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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19
THE WOOD RIvERPREsBYTERY.
Proceedings at the Recent Semi. Annual
Session.

Rev. Mr.. Pratt returned yesterday
from Franklin, where the spring meet.
ing of the Wood River Presbytery has
just been held.
The session began last Friday even.
ing, Mr.. Pratt, the retiring Moderator,
delivering the opening address.
The Rev. Mr.. Parks,of Logan Utah,
was elected Moderator for the session,
and Rev. Mr.. Renshaw, of Shoshone,
was made temporary clerk. The Rev.
G.. w. Martin, of Utah, and Elder
Baird, Of Oregon, were made cores
ponding members.
On the invitation of the Presbytery,
Elder Baird consented to enter the
field as canvasser for the Board of
Publication of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States.
The reports from the churches
showed that Mr.. Renshaw had remov-
ed from Shoshone to Franklin; that
the Rev. J. II. Barton, of Allegheny
City, Pa, had been commissioned to
Boise, and was on his way here. The
Rev. Mr.. Pratt was authorized to visit
Wood River before entering upon his
work at Boise. Rev. Mr.. Boyd OF
Pennsylvania, is on his way here, to
take charge Of the work at Paris, in
Bear Lake county.
Rev DIR. Mcmillan, who has been
elected President of the College OF
Montana at Deer Lodge, was dismissed
to the Presbytery Of Montana.
The reports showed that the
churches that were supplied with pas.
tors were in fourishing condition
with some accession of members.
There are six schools among the
Mormons which are conducted with
ability and success. One of these
that at Franklin, which is supported
by the ladies of Michigan-is very
ably conducted by MISS Noble. The
school at Malad is partially supported
by the Mormons.
The Committee on Temperance re-
ported that in Alturas county nine
tenths of the expense of the crlmina
business Of the county was due to in
toxication; while in Oneida county
last year, the expenses clearly due t.
ardent spirits amounted to as high a
$4,000.
A committee composed of Messrs
Knox and Pratt was appointed to agi
tate the subject of better observance
of Sunday as day of rest.
The Presbytery consists of 10 mem
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19

bers-of which eight reside in Idaho,
and two in Utah. There are besides
two corresponding members, elected
at the last session.
The Presbytery recommended to
the various church boards the appro-
priation of $4,000 to continue the work
for the next six months.
The committee on the projected
University of Idaho reported that
they were to take measures for the
opening of high school the coming
fail at some point on Wood River to
be hereafter decided upon.
The outlook for the church in Idaho
is very bright.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Friedman is o,>o,


AT Humphreys, oysters by can, 75c.
Dr: Leonard, dentist, Merchants
Hotel.
The Katie Putnam troupe will re.
appear in Haley Theater this even.
ing. The reserved seat tickets sold
for last evening will be good thi.
evening.
;, Elaine-absolutely fre-proof-coal
oil at Coffin Bros.
New Hats-stiff and soft-ot
May & Krieg's.
Strictly bonded liquors at Merchants
Hotel. Old Hermitage.
Fresh oysters, any style, at Humph.
rey's Nevada Chop House.
Smoke fresh Imported and genuine
Key West cigars at Merchants Hotel.
The alarm of fire, this morning. was
caused by a defective flue at Hank
Lufkins's residence. The hose cart
was got OH the street, but not used.
the fire having been extinguished.
Go to the Merchants Hotel for some
OF that 1875 old Hermitage whisky.
Go to 1000 Main street for fruit
vegetables, tobacco, cigars and no.
tons.
Good lodgings and neat roc MS, at
Mrs. LeGrande's, next door to Hal.
ley Theater.
The committee to select a location
for the hose house think a small lot on
Croy, between River and Main streets.
just the spot wanted, and are awaiting
the coming Of Robert E. Strahorn to
confer with him as to price, etc.
A new line of spring suitings just
received by Hamilton & Anderson,
Main street, HALEY.
DR.. w. E. Burkhart, the dentist.
has located in HALEY, permanently,
and can be found in DR.. Browns Of
flee. m16t(
G. H. Moore, who returned yester-
day from Sat Lake City, met with
considerable encouragement, and is
doing a good business already. He
has concluded to drop the handle
C'Dr.') to his name, and announce
himself as plain c. H. Moore.
A. D. Gambell, of Cheyenne, Wv.
oming, desires information of his son,
Seth y. Gambell, missing since July
II, 1884. He came here with Ed.
ward Chamberlin, but it is feared that
he has been murdered. Any informa-
ton to above address will be thank.
fully received.
On or before the 1st prox., ]. H.
Warren & Co. will open two butcher
shops, one in the building adjoining
J. l.. Cederhom's in this city, and one
in Bullion. Mr.. Warren has had
much experience in the business, and
is we'll known on the River; his sue
cess is therefore assured.
O. j. Salisbury, John M. Wilson
and General Manager Weinberg, OF
Challis, who were here on the lookout
for mine investments, left yesterday
for Salt Lake. They said that they
did not like the look OF things here
referring to the miners strike) and
thought they would go below to await
developments.
G. w. Schwamb, the cabinet maker,
upholsterer and general undertaken, has
his shop on Carbonate street at pres
ent, two doors East of Main. He is
prepared to fill orders on the shortest
notice, and with satisfaction. Coun.
try orders solicited and given prompt
attention.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19
A Gard.

