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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
A FATAL "PAr" HAND.
Death Follows Jacks Full on Red Sew
ems, Says a Gambler.

Death Follows Jacks Full on Red Sew
ems, Says a Gambler.
One of our Western members of Con-
gress, who has seen a great deal of life
on the plains and in the mining camps,
tells an interesting story of game of
poker and a subsequent tragedy of
which he was an involuntary witness a
few years ago. 1t was in one of those
live mining towns in New Mexico.
Everything was on the boom and gam
bling houses were in full blast, as they
are in all frontier towns.
II dropped in one day" he said,
Just to see how the boys were getting
along. A game of poker was in pro-
gress at one of the tables. and it at
tracted me, as there were two men in it
whom knew personally. They were
both pretty tough characters, and one
of them was a desperate who was
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08


THE NEW CRATER OF 1856.
twenty yards an hour. From time to
time great massive stones were cast
down, together with deluge of hot
water.
As this stream continued to advance
for days, and rolled nearer and nearer
TO Nicolosi-the town situated at the
foot of the mountain-the greatest
alarm was excited amongst the inhabi-
tants, who implored heaven to avert
the impending disaster. Thus the veil
of st. Agatha, the patron saint of the
district, who is said to have miracu-
lousy interviewed in the eruption which
threatened Catania in 1869, was borne
through the streets of Nicolosi with
great ecclesiastical pomp, while the
people brought out the images of the
saints from the churches to the plaza,
and there prayed for the desolating
flood to be arrested.
The new crater of the Monte Gemel.
larry, four and one-half miles abose Nj
! colosi, at an altitude of 1850 feet, was
formed on May is, as stated above, and
the lava flowed until June 5.
Liquid lava has two distinct forms
the first, when issuing in bubbling
mass it flows like compact Cruel; the
second, when in the subterranear
depths water coming in temporary con
tact with burning liquids, the two ell,
ments issue pell-mel. The imprisoned
steam tearing and believing within
the molten lava, whose tempera
/ ture often exceeds 1000 de
grees Fahrenheit, bursts forth
hurting to the heavens fiery, chaoti,
masses. Continuous explosions up
heave the masses again and again int,
air, pounding and grinding then
against one another. Thus they leal
and fall, battering and battered, il
Titanic, vertiginous dance, scattering
as from monstrous engine of destrue
ton, storm rain of rocks, sand an,
ashes. Now, imagine this inferno
caught in its maddest, widest activit,
and held fast, the lnife-edge excres
eenses bristling all over 1t like savag
teeth gnawing the air, the awful pilinl
upon its heaving sides of the very vital
of the volcano, and you will have al
idea of this lava which for seventeen
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
pra.c and Poetry.

Definitions OF prose and poetry are
always more or less interesting, but
rarely satisfying. These are W. II
Malloclk's attempts; prose is the Ian
ruage men use when expressing them
selves without emotion, or with emo
tion which Is slight or intermittent
poetry Is the language which is excep-
tionai and sustained Poetry, in short
i IA its essence this: 1t is the success
full representation Of life, as regarded
with sustained emotion"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
c. w. GOODYEAR.
A Buffalo Politician and Supporter OF
Grover Cleveland.

A BufIalo Politician and Supporter Of
Grover Cleveland.
The gentleman, whose picture ac-
companies this sketch, is not Mr.. Cleve-
land, although he is from Buffalo. But
he is one of the warmest and most in
innate friends the ex-President has
Mr.. C. w. Goodyear Is his name, and
he is prominent member of the Buff
falo bar, and leading Democrat of
that city, who has figured conspicuously
in a number of campaigns, in which
Mr.. Cleveland's interests have been at
stake
Mr.. Goodyear has been brought
prominently forward, by reason of the
fact that he has recently been elected
president of the Lumber Manufacture
ers' National association, which was
recently organized in Washington city,
where it had assembled to take action
against the bill introduced by Mr..
Bryan of Nebraska, in favor of the adj
mission of Canadian lumber, free of
duty,
1t is more than an ordinary distinc
ton to be made presiding officer of an
| association whose members last year
did more than 500, 0OO,O worth of
business, and whose various manufac-
turing plants represent an invested
capital amounting to nearly $500, o0o,-
OOO The people who are directly or
indirectly dependent upon the indus
try are estimated to be at least three
millions The lumber business is the
largest single manufacturing industry
in the United States.
Mr.. Goodyear is an affable and agree.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

