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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
JUG. EEL, AND BASS,
An Incident That SHOW ~ the Ss9acitv ot "A
Certain Variety of Game Fi.h

An Ancident That SHOW y the Ssgaclty Of "a
Certain Variety of Game Fish.
Frank Baird OF the Internal Ecv.
enue Ofice is just now telling OF a
strange thing that he witnessed down
on classic Ten Mile Creek during an
extremely hot day last season. He
and ex-CollectOr George l.. johnson
were out for DAYS sport with hook
and line when this happened, and,
OF course, no one who knows the
gentlemen Will doubt their veracity.
or their ability to catch more fish
than anybody else on the creex. On
this occasion they had been favored
with fair luck, and it was with much
internal satisfaction that they sat
down on the bank to eat their noon
lunch. What they saw there is best
told In the words OF Mr.. Baird him.
self:
''We had with us a small demiiohn
OF lemonade" said he, land this we
placed in the water Il few feet from
shore to keep it cool. About fifteen
minutes after we left it was startled
by an exclamation from Johnson. who
nad MS eye ON the jug, and when 1
looked l was much surprised as he to
see big black bass tugging away at
the corn cob stopper OF the ug. TIE
mouth OF the demi ohm WIS even
with the surface of the water, SO that
the fish could just reach it. He was
pulling for dear life, but did not
seem TO make much neadway unoil a
big eel came along and took a hand
In the game The eel was about four
feet long, and he swan lcisurely
around for few minutes. as though
ne were trying to make out what the
bass was up to. All this time we
Kept as still as mice, and in breath
less aStoniShment awaited further
developments. Soon the eel seemed
to comprehend the situation, and he
volunteered his help
Gle was long and 1.-the, and, rails
ing his body out OF the water about
foot, he twisted himself into cork.
screw and soon had the stopper out of
the jug. He then slipped down and
politely gave the bass chance for
the first drink. The fish made a des-
perate effort to get something out of
the jug, but signally failed, and was
obliged to give up evidently much
disguised. The eel then took his
turn, and found it an easy matter to
reach up out of the water, stick his
head in the Jug and imbibe the con-
tents. This he did, with Joyous salts
faction showing plainly all over his
body But the poor bass was discon-
solate, and became more uneasy every
minute, while the eel stayed man
fully at the jug.
FINALLY bright idea struck Mr..
Bass, and quick as flash he grabbed
Mr.. Eel by the tail, and with one |
snap bit off the end. Then he kept
the new end of the eel in his mouth
and sucked that jug dry through the
cells body. When the jug was emptied
they both swan away, and by their
actions they must have been ia a very
hilarious condition. We were out a
quart of trst-class bait, but we were
glad to pay that much for the exhi-
bition we had witnessed. The Incl
dent also shows the righteousness as
well as ungrateful qualities OF the
black bass. Toledo Commercial,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
An Engine-Driver's Pet.

An engine driver and the Great
Western Railway, Eng, has a cat
that loves railway travelling. For
several years the cat has accom- panied
the engine-driver on his regular
journeys, usually sitting on the ten
der. Sometimes, in fine weather, it
strOlls out to the front Of the engine.
and lies there for hours at q stretch
At other times it will climb on to
the top OF the engine, and sit there
undisturbed by the shrek of the
whistle. The cat used to belong to
the enginedriver's wife, who is dead:
and since her demise the driver has
made u pet of it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
A DEvILED DEBTOR

Satanic Majesty in red and gold.
That was all. But everyone knew
that when the wagon stood in front
OF mans house or store the inmate
ma secured high place in the
agency's "black book" The other
DAY citizen ordered the driver of
one OF these wagons to leave the
'front.' OF his premises. Refusal fol-
lowed; the irate citizen seized con-
veniently loaded shotgun, and the
driver spent the day picking small
PARTICLES Of lead out of his ANATOMY
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03

Youthful authors can gain a hint
from the following: "Would YOU call
my novel realism or romance?" aske,i
Algernon. "What does the heroine
say when she accepts the hero?"
'Oh, she says, Yes. dear George, we
will tread life's path together, one
In heart and purpose, bearing each
others burdens, sharing each others
grief, doubling each" ssWell. then.
II isn't realism A real girl would
no more think OF making a speech on
such an OCCASION than of singing A
song or cutting pigcon-wing."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
GEORGE M. PULLMAN.