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weakness, early decay, loss of man
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will cure you FREE OF CHARGE.
This great remedy was discovered by
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self-addressed envelop to Rev. 10.
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York. a23y1dw
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19
Everything Quiet ut Br0adfOl d.

Reports from Broadford, as late as
4 o'clock this afternoon, are to the
effect that everything is quiet, and
there has been no disturbance of any
kind.
At the Queen OF the Hills about 20
men are working. The men go in
and out as they please, and are not
molested.
a force is also at work in the Minnie
Moore.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19
HALEY POstOMce.
Weather Report.

Total snowfall to date this season,
% inches, Of which about ) inches
remains on the ground.
The letter ''b" in the tabular state
uent indicates "below zero."l
~" 80. T.,nn NJ n m Snow En Waatbar
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-19
Location Notices Two Cents Each.

The best location notices in the
market for sale at this Office. Price,
TWO cents each-in lots of FIVE or
more.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

RIEL, the Canadian rebel, is resigned
At first he had hopes of a Communication of
his sentence, but they appear to have van
shed.
OFFICIAL reports show that 10 deaths
from cholera occurred in Marseilles,
France, last week.
H. P. HUBBARD, of the international
Newspaper Agency, has been indicted by
a Missouri grand jury on the charge of
perjury, and requisition for him has been
made to Gov. Harrison, of Connecticut
AT a lawn party at Franklin, KY, on
the night Of the Sth, Hese Edwards and
Dump Whitesides engaged in quarrel
over the right to girls company. Ed
wards shot Whitesides in the bowels and
the latter died in few hours.
JUDGE JAMES GARLAND, probably the
oldest Judge in the world, and tits believed
the Oldest member of the Masonic frater-
nifty in the United States, died at Lynch
burg, Va, on the 10th, in the 95th year Of
his age.
CHAs. Ross, his brother George and a
man named Mckenzie, were arrested at
Atlanta, Ca, on the 10th, for burglarizing
freight car. Charlie is the notorious des-
perado suspected of robbing the Richmond
and Danville pay car several days ago.
GRANADA in Spain, is in most deplora-
BILE condition, a result of the cholera.
There are no doctors now in the place and
the dead bodies of cholera victims lie I'M
buried in the streets.
over the rapids at Portland, Oregon, on the
9th, and drowned.
MRS. FRANKIE MORRIS, of Erie, Kansas,
who was on the 9th found guilty of the
same evening to Harvey D. Copeland of
Wichita.
THE whisky men of Jackson, Miss, are
on the war-path, and say they intend to
use all measures in their power to stop the
march of prohibition.
THERE were 3,51O cases of cholera and
1913 deaths from the disease reported
throughout Spain on the 10th.
FURTHER advices from Tonquin say that
over 10000 Christians have been killed in
the provinces of Brindikh and Phyyen.
Murders and incendiary fires are of daily
occurrence.
MAXWELL, the supposed st. Louis muir
derer, left San Francisco, for st. Louis on
the 18th. He maintained up to the time of
his leaving the same cool, Indifferent air
and passed the day in smoking cigarettes,
chatting and reading novels.
JAS. W. MARSHALL, the discoverer of
gold in California, died on the 10th. He
was "A years old and died poyerty-stlick-
en- aud ssapointed man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE total number of dangerous thieves
put out Of the way of doing harm among
the crowds in New York was eighty five.
up to midnight on the 7th This numb er
was probably largely increased before the
crowds began to gather by strict sur
veillance of incoming trains and beats.
IL the new rule in reference to staff Of
ficers is enforced it will separate General
Sheridan from his brother Mike.
CHOLERA is reported to have made it's
appearance in Paris.
