The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-02-10
General News.

General News.
/ Nine. Adeline Patti sang befor,
: $500 house in Philadelphia,
There are over 81 600 unem
ployed in the city of New York.
Mrs. John Drew, the popular &C.
tress, is seventy-seven years Of age
She has been on the stage seventy.
four years.
The bill repeating the. federal
election laws passed the Senate By
vote of 80 to %. The populista
voted with the democrats.
George w. Childs, proprietor Of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
died Saturday morning. February
Sd. He was 60 years.of age.
A will has been filed in Los An.
geles which leaves the whole estate
of the testator, valued at 500, 600,
to build tomb and monument for
the deceased.
Over ! 900 salo ons have closed
their doors in Chicago during the
past three months. The cry is now
give us whisky, or give US the silver
dollars to buy it.
The populist clubs in Texas have
a membership Of 100000 voters.
Hon. Jackson c. Quimby, recog-
nized democratic leader, has re-
Gently joined the populist ranks.
Superintendent Hofer of the Car
son Mint has received orders to
dismiss number of the employees.
About July 1st it is expected that
the Mint will be closed altogether
Another gold-bug object lesson.
The Mardi Gras opened at New
Orleans Monday night, and Rex
made his entry into the city amid
the usual blaze Of glory. There
were nineteen floats in the pageant,
and 10000 people witnessed its
progress through the streets.
Harvey L. Carr, a prominent law
yer of Denver, was murdered Sun.
day night by supposed burglars.
His wife, who was one of the demi-
monde before her marriage to the
attorney, is under arrest charged
with completely in her husbands
murder.
The bill by Senator Dubois, Of
Idaho to give the several western
states one-fourth Of the money re-
ceived from them by the govern
ment for mineral lands to- support
schools of mines, has been adverse.
ly reported by the House committee
on public lands.
There seems to be a growing af-
lection existing between Bismarck
and Emperor William, after their
long arrangement. What won
derful effect that bottle of wine pro-
duced upon the venerable Prince.
1t acted like oil upon troubled
waters, in smoothing down his ruff
fled feelings.
Mary Putnam. the unnatural and
inhuman mother at Butte, Mont,
who tortured her baby to death by
feeding it pins, has just completed
her sentence of one year in the pen
itentiary for the fendish crime.
Had justice been melted out to the
woman she would have been hung.
She gave birth TO a baby while in
prison.
Tuesday night during the worst
storm of the winter, thinly clad re-.
fined looking woman was frozen to
death in the streets of New York.
The poor creature was found sitting
on door step stone dead, and had
not shred of under-clothing upon
her emaciated body. A thin skirt,
and threadbare jacket was all that
she wore to protect her shivering
body from the cold blasts OF winter.
George Vanderbilt the youngest
son of William H. Vanderbilt, is
betrothed to Miss Pauline Whitney,
daughter of ex. Secretary William c..
Whitney. The marriage will take
place just after Easter. Mr.. Van
derbilt has fortune Of $40, 900, 900
and is about thirty years of age.
He spends, it is said, only $4,000
a year on himself, while his chart
ties amount to $25O,OO0.