The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
0eneral News.


Terrible storms are raging
throughout Europe.
More than six hundred men are
employed in the Comstock mines
at Virginia City, Nevada.
A suburban street car 1t Port
land was held up recently and the
conductor relieved of $25.
Mrs. Robinson Locke, wife Of the
publisher of the Toledo Blade, died
Jan. 6, from the effects of Ia grippe.
Mrs. Cyrus w. Field is no longer
a milliner. She has accepted po-
sition in the Sherman Bank of New
York.
George Gould made his wife a
Christmas present of an elegant
grey stone mansion on Fifth Ave-
nue., valued at 100000.
Ex-Judge John w. Blackburn,
was found dead in bed at Provo,
Utah, Jan. 5th. Rheumatism of the
heart was the cause of his death.
Joseph B. Cook, ex-clerk of the
Police Court Of San Francisco, has
been sentenced to eight years i'm
prisonment at San Quentin for en-
bezzlement.
The failure of the Indianapolis
National Bank has swept away the
entire fortune of Mrs. Schuyler c..
Colfax, widow of the late Vice Pres
ident Colfax.
J. Pierpont Morgan, is one of the
most charitable Of New York mil
lionaires. It is said his gifts to the
poor of that city amount TO fully
500, 900 annually.
Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria,
the granddaughter of the Emperor
of Austria, is declared to be legally
married to Lieutenant VIM. Sieg-
fried of the Bavarian army.
A party of four, including Charles
Colgate. left Spokane Jan. End, to
search for George Colgate, who is
supposed to be living. They will
ascend the river in boats.
There is a great activity in bust
ness circles at Butte City, Montana.
The mines are all resuming opera
tons. About 1900 mon have been
put to work since the first of Janu-
airy.
Harry Kennedy, the well.known
song-writer, is dead. He was the
author of Cradles Empty, Baby's
Gone, "Flower From Angel Moth
er's Crave" I'm a DUDE" and
many other popular songs.
w. C. Hoyt, whose wife is sister
of President Cleveland, while cross
ing street with his wife at Beatrice,
Neb., a few nights ago, was run over
by a carriage and knocked senseless.
There is little hope entertained Of
his recovery.
The Arkansas Valley smelter, at
Leadville, COL, has started up with
q force of 500 men. The smelter
closed down several months ago on
account of the wage question. The
men have accepted a reduction of
10 per cent.
On New Years day 1000 poor
children were fed at Ashland, Wis
consin, on mince pie twenty-five
feet in circumference and four
inches thick, weighing nearly a
quarter of a ton. Half dollars were
put in the pie edgwise and drawn
in each piece. It proved q happy
and novel gift to the needy little
ones.
Elizabeth Peabody, one of the
advanced educators of the country,
and most notable woman in Boston
is dead, at the ripe age of ninety
years. Miss Peabody introduced the
kindergarten system of teaching
from Germany, into this
She was especially inter-
,sted in the Indians cause, and
vas the warm friend of Sarah Win
,emucca, the Piute princess of Ne
,ada.
Many stubborn and aggravating cases
# rheumatism that were believed to be
aod accepted a. life legacies,
lave Yielded to Cham berlains Pain Balm. 1
much to the surprise and qualification Of
he sufferers. One application will re.
ieve the pain and suffering and it, con-
ipued use insures an effectual cure. For
ale by Frank ]. Stone, Druggist.
The Republican party demone-
lied silver. Don't forget that little
,oint-Denver News.
Neither should it be forgotten
hat the Democratic party now re-
uses to remonetize it-Nevada
State Journal.
Quite correct neighbor. And
low it is conceded on all sides that
10Th the old parties arc hostile tot