Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-09-20
Brooklyn Mechanic Invents a Very
Useful Machine.
PRISON METHODS in TENNESSEE
Large Sum Of Money Unearthed in Old
Mexico-The Rochester Driving
Park for Sale.

Chicago has been pulled by the Lon
don Times, and is happy.
The Standard, Henry Georges paper,
at New York has suspended.
Boston physicians generally think the
cholera will not reach that city.
Ruins OF an old Spanish mining town
have been discovered in Oklahoma.
Mrs. John A. Logan offers to raise ST.
0OO, 900 for the American University.
Canada is winking at the smuggling of
Chinese across the Michigan frontier.
A valuable b d OF terra-cotta clay has
been discovered near Petoskey, Mich.
The basket worm lie playing I'd havoc
with cedar trees in Southern Indiana.
Senator PETER is u'ting off the big
victory OF his party in Kansas till 1896.
The Homestead affair has cost Penn
sylvania $l52, 900 in bills for State troops.
The waters OF about twenty-five diff
ferent springs are peddled in Chicago
streets.
r.. G. Dun Il Co. q review notes gem
orally strong trade in spite OF cholera
rumors.
The new tin plate mill at Pittsburg, it
is expected, will be in operation by
January.
Pawnees are moving into the Greek
Nation to get share Of land in the pro-
posed division.
The cotton season OF 1872 closed
with August cent lower than on Sep
TENDER ! last year.
Charleston, 8. c., is making standings
to deepen its harbor 80 as to admit the
biggest ocean ships.
Four Massachusetts, cities have APP
piled for Federal Supervisors at the
Presidential election.
The insects are doing great damage to
the forests OF Virginia, in some cases
destroying them entirely.
The Order Of Egis, seven year en-
dowment organization Of Massachusetts,
is in the throes OF dissolution.
New Workers. are eating 10000 water
melons per day, while making a great
ado about the danger of cholera.
The total cost OF keeping the soldiers
in the field to maintain the peace at
Homestead will be about 1926, 900.
The Mexican government is said to
have unearthed $3,000,000 that was
buried in d convent during French occu-
patton.
Green Bay (Wis.) business men have
organized building and loan associa-
ton with an authorized capital of &c.
900 900.
General Weaver told the people at
Little Rock, Ark, that they would have
| plenty OF money If he should be elected
| President.
| After fifteen years of failure the vines
at Egg Harbor City, N. j., are heavily
laden with grapes, and good year OF
wine making Is expected.
A Tissue Paper Trust, which includes
all the large mills in the United States
manufacturing tissue paper, has lately
been formed in New York.
The old home OF Mr.. Blaine's ances-
tors in Carlisle, Penn, a large brick
building, is soon to be torn down to
make way for improvements.
Fifty.six miles of electric railways in
St. Joseph, Mo-, have been forced into a
receivers hands by Eastern capitalists,
who hold 81 800, 900 of the bonds.
The edict has gone forth that no more
hogs or geese are to be kept in Toledo.
For this kind of game the Toledo blades
must look to the surrounding country.
1t is said that Mexico will purchase
$15,000,000 worth of corn from the
United States this year, owing to the
complete failure OF the corn crop in
Mexico.
Illinois this year will grow So, 600, 600
bushels of wheat, nearly 200, OO0, 900 OF
corn and $4,000, 600 of oats. SO there is
no chance for calamity candidates in
that State.
Jay Gould is said to be backing new
palace car company, which is to be a
new competitor of the Pullman Car Com
pany. The company has been formed
at st. Louis.
| A cloudburst on DEVILS Mountain. six
miles from Alphine, Tex, tore up large
trees by the roots, drowned cattle and
washed away everything in its course
down the mountain.
| A belt line for freight trains NAV be
built around the city OF Reading by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com.
pany. The company wants the city to
bear part of the expense.
George Lispenard, BROOKLYN me-
| chanic, has invented a cotton picker.
which removes the cotton from the plant
IN the fields, and company has been
capitalized at $l0,000,000.
The Stamford Conn., police had their
helmets stolen recently, and as result
the next day they went about in various
kinds OF headgesr. The small bows of
the town guyed them numerically.
Heretofore all street cars in Detroit
have been propelled by horses, and the
use of the electric trolley, which was be-
gun recently, will shortly be extended
to the numerous other lines in that city.
Captain Phillips, prominent Chicago
trader, was at Kansas City August 80
and wired to Chicago: There will be
so much wheat and corn to haul out OF
Kansas that the roads will not be able
to handle 1t for year"
The Rochester driving park is for sale
not because the trotting meetings in that
city have not paid, but because, like the
Pioneer race course K" OF San Francisco.
the property Of the association became
100 valuable for racing purposes.
Colonel X. I. Auchmuty, the founder
Of the New York trade schools, has gath
cred statistics to show that out OF s2S..
0O, OOJ paid annually for mechanics in
The building trades OF New York CITY
less than 20 ,0o0, 900 go to men born in
this country.
The loose prison methods OF Tennessee
are well illustrated by the fact that when
the military captured the ricting miners
81 Coal Creek few days ago there was
no Jail or penitentiary TO take them TO.
So they had to be confined in a church
and sehoolhouse.
A merchant OF the City OF Mexico. to
iplte the Banco Loadress OF Mexico. re-
emily put up a sign In hia offica IN ~.