Something of the Donor of the Fort Dear
born Massacre Statue.
George M. Pullman, who recently
unveiled the fine monument he has
erected upon the spot of the Fort
Dearborn massacre, is one of the
most philosophical as we'll as one Of
the richest citizens OF Chicago. You
don't see his name in the list of
chairmen OF reform meetings and
Worlds Fair congresses; neither do
you hear of him in political circles;
but it is doubtful whether there is
any other man in the city who fights
mere vigorously and effectually the
cause Of good government and moral
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
American PLAYS.

When drst announced my inten.
ton OF producing purely American
plays. writes William H. Crane, in
the New York Journal. it appeared
to many Of my friends to be chimer.
ical scheme. At that time, with
the exception of 1.-THE Henrietta. {"
scarcely an American play of any
prominence was In existence. The
Few authors engaged in the effort to
produce them were struggling always
with no encouragement from mana.
gers or actors, and to get hearing
for their work was almost impossible.
In spite Of this, 1 believed that
there was future for the American
drama, and 80 went into the market
bidding for American plays.
NY faith In native talent was very
coon justified by the production Of
Tho Senator" which is to-day, in
ny estimation, one Of the most valu.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
How He Dodeed the whale

A doWA-East fisherman tells of q
startling adventure that he had with
whale near Grand Manan recently,
He and his dory were about to bt
swallowed by the whale when, with
great presence of mind and steadinesi
OF nerve, he threw q guild of tobacco,
sLriking the monster full In the eye.
While the whale was wondering what
struck him the fisherman escaped.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
HOy'ys One Bad Play.

> + a man were
to rise in q
c r o W d g d
street car in
any city in
America, ex-
cept Boston,
a n d S a y
NV no is the
greatest play
wright OF to-
day ?" t h g
people in that
Car would an
Swer in a
chorus ''Char-
ley Hoyt."
There never
was an AIlieri-
can dramatist
WWf I'M 01p~~
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03

proposition is to equip such balloon
with a self-registering barometer,
thermometer and then set it free.
Tine instruments are to he packed in
a sort OF interior skeleton of lighv
willow work. The weight Of the
whole thing is only twenty pounds,
and nearly half this is allotted to the
meteorological apparatus. The es-
tinated cost of each ascent is $40.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
THE DEVIL WAGON.

"A Collection Agency's Means to Collect Had
Debts.
Collection agencies are sometimes
put to desperate straits to secure
payments on bad debts, but the de-
vice OF an organization in Nashville,
Tenn, probably deserves the first
prize. A black covered wagon, such
as deliver groceries, is used. On the
sides are painted pictures of His
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
A Meteorological Balloon.

NJ. Renard Of France, thinks he
has obtained a cloth and varnish at
once sufficiently light and impervious
TO hydrogen to make balloon which
will put below itself eleven .twelfts
OF the earth's atmosphere, ascending
to a height of twelve miles His
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03

IT there were such things as laurel
wreaths In this day, Charles Hoyt
would grin upon an adjoining public
from under veritable crown OF the
leaves OF the cOnquerora Mr. Hoyt
reaps his reward in something be.
sides fame. He has a theater of his
own. his plays make phenomenal runs
In New York, and he has, no one
knows how many, companies on the
road.
The meaning of those things is
this:
Hoyt has picked up his characters
out OF the streets, out of the bar.
rooms, out Of the hotel corridors out
OF the everyday life Of everyday
people. Americans are tired of see.
Ing peasants celebrating the coming
OF age OF the heir to lordlv estate.
They are weary OF. men in green small
clothes and red waistcoats They
are heartily sick of barons who flirt
with song-and-dance waiting maid,
and OF all sorts of foreign, ladies of
high degree who die to slow music in
an aRonizing half hour. these peo-
pie were all very we'll tor a time,
when the traditions of the older
countries we're still strong upon the
nation, but Americans began to wish
they could see a familiar figure on
the stage. They wanted to hear
something that they could really I'M
derstand. The American play wrights
plucked up hearts OF grace and tried
few Yankee heiresses, and New
YORK comedy or so sprang into OK
istence.
That was all very interesting, but
the people. the matter-of-fact, well
to do amusement-craving people, who
make up the bulk OF theater-goers.
these people did not care particularly
for bankers daughters and society
swellS
All at once came a new sort of
play
A queer tumble OF commonplace
situations and really funny incidents.
Plays with no story and no plot, but
they were chuck full of characters.
There was no guessing at what the
lines In that play meant Every one
understood the plumber, everybody
knew the bell-bOy. and there was not
soul In an American theater who
hadn't seen Violet, the fascinating
servant girl, q hundred times.
The bounding gas meter and the
water-pipes which burst, all appealed
to the housekeepers, and Mr. Hoyt
was famous in day.
There Is much genuine humor in
Hoyt's farces and genuine humor, in
the language Of the race course, "is
winner every time"
All this apropos OF "a Trip to
Chinatown" Mr.. Hoyt has suddenly /
dropped all his humor. all his origin. |
Atty and all his discretion.
He has put together a dull mass of
rubbish which is a stupid imitation /
of shady French comedy. Every
In the whole tedious affair
hinges upon the coarse indelicacy of
horrible woman who makes Jokes
about her mourning and insults an
I'D man before his family Of giggling
children.
The whole piece smells Extensively
II gin fixes and whisky cocktails.
All the men in it are half tipsy and
III the women want to he.
In Frenchman's hands there
night be some sparkle" to the
dialogue and some wit to the in
lelicacy.
Mr. Hoyt makes it unbearably
'oarse and undaniably dull.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
GREEN ROOM GOSSIP.
POINTS PERTAINING TO PROMi-
NENT PROFESSIONALS.

