The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-17
BRIEFLY TOLD.

G Mccullough the actor is said to have be
come demented.
Q Both the Gould cables between Europe an
| America are broken.
3 The world is ten million years old, according
to the Duke of Argyle.
) Tennyson's new work consists of one lon,
dramatic poem, subject, Bucket"
West Virginia is having very hot weather
and is suffering greatly from drought.
The strike among the miners along tn,
Monongahea river, is practically at an end.
j. The loss by the Cleveland lumber fire i.
estimated at $l25,O0O, the insurance being
$4,000.
The imports of specie at the port of New
York, for the week ending the 4th, were
1858, OOO
Dair, the murderer of Alderman Gaynor, of
Chicago was found guilty and sentenced to
be hanged.
The Buffalo glucose company shipped two
train loads of corn to Chicago and realized a
profit of 16 cents a bushel
John Baker, of Augusta, Me-, was arrested
for the murder of Mrs. Tuck. He confessed
to having committed the crime.
General William A. Throop, of the firm of
Lapham Throop, Detroit, well known citi-
zen and politician, shot himself and will die.
Daniel w. Fuller, an Adventist exhortor of
Chesterfield, Michigan, grew weary of waiting
for golden slippers, and hanged himself in his
barn.
Mrs. Barbara Becht, of Louisville, arose
from her bed to hunt for a cat Her clothes
took fire from candle and she was burned
to death.
Eight horses at Vincennus, Ia. are reported
afflicted with CHAMBERS. The state veterina-
rian has been notified and is expected to i'll
yestigate.
Andrew j. Cooper and other Chicagoans
have Incorporated at Springfield company
with capital of sl,OOO,OOO to operate gold
mine in Michigan.
Chicago capitalists are said to be arranging
to build a railroad from Monroe, Louisiana, to |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a distance of $50 miles
through the cotton belt.
By the giving way of a temporary bulk head |
at the Niagara elevator, Buffalo, Thomas Dal-
ly was smothered to death by being buried in
grain, and two or three other men were seri-
ously injured.
The local freight agents of the eastbound
trunk lines, at Il meeting at Chicago, decided
to restore full tariff rates to seaboard points,
which are on the basis of % cents on grain
md 30 cents on provisions from Chicago to
New York.
A special train on the Panhandle road car
wing Hendricks, collided with hand-car near
Wheeling, killing boy twelve years old and
"Plumed Kniphts'' were also on | I
he train, but none were injured The acct
lent was caused by heavy fog.
An inspection of the Canadian Pacific road
las recently been made by the chief engineer
# government lines. He reports that force s
f 1900 men are at work on each side of the |
elkirk mountains, and that track will be laid c
o the Pacific ocean by next spring at the h
itest. I
A call signed by ]. I. Dorigine vice presi- E
ent of the National Association of American O
inventors, has been issued to inventors of "
illinois, urgently requesting them to assemble g
state convention at Chicago, October 23 "a
nd %, for the purpose of forming thorough Il
rganzation and electing delegates to the 81
invention of the national association, to be W
ED at Buffalo, in January. b
The outlook is reported to be very favorable n
n fall and winter business at the south. d
Though the cotton crop will be less than Of
as expected month ago, owing to the al
'outh, there will be larger crops of corn, a
heat and fruits than for some years. The
nth will not be obliged to purchase so much
eadstuffs from the west as heretofore the IT
ference as compared with last year being
timated at fifty million dollars