The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-07-03
GEN ERAL NEWS
An Interesting Summary Of the
Weeks Events.

4ENERAL NEWS
: An Interesting Summary Of Il
Weeks Events.
!. Sheepmen in Montana have lost hu
dreds of sheep through the poisono
plant known - larkspur.
| John L. Sullivan has gone into traini,
1t White Plains, N. Y, and there 10
prospect for . match between him ar
Fitzsimmons.
An army of worms, 3 to s inches Ion
and covering about four square miles,
travelling across the Rio Grande Vale
in New Mexico.
Alexander of Battenber9, grandson {
Queen Victoria, begged money from tn
Queen, AID not getting it, sold her lette
of refusal for $25.
The New York Journal has been max
ing poll of the tramps in the countr
and gives the number at $50, $50. Idah
Is credited with 2,OOO.
Mrs. Naomi Thomas of Philadelphis
who died recently, in her will direct
that her body be cremAted and her ashe
scattered by the wind.
Ex-State Treasurer BARLEY of Nebraska
convicted Of smbezzlement, has been sen
fenced to twenty years in the penitentlar.
and to pay fine of $500, 900.
The town of Tehuautepec, Mex, con
tanning $4,000 inhabitants, has been com
pleteIy destroyed by earthquakes, AND
the people are living in tents.
Carmine Lepre, New York City boot
black, has been made insane by mosquito
bite, and may die. He imsgines himself
mosquito and initiates its peculiar hum
A steer years old, feet tall and IL
feet long and weighing 5000 pounds and
still growing was killed by his owner,
Mr.. Payne, at Wichita, Kan, one day
last week.
The Queens diamond jubilee festivities
ended last Saturday with q grand naval
review. 1t is estimated that the jubilee
celebration cost the British government
about 100000.
Murat Halstead states that the Roths-
chllds have refused to loan any more
money to Spain, and that the abandon
ment of Cuba will occur before the close
Of the rainy season.
Two Wisconsin men recently became
stone blind from becoming intoxicated
by drinking essence of pepperment as u
substitute for whisky, one of the men
drank ten ounces clear.
A report comes from Washington that
* Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard has
been in Ohio In conference with ex Con-
gresham Tom johnson with reference to
he formation OF new Democratic party.
Two little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Melton OF Union county, KY, were suffo-
lated in an old trunk, where they hid
While playing hide and seek. They were
ound dead locked in each others arms.
Mrs. Warren Finch, wife of tollgate.
ieeper near Bloomingburg, N. Y, COM
nitted suicide Monday by drowning in a
'arrel of rain water. Her husbands
nores are supposed to have driven her
insane.
The people of Alabama, have placed
silver star on the spot where Jefferson
Davis took the oath Of Office AS president
t the Confederate States of America on
he balcony of the state capital in Mont
oMery.
Brigham City, Utah, is shipping II, 424
uarts of strawberries per day. 1t is es-
mated she will ship 100000 quarts this
sason. AT five cents per quart this makes
even thousand dollars. Brigham takes
ne cake.
Charles R. Zschan, the receiving teller
the German National bank at st. Paul,
linn, who plead guilty to the charge of
ealing several thousand dollars from the
ank has been sentenced to eight years in
he state prison.
The Foley estate case, one of the most
nportant cases that have been tried in
1ashoe county, New, in years, has been
,cided. The jury found the Eastern heirs
the dead Senator. il
1t is now asserted that the terrible
'locaust at Paris on May 4th was the
Ork of an anarchist thirsting for revenge
! the upper class. Paris detectives feel .
tisfed that anarchists were at the bot
m of the awful crime.
The st. Louis express on the Wabash
ad, which left Kansas City Saturday
ening, plunged through q trestie at
issouri City, Mo-. few minutes after r
o'clock. carrying down the entire train
tn the exception of the rear car. There :
re about twenty-five people killed.
oong the dead were five postal clerks. I
A three year-old daughter of Mr.. and q
8. Dave Reese of Waitsbure, Mont,
emily became partially paralyzed and
three days became steadily worse. It {
$ then discovered that q wOodtick was q
.ply imbedded in the flesh at the base
the skull. As soon as it was removed Il
child recovered almost at once. It is
ieved the tick would have caused the Il
Ids death had 1t remained in her head 0
wv hours longer. a
public gambling has been prohibited 81
Leadville, Colo. Acting under orders
n Judge Owens Of the district court
osse of deputy sherifs raided every >
Milling establishment in the city Mon Of
;, selling over $1,000 worth of tables A
Implements which were DESTROYED. e.
the proprietors Of gambling houses =,
e arrested. The raid caused q great ~
'ation, as it broke up an industry that ~
fourished there since 1879. tn
enator Pettigrew was overcome in the al
st of violent tariff speech in the
.te last Saturday. He hesitated, failed
nunciate his words and then took his pa
with his sentence unfinished. A dl
stefan was summoned who pronounced eli
case of hemorrage of the brain. The of
tor was able to make his appearance s.
he floor of the senate Tuesday and -,
lived hearty congratulations from his "
eagues on his speedy recovery. ]