Queen Victoria Gives Ellen Terry = Little
suxgestion-"A Trip to Chinatown" Does
Not Sustain Mr.. HOyt's Reputation w.
H. Crane Writes Of American Plays.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-03
FOOtllght GOsslD.


THE Actors Fund distributes
S3, 900 month in charity to thes-
plans
THEATRES in Dublin are licensed
for twenty-five years by the lord lieu.
tenant.
MAY WALDREN, now Mrs. Robson,
Is western girl. Her maiden name
was May Rush.
MAssENET is reported to have just
completed new opera which will
bear the title 'Sais"
CHARLES OvERTON has bought tho
English rights of Belasco and Fyles'
1.-THE Girl Left BEHIND Me-"
ROSE CooHLAN. Pauline Hall. julia
Marlowe, Agnes Huntington, Edith
kingdom (Mrs George Gould), Lole
Fuller, Belle Archer aud Craze
Golden were chorus girls
AN observing woman writes to the
New York Sun warning her sisters
that at the theater their backs are
exposed to criticism and they should
look out that their necks and their
dresses are all presentable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
The Voorhees SILVER Rill.

The Voorhees, silver bill stands very
little chance of receiving much attention
at this session Of congress. Some of the
republican papers are trying to make it
appear that it has the approval of the
President, but there are good reasons for
saying IL has not. Senator Voorhees, de-
clares it is not an administration measure.
and it is not at all likely that he would
make any misleading statement in respect
TO it.
1t is well known what the Presidents
views are in respect to silver coinage. In
his recent message to congress he said:
I'VE should reso4utely turn away from
alluring and temporary expedients, de-
termined TO be satisfied with nothing less
than lasting and comprehensive fnan-
cial plan" The Oochees bill, which pro-
vidas for the coinage o. the seigniorage of
the silver in the treasury at the rate of
52,0O0,00O a month, and the purchase and
coinage of $2,0OO,O0O a month of silver
thereafter, is only a temporary expeii-
ent, and being such, hardly has the ap-
proval of the President.
The Voorhees, bill has not the approval
of the snverites, and il has not the favor
of the sound financiers of the country
1t is simply Sena or Voorhees, bill, who,
having promised to do something for sill
yer, has intro lucel this me Isure. There
will be other silver bills introduced, but
no hing will come of Them during this
ION rress. The country is pretty well
satisfied with the settlement the sill yer
question received during the extra session.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
INDEX TO MEM AOy1AlloEAnA Is.

