The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-05-31
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
EARTHQUAKES,

OIh HAS just Dccu VISlItu Will
severe one felt in different parts O
the state. At Tribes Hill the shock
was severe and the citizens much
alarmed. Throughout the Mohawk
Valley the shock was not very
sharp, but was accompanied by
lightning and heavy rain, and the
people of several villages were badly
scared. The earthquake created the
most excitement at Goversville. The
tirst shock occurred early in the
morning. People were thrown out
of chairs and glass was shattered
Fire alarm bells were rung and the
citizens turned out in great excite
ment. Another quite severe shock
was felt about noon. No serious
damage is reported to have resulted
from the earthquake in any quarter.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Marshal Booth, commanding the
Salvation Army forces in the United
States, says that statistics show an
enormous growth Of their work in
America. They have now in the
United States 1O5 officers and 800
stations and 4S outposts. No less
than 33,45O people attend their
Sunday services and 253, 100 during
the week. Last month there were
2,O11 conversions, and that is the
average.
SAM SMALL.
Sam Small, the Tennessee evan
gelist, has been holding a series of
meetings in Ogden during the week.
They have been we'll attended, but
have created no great excitement. |
Sam Small was converted by Rev |
sam Jones in 1885, and immedi-
ately began preaching as an evan
telist, and has since followed that
work in almost every state and
Large city as far west as Colorado.
In that time he has preached to
nearl y 100000 people. This is
the first time he has been as far
west as Ogden. He is an educated
man, being a graduate of Emory
and Henry college, and practiced
law and conducted newspapers for
years in the south and for ten years
was the official reporter of the
courts Of Georgia. His discourses,
However, are modelled upon the
same forcible, though not elegant,
style as those Of his preceptor, Sam
Jones. He proved that he can be
polished and elegant as we'll as forci-
bic by the pleasing and eloquent .
address that he delivered at Lester !,
Park, Ogden, last Sunday morning, !
the occasion being the Sabbath !
Memorial" preliminary to Decora- :
ton Day. ;
COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK. {
A correspondent of the New York t
Sun had an interview with the son S
Of the great ex-Chancellor of Ger t
many, in the course of which Count a
Herbert spoke very kindly of Amer T
lea. Among the pleasant things he Q
said: Il would very much like to b
20 to America. said Count Herbert. i
with an energetic emphasis onAmer- h
lca, his reason being that his father t
had received evidence of good Will a
from so many sources in our coun- t
Try that he was sure it must be a y
pleasant place. He was manifestly a
interested to know that he could 5
.ravel from the Gulf Of Mexico to a
Labrador, and from Sandy Hook ,
% California, with less fear for his t
PERSONAL safety than anywhere else s
n the world, not excepting Germa- h
ny. He wanted to hunt buffalo, but, d
Questioned me as to whether he was n
not too fat for the horses of the wild
West, to which | assured him that
ieneral Miles would soon wear the il
at Oft him down in Arizona, and r
hat pr. Sehweninger, his fathers y
MUSICIAN, was a mere beginner in n
ne art of reducing adipose tissue, c
IS compared to our Miles of the f
United States Cavalry. This view e
u the case struck him as fresh and t
re nodded his great head of hair $
'pprovingly, as much as to say II n
hall 60 home and ask my fathers "
permission: He was disappointed o
Fhen told him that my experience tt
With squaws had been highly un-
satisfactory, and that beauty was
he scarcest thing about them. His Il
,nowledge of squaws has been o
'rawn from Cooper's novels, and o
re thought them, therefore, all b
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AN EXCITING RACE. b
A recent dispatch from Breeds o
owa, tells of a narrow escape of ie
armer from a mad horse, in the f1
blowing words: There is an ep- el
'emlc of hydrophobia in this VII .e
lge and vicinity. Mad dogs are u
unnlng loose throughout the coun-
and stock has suffered to great
xtent. John Ryno, farmer, had - -
startling adventure the other dav "a "a
nth horse that had been bitten II
y mad dog. Reno was driving ze
long lonely road in blackboard y
rawn by one horse. He heard the 9
latter OF hoofs and saw a huge w
hitE horse pursuing him. Flakes g 9
I green saliva flew from the laws w