IT is said to be probable that all the
scientific departments of the Government
will be consolidated in one bureau and
placed in charge of one officer, to be APP
pointed from either the army or navy.
RECENT floods in Canton, China, de-
stroyed entire villages, and caused the
death of 10000 people. III "a ~
A CONTAGIOUS and deadly epidemic
called the Siberian scourge is raging at
Odessa, Russia.
A REWARD of f500 has been offered for
the capture of Farquharson, the abscond-
ing Munster Qreland) Bank manager.
| SEVEN persons lost their lives in burn :
ing building at Manchester, N. H.; eight
in burning hotel at Las Vegas, N. M,
and two in burning residence near Cor
sicana, Tex, on the 9Th.
| A PASSENGER train went through a
trestle over Nine Mile Creek on the Gin ;
cinnati & Eastern Railroad, about twenty
miles from Cincinnati on the 9Th. Three
persons were killed and several seri ously
injured. N
SIR CHARLES dixie is made Gore
spondent in the divorce proceedings of
Mr.. Donald Crawford against.his wife
The latest dispatches received at the
British Foreign Office indicate a speedy
settlement of the Afghan frontier ques-
ton. ' colt. stfIfE' SEQ.
SECRET negotiations are said to be going
on between England, Turkey and China
with view to an offensive and defensive
alliance against Russia. H
JOHN DUFFY was arrested at house in
the outskirts of Philadelphia Pa, on the
Sih, while in the act of turning out bogus
half dollars. w. H. Sarsman, a cigar
dealer in the city, was also arrested as ar
accomplish. IND.
GEORGE BARToL, the proprietor OF a no.
torious saloon in Canton, o., was fatally
shot in the head by his wife on the 9Th.
Both had been drinking, and the shooting
was the result of drunken quarrel, Mrs
Bartol has been placed under arrest.
The Conservatives in the coming polit-
ical campaign in England will raise the
cry of prote and advocate duty on
corn.
DURING quarrel between Barney Palm
and Joe McIsaacs, at Sacramento, Cal.
on the 9Th, both drew revolvers and shot
at the same time the balls striking each
just above the heart. Seven shots were
exchanged. Both men are dead.
TIE Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Lieuten-
ant of Ireland, is suffering from acute
rheumatism, and consequently his pro
posed tour of Ireland has been postponed
THE political campaign has opened il
good earnest in England. Mr.. Gladstone'i
voice has failed, which gives a large APP
parent advantage to the Conservatives.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

THE funeral OF General Grant in New
York on the Sth was one of the notabl e
events in the history of the city. Never
before had such an imposing and impress
sive pageant passed through its streets,
and it is estimated that fully 100000 peo-
pie outside of the population of the city
proper witnessed the pageant The cere-
monies were unmarried by any hitch or
accident. Impressive funeral observances
were held in nearly all the larger cities of
the country, while in nearly every village
and hamlet in the land memorial services
in some form attested the general char
acter Of the Nations mourning,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

AT a meeting Of ex-Confederates in
Washington, d. c., on the 9th, in paying
a tribute to General Grants memory, it
was resolved that she was as generous in
victory as he was great and successful in
war, and it is to the generosity and mag
nanimity of his noble heart that America
is the only land under heaven in which q
gigantic civil war was closed without any
lives being taken in revenge, or any of
the conquered being doomed to imprison-
ment and exile"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

AN order has just been issued by the
War Department providing that regi-
mental and other bands and the musicians
composing the same may, with the con-
sent of the proper military authority, en-
gage to play for other parties at prices
not disproportionately lower than the
price charged by other bands or musicians
for similar services,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