MEETINGS Oglethorpe Lodge No. I, l. o. o.
Fl Alpha Lodge No 1. A. &. A. S. R. F. NJ {;
Savannah Lodge No 1873, B. P. o. Elks; Sto,k
holders Meeting, Savannah Savings Bank
SPECIAL No rICEs-LePanto Cigars as a
Christmas Gift Henry solomon s. Son; Car
nival Ball Postponed; Noti-e, John Green
Chief Of Polite: dividend Notice Savannah
Brewing Company; AS to Grew OF British
Steamship Wliam Storrs; Lost. Savannah
Brewing Company; To Employers, Falk
Clothing COMPANY; Last Notice state aud
County Tax IS for 1888; Turkeys, Estate s. w.
Branch Notice to the Public, Collins, Gray
son Co
RAILROAD SCHEDULEs-Central Railroad
Of Georgia.
Wa ARE SHOWING LOTS OF THINGs-Falk
Clothing Company.
ADJUSTMENTS Ole Olson, at Theater Friday
and Saturday Dec. % q; The Great Mexican
Italian Com bination Dec. 81.
LoEB's PURE Wool UNDERwARE-B. II.
Levy s. Bro.
THOSE CHILDREN's SUITs-Appel & Schaul.
G. H. Dorset.
WELL FORTIFIED AND READY FOR AC-
TIoN-B H. Levy & Bro.
CHRISTMAS BULLETIN-Collat Bros.
OPEN EVERY EvENIEG-At Adler's
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULEs-Ocean steamship
Company.
CHAP COLUMN ADvERrIsENENTs-He
WaltsE nplo nsot VAl II; FOR Rent; For
Sale; l4os# Per5oll.; Ns;aIl1epI&
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
oRENsHAw sURRENDERs.
he CLAIMS That He Shot Jett in Self
Defense.

Albany, Ga, Dec. 1S.-Frank F. Cren.
shaw, who shot JIG. Jett in Gwinnett
county on Dec. IA, surrendered here to
day to She T. A. H.stell, of Gwinnet .
Crenshaw claims that he acted in self de-
Tense and his surrender has merely been
delayed because he contended that the
federal and not the state courts ought to
try him. He was the government
gauger at Jett's distillery, and, according
to his staten ent, the trouble
arose over his attempt to discharge his
duty in case OF a suspicious fire at Jett's
place. Crenshaw is the son of Thomas
G. Crenshaw, who was internal revenue
collector here during President Cleve-
lands first term. He shot Jett three
times. Two of the wounds are pro-
nounced trivial. The other, in the leg,
may or may not prove fatal. The case
will be in estiga ted before the federal
commissioner here tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
A Marine Hospital For savannah.

The statement in the Washin gton
dispatches of the MORNING News a day
or TWO ago that Col. Lester is prepar-
ing bill authorizing the erection of a
Marine hospital on the government lot,
on the corner of Abercorn and York
streets, excited surprise, and was re-
ceived with a greaJ deal of satisfaction.
The site is an admira ole on for a hospital
Of the Kind proposed, and it is wonder
that some one had not suggested its use for
that purpose a long time before certain
CT iseus sent a pc ition 10 Col. Lester in
respect 70 the matter.
And why should not the movement be a
success! Savannah is entitled to a
government hospital for the treatment of
sailors. She is the most important sea-
port on the south Atlantic coast and The
number of sailors visiting the port every
year is very large.
The lot, with the work that has been
done upon it, cost the government S5O,OO0.
1t could no be sold for more than $4,000.
Why should the go eminent make such
sacrifice as its sale would necessitate2
The foundation for a public building is
already laid and this foundation could be
utilized in a hospital building. Indeed, a
fine hospital building, having all the
modern con renieuces and improvements,
could be erected on the lot for a compare
lively small sum.
The people of this city should work earn
esty aud persistenuy to gether for this
proposed improvement. And they should
no wait for Col Lester To do everything
He will do all he can, but he can be given
assistance of kind that would aid him
greatly. Let the people get together and
appoint committee to urge the congress-
men of this and Other states to favor the
hospital movement. Let congress be
made to understand that we are very
much in earnestin respect to the hospital,
and let the fact be made clear that Sd
vannah, in this matter, is asking only for
what she is entitled to. We can get the
hospital if we make the right kind of an
eAort. Let the elort be made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
IT'S LANDS LYING ALONG THE LINE
OFTHE SOUTH BOUND RAILROAD.

