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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-08-05

No Humbug. M Tickets. No Dis.
cOunts.
But am selling all my goods cheap
for cash. S. J. FREEDMAN.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-08-05
1 Wos,d Coat rect Awarded.

The bids to supply IS CORDS of f.,
VOID for the use Of the Ha,lev public
public schools n It winter AID spring
were opened on the date stated in the
advertise mens.
There were six bidders, viz:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-08-05

Dav-np"rt-I' it were charged and
had lanyard on it. this feather 4
pioneer would have some right. We old
>o'di-rs 4honld respect :
Colonel Pr-st II, let US be generous
e. the little girl
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-06
THE LARGEST HOUSE.
An Immense Building Ncnr Vienna In
Which 2.112 People Live.

An Immense Building Nonr Vienna In
Which 2.112 People Live.
Every American, European and ORR
entail country has its scores of public and
private mansions, yet Vienna, Austria,
has tho giant Of them all. The Frei-
haus '(trce house), situated in Wiedcn, a
suburb of tho city just mentioned, is the
most spacious building on the glcne
Within it's walls whole city of human
beings 1.-Two and work, sleep and cat. 1t
contains in all between 1000 and 1,5OO
rooms, divided into upward of 400 dwell
ing apartments. of from four to six
rooms each. This Immense house has
thirteen COMMUNICATIVE open and
eight large garden with
in it's walls. a visitor to the building
relates that he once spent two hours in
looking for man known to reside in
the house.
Scarcely trade, handiworl1 or pro-
fession can be named which is not repre-
sented in this enormous building. Gold
and silver workers, makers of fancy
articles, lodging house keepers, book
binders, agents, turner's, hatters, officers,
locksmiths, joiners, tutors, scientific
men, Government clerks, three bakers,
eighteen tailors, twenty-niue shoe
makers and many other tradesmen live
in it.
The house has thirty-one staircascs
and fronts on three streets and one
square. In one day the postmans deliv-
cry has amounted TO as many as l., 600
pieces to this single but titanic house.
To address letter to the house and to
the person it is intended for, does not
assure the sender that the person to
whom it is addressed will ever receive it.
In order to ''make assurance doubly
sure" al letters addressed to the 'Frei-
haus" must be provided with both tho
given and the surname of tho person for
whom intended, the number of the
court, the number of the staircase, and
tho number of the apartment; other
wise it Is as apt to go astray as though
addressed to City unprovidcd with di-
rections as to street and number.
At the present time 2,113 persons live
in this immense building, and pay. an
annual rental of over 1000 forms.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-06
"IT'S AN ILL WIND"

Doctors and Druggist Hail the Reap-
Pe.rance or the Grip with Delight.
don't suppose there is man, woman
or child of tho 1,101,0 900 who mako up
Chicago's great population that is mean
or hcartleSs enough to wish that n
plague may fall on tho inhabitants.
While this Is true, remarks Il Chicago
journal correspondent, / have discov-
ered that at least two classes do not.feel
real bad over the announcement recent
ly made in leading medical journals that
the grip" is almost certain to rccur in
this country the coming winter. On
learning of this probability mentioned
tho matter to my physician. Well"
said he, cit might prove good thing in
more ways than one. People will guard
against it, and will thus ward off MANY
other evils quite as bad but not general
in their attack. Thon, too, VIC ply
sicians are in good shape to cope with
it. With our former experiences fresh
in mind we may be able to
make researches ana improve on
remedies which will goron record in
medical works, and become q blessing
to people in after years" My druggist
was visited. He said: "Oh, am not sur.
prised There is nothing very serious
about 1t any way. And then it helps
business wonderfully" This last cx-
preston was what I was fishing for.
Only doctor would construo tho return
Of the grip" as "blessing," and only
druggist would say 1t 'hclps business"
Since the interviews mentioned havo
learned OF case on tho West sido whcro
q druggist had small business which
paid him about 5000 year, simply
nice living, for several years. During
the run OF the 'grip" in Chicago, about
four months, he cleared up enough to
build him $4,000 home on Monroe
street, leaving only $4,000 mortgage.
1t is fair to suppose that with another
siege Of the pcslty plague this 'busi-
ness"-loving druggist will lift the mort
gage, and perhaps buy another corner
lot, for, he said: 'You could just put up
whatever was ordered, and charge what
you wished, and there was no kicking"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-06
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

PiblIshed every Sunday, and sent to any ad-
dress tpostage paid), st The following rates,
ysble In advance:
months. Observation-Disclosures. 2 50
For any period under six months, Fifty
C 'nts per month.
Entered at the Elko, Nevada, Postofice for
tr nsmission through the mails as second
class nail matter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-06
ADVERTISING RATES.

