The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS.
Interesting Items From State and
Other Sources.
Annex HaWaii-JOurnalists and Pu.
gilisms-A Dreadful Tragedy-HoW to
Raise Big Potato Crops, etc.

The Nugget is in favor of the an
nexation of Hawaii, if for no other
reason, because we would thereby
acquire, in the person of President
Dole, a man so far the superior of
President Cleveland. in statesman-
ship an. Iip.ut.!"cy, that every
patriotic citizen would be as proud
of the former as they are disguised
wi; n the latter nan What dandy
crctary of state he would make
sitting in the CHAIR where the dis
tinguished mugwunp, Gresham,
now displays his cgotisul. By all
means annex the Sand !: ich Islands
and thereby give US a piece of
presidential timber better worth
having than a score of such blum
derers as the one now in the White
House. Give US one such man as
Minister Thurston, and we would
gain more than the loss of an hun
dred Paramount Blounts would
amount to. To be sure we would
have to take in old Lii, and the
lepers, and Claus Sprecklos, but
they are only a shade worse than
many citizens we are now acquir-
ing.-De Lamar Nugget.
The editors of the United States
must be very charitable. They
have given millions of dollars in
advertising to Mitchell and Cor
bett, who exhibit their pugilistic
faculties to thousands of gaping
fools. Can't the papers find some
more worthy cause with which to
fill their columns? What is the
benefit to the people in general to
know whether Corbett, Mitchell,
Jackson or some other galoot is the
champion fighter? Yet, nearly
every paper in America devotes
column after column upon every
occasion of pugilistic encounter.
Is. the taste of the reading public so
vitiated that they require to be fed
upon such pabulum? Are we an
enlightened people? Not by a
consldera BILE. But the question for
serious reflection is, Are we reaps-
ing into barbarisn? One would
think we were by the great interest
taken by the journals of the pres
ent day in the sports of the savages
during the dark ages.-Nampa
Progress.
Four girls were killed in the
snowslide which occurred on Wed
nesday of last week in the gulch
putting into White Bird at Joe
JEWELS. Two men with horses
from the prairie stopped there that
night, and they slept in the girls
room upstairs, while the young
ladies made shakedown bed on
the floor down stairs. The snow
slide went through the side Of the
house throwing the boards down
on them as they slept, and all were
either crushed or smothered. An
infant child which lay between the
Two eldest girls was recovered
alive. The old folks also slep,
down stairs but escaped without
injury, as did the guests. The
name of the family was Thompson,
formerly located at Cottonwood.
The young ladies' ages ranged be-
tween eight and sixteen. 1t is
without doubt the most melancholy
tragedy that has occurred in the
county since the Nez Perez war,
the bereaved family have the SYM
patty of all.-Grangeville Free
Press.
1t is customary in every county
ior the sheriff to publish his sale
notices in the newspapers so that
;he people will know what is to be
sold. We notice that this is not
being done in this county, but the