Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The early Saxons seldom wore hats
and still more seldom caps. Their sole
head covering was the long haxen hair
which they cultivated with sedulous
care.
I'm the twelfth and thirteenth CEN
turtles the French and Spanish nobility
wore hats profusely ornamented with
gold braid, feathers and sometimes
precious stones.
Ludwig Nv. Of Germany and Otto
III. of the same country were each
designated the Infant. The first as
cended the throne at the age of seven;
the second at the age of three.
DIR. John A. Smith, q dentist, OF
Staten Island, N. Y, while pulling
patients tooth, met with strange &C.
cident. The tooth broke and part of
it struck the dentist in the eye, caus-
ing. it 10 feared. the permanent loss Of
sight
The destruction Of life in modern
warfare is something frightful In
the Franco-Prussian war from August
4, 1870, to August IS. one hundred
thousand Germans and French were
killed outright, to say nothing Of the
many thousands more who afterwards
died in the hospitals from their wounds.
"A Yorkshire plasterer who was up
for bigamy before the West Riding
assize court explained that he had sold
his first wife to another man some
years before for three shillings and six
pence, and as she had gone off willing
ly he had decided to have nothing more
to do with her. lie was found guilty,
however.
-Valladolid. Spain, the Roman Pin
tia and the Moorish Belad Valid, was
recovered by the Christians by Ordono
H., the first king of Leon, A. d. o14-2a.
1t became the capital Of CASTLE in the
fifteenth century. 1t was taken by the
French January, 1908, and captured by
the English June 4, 1913. Here died
Christopher Columbus May 90, 1906.
Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot
and orator. was born in Cork, in 1880,
and in early life became one Of the
leaders OF the United Irishmen." In
July, 1903, he led party of insurgents
which killed Lord Kilwarden, then
chief justice of Ireland, and several
Others. The insurgents were soon dis.
persed by the troops. Emmett was ar
rested, and, after having defended
himself with great eloquence, was sen.
fenced to death. He was executed in
September, 1903.
The first white child born in Man.
haitian island was Isaac du Trieux
son of Philip du Trieux and Susanna
his wife, who, according to the records
| of the Reformed Dutch church in New
! Amsterdam, first saw the light OF
April 81, 1912. The distinction Of being
the first born New Yorker of white
parents is sometimes claimed for Isaac
| Bedlew. But the date Of the latter.
birth was 1913. The first white chile
born within the limits of New Yorl
| state appears to have been Sarah Rap
| ellie. daughter Of Joris Rapelje, whe
was born at Albany, June Q, 1925
"A man who gave his name as George
wilkins committed bold robbery O.
the ticket Office Of the Montana Contra
| depot at Butte, Mont, recently. Al
excursion train was pulling out fol
Anaconda, when he ran to the tickle
window and grabbed . sack containing
about fifty dollars and, before anyone
could catch him, jumped upon tn,
train and was gone. A switch engine
with several policemen was soon IL
pursuit, and after q hot race of ter
miles the passenger train was over
taken and the robber arrested. Tn.
money, however, was not Recovered
De had evidently passed it to a confed
crate.