and. coming home about 10 o'clock.
marched up 70 the corner with the gun
cooked, and ms ! turned toward the
enemy I let both barrels 60,
The whole ncighborhood was awak-
cncd by the noise. and when set 81
men came with lanterns we looked for
the sad remains.
We found skeleton, or rather the
splintcrcd bones Of one, and the next
day the pieces were claimed by doc
tor OF this place, who said It had been
taken from his Office The sheet about
Il was perforated like a seive by the
scattering shot. My wit was ours, my
wife said The phosphorus which
made eyes for the skull was sold by n
druggist TO my son, and on interview
ing that young man in the woodshcd. |
learned that he and the doctors boy
had rugged up the skeleton, worth fully
500, to have fun with me. They had
tried the ghost business on me with
such great success. until got n gun,
that they intended, later on, TO sec
what kind Of sand the doctor was mad,
Of. I saved him, but It cost him his
homes
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

In this spectacle, which is exhibited
81 the illusinnist Powell, beautiful
Young woman mounts table arranged
ii an alcoye formed Of a folding screen.
Above the victim Is suspended "a
cylindrical cloth screen. The screen
4 lowered 10 the level ~ the table,
completely iuelosing the subject.
Tie table apparently has four legs,
and four candles shown beneath II in
dicate that tue space underneath the
table y oprn and clear. The eylindri.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
A SKELETON GHOST.
The Awful AppArition That Appeared 10
a Kansas Man,

Kansas Man.
AS turned the corner Of my house
one dark night last week felt wild
impulse 10 turn and run back. / felt
all the symptoms one is said 10 feel
when danger is very near. / half
halted, and, shaking like a leaf, looked
first 10 the right and then 10 the left,
and, finally, straight ahead.
There was nothing TO account for my
feelings. Stepping forward few steps
10 the corner Of the house, carefully
looked about. Nothing TO the right.
Slowly turning to the left my fingers
began 20 tighten up 10 my hand, my
hair seemed 20 crack and raise itself
from my head, my limbs became SO
numb could scarcely stand and a blur
came over my eyes, but not until had
seen the grinning face Of skeIe-
ton wrapped in a sheet. tried 10
strike it--it was 80 close 70 me might
have hit it-but my arm had no power,
and ! could barely crook Il, and could
not strengthen II. could not have
held my ground, but / had no power TO
run, and then in the few seconds that
passed lost all consciousness Of my
position, and when awolse again /
was shiyering from the cold wind that
was blowing and the figure had gone,
leaving nothing but the remembrance
Of my fright.
felt ashamed the next day 70 think
OF myself as a coward for that un-
doubtedly was and ! made up my
mind that the next night should arm
myself and go forth 20 do battle until
! was conquered or had found out who
and what my grinning, menacing foe
was, says Hiawatha, kan. CORE.
spondent Of the Globe Democrat
did not reach home the next night,
however, but the night after ! held a
pistol In my hand and went about the
house corners as before. As ! turned
10 the left the thing Was there, and, in
addition 20 the numb and powerles,
feeling, became deathly sick at tn,
stomach. tried 70 raise my pisto
arm. but could not bulge Il from ms
side. turned my head away to await
the coming ~ the worst. felt an
other cold wave, and with il the powei
10 move returned. My grinning tor
mentor WIS not about.
then made up my mind that woul,
borrow a shotgun, and ~ turned ia,
house another night would fire In IN,
direction 81 the figure before looking
nj a. II I missed Il would walk righ'
on and come again next night
loaded the gun nearly 20 the muzzlc
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

