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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
Now Postmaatars.

Washington, Oct 2.-The President has
appointed the following postmasters:
William e. Montgomery at Apalachicola,
Fla A. W. Thomas az Qultman. Ga.
The following fourth class postmasters
mp 10 oct. / are reappointed with n presi-
Dental commission, their Offices having
become third class: VIII A. Session al
Frlar Point, Miss; Sidney y. Persell at
Summit Miss
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
Tvler Lowers Raoordn.

Waltham Mass, Oct. 2.-Harry Tyler
this afternoon rode a mile on the Walt
ham cycle track IN / minute As 3-5 seconds,
lowering the worlds record by 2-5 sec
onds, the Waltham track record by two
seconds, and his own best previous time
by nearly 1--WE seconds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
n Blaze on Broadway.

New York. oct. 27.--A IRE completely
gutted the Ayres block, a 5-story build
Ing corner OF Broadway and Leonard
streets, this morning. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. Tho building was occu-
pied on three floors by Holz a. Freystead,
restaurant keepers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
Found Dead.

Reynolds, Ga, oct. N-Robert Reeves.
one Of the best known negroes here, was
found dead to-day. He had been huntinp,
and was on his way home with his game
When he had nearly reached his home he
stopped at house Of a friend, complaint
ing Of being sick. Nothing was thought Of
it until he was found dead. Foul play Is
not suspected
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
Thrown From Hie BugRv.

Bainbridge. Ca, Oct. 27.-J w. Butts
Of Steam Min met with a painful acct
dent on Thursday while out driving. III.
horse ran away, throwing him from his
buggy and breaking his leg. Mr.. Butts
is ono OF the cOuntys cleverest and most
popular young men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
New York,s Reristrntion.

New York. oct. T.-To-day was the
fourth and last day Of tho registration.
Forty-thrce thousand nix hundred and
nifty four voters registered making total
for the four days Of 200. .i0l. In 1892, 800. on
electors registered. and last year z05. 90
names appeared IN the registry books.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
Chinese six Companies Defiant.

San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 27.-The Chi
nese Six Companies in this city have is
sued a notice warning Cinnamon through
out the state not to give evidence for the
government I'm cases involving the ex-
cluslon OF or deportation OF Celestiais.
otherwise they will be boycotted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
Cen. Amos Bsokwlth Dead,

81. Louis, Mo, oct 2z-Gen. Amos
Beckwith, who was chief Of the commis.
sary department Of Gen. W. T. sherman's
army during the civil war, died AZ hig
house here about midnight Of pneumonia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28

Charleston. s. c.. oct 27.-A special 10
tho News and Courier from Darlington,
s. c., says that az 1880 o'clock tonight
the Jury, composed OF Tllmanltoa.
brought in n verdict Of acquittal Of the
spy McLendOn Of murder.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
gervia's BIinietrv Pesfaua.

Belgrade, oct. &.-'rhe Nicoliovich min
listers have resigned, and their rcsigua-
tlons have been accepted.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12

offer, proposed to pay for place In
bushels of wheat, at the market price,
delivered at western railway station.
It is not SO easy to prosper in the west
as it once was, and many who have
gone there turn back in desire to their
New England birthplace. Prof. Brewer,
of Yale, most hopeful writer On the
subject of eastern agriculture, asserts
that there are more abandlned farms
in Kansas than in New England, and
that they are abandoned with better
reason. There was q "dull streak"
as some put it, in farming property
three years ago, and the issue of the
catalogues coincided with the dark
est moment of the depression; but the
inevitable reaction set in, and 1t is the
general testimony that ever since then
things have been very much on the
mend. ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
Reindeer In Alaska.

General Agent Sheldon Jackson has
made q special report to the president
concerning the introduction Of Sibe-
rian reindeer into Alaska by the gov
ernment. The plan is pronounced
thoroughly successful, though slow
progress has been made owing to lack
of sufficient appropriations. During
last summer 1877 reindeer were pur-
chased in Siberia, 124 of which were
safely landed at the station. This
made q total of $40 in September.
Herds Of 100 reindeer each have been
given to four mission stations; and dis
tribution to various other stations will
follow as the herd increases. The
statements that the superstition of the
Siberian natives would prevent the
purchase of live reindeer, that deer
could not survive transportation. that
It is impossible for them to thrive in
and that the Alaskan dogs
would scatter and destroy them, has
been disprOved by experience.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
ANCESTOR OF HooFED ANIMALS
1ts B0ueS Were Found In Wyoming IN
1t Flourished 500, 900 Yesrs Age.

