The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-02

~ hAtOQ OtobSo tiCaodiS department. cClLt'
small package in the mail from Amster
dam ON the 18th. 1t contained diamond
valued at $40, 900.
The general offices of the Indiana
Illinois and Iowa railroad at Kankakee
H., burned few days ago, destroying al
the company's papers and accounts.
George Altman and James Hardy
who were slightly acquainted, met in tht
hallway of building on Hudson street
New York. Angry words passed and
scuffle followed, Altman fell, stabbed, ant
died instantly. Hardy ran, knife in hand
Commissioner Pierson, of New York,
states that according to an arrangement be-
tween the four trunk lines represented in
the Joint executive committee, and the Mis-
souri, River, Lackawana and West Shore
roads, passenger rates will be reduced to
their old basis.
Articles of incorporation of union
stock yards company were filed at Sioux
City.
The report of the government direc-
tors of the Union Pacific shows the floating
debt of the company reduced So, 900, 900 by
the proceeds of the collateral trust loan
created for that pu pose. The report also
shows great improvement in net earnings
for December as compared with several pre-
ceding months; also, that there will be a
surplus largely over 81 ZOO 200 for the year,
after the payment Of all fixed charges and :
per cent dividend.
The new Christian church in Wash
ington known as the Garfield Memorial
church, was dedicated last Sunday.
z. S. Peck, cashier of the wrecked
Patchogue a.. ~ bank, shot himself on
the Goth, just after leaving the bank.
Commodore Timothy A. Hunt, United
States navy, died of congestion of the kid
neys on the 21st.
j. A. Rogers, prominent young cit
izen of Norfolk. Va WIS murdered on the
Goth. Four arrests have been made.
"Steve" Alexander, colored gam
bier, was shot and killed by Geo. johnson,
also colored, while seated at faro table In
a gambling house In Chicago, OF which
johnson was the principal owner.
The grand jury has begun examina-
ton of witnesses in the Fora Burrs murder |
case at Lincoln, III. The opinion Is |
strengthened that o. A. Carpenter will be
indicted.
AT Canton, Ohio, while safe was
being hoisted to second story, the chains
broke and the safe fell, crushing Renhold
Rochers and VIM. Miller, fatally injuring
both.
+. E. Bernard, astronomer of the
Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tenn,
,eports a remarkable change in the Brooks
,omet on the nights of the Goth and 21st.
The gas works of the village of
Malone, n. Y, exploded, demolishing sew
ral buildings. The watchman and boy
we're injured.
James 2. Flynn, aged q, was crush
d to death between cars in the switch yard
t Minneapolis. He leaves wife residing
t Cherryville, Ills.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, was re-
lected to the senate on the ED.
Nearly all the rail mills and iron
yorks, furnaces and stove foundres in st. t
,ouis have either closed or are running at q
alf their capacity, |
At Socorro, N. NJ, Joel Fowler, u I
glorious desperado, was taken from Jail d
nd lynched. S
George A. Wheeler, native of :.
Iaine, respectfully connected, was hanged y
! San Francisco on the 22d for the murder ;,
his sister-in-law, Adele j. Tilloston, on >
ctober 20, 1880. :,
At Carthage, on the Upper Cumber-
nd, a raft was drawn into whirlpool and n
ne men were drowned. d
An Arkansas City fire broke out in a
Dwman Bro. 's store, consuming nearly a q
hole block of business houses. Loss.
3, 200; insurance, $1,000 ci
AT Painesville, Ohio, Cornelius Van lie
haak, attorney. OF Chicago, violently in :,
ne and confined In the Riverside santari- -,
n, forced the lock lof his room and es- =,
ped. Next morning his corpse was found -
the Nickle Plate bridge at Will "
nghby. His skull and both arms were "'
oxen. 1t is unknown whether he was
-uck by a train or fell through the trestle. vi
A preliminary conference was held m
tween the Burlington and the tripartite VII
ads relative to the new western alliance. "a
is understood the Burlington will enter ur
, alliance il its demands are acceded to.
Judge Halves, of Chicago, made a ia,
ing that telegraph messages could not be no
thheld from courts when the promotion VII
justice requires their production1 tn,
The national prohibition home pro- ito
tion party will meet in a convention at
tsburg, May 81, 1884. fai
Several railroads, including the Bur- Jo
,ton, Alton, and st. Paul, are declining
AXE grain for transportation to Chicago Ne
ess for sale on the track, because all the atr
yators are full.
Ienry Bankenect, a well-known citi- ser
3, rushed into the sheriff's Office at Mani cir
oc, Wis.,, saying he had shot his wife OF