The Italian Postmaster General has
notified the Post-office Department that
owing the prevalence of cholera on that
part of French territory through which
mails from the United States destined for
Italy must pass, all mail sacks of the
ordinary kind will be fumigated. He
suggests that to avoid detention for fumi-
CATION, tarred mail sacks be used.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

QUITE a sensation was caused in the
Smith court martial on the 9Th, when in
calling for certain papers it was discov :
cred that Commodore Schley, now acting
in General Smiths place, had extended
the life of one or more contracts. One of
the principal charges against General
Smith is that he extended contract.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

A MAJORITY of Russian newspapers
profess to have no confidence in the APP
parently pacific declarations of Prime
Minister Salisbury. They base their dis
trust on the perceptible aud constant in
crease of England's military prepara-
tions
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

The Post-office Department received
information on the 4th that F. B. Dunton,
just appointed Postmaster at Center Lin
colnville, Me-, was in Portland Jail, serv-
ing term of eight months for embezzle-
ment. AS he has two months more to put
in, the people at Lincolnville want to
know what to do about it. Epa
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

EMPEROR WILLIAM received the EN-
peror Francis Joseph at Gastein on the
9th with much affection, kissing him three
times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

Mr.. HENDRICKS denies emphatically
that there is any unfriendliness between
himself and the President.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

PROF u. e. HILGARD, the suspended
Superintendent Of the Coast and Geodeti'
Survey, rendered his resignation on tn
9TH, and it was accepted, to take effect i'm
medately.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

THERE were reported on the Sd S,7lS
new cases of cholera throughout Spain
and 1901 deaths from the disease oc-
CURED.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

COMPLETE returns report 4,6S9 new cases
of cholera throughout Spain ON the Sth,
and ,G62 deaths from the disease.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

COMMANDER WILDEs of the Yantic in :
forms the Navy Department that he sail
ed on the 7th from Colon for New Orleans.
He also reports that he seized one of
the Panama Railroad Company's vessels
which the revolutionists had captured
and were using and returned it to its
owners.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

The Ameer of Afghanistan preparing
a large force for the protection OF Herat
and will place his son in command.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

LIMERICK rejoces over the withdrawal
of Lord Carnarvon's proclamation against
that city on account of its refusal to pay
the extra tax levy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

BRIAN McGINNEss, puddler was run
over and killed by train at Young stown
O.,:on the 7th, and John Tomkins, Fort
Wayne brakeman, met a similar fate at
Leetonia, o.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

YELLOW fever has appeared at Tehuan-
tepec and Mazatlan, Mexico.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

THE ports of the Argentine Republic
have been closed against all arrivals iron
Spain and Marseilles, H
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

THE Marquis of Salisbury says that
Earl Dufferin promised the Ameer that
he should have the Zulficar Pass, and
that the Government felt itself bound by
that promise.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

s. W. TALLMADGE's final estimate OF
the wheat crop places the total yield al
325, 100000 bushels.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15

OVER 100000 persons viewed the re-
mains of General Grant as they laid in
state at the City Hall, New York. These
represented every class in life, from the
bootblack and street arab to the MILL on
aire, who all paid solemn respect to the
remains of the depar ted hero.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
HORRIBLE MURDER.
A Young Girl Terrible End.

Correspondence Richmond Dspatch.l
NORFOLK, Nov. II, 1885.
\ Sh, cking murder was perpe-
trated in Princess Anne county,
near Kempsyllle, yesterday or the
day before. Miss Annie Powell,
the sixteen .year.old daughter OF
Mr.. Charles II. Powell, a farmer,
who resides on the Brook farm,
three miles from Kempsyille, LETT
her home as usual on Thursday TO
attend school in Kempsville, and
was not seen or heard Of any more
until yesterday afternoon, when
her body was discovered by a
searching party in a piece Of woods
on the road between Kempsyille
and the farm.
NORFOLK, VA, November H.
DR.. l.. r. Chiles, who was one of
the searching party, says the girl
had not been cIiminally assaulted,
but her throat bore evidence of
having been choked. One Of her
fingers was almost cut of, and her
clothing was wrenchcd as if there
had been a terrible struggle. The
blows which caused her death were
two il number, and were inflicted
with a Ratchet or axe. The first
one cut into her jawbone, and the
second one, which killed her in
stantly, was across the side Of the