Its Boues Were Found In Wy0ming aud
1t Flourished 500. 900 Yssfs Ago.
In the rooms of Prot. E. D. Cope, Of
Philadelphia, the person fortunate
enough to gain admission may sec the
creature which all naturalists, says the
St. Louis Republic, are unanimous in
pronouncing the frst representative Of
the hoofed animal species. The ami
NAL Is not alive. neither is it entire so
far as flesh and blood arc concerned,
but to the paleontologist, who cares
only for the fossiled bones, the speci-
men is perfect. 1t is not larger than a
yearling calf and not nearly so tall,
and was found in the Wind river coun-
try in Wyoming. Prof. Cope named it
Phenacodus primmvus when it was
first discovered, giving it as his
opinion that it was akin to a specimen
which was found several years ago in
France (tlle paleotherium), and which
gave Cuvier and the other naturalis:s
so much trouble to classify. At the
time of the discovery of the French
specimen the savants Of Europe de-
cided that it was the ancestor of
''hoofed critters" but the Wind river
fossil, which is easily distinguished as
being the type of the same, is believed
to be much more ancient. Cope's curl
osity was found in rocks belonging to
the eocene period, and the time when
it grazed on the western piairies has
been placed as far back as live hundred
thousand years! Every bone is perfect
and the specimen could not be pur-
chased for ten thousand dollars.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
A KANSAS PONY. Mes
Nembers of tho Family Can Ride Hi1
But He Hates Strangers. Aa5

! ast
Nembers Of tho Family Can Ride Him
But He Hates Strangers.
There Is man who lives near An
thony, Kan, who makes considerable
money out of well-trained pony. No
one knows the history Of the animal,
which is half Indian and half Texan.
and which can run mile against an
average thoroughbred.
It's master and any member of the
family can ride it anywhere with ease
and it appears to be the best behaved
pony the world has ever seen. But it
objects strongly to being ridden by
strangers, and when times are hard its
owner will get into q crowd and offer
bets indiscriminately that no one can
ride the pony = dozen blocks. Those
who know the pony are much too dis
Greet to take any chances, but if there
are strangers present there are always
takers, and when the stake is put mp it
is to Ill intents and purposes the prop
erty Of she pony owner. The very best
Of riders fail ignominisasly when they
try to exhibit their slkill on this pecul-
iar little creature.
II aoes not waste any time on ordi-
nary buckip3, but proceeds dcmurely
for . few ps Ses at rocking chair gait.
Then It swings suddenly sround, either
to the Ight or left, with every limb
stiffened out. with the rider generally
gojhE OF ct tangent to his utter as
tenishment When this trick fails the
1aov,u hah asnfhir svv,a phsch is still
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
The Oldest Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany in the United States.
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice Of Forfeiture.

10 JOHN W. PLATr, his heirs or assigns:
Aeu are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum Of five hundred (50O) dol
iSts H IN labor and improvements upon the
csEEk TRA1l. lode mining claim.
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
y-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
pnunty; Idaho. as required by section 1924.
!; ;!Nvised Statutes Of the United States, be-
;ng me amount required to hold the same
~ iol une years ending December 81, 1887, 10
y I'eeemoer 81, 1891; that your proportion of
me, .,;e same is $3.50, being one-half; and if
.Si S'lhln ninety (9) days from the service Of
tH;s n,is notice. or within ninety (9) days after
t,,ns eus notice by publication you fail or re-
use. sT's 70 contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-Owner, your interest in
nnd ,s.a clam will become the property of the
sSan..:ersigned sao.: under the provisions of said
'oUuon 223A, FRANK J. LEMON.
AeI1chum.. Idaho, July %, 1892.
flrst publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
The Terrible ship Worm.