THE towns comprising these lands are 10.
4 Gated in seotio IS of Geo g and South
Carolina noted for ne1lth, and are surrounded
by Daek country peopled with thrifty well
70 40 QUEENS ana oner peculiar lnduoem 3nts
for pronta lie investment. I he town of t'air
fax is intersett. By the Port Royal n Au-
gusta railroad, and the town of uenmLt Is
crossed by the South Carolina "a Dad with
the Man hester and Augusta railroad now in
process OF construction to it, which m -
10Th pla. es OF prime CONNER ial importance
and gives promise Of large and increasing
Business at these points.
To individuals or Svndicates de s.; ring to
treat for any one or all Of these towns this
company will make prices that will give them
large margin of profit.
he lands offered and their loo alton are as
follows:
RINCON, Ef1ngham county, Georgia. S..
lots out IL! acres.
CLYO. Birmingham county, Georgia ia lots.
about "a acres.
ES ILL. Hampton county, South Carolina
go lots a out 70 acres.
FAIR Ak, Barnwell county. South Caro-
lima, G22 lots. about LOO acres.
HAMMOND. Barnwel County, South Caro-
Ina Ill lots, out33 acres. ----..--.-
lie NMARK. Barnwell county, South Caro-
lima, 694 lots, out loo acres.
NO6WAI, orange urg county. South Caro-
lima, 6S lots, ABOUT - res
LIVINGSTON, o. lgebury county, South
Carolina, 40 lots. al out acres.
:. NOITt. Orange lurg ,ounty, South Caro-
III !, tOl lois, out ~ acres.
SWAN at.A, e lin9tOn uouIty South Caro-.
lima. % lots a o { a res.
CAHCt. lexington c3lnty, South Carolina
30 ,ots, a out 50 acres
Mallins a total of aBout 500 acres laid of
INTO 1877 lots, varying in size from 2axlOJ feet
TO 0OX2I .eet tor business lots and LOOK. 10
feet to threefour his of an acre for resid ntial
lots
MAPS of the above land can seen at the
once OF tn company, room NO. II, Prevalent
building, SaYanna h. Ga.
Parties desiring 70 invest can address the
undersigned, who will furnish any additional
information that may desired
M. HAMILTON, Secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19

The man who did the mos 10 boost
Jerry Sin psop from the town marshal
ship of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, into a
congressional chair was a school superin-
teudent named Lands. AT the same
time Lands lifted himself into the state
Senate, where he remains. He was
SIM sons right-hand man, and furnished
the sockless prodigy with The ost OF his
ideas. But Lands and Jerry are out. 1t
doesn't matter why, but it is of impor-
tanee that they are out, for it probably
means Jerry's retirement to private life.
Lands is at the head of a movement that
is anli-oimpson for anyt ing from the
governorship to a constableship, and Mrs.
Lease is with him. Landis wants TO sue
coed Jerry in congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
a LETTER FROM MITCHELL.
BE viii Be in Florida to Train SooI
Aft II Christmas.

New York. Dec ls.-The following let
ter was received from Charley Mitchell
to-day by prominent sporting man:
Boston. Dec. 81 have seen many reports
published about my leaving for Jackson vile
Fla, TO train for my coming engagement with
Jim COr1ett. 80 that nv friends may know OF
my future movements ana not think aln
sinking trimming. 4 wish it stated that
shall cOn~lJde my en- q sements, Viii h
could not be cancelled. on Jec - snail
leave this city dire,t for Jacksonville, Viii b
VIII give me -four weeks TO furnish trlInlng
ample, as 1 have been daily taking e sular
Use d have reduced my weight or
fifteen pounds. You tan state that will GER
talnly Re in Jacksonville on Jan. p,
a3le and willing TO do my best to
win. l feel satisfied l shall have
az play. and that is all ask y o favoFS VII
20 luested. / shall Go nv best to via an
should lose. and have not the lea idea OF
losing, shan give CIR EFT full credit; and II
defeat him whi-h is not an impossi ilty,
expect he wi make no excuses l remain,
yours truly, with regards.
CHARLES MITCHELL,
Boxing Champion of England.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
TWO MEN SHOT.
A Fight Over Mortgaged Cotton Ends
in Tragedy.

Natchez, Miss, Dec. 1S.-News reached
here tonight of a desperate shooting
AFFAIR at Florence, on the New Orleans
and or.hwestern railroad, in Franklin
parish, Saturday night.
Two men by the name of Haines and
Chisholm goO into u ngnt about NOR gagged
coCLon. a brother-in-law of Haines,
named Valen inc, shot Chisholm with a
Winchester rifle and led. Some of
Chisholn's friends took up the di dculty
anu shoJ Haiaes several times, killing
him No arrests have been made. Haines'
body was allowed to remain where he
fell from Saturday night to Sunday after
noon