Will be made az low as lie consistent with
sound business principles. Apply at the of
d Tor terms.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-06

Leaves Elko every morning. at 7:30
O'Clock.
Arrives from Tuscnrora every oven
ing in time so connect with Express
trains going both East and West.
Office next door TO tho INDErEND-
rNr. Office. . H..
&. T.. HOLLAND, hgcn
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-06
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
AN EVENING PAPER,
7 'sCED EVERY DAY, SUNDAYS Ex.
repted. =
c. w. GROVER,
Editor and Proprietor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

On" copy, one year 90
On copy. six mouths. s..:................. S oO
''or any period under six months. one dollar
PER Month. Payable in advance.
Delivered by carrier in Elko at IS cents week
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30

Are We safe nowhere from bacteria,
some one inquiries, not even when we
are sealed up in q vacuum in u glass
ease? Not content with showing us
that horrid monsters claw and fight in
every drop OF water we drink, scientific
gentlemen have now been microscopic
ally overhauling q lailstonc and finding
that an intinitesimal specll Of ice con-
tains no less than four hundred to seven
hundred bacteria. They may be germs
Of smallpox, scarlet fever, leprosy and
unclcanlincss. Not even ice will kill
them, for they thaw out and wrigglc fc-
rociously. The invention of the micro
scope revealed wonders to man, but it
has made life burden to nervous pco-
pie. Nothing is free from microbes
any more; nothing is pure, except the
benevolent motive Of one, says the
same inquirer, who lends q friend five
dollars when he never expects to get it
Do,l1y oOai0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30

charge against him, the courts would
very speedily put him behind the bars
for term of years OF for life. But,
don't you know that people are usually
satisfied, in every case, when they are
relieved of trouble from such source?
l believe that not less than fifty NOM
bers of the last congress could have tcs-
titled to the Matchmaking assaults of
this creature; but they did not do it.
His victims are usually men who have
weaknesses they do not want known,
of which they are ashamed and pain
fully conscious, and such men have
nothing to say.
Not many years ago there was Il ma
tional convention being held in Chi
cago, and certain prominent senator
was candidate for the presidential
nomination of his party. Upon the
morning of the first day of the cOnven-
ton a prominent newspaper man en-
tered the senator's committee room in
the capitol and there saw the black
mailer lounging upon u sofa. The SEN
ator's private secretary informed the
newspaper man that the blackmailcr
! had prepared villainous attack upon
the senator for publication and wanted
money for its suppression. lie said that
while the charges were untrue, it would
be exceedingly annoying to the senator,
and injurious to his prospects, for the
charges to appear at such time; for it
would place him in the position of a
defendant and might injure him very
materially before the convention. At
the same time the senator could not
afford to pay the fellow, and thus
| tacitly admit the truth of his allega-
tions. The newspaper man said: $50
and tell the senator that have settled
with this scoundrel. Tell the senator
not to speak to him, not to allow the
fellow to address him in the capitol"
The private secretary did as he was re-
quested to do, and then the newspaper
man invited the blacl1mailer out into
the corridor, where he said: You I'M
mitigated scoundrel, you will lose your
life or be seriously injured if you don't
leave this building. You have tackled
game which is too big for you. The
sergeant-at-arms and the captain of the
capitol police are watching you. Ifyou
address the senator you will be injured,
and may be killed. Now get out OF
this, quick"
Like the contemplate coward that
he was, he skunk away, and never again
spoke to the senator. SMITH d. FRY.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
The Elephants Memory.

The elephant has an excellent mem
DRY. 1t recollects friends well and it
rarely forgets an injury. 1t is recorded
of one that it smashed cocoanut upon
its drivers head, and smashed the
mans head at the same time, because
the lazy, thoughtless fellow had broken
a cocoanut on its skull the day before.
A quartermaster engaged in suparia-
tending the removal of baggage in the
camp by means of an elephant, became
angry at the creature IS refusing to carry
more than n certain weight and fool
ishly flung tent-peg at it's head. Some
days afterward the elephant overlook
the quartcrmaster as he was going
through the camp, seized him with it's
trunk and neatly placed him among the
branches of tamarind tree, leaving
him to reach the ground again in the
best way he could.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
FROM THE WILDS.
a Zulu Warrior Who Now Handles .
Broom Instead of an AsseSai.