The testudo navalis, or ship worm,
has caused the loss of more vessels
than were ever destroyed in war. In
tropical countries this worm pcnctratcs
the timber Of vessels and eats away the
wood until there is only shell left,
which viii crumble at slight blow.
Large beams, apparently sound, after
removal from vessels after the outside
crust has been broken have been pulled
to pieces by the fingers During the
last century an East Indiaman, docked
in London, crumb1ed to pieces when
the supports were placed underneath
and the water removed.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
THE PAWNlNG HABIT.
Oaoo Contracted It L. Di0cult to Over

"Pawnbroking is . habit" said one
who sits under the shadow of the three
balls to q Buffalo Express representa-
tive. Eyes, mostly habit. The patent
medicine habit is nothing to it. After
anybody has hung up something with
me few times he's pretty sure to be-
come . regular customer. He docs
business with me just like clockwork
after that; always goes broke just SO
long before pay day.
1.-TWO of the best people have are
husband and wife, and neither knows
that the other ever heard of such a
thing as hooking q watch. I know
that from the way they acted, and l
was pretty much surprised one day
when the woman brought in the pawn
ticket for her husbands watch. She
didn't look as if anything unusual had
happened, and 1 sized up the situation
and gave her her own watch instead.
That was what she wanted. Next day
the husband came in with the ticket
for his wife's watch. I gave him his
own and he never knew the difference.
You see they had hidden their tickets
in the same place. They have brought
the watches around promptly ever
since, which they wouldn't have done
by any manner of means If hadn't had
my wits about me. Now, one of those
church pawnbrolers down in New
York wouldn't have known enough to
do that, and would have lost two good
as well as made trouble In
an estimable family. It takes brains
to run my business"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12

~. I. FULLY. his heirs and assigns:
~, lou are hereby notified that have ex-
11~nded the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
'S ID labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG A MERICA
AZ. sGae INNING claim, situated in Little Smoky
osdIict. orda. Alturas county, State of Idaho, in
r;.;o 70 mold said premises under the pro-
ibs ibs'9ns rms OF section 1924. Revised Statutes of
Sn;. S onited States, being the amount re-
.rSo r., N 70 hold the same for the year end
Han Decenber - 81, 1892; that your proper
ssn% a 91 the same is $40. being one-tenth; |;
SSesvice Of this notice. or NV within ninety (9o)
n ~ aiter this notice by publication you
of ..ase iefase to contribute your proportion
sScn e expenditure. including costs of
VIII e tion, your interest in said claim
sionASSe SSecome the property of the under
~ 1S&.eo under the frovislons Of said section
.sl.1 John -GQRNAN.
xfst publication. June IL leee.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
Ase.doasd wester. Fsrns.

William Henry Bishop, writing Of
the abandoned farms of Connecticut In
the Century, says: Nor was the in
quiry. largely from city men, lilo my
self. who wished to take tha places tor
summer homes, demand in which
some have seen the salvation of these
farms, IS others have. seen It in more
grazing. IN sheep, tame deer. apples
and wheat The city men who inquire
are only : very small par4y. The farm4
are being talbn np1 shys 4az1tnsss. 1pe
farming purposes Ae4y iipanirfps
come from fhe west, Ono man thet I
know Of, not 6aTin6 Tca1y mo6cy to
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
BIG HATS At THE OPERA
Some snappy Talk at = Recent Charity
Performance I'm NAw York. -.