cal s-rrcn il shown % be entire, with
openlugs only AT the upper and lower
ends and no openings are seen In the
folding nrrcra which parly surrounds
the table
Upon the ariag 81 a pistol q Gre
brraks out uulrr the cover. and smoke
ami hamr bursting forth indicate that
tbe work 81 destruction is going on
within When the iirr Is burned out
thr screen Is lifted and nothing 70.
maiuN upon ihe table but few amoui.
derng cmbcra aud y pile o. bones sur
mounted by skull Closr observation
dos MOI reveal any way u escape for
the young woman,
The Scientific American Is good
enough 10 furnish an explanation %
tbs mystery 4 young woman, u says,
Is no, crrmatcd nightly, The sPccta.
els depends entirely on trick consist
Ing iu the usg ~ plain mirrors. Il Is
essentially thr same as the trick of the
behcade,i lady aud many others
The table has hut two icRN. the other
two which appear bcing simply rcticc.
tiuHs The central standard supports
but two candies, thc other two being r..
sections Underneath the table, and
convcrHing at the central standard. arr
arranged two plane mirrors a,
an angle ~ 20 degrees with
each other and 81 IS degrees
with the sidcpancls Of the screen.
By means pf this arrangement the side
panels, which are 81 the same color as
the central or back panel. arc reflected
tn the mirror and appear as continue
ton 81 the back panel. The triangular
box, n which the mirrors form tvs
sides has top composed In part Of The
table top and in part of mirror section,
for rejecting the back panel, or with .
covering 81 the same color as the back
panel.
The mirrors are shown In the Illus
traiinn entitled The Escape, but they
are n course invisible to the audience
The operation 81 the apparatus Il
obvious When the victim Ia enclosed
BY the cylindrical screen she immc
diatcly escapes through trap-door II
NE tabletop places the bosses and th'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

Rubinstein, IL is said, has recently
adopted very efficacious plan to pre-
vent unreasonable encores. Before he
returns TO acknowledge the applause
he directs an attendant 20 securely lock
M the pianoforte.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

convulsion, was the more appalling, for
as il turned out it resulted in the greater
loss of life. The eruption of Mount
Etna has yet caused none. An attend
ant earthquake did indeed do great
damage TO the village of Giarre, which
lies directly 10 the east side of the vol
cano, black and desolate space three
miles in width bounded on three sides
by perpendicular cliffs from 1000 to
1000 feet high. But no lives seemed to
have been lost in Giarre, and though
the lava flow threatened Nicolosi,
which is little town at the foot of the
mountain, consisting of one long street
bordered by one-storied cottages of
lava, which in the eruption of 1886 was
safe by only few hundred yards when
the lava ceased rolling toward it.
Mount Etna is located in the north
east portion of the island of Sicily ada
cent TO the sea and near the cityof Cata-
ma. Itisan isolated mountain of conical
form, and separated from the other
mountains of Sicily by the valley of
the river Alcantara. 1t is 1O,935 feet
in height, and has circumference, at
its base. of 80 miles Its volcanic phe-
nomena are presented on a greater
scale than those of any other European
volcano, and attracted great attention
from the ancients.
Eighty-one eruptions are recorded
since 4Etna has had history, the ear
lest in the time of Pythagoras, the
most recent in 1874. OF these not more
than nineteen have been of extreme
violence, while the majority have beer
of slight and comparatively harmless
character. The recent eruptions were
in the years 1865, 1874, 1879, 1888 an6
1856, that of 1865 being the last to. b.
classed among the exceptional disturb
ances. The eruption of 1856 com
menced on May is and continued unit
the first week in June. There wer,
premonitory symptoms in the form
of earthquakes and q fall of no
cinders, which were thrown a
far as Messina, some eighty
miles distant. A lava stream was theI
seen to be issuing from crater in tn,
side of Monte Penitello, about a mil,
south of the English house where tn,
government observatory is situated
Twenty-four hours afterward streams o
lava were seen coming out at sever
other points, and day later these sever
new volcanoes all Joined the principa
crater, so that red hot lava was poure,
down simultaneously in volume nearl,
two miles in breadth. The rate of de
scent was reckoned at an average o
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
NIaIne,a I,enr cron.

About $50 bears were killed in Maine
auring the year ending in May, and
aolne OF the hunters have made n good
.~ing from the sale of the skins and
,le bounty of IS paid by the State for
Tor each bear.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
GREAT ILLUSION.
THE BURNING OF HAooARD's
"sHE" ON THE STAGE.
The Mystery which Has Thrilled Large
Audiences Everywhere is Finally Ex-
plained-aIirrors Placed at Different
Angles Perform the Deception

II o S Z w II 0
have been thrilled
by the spectacle of
she viii prob
ably be glad 10 re-
ceiye positive as
surance that a
young woman Is
not sacrificed at
each perform.
ance for the pub
lie entertaln.
mont.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

Here is an idea Of what a little spot
81 land may do In the way of produc-
uohi The Island Of Jamaica sells an-
nually to the United States bananas
exceeding in value the entire apple,
peach and cherry crops of the country.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
THE LATE MIR. FIELD
AN EMBODIMENT OF PURE
AMERICAN CHARACTER.
lie Achieved More in His Time Than
ANY Other Man-Laying the Great
Atlantic Cable and the Many DIsap-
Pointments Attending the Undertaking.

HERE IS MOTH
ing Of the tradi-
tional evanescence
in the fame of Cy-
rus Field. His mem
DRY, beyond that
of almost every
man of his time,
will abide with
posterity. The rec
cord of his daring
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
ON ETNA'S PEAKS.
ITEMS OF THE LATE VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS.
Some Notable Co1yulRions OF the Earth
I'm Years Gone By--Hot Lava Stream
ing Down the Mountain sides-The
Sc. GeryaIs Tragedy.

HE ERUPTION
of Mount Etna
and the fall of the
Bionnassay gla-
ciers at Mont
Blanc We're the
two natural con
vulsions W h j C h
startled Europe
this year.
OF the two, the
fall of the Bion-
nassay glaciers,
though the minor
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18
sampson,s Cunninr Play.

Yesterday afternoon +. Sampson was
arrested on complaint for battery,
sworn out against him by 12-year-old
boy named Ellender Petts, and the trial
Of the case, next Thursday afternoon at
80 o'clock, will probably bring out
some racy testimony. The boys moth
or, Mrs. Petts, lives out by Prospect
park, in the northwestern part OF the
city, and she has had horse and buggy
for some time, which is said to have
been presented to her by Mr.. Sampson.
Yesterday morning Sampson LETT Mrs.
Petts' house with the boy. According
to the Petts' side of the trouble which
ensued, Sampson was to be driven to
the Temple-street cable track, and alter
leaving on that line for town the boy
was to drive the vehicle back home. In
stead of that, however, when they
reached the track the boy was told to
get out. Upon refusing to do so, Samp-
son, it is alleged, struck young Petts
and bundled him out, driving off to the
city with the rig, while the boy walked
h me. On his side, Sampson claims
the horse and buggy as his own, and
denies that Mrs. Petts has anything to
do with it. The outfit was taken to the
0. K. stables, where it now remains.
Sampson was put under $400 bail, which
he was unable to give, and went to jail
to await his trial.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18
CHANGED HIS NAME.
A Germans Gratitude for a Legacy I
hv Hta Hnc1e

A Germans Gratitude for a Legacy Left
by His Uncle.
Yesterday Judge Wade heard an ap-
plication presented by an aged German
named August G. Funk, to have his
name changed, and granted it. The
facts in the case form pretty little
story. Mr.. Funk was born in Germany,
near Frankfort-on-the-Main, and ia so
years old. His father is dead, and he
has two brothers and a sister living,
John F. Temple, at Chicago, and VIM.
Funk and Elizabeth Kriesch, at Bur-
lington, Iowa. In 1868 his uncle, John
Heinrich Temple, who lived at Frank
fort, died, and left him a legacy. He
felt very grateful for this remembrance.
He had been brought up by him, and
had always felt the greatest affection for
him. He very soon afterwards assumed
the name of Temple, dropping his own
name, and has been known ever since
by the name he assumed. He took the
present step to legslize the assumption
of the name, under the laws governing
the change of names in this state. Those
who we're in the court room were very
much interested in the little romance
revealed by the old gentleman, and he
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18

for the amount and presented it in per-
son. Payment was refused on the
ground that plaintiff had no balance to
his credit at the bank. If the facts had
been found according to the contention
of plaintiff, the court says, and as testi-
fed to by his witnesses, he would have
had good case. That theory was that
he had countermanded the payment of
the check. But, as the court found for
the defendant on that issue, the ques-
ton was simply whether the fact that
the defendant knew that the money was
intended to be used for an illegal pur-
pose, would enable the plaintiff to re-
cover A case could be imagined in
which to pay check might be to aid
and abet crime, but even then it would
be difficult to see how guilty principal
can see the depository for obeying his
orders.
But, Independently of that considera-
tion, it would not do to permit bank to
decline payment on the ground that bad
use is to be made of the money. His
undertaking is to honor his customers
orders 30 long as he has sufficient funds.
in his hands. Subject to certain limita
tions for the protection Of the banker
against spurious orders, the funds are
intended and understood to be as much
under the control of the depositor as
though they were in his own safe.
"Morse on Banks and Banking, Sec
tion 81" concludes the court, "lays
down the law upon this subject as fol.
lows The banker cannot excuse his
disobedience of his customers orders,
in the due course of business, by setting
up the reason that he knew or had rea-
son to believe, that the customers order
was given in promotion OF an unlawful
purpose
"The banker, in paying check, is
not, as appellant seems to contend, in
the position of one who purchases nego-
table paper. He is a custodian of
funds and payment of check of his
customer is payment to his customer,
who is in no position to complain. And
besides, public policy would not permit
a banker to shirk his duty under such
defenses.
$50 obvious is this that the books
contain no cases where the question is
raised, except where the deposit is of
trust funds by an agent.
"Under these views, it is obvious that
the alleged errors were not errors, or
were harmless. The judgment and or
der appealed from are affirmed"
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18
Three Default Divorces.

Yesterday afternoon Judge Wade
ground out three DEGREES which rendered
the bonds of matrimony between three
couples null and void.
Mrs. Grace E. Green was granted a
divorce from her husband, L. o. Green,
on the ground of desertion, and Mrs.
Green was allowed to resume her maiden
name OF Miss Grace E. Haven.
Mrs. Ada A. Fisher secured a decree
divorcing her from her husband, E..
A. Fisher, and she was also allowed to
resume her maiden name of Ada A.
Pedgrift. The couple were married
January s, 1884, and the husband left
her May 1, 1891, and they have since
been separated.
Mrs. Mamie G. Bishop was granted a
decree of divorce from her husband, A..
Bishop. The custody of two children
was awarded to the defendant. the old
est absolutely, and the younger until
the further order of the court.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18
M'cORD BET ON THE WRONG SIDE
The Supreme Court Decides a
Wager Case.
August Funk Changes His Name
from Gratitude.
A Supreme Court Decision in Novel
Case-The Result of n, Legacy.
Three Default Divorces.
New Cases-Notes.

An opinion by the supreme court was
received by Supreme Court Clerk Ash
more yesterday, in the novel case of T.
]. McCord, appellant, versus the now
defunct California National bank of San
Diego. The action was by bank de-
positor, and the question was whether
the bank rightfully paid check for
$1,000. The case was tried without a
jury, and at the trial there was mate
rial and substantial conflict between the
testimony OF the bank teller and the
testimony of the plaintiff, who was cor
roborated by another witness. The
findings supported the testimony of the
teller, whose statement. the supreme
court states, it is forced to adopt. The
plaintiffs appeal was from the judg-
ment and order refusing new trial.
The case is such rare one that the
language of the opinion is given sub
stantially as it was written.
On the 4th of November, 1890, the
plaintiff made bet upon the result of
an election. What the election was
does not appear, but it seems to be con-
ceded that the wager was forbidden by
our codes. The wager was at night,
and check for $1,000 upon defendant
was drawn in favor of j. A. McRae-t
other party TO the wager-and placed in
the hands of one Hickman, as stake.
holder.
The next morning, one Frederick,
who was authorized by plaintiff to not
ify the bank not to pay the check, met
the paying teller in the street, and told
him about the bet and the drawing of
the check, and advised him not to pay
it, saying that he had no interest in the
matter except as the friend OF McCord,
and would not like to see the boy lose
his money. The teller testified that
'he did not at any time demand that l
should not pay the check, and conveyed
the impression to me that he was acting
on his own responsibility. That same
day Hickman presented the check for
payment. but the teller refused to pay
it. Later in the day Hickman and Nc.
Rae called together for the same pur-
pose, but payment was again refused.
The refusal was because of what Fred
erick had said, and to give plaintiff a
chance to stop the payment. On the
morning of the 9th, Hickman again pre-
sented the check and asked that it be |
certified. Not having heard from plain |
tiff, and thinking he had declined to
pay as long as he would be justified in
doing, the teller consented,
OF course the bank then became the
principal debtor, and the check was
virtually paid. The teller at the time
drew memorandum check against |
plaintiffs account, as his custom was in
such cases.
On the 18th the check was paid and
the amount carried to the account of
Hickman, and ON the same day, after |
such payment, plaintiff drew his check