The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
GENERAL NEWS and NOTES.
Matters of Interest Touched Upon by Press
Nesrs Gofherers.


q small station seven miles west of St. Louis
and Engineer Stewart, Of the freight train
was caught under the wreck and killed. Con
ductor Mann, of the accommodation train
) was also crushed so badly that he survives
, but short time after being taken out
These two as far as can be learned, are the
only ones killed. The injuries to others OF
10th trains are only scratches and Sigh
/, bruises. The cause of the accident was the
freight conductors watch being six minute.
! slow.
The return to work of the carpet
weavers at Yonkers, N. Y, ends one of the
most extensive strikes ever known in thai
state. Three thousand weavers stood out and
the strike lasted for several months. The
strikers will return to work on Friday. A ten
per cent increase of wages is to be paid in ten
days after the operatives resume work.
At Fayetteville, N. c., three negro
men, Thomas Gee, Joe Howard and Thomas
Lawrence, were hanged for murder, all from
the same scaffold and at the same time. The
same string was attached to each drop, and
al three fell dangling together Gee muir
dered Mary Hughes, white woman; Howard
murdered c. f. Blockman, and Lawrence
murdered negro woman. This is the first
| triple hanging that over occurred in that Sec
ton of North Carolina, and the event created
great excitement among the negro popula-
ton. Only limited number were admitted
to the jail yard where the hanging took place
Near Vandalia, ILL.,, a colored boy,
living with widow, shot and fatally wounded
two German girls who were passing along in
front of the house. The injured girls were
taken home by neighbor named Chris Nick
erng, who, while lifting one of the girls out
of the wagon, was kicked in the head by one
OF the horses and instantly killed.
In the suit between the Bell tele-
phone and the Molecular Telephone company,
Judge Wallace in the U. S. circuit court Of |
New York, decided in favor of the Bell con-
pany.
Commencement exercises at the
Wisconsin state university were held In the
presence of nearly two thousand people. Di-
plomas were awarded to seventy-eight grad
yates in the various courses and Postmaster
General Villas had the degree of doctor of laws
upon him.
Two Cherokee Indians, James Arcinc and
Vim. Parchmeal, were hanged at Fort Smith,
Ark, for the murder of Henry Ticgcl in the
Indian Territory in November, 1877.
Two cattle men named Ellison and Taylor, s
who have had considerable trouble over the :
ownership of certain cattle, met near Look =
,ut mountain, Tenn, when terrible strug- \
,le ensued, in which Ellison stabbed Taylor d
o death. Both men are well known and .
Wealthy. n
John McKcurs (colored) who shot and 8
filed VIM. j. Trainor, four miles south of C
Iemphis, Tenn, on the 18th of December G.
asst, was hanged within the enclosure of the
ounty jail. Two priests attended him on the 6
caffold and administered the last absolution f.
Irs. Trainor, widow of the murdered man, S
coupled seat on the scatfold and witnessed n
ne execution. i,
In Boston, Mass, the gown Of Miss Cecile
inncman, teacher in the Hancock gram
lar school, took fire from a pan of burning
1t which stool on the kitchen stove Miss p
innsman was severely burned and died Of G
er iijuries.
Young Nettletop, who shot at the charivari :
arty neer Paw Paw, ILL.,, has been removed
the county jail at Dixon, through fear o.
OBJ violence. White, one of the victims, died. u
ackman, another one of those wounded =
nong the charivari party, is still in prccar II
US condition. &c
John Nicholson, editor of the Deseret -
sws, the Mormon church organ, and George ="
'mney, wealthy and prominent citizen, =,
re arrested at Salt Lake for polyg. M
~; each has two wives. Nicholson was ar
'ted some months ago, but was spirited pr
ay, and the grand jury, being without evil pc
nee, ignored the case. The other day a he
other of the polygamous wife was found
d gave testimony to indict. The supreme ior
irt affirmed the decision of Chief Justice Ma
ne, in the cases of Cannon and Musser. to,
is destroys the last hope of the polyg- me
lists They now realize they must either Sol
. abandon their surplus wives, or 20 to the mi
litentiary. nri
he Chicago retort brick works. situated on isl
corner of Clark and forty-ffth streets, hui
&c totally consumed by fire. The loss is Ma
300; fully insured. Use,
ev. Sidney H. Russell, who recently grad die
ed from Union theological seminary, com all
ted suicide at Woodham, Long Island He Civ
trenty-nine years of age, and a native of me
lois where he has many relatives. The bet
'idc seemed to have been committed on the Egg.
ulsc Of the moment, as he was preparing DOS
have himself. His head was nearly served u
n the body. ele'
he Cincinnati Northern road, extending
n Cincinnati to Waynesville has been sold a."
= S. Winslow for 100000. nan
he trial of Mrs. Dudley for shooting no .
onoyan Rosa commenced in New YORK fcie
he 29th ult Rosa, who was the first wit tam
, stated that his business was a journalist. rem
elating the circums tances of the shooting u
aid Mrs. Dudley asked him to sign GER frrt
receipt which he refused TO do. Mrs. A.,
ley lent her voice to making things lively zion
ne O'Donovan where he got the name of o1ot
"a, said he was dynamiter, called him a 9th,