Performance In New York.
In the course of it's recent engage
ment in New York the Abbey-Grau
Opera company gave performance in
aid of the unemployed. The seats
were sold at auction, high prices being
obtained, nnd a tremendous audience
assembled on the evening of the per-
formance. Several good stories are
told regarding the evenings entertain
.ment and the audience by scorrs-
spondent of the San Francisco Argo-
naut. A lady in the balcony wore q
prodigious hat, with still more pro-
digious feather in it. Another lady
sitting behind her expostulated, de-
claring that the hat and feather shut
her out from q view of the stage. The
hat wearer proving obdurate, the suf-
ferer called to an usher and remarked:
"We paid six dollars for eur seats end
not for back view of thst feather. If
you don't make that woman remove
her hat I'll sue the opera house." The
usher's polite remonstrances induced
the offender to remove the feather, but
she sat through the performance with
her big hat on.
Another lady, also with . big hat,
was appealed to by one who sat behind
her to remove it In order that the stage
might become visible. She smiled
sweetly and replied that she would
love to oblige the ladies behind. but
she really couldn't; her hair wasn't
properly done up "That will not mat
ter" said the protesting lady, in loud
voice; ''pm not particular. You may
take your hair of, too"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
1.-The Great Upper Wood River. Sa~tOoth
and Smoky mining regions, and. located
as it Is IN the very heart Of the most PROM
Using mining country o1. the face Of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent Its readers complete synopsis Of all
mining news and Developments, rs well NJ
matters of local Importance an and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital aud informant to the settler Of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read It.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
A Renarkab,e Record.

One of the most remarkable old men
in Delaware county is Edwin Urian,
residing in Darby township. He is in
his eighty third year, and says he new
er smoked pipe or cigar, never chewed
tobseco, aever owned . dog, watch or
gun, except an old gun he bought at a
sale for three dollars, and he thinks
somebody stole that for he never shot
= load from it He never. ate bpt three
oysters, never drank q glass of beer,
never was at circus or theater, and
Mss never moro than thirty miles from
home bnt once in his life. He never
belonged to any association or secret
ozdcr. He went to work when boy
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
RIGHT 70 SHOOT BURGLARS.

Some Late Court Decisions About tho De-
tense of Property.
The right of a householder to shoot
1t fleeing burglar has been discussed
recently in several newspapers and
legal periodicals. ~ e
A correspondent Of the London
Times says he saw burglars escaping
from his house after stealing some
plate, and he fred two shots after
them. Later in the night he met one
Of the burglars and secured some OF
the stolen silver. He would then have
shot at the burglar running away with
the remaining booty if he had not left
his revolver at home.
The correspondent afterward doubt
ed whether he had the legal right to
use his weapon when the burglar was
running away, and he consulted two
or three judges who were his friends.
He was advised that he might shoot q
burglar fleeing in the dark to prevent
his escape from arrest.
In an English court recently house
holder was tried Tor assault on the
complaint Of q self-confessed burglar,
whom he discovered in his kitchen and
whom he shot in the body. The bur
glar in his testimony appeared to
think that the householder took an
unfair advantage in firing from a dark
room into the kitchen, where the thief
was pursuing his occupation by candle
light. The judge, however, directed
an acquittal.
The Pennsylvania supreme court has
reversed the conviction of manslaugh-
ter in the case of Waynesburg citi-
zen who shot and killed thief as he
was leaving his stable. The burglar
had stolen a part of a set of harness
from the stable on previous night.
and had promised TO deliver the rest Of
1t to an intending purchaser. and 80
returned to the stable to complete the
theft.
The citizen called on the thief to
stop, and fred shot in the air. The
thief turned and seized the household
er, who then again discharged the re-
volver, inflicting fatal wound. 7''.
A Pennsylvania jury on some pecul-
lar theory convicted the defendant,
but the supreme court intimated that
he had right to pursue and arrest the
thief
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12

Whoever has seen the Washington
monument in baltimore, with the
crouch 9 bronze lion at its base, will
apprec tie the story they tell about
the rustic hunter on his first visit to
town. He scanned the shaft for
some time, running his eye from the
base to the point on which the statue
stood and back again, and then fastened
his gaze on the crouching lion, Is if
fascinated. His lips parted, and his
city friends: drew near to hear his crit
icism. At last out came the words:
by Jinks, he's got the old man treed.
amt hep t
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
Paper ssoekinss the E.sssss.

