The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-02

Dubois is not shooting off his mouth
about the POpuliSts so much as he did
a while ago. Then he was not candi,
date for United States senator, but now
he 10. And that is the full size of Du.
bois.-Hailey News Miner.
A French scientist:has invented a
substance that will cut diamonds, and
1t is so cheap that hereafter no man
will be too poor to possess the means of
cutting his own diamonds to suit him
self. This is most gratifying infOrma-
ton, and will be hailed by the country
press. especially, with unspeakable joy.
In future we shall be enabled to cut
our diamonds up and offer them as pre-.
miums to our subscribers, instead of
wearing them, as heretofore. Great is
the inventor.
Fred Heagy, the barber, was arrested
last Saturday for resisting an officer
and in the trial which followed, was
placed under bonds of 800 to appear
before the district court. 1t seems
that HOagy refused absolutely to pay
his road and hospital tax when re.
quested to do so by Assessor Kenney,
and the latter, under the power vested
in him by virtue of his office, proceeded
to levy on some property belonging to
HeRgy, and attempted to remove it
from the premises, when he was inter
fered with by the latter with the above
result-Lemhi Republic.
One of our exchanges says: "Mc
Kinley got majority of the states, a
majority of the electors and majority
OF the popular vote. This certainly
makes him one Of the most elected men
who ever run for president. McKin-
ley's majority of 100000 votes is the
largest ever received by a presidential
candidate. Grants popular majority
over Greeley being next to it in point
of size" Wouldn't 1t be a sad thing if |
the electors of the last presidential /
election should exercise their constitu-
tional prerogative and elect the Hon. !
Thomas Fitshugh Jones, of Jonesburg,
Arkansas. 1t would spoil many a
neatly written editorial and much 10.
cal gush, but the electors would be act
Ing according to the letter and spirit
Of the Constitution of the United
States.
The DelRmar Nugget went almost
INTO ksniptions last week over Mrs. II.
richards, Of Delamar, giving birth to
l6'pound, avoirdupOis, daughter.
That paper claims the infant to be a
world beater; tells about the happy
ather, the proud physician and the re.
oicinG of the whole Owyhee hills, in
luding old War Eagle. But after all.
ne main spFing Of the whole business
paS the mother. The doctor did moth.
ne extraordinary, any other man could
ave taken the place of father and
one as we'll and the Owyhee hills can
" no better claim to rejoicing than
no Bitter Root mountains. The real
@ %ASS "ASA buO uOluSEs she car
ed the child and bore the pains of de.
the child what it is. She
injured the suffering, all of it, and is
lerefOre entitled to every bit Of the
edit. Here is congratulations to the
other, Mrs. Richards. May she live
ng and bear many children, but of a
mailer ealibne
The other night nine deer were leis-
ely feeding in Mr.. Galbraith's field
hen they were discovered by belated
lonist. A meeting of the Plymouth
an club was hurriedly called and a
rty or the most experienced hunters
ent forth In quest Of Venison. Col.
sher, On old Oregon frontiersman,
IS chosen to lead the onslaught. The
rty had surrounded the field and
ire advancing on the game with the
'a!thy tread of veterans When-baDRI
mt the cOlOners gun. which had
uOtless become impatient for the en-
cement. Mistaking this prematurs
plosion for the signal TO begin killing
er, dozen repeating rifles. with az
my determined men behind them
nmenced pumping lead into the cir
mamolent atmosphere. IL is not
own what haRnna ~ Al. 49, -