"A Zulu Warrior Who Now Handles D
Broom Instead OF an AsseSai.
Among the queer odds and ends Of
humanity that have lodged hereabouts,
says the New York Sun, mono is queer
er than a certain Zulu who may be
seen any morSing ct the Court Street
station of the Kings County Elevated
road, where he now pursucs the peace
full occupation of porter. The gentle
man may be recognized from the other
Africans by huge toplnot of natural
wool which began to grow many years
ago in his native land. He also wears
a pair of large goggles through which
his eyes gaze with an appearance Of
great rcstfulncSs.
The Zulu is put down on the pay rolls
of the company as Thomas Murphy.
when he is at home in Zululand he is
called QuongO Perceriah. Mr.. Murphy
says he was born in Gilou in 1850. lie
came to this country with Chief Two
Strike, and was exhibited by Rarnurl
for several years as 4 native warrior,
which he was. lie also whistled.
He says that in his native undrcss,
with an assegai ia hand, he IS imposin 8
to see. In the course of his wander
ings he came upon an American NJ
gross, whom he loved and by whom ho
was loved with a passion all too iicrc .
for lasting. They separated, but not
before he had got a good vocabulary OF
English words. OF the nine years Of
his living away from Zu1uland six were
spent in museums. Tho last three
years Mr.. Murphy has earned his living
by the sweat of his brow.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
Mccarthy Acquitted.

New ORLEANS, Sep. 80. - The eases
against Cal Mccarthy and Tommy War
rem were called for trial yesterday IN the
Criminal District Court. y severance
was agreed to and Mccarthy was placed
on trial. a jury was quickly secured
and quite number of prominent gentle,
men, who were present at the hight, testi-
fled. The evidence of these gentlemen
was to the effect that the affair was not
q prize fight, but Il scientific contest.
Judge MARI then delivered his charge
and the jury acquitted Mccarthy without
leaving their seats \ nUlle pros will nc
doubt be issued i'll the case of Warren.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
NO SPECIAL SESSION.
The Pennsylvania Legislature VIII Hot :
Convened The Treasury Investigation.


The Pennsylvania Legislature VIII Hot
Convened The Treasury Investigation.
HARRISBURG, Sep. 30.-At last eTlZ.
ing's session of the Legislative Investi-
eating Committee which is inquiring
into the conduct of the AuditorGc s
Office and the State Treasury, Capt. Skin
ner offered a premamble and resolution
requesting the Govern or to consider tht
expectancy of converting both branches
of the Legislature in order that the laws
relative to the advertising rcantile
lists may be repealed and legislation
enacted abolishing the fee system. The
resolution was defeated by strict party
vote.
Auditor-Gene McCamant's exam
inatiOn was concluded early in the even
ing session, but nothing new was elicit
ed. Treasurer Boyer was then called
He explained that he paid the school
warrants of $420, 900 to Bardsley in Be-
cember, 1890, for the year 1891, six
months before they were due, because he
wished to keep the money out of the
sinking fund. Had it gone there, ho
said, there was danger that there would
net be enough money in the general
fund to meet all the appropriations Of
the Legislature about to meet.
He denied all knowledge of the Barls-
leyLivsey correspondence and said he
did not know the 1atter's whereabouts
He stated that the law compelling tins
investment of Sinking Fund moneys in
the United States bonds had never beer
complied with during his administra
ton.
The Committee adjou rned to meet il
Philadelphia on October 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30

Women are not slow to comprehend
They're quick. They're alive, and yet
it was man who discovered the one
remedy for their peculiar ailments. The
man was DIR Pierce.
The discovery was his "Favorite Pre-
scription"-the boon to delicate women.
Why go round with one foot in the
grave" suffering in silence-misunder-
stood-when there's remedy at hand
that isn't an experiment, but which is
sold under the guarantee that if you are
disappointed in any way in it, you can
get your money back by applying to its
makers.
We can hardly imagine a woman's not
trying it. Possibly it may be true of one
or two-but we doubt it. Women are
ripe for it. They must have it. Think
of prescription and nine out of ten are
waiting for it. Carry the news to them
The seat of sick headache is not in the
brain. Regulate the stomach and you
cure it. DIR Pierce's pellets are the
Little Regulators.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
THE OLD GAME.
A Pennsylvania Man Done Out of s., sos
by Gold Brick SwindIers.