A Berlin trade joprnd announces .
new German inxeutioa = viz, paper
stockings. It is told that the stock
ings are made Of specially prepared
impregnated paper stock, which has m
extraordinary effect on perspirine feet
The moisture is absorbed hy thssp4pee
as rapidly - It 10 formed, ana tbe toet
remain dry and warm, Wills tn cens
stant tempefsture 4naiPt9i4ed iDiA99
shoes r said 70 bee e.sat 3!
oolda, =
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12
sPEEDlER THAN IN AMERICA.


and in excellent health.
sPEEOlER THAN IN AMERICA.
TelegFaphic Business In England Com.
pared with That In This Country.
William H. Preece, the celebrated
English electrician, visited Chicago
and other American cities last year,
and recently published q paper in
which the telegraphic systems of the
two countries are compared. Mr..
Preece says:
sit is quite impossible to inspect the
telegraph system of the United States
and compare it with our own system
without drawing comparisons about
the way in which the work is done in
the two countries. The result Of my
visit was to confirm my views that we
do our work better in England than
they do in the states. Our apparatus
IL better, our speed Is higher. Mes
sages are handled with greater relia-
bility. A message can be sent and its
reply received with certainty in IN
hour in England. fancy such rapid
ity would astonish the users Of the
telegraph in the states, except those
in such busy centers as New York and
Chicago, and generally the speculative
branches Of the community. The do
mestic telegram scarcely seems to
have reached the United States, and
this is owing probably to the fact that
the districts Of private residences, the
small towns and the villages do not
kol0
are supplied by the railway company
at the railway station or by the West
ern Union company, who do the work
for the railway company. -
II fail to see any superiority In the
manipulstive skill OF American op-
eratora They certainly have
not made the same advance
in technical education that we
have, and altogether it may be said
that the management Of the tele-
graphs in the hands of private enter
prise does not compare favorably with
the management of the telegraphs by
the state at home. At the same time
it must not be assumed, because the
government has advantageously taken
the telegraphs in hand at home, that
such q process would be possible in the
states In my opinion it would be ab-
solutely impossible. The civil service
of the United States is in very
chaotic condition. The principal ap-
pointments are four-year appointments
only and are filled politically.
The reason why our post offices and
our telegraph offices at home work SO
we'll is because the public exercises
such useful and such q determined
supervision over the work. The free
opening of the press to complaints;
the readiness with which members of
the house of commons ask questions
though at times, perhaps, irritating
and vexatious-are undoubtedly good
for the service, for they keep us all
alive. Such q state of affairs is impos-
sible in the states. The government of
the United States must first reform its
civil service and when 1t gets officials
into the service whose tenure of Office
is secure and whose zeal is as unques-
toned as it is in England, then there
will be some chance Of their govern
ment acquiring the 'telegraphs; but
under existing circumstances the ac-
quisition Of the telegraphs by the gov
ernment OF the United States would
amount virtually to the deterioration
of the service"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-12

for three fppenny bits day and has
never been idle day since for want
OF work He thinks that honest labor
and temperance never hurt anybody.
He has an idea that he has squared
more timber for building purposes
than any other man now living in Dar-
by township, or, perhaps. the county.
He is still hale, hearty and active Is
most men of sixty, and his wife. who
is few years his junior, is also living
and in excellent health.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-06

for North Carolina as a State; it af-
fords O common ground for all to stand
on who desire the prosperity of the
State: it acts as q break water against
the waves of sectarian strife, by bring
ing the youth of all denominations,
creeds aud classes together and en-
abling them to see each other face to
face, and thus learning to love and re
spect each other, not because they
happen to belong to the same Church,
society or party, but because we are
all children of one common father and
citizens of one great commonwealth.
It is well that there is some place
where dogma is silent, and where meD
are taught that practical religion con-
sists in loving God with all your heart
and your neighbor as yourself. This
is the religion of the University, and
this has been taught here by precept
and example for one hundred years.
Again higher education is exceed
ingly costly. Tuition fees will not pay
the expenses of such an institution of
learning. It must be supported, if it
does it's work effectively, by an en-
dowment, or by appropria ions from
the public funds.
1t is impo 3sible for each religious
denomination to mainC ain a college of
high grade, it would fal Uoo hea vily
on the people, and besides it would
have a tendency to lower the standard
of education and lead to an indecent
scramble for students, SO that the
young men who could afford it would
seek an education beyond the limits of
the State; and as the average expenti-
ture per year for each student would
not fall short of four hundred dollars
the material wealth of the State would
be greatly reduced probably $40, 900
per ~year-just twice the annual appro
priation made by the State to the Uni
versity. JOHN MANNING.