Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-29
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WORLD.
FROM HOME AND ABROAD.
Occurrences Odd and CuriOus-Bu~i-
ness Matters and A6airs-PrsORx
Worthy OF MentiOn-NOtex of
Crime and Accident.

The outside walls OF many of the houses
in Mexico are from three to six feet thick
to withstand earthquake shocks
An immense sun dial, certainly the
largest in the world, it at Haydn horoo,
large promontory extending 5000 feet
above the Aegean sea. As the sun swings
around the shadow Of this mountain it
touches. one by one. circle OF islands,
which act as hour marks.
| The Topeka (kan.) city council has
passed an ordinance imposing yearly tax
of $1,000 upon premium stamp companies
and upon business firms making use of
the premium stamps. The stamp COM
panies will contest the collection of the
tax in the courts.
| Twenty thousand ex-Confederate sol-
diers will hold reunion at Atlanta, Ga,
from July 20 to %, inclusive.
The eight public bath housese in Phil
adelphia were patronized last week by
23O,S95 men, women and children.
Experiments made in the irrigated
parts of California and Arizona show that
good dates can be raised there.
At Dawson City, Klondike, the price Of
-four has fallen from $75 to IS sack,
and gold dust is selling for SIS an ounce.
Omaha union printers who go to WIZ
will have their dues RENTED, and, #
married, ~ a week will he given to their
families.
Considerable damage has been done to
mountain towns on the Isthums of Te-
hauntepec by series Of earthquake
shocks.
!
The New York Cotton Exchange pro-
poses to suspend brokers' who perpetrate
wash sales by means OF fictitious quo
tations.
Six members OF family of the name
of Won Zostrow, of Sherburne, n. Y, have
died Of trichinosis from eating raw pork.
Orders have been received at the navy
yard, Charlestown, Mass, to expend $lO.-
700 in repairs upon the old frigate Min
nesota.
The phosphate camp at Ponpon, S. c.,
is wildly excited over the finding of $780,
600 in gold by two negro diggers, who
dug up large chest and divided the
contents.
A case OF goods received in New York
recently from Liverpool, England had the
following message written on it in large
letters: MAY success and a glorious vic
tory attend you, Brother Americans, in
your just cause of humanity, is every true
Englishman's wish. Success to the Stars
and Stripes. j. w. L."
The Nebraska State Board of Agricul,
ture reports this years wheat crop one of
the heaviest ever raised in the state. The
yield will exceed 25O,OOO, 600 bushels, and
the grain is sound and of excellent quail
ity. Corn is also in splendid condition
and an immense yield is anticipated.
Officials Of the treasury department re-
port that the entire war bond issue of
$500, 100000 has been taken by the people
in small amounts, and that the money
sharks have been baked in their intrigues
: to secure bonds by fraudulent means.
Uncle Peter Surprise of Cedar Creek
township, near Crown Point, Ind, has
just celebrated his lO5th birthday, and is
still strong and active and in good
health. Not a day passes that he does
not share in the light work around his
sons farm, and when not engaged in this
he spends his time in grubbing trees. His
only wish is that he may live to ITO years
old.
The highest honors at the commence.
: ment exercises of the Kansas City college
: of Pharmacy were conferred upon !,
young woman graduate. She was Miss
Harriet Benton of Odessa, Mo. She re-
ceived a diploma. and also a gold medal
which was the first prize for the highest
grade in all the branches taught at the
2 college.
The oldest living author in her male
tvs dominions, Mrs. Catherine Parr
Trail, is now living in rather straight.
ened circumstances at her home ut Lake
field, Ontario, in her 9th year. having
: maintained literary activity more than
!. 80 years, and exhibiting in her old age
:. a bright and keen interest in all that
;. makes for the welfare and improvement
] of her race and country.
. Andrew Ferguson of Gilman. Ind
] cailms to be the oldest man in that state
J. He was born in County Tyrone Ireland
z in 1902, and consequently is lO6 years
+ old. His sister, Bette Carroilton, who
8 lives near Franklin, Ind, is 100 years old
y and his brother, who died IL years ago
: was liz years. His mother died at 90
= and his father lived over 100 years. Fer
I guson is strong and remarkably active
e and expects to live 10 or IL more years
Z At Clinton, Ia, last Sunday, Paul
: Dengler, Chicago and Northwestern
4 railway baggageman, on returning from
}, trip found a note from his wife stating
3 she was losing her mind, WAS not fit to
e live, and was going to die and take two
i children with her. Search resulted in the
!. discovery of the three bodies in barrel
i partly filled with water. The heads OF
:. the victims We're submerged, but the fee,
p protruded. Mrs. Dengler was 80 years
q, OF age, and the children years and l9
3 months respectively.
0 Pink Hodges, ex-city marshal of Kyle
l. Tex, was shot and fatally wounded h,
e Frank Martin, well known business
9 man of the place. They had wed
J. an old quarrel. Hodges was wearing q
e steel breastplste but a number of the