The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-03-29
THE NEWS.
Incidents and Accidents.

The lower Mississippi is very high.
The epizoot is raging at Dayton
o lio.
The California legislature began it
extra session on the oath.
The Massachusetts house defeated
the bill to provide for the public whip
ping Of wife beaters.
The granite block for the Washington
monument, contributed by Wyoming
has arrived in Washington.
The first through train Of Pullman
cars with passengers for Chicago lef
the City Of Mexico on the 22d.
A passenger train collided with al
emigrant train at Rsdwing, MINI, OF
the 22d, lnjuring q dozen persons, none
seriously.
The Electric Candle company's fac
tory and lard refinery in New York
were destroyed by fire on the 22i. Loss,
$3OOOOO; insur ance, ono-half.
The National Ststs Bank Of Boulder,
Colo suspended on the 22i. 1t owes
depositors 800, 900, which can be fully
paid if the banks affairs are we'll ham
died.
Two men were killed and three So
verely injured by the explosion of sui
phur near Shamokin, Pa, on the 21st.
The two killed. were hurled down pas
sage sixty feet.
On May 1st Woodsido and Morgan,
bicyclists, will start from New York to
ride on their wheels to San Francisco.
They will undertake to do the distance
in seventy days.
The limited express east on the Fort
Wayne road met with disaster on the
goth near Salem, Ohio. While round
ing curve at high rate Of speed,
the boiler burst, hurting tho engine
down 75-foot embankment and wreck
ing the entire train. No cne was seri-
ously hurt, but all on board received in
juries.
Frank. L, Chamberlain, a sportsman
Of Cleveland Ohio, after eleven years
study has perfected machine capable
Of charging fifteen hundred shotgun
cartridges per hour. Prominent Cleve-
land and Pittsburg capitalists organized
. company with quarter Of . million
capital, to establish q mandatory at
Cleveland.
A Tacoma telegram Of the Oath says:
A fire is raging in the New Castle coal
nine, the most valuable of those be-
onging to the Oregon improvement
company. The mine has been on fire
or eighteen months. The fact that it
lad obtained the mastery over the man.
cement, has been conceded. 1t is be-
ieved to be now necessary to shut down
md food the mine.
Commissioner Loring has received a
elegram from Prof. Salmon, veternari-
n Ct the Department of Agriculture,
tating after thorough investigation |
+ the disease at Neosho Falls, KS, he |
as concluded it is not genuine foot and
Mouth disease, but is due to local con-
itioAs, and there is no danger of its
to other sections. The Com
Missioner accepts this conclusion as
nal.
The still at the Merriam & Morgan's
il works at Cleveland exploded
Wednesday morning. The escaping
Il instantly submerged August Fisher
nd August Guenther, employees, and,
king fire, they were quickly burned
, death in sight Of the Mortified crowd,
'ho were unable to assist them. The
1shing stream of oil overlook Wan.
,ohlman, another employee, and he
10 was burned to death.
The western cattle men and butchers
ave won the fight with the New York
salers and railroads. The Grand
runk refused to 60 into the pool
yainst the shipment of dressed boef.
company known as the Northern Pa
fic Refrigerating company, with the
arg uis De Morce as it's president, is
supply one New York wholesale
ltcher with cattle slaughtered in Mon
M at the rate of 300 car loads YsarlY.