Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-22
Diphtheria RACES in an
Illinois City.
JACK DEMPSEY, THE sLoGGER
The Amount of Wheat America Has
Shipped to Europe in the
Last Two Months.

hu spiueihlc oi ulpntnerla lsIhgiBk
in Belleville, Ill.
Illinois offers bounty of cents for
each English sparrow head.
The First National Bank OF Damaris-
Gotta, Me-, has resumed business.
A cir. stt BRENNAN, Tex, WAS found to
be alive after having been placed in
coffin.
II Is reported that the old town of
Alexandria, Va, has boom and is
growing.
A new herring fishing bank has been
discovered off the west coast OF New
found and.
Two large freight houses are to be
erected at st. Louis, with capacity OF
100 cars at time.
Minneapolis Is already estimating the
work necessary to take care of next
June's convention.
Iowa farmers who experimental with
sugar bcets the past season are enthusi-
astic over the results.
The Vanderbilt lines propose to run
tourist sleeping cars through from New
York to San Francisco.
The island OF Nassau will be connected
with the coast OF Florida by cable about
the middle of January
At least sixteen men have been killed
thus far in the work Of drilling the new
tunnel at Niagara Falls.
Evidence is accommodating that New
York has been heavily swindled in the
erection OF school buildings.
The sufferers by the great Boston fire
nineteen years ago who still survive
were paid ~, 1850 during the past year.
The next Republican National Con
vention will be composed of sos dele
gates. or 800 in case Alaska is repre-
scented.
w. X. Sullivan, who recently resigned
the editorship of the Chicago Erenino
Journal on account OF i'll health. has
been appointed United States Consul at
Bermuda.
David T. Beals, the Kansas City
banker, has recovered his child, which
was stolen, on paying 5000 reward for
its recovery.
In Kansas during the past five months
and half there has been a net redue-
ton in the farm-mortgage indebtedness
OF $2,s00,000.
The survey of the United States au-
thorities from Atlantic City to Cape May
has established an inland channel for
Iorpeio DOdlB.
Commodore Melville OF the steam en-
gineering bureau recommends that the |
number OF engineer officers should be |
increased to 300.
Reciprocity with the United States is |
growing so strongly in public favor in
Canada that many of the Tory papers
now advocate it.
The State of Massachusetts has de- |
cided to give financial and other aid to |
lo3 OF its towns that they may secure
free public libraries.
America has shipped 81 ZOO, 900 bush
els OF wheat TO Europe in the last two
months, and has received about SS5, O00.-
600 in gold in return.
Jack Dempsey, the slogger, is being
treated by physicians for ncipient con-
sumption. He is in New York, and his
condition is quite serious.
The Executive Committee OF the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and Cor
rections decided to hold the next annual
meeting In Denver on June q.
ny the decision of the Supreme Court
OF New York in the Ogden will case the
University OF Chicago loses $500 900,
The decision may be reversed by the
Court of Appeals
The beet sugar industry in Nebraska
has proven so successful and profitable
That Omaha is preparing to put up
large sugar factory and have it ready for
operation next season.
The blue book of New York shows
more bachelors than married men in the
ranks OF blue blood and money. Mar
rage Is decried as too expensive by the
members OF fashionable clubs. II
The order of Confederate soldiers
Known as the United Confederate Vet
Grams, General John b. Gordon com
with headquarters at New Or
leans, is to extend its organization.
General j. II. Rice, the father of the
Alliance party in Kansas, has grown l
very tired OF the practices OF that organ I
cation, and is writing letters denounc- '
my the reeklessness of it's managers. /
Benjamin Berensen, dry-goods iob.
Der at Boston and one of the best known q
ina most-trusted members of the jewish l
'oiohy, has disappeared, taking with ;
I'm, 1t is alleged, between $40 900 and )
10000 in cash and yaluables belonging 4
o other Hebrews.
Inspector Byrnes' detectives at New .
ORR have again arrested Louis Armand G
he crazy Frenchman who has been an v
toying Mrs. Alexander, the daughter Of IA
millionaire Crocker. lie was recently -
eleased from the asylum, and had he a
un his prosecutions n
A special on the Boston and Maine
cad, containing the President of the i,
ompany and other high officials. was a,
jagged by tramp the other dav in time N
, prevent its running upon burning a,
ridge. The tramp was given a purse az al
honey and free pass. n
The other day 200 little Russian Jews ci
ese launched into the Washburne al
chocl, West Fourteenth street. Chicago
lst as they came from the IMMIGRANT +
Gamer, inexpressibly dirty and almost II
aked. The Women's Club immediately ii,
ent to work to raise money to clothe ia
lem properly. mr.
Although the wholesale paper dealars in
70 not disturbed by the prospect thev m
say that unless the drout6 ",
Northern New England is soon broken
10 prices OF paper will unduestionablv
Vance rapidly. There il a large stool in
! hand, but there is great uncertainty en-
to when it will be possible TO renew il. gi
Edward NJ. Field, son of Cvrus w he
ED and senior memb Der OF the firm Of lys
cid, Lindley, Weichers < Co. which III
lied last week in New York. has been ~
MT to the insane asylum. He NOT ONLY r..
hypothecated the railway bonds placed tr
IN him as collateral, but he misappro- du
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