"A Pennsylvania Man Done Out OF SJ, ocS
by Gold Brick SwindIers.
PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 3O-John Apple
man, of Buckhorne, Columbia County,
has been cheated by a couple of clever
gold brick swindlers. Mr.. Applemarl
came to the mint yesterday for the pur-
pose of selling to the Government two
gold bricks which he had purchased from
a stranger in his town for So, 800.
a simple test by the Mint assayer re-
vealcd the fact that Mr.. Appleman' 5
bricks wer a first-class article of brass,
with NO trace of gold about them save
ii thin wash on the surface. Mr.. Apple
man was the most surprised man in the
county when told the result of the test,
and after he had recovered his breath he
told how he had been cheated.
He said that Il man giving his name
as Joseph Parker had appeared in his
village few days ago and soon struck
up an acquaintance with him. Park Ell
told him that he had n couple of go Id
bricks that he would like to dispose of
as he was short Of cash. Mr.. Applema II
at first declined to buy, but after an
other man, claiming to be an assayer at
the Philadelphia mint, appeared upon
the scene and tested the bricks. saying
they were worth at least 5000, Apple
man consented to buy. He gave Parker
So, 500 for the bricks.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30

the blaczmailer squared himself, took
a long breath and proceeded to make
an able argument in behalf of his eli
ent, who looked on with approval. The
blael1mailer had uttered but few SEN
fences when his scheme was cut short.
The appointment clerk had been a
newspaper man, knew the individual,
saw through the game in a moment,
and said: You cannot make an argu-
ment before me. You are a deadbeat,
and if this man has paid you any money
he has lost it, or thrown it away. You
can do him no good. You may as we'll
go: and this new victim of yours may
as well go home and save his money!
81 am an American citizen, and attor-
ney in this case, and viii not be in
suited" shouted the blackmailer.
You are a deadbeat, a confidence
man and a scoundrel," responded the
appointment clerk, land if you don't get
out of my room 1 will direct the captain
of the watch to arrest you for disturb
ing the peace"
He rang an electric bell as he spoke,
and the blackmailer disappeared. He
obtained twenty dollars from that
victim, but he was frustrated in his
plans LOT SeCIluS LuOIS' L LlC N1clAn re-
turned to his Iowa home, after having
sincerely thanked the appointment clerk
for his official courage and determina-
ton of character.
Some years ago the same fellow I'M
dertool to levy toll upon a western con-
gresham who is now a senator, but
found his match. The congressman
said: Il presume that 1 must either
pay you or kill you, and guess I'd bet
ter kill you," showing his revolver as
he spoke. The blackmailer, of course,
Immediately decamped.
You will ask why this disreputable
criminal goes unwhipped of justice, and
wonder that such character can exist
and thrive in the national capital; but
the answer is very simple. He never talks
to his victims in the presence Of others,
There is never witness present, and
if complaint is made the blacl1mailer
would take solemn oath MAT he never
did it. Now, if two or three congress
men would combine and unite in a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
Christianity in CHINA.
A Remarkable Sentence in Recent In,
pcriaI Decree.

A Remarkakls Sentence in a Recent I'm.
poriaI Decree.
There is a remarkable sentence in the
decree recently promulgated by the
emperor of China through his council
of ministers, says the New York Sun,
providing for the protection of the
Christian missionaries in all the prov
;nces of his vast and populous empire
The emperor, after notifying all Tartar
generals and other functionaries
throughout his dominions that they
must punish those rccreants who inter
fere with the missionaries or spread
false reports about them, and after say
ing that Chinese converts must be
allowed to live IN peace, makes this
marvellous announcement, unparalleled
in the annals of China: "Thc doctrine
of Christianity has for its purpose the
teaching of men to be good"
The imperial decree in which tho
Christian religion is thus spoken of is
promulgated for the information and
guidance of all his subjects, who mum
Der between three and four hundred
millions. 1t is issued to people, the
great body of whom are here called
'pagans, by an emperor who is apt to be
described by Christians as a pagan
through q council Of ministers who dc
not believe in the Christian religion
Yet this emperor attributes to Christian
ity the sublime purpose of ''tcachine
men to be good"
The imperial decree, which has by
this time been promulgated over China
must give the Chinese people a new
and amazing idea concerning the IA
ture and purpose Of Christianity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30

issued the department discovered GER
tain facts about him which induced the
postmaster general to withhold the
commission, and the president appoint
ed another man to the position. I'm
mcGiately thereafter, the original APP
pointec came to Washington to try and
obtain his commission. He fell into the
hands of the blaclzmailer, who induced
him to believe that he could secure his
commission for him. The victim paid q
contingent fee of $50, and promised
500 more when he received his commits
sion. Then, accompanied by the black
mailer, he went to the department to
have au argument on the case. The
postmaster general declined to see
them, and they entered the room of the
presidential appointment clerk. Here
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
killing Rabbits with Arsenic.

A California newspaper says: Those
who placed mixture of arsenic in their
orchards some weeks ago, when the
grasshoppers were SO bad, in the hope
OF killing the insects that ate of it, have
been rewarded for their trouble in a way
that they did not expect. The remedy
did not prove effective in all cases in
discriminating the grasshoppcrs, but it
has proved most effective in killing rab-
bits, which are about as destructive to
% young orchard as grasshoppcrs. 1t is
said that many rabbits have been killed
by eating of the arsenic mixture, and
in many places their carcasscs can be
seen lying thick through the brush adj
1acent to the orchards where the arse
aic was used.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
ASSIGNED SPACE,
The Governments of England, Germany
and Denmarlz Receive Their Portion.

The Governments of England, Germany
and Denmark Receive Their Portion.
CHICAGO, Sep. 30.-Five hundred and
eight thousand five hundred square feet
of space in the Worlds Fair buildings
We're formally assigned to the govern
ments of England, Germany and Den
mark yesterday. OF this amount Eng
land gets 3G5, 900 square feet, Germany
$4,000 square feet and Denmark 20, 0gC
in the main building and ID, so in addi-
ton for Il dairy exhibit.
Director-G General Davis drew the con
tracts and delivered them to the
European commissioners in the evening.
In return each of the commissioners
pledged his government to an earnest,
active participation in the fair and
promised that every foot of the space
would be assigned. This is the frs1
space that has been assigned to any pro $
prctive exhibitors at the fair.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30

New YORK, Sep, 30.-Dr J. A.
Dougherty, representing Charles Rowell,
and James y. Albert, acting for himself,
yesterday signed articles of agreement
for a six day go-as- you-please match to
take place this winter il either New
York or London, the place to be agreed
upon later. The race is to be a sweep
stakes of $500 a side between Rowcll
and Albert and is to be open to the
world on the following conditions: En-
trance fee to be $500, and no one to be
entitled to a share of the gate receipts
who does not cover $50 miles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
The Fa.ais ROYAL.

Paris is somewhat perplexed about
the Palais Royal, once one Of its chief
;glories. 1t is now rather a white
elephant. 1t covers 4 great deal of the
most valuable ground in the city, but
to little purpose The trade of the
arcade is steadily declining. In order
to give it another chance of life there
will be built cafe and beer garden at
the lower end of tie inclosure in the
hope of bringing back the old-time
strollers through the covered galeries
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
JndCment Against nnrhslex.

HARRISBURG, Sop 30.-In the Dauphip
County Court of Common Pleas yester
day judgment was taken in the case OF
the Commonwealth VS.. John Bardsiey,
late Treasurer of Philadelphia, for 1894,
018.4O being for license tax collected by
him in 1890. This amount includes in
terest since May IS last and the Attorney
Generals commission, the two items
being over $2S, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-30
To Manage tho Wages Investigation.

PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 30.-The United
States Senate Committee on Finance
has asked DR.. r. p. Falkner, Professor
of Statistics of the Wharton school, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, to assume the
charge of their coming Investigation into
the course of wages in this country and
abroad for the past 80 years. DR..
Falkner has applied for leave of absence
for year, and will become the secretary
of the committee at a salary of $1,000.
He is the author of several we'll known
works on Statistics