Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-25
Kissing Debarred in the Parks
of Baltimore, Md.
SOUTH CAROLINA BONDS SOLD
The Assessed Valuation of Property
in New York City-Mrs. Rod
ney Ahead of Time.


selnble at Chicago September A.
There are $7,sl7, 434.99 in the Penn
| sylvania State Treasury.
| Five women were qualified as notaries
public in Philadelphia last week.
New York city has spent $4,000 in
entertaining the Infanta Eulalia.
The Treasury Department has decided
that the tomato is vegetable and not a
fruit.
| Kentucky farmers are talking about
feeding wheat to hogs because OF the
low price.
The assessed valuation OF property in
New York city is approaching the ~, 000,-
600 900 mark.
Oklahoma has quarantined against
Texas cattle, owing to Texas fever
among the herds.
| Many Eastern towns are now making
use OF the electric cars for keeping the
streets sprihkled..
| The Grand Army people of st. Louis
propose to raise fund for monument
to General Sherman.
The silver bought by the government
under the Sherman law is worth $685.
000, 900 less than was paid for it.
Hinckley, the crop expert Of the St.
Paul road, says the spring wheat crop
will be the poorest in twelve years.
| 1t is said that neither Cleveland nor
Hill will take any especial interest in
the campaign in New York this year.
The now vacant position OF Chaplain
OF the House is going a-beggng,
but one candidate having appeared so
far.
| A decision of Baltimore Judge that
'no kissing" be allowed in the parks of
ttat city has been sustained by higher
court.
The syndicate which bought South
Carolna's bonds has completed the
10, 2b0, 900 payment, and the State feels
richer.
The ravages OF the chinch bug in Kan
sas this year have aroused the farmers
| to more general trial OF the injection
remedy.
The Mexico Land and improvement
Company of Kansas City will expert
ment with coiiee-raising on a large
scale in Mexico.
Mrs. Rodney, who is walking from
| Galveston to Chicago on $4,000 wager,
| is ahead OF time. She sells her photo
graphs en- route.
| A physician in Brewsters, N. Y, has
| invented an electric disinfectant that
promises to be of great Importance in
killing disease germs.
Jerry Simpson denies that deal has
| been made by which he is to run for
Governor Of Kansas and Governor
Lewelling is to become Senator.
| ~ ~ Al & ~
Carolina only seven have complied with
the regulations OF the new liquor law of
the State, which went into effect July |.
Successful experiments have been
made in several States in stimulating
the growth OF such plants as wheat,
corn and tobacco by means of electric
currents,
Panama has had water famine.
The aguadores, or water carriers, We're
compelled to pay about 20 cents each to
have their pipotes, or barrels, washed
and disinfected.
tits estimated that there are $4,000
men idle in Pittsburg and its immediate
vicinity, awaiting agreements as to
new scale OF wages for the coming year
in the iron mills.
The New York Central will furnish
transportation and sleeping-car privi-
leges to all its employees who wish to
visit the fair. Each employee can take
one member of his family.
Harvard law student, who acted as
his own attorney in the case against
him, was sentenced to five days in the
Boston House of Correction for causing
IA disturbance in a horse car.
An Indianapolis dispatch says that
cas- a result of the continued stringency
in the money market" nearly 5000 men
employed in the various manufacturing
industries OF the city are out OF work.
The destructive prairie fire reported
in Kansas week before last, devastating
an area of territory five miles wide and
ten miles in length, was caused by
bolt OF lightning setting fire to the dry
prairie grass.
Prof. A. j. Bigney, an instructor at
Johns Hopkins University, has analyzed
the "black rain" that fell in the vicinity
OF Moore's Hill, Ind, recently. He has
found traces OF carbon and also traces OF
hydrogen sulphate.
Out OF 374,74l alien steerage passen-
gers landed at New York in 1892 only
4,ll6 gave their destination as the |
'puAHtlu NlultSs ~ ldF llllS wear inc |
proportion of southwark bound immi- |
grants is NJ greater.
Secretary Herbert has appointed Miss
Letltia G. Tyler of Alabama, grand |
daughter of ex-President Tyler, to a |
minor clerkship, below the classified |
grade, in the bureau of supplies and |
account, Navy Department.
Circulars have been received by all
the wholesale and retail druggists in
Pittsburg from W. III. Shiefilin 4 Co. OF
New York, the largest drug importers in
this country, announcing that in future
all orders for imported drugs must be
paid in gold
In New York the Health Board has
what is designated sum
mer corps of physicians" fifty in num-
Der, whose duty it is to visit tenement
houses during July and August and give
medical attention to sick children and
poor people who are unable to pay for it.
A significant feature of the Treasury
statement is not cent OF the receipts
for last June We're paid in gold certif-
Gates, and the May statement was little
better in this respect. In June OF 1892
per cent of the receipts were paid in
gold certificates and per cent in gold
,oin.
At a recent auction sale OF the per-
'onal property of the late Governor
samuel W. Hale, of New Hampshire
shares OF mining, electric and other