona Davidsou's grand in
strumental and vocal concert at opera
house tonight.
, 1890-03-13

Madame d'Arona Dayidson's grand it,
strumental and vocal concert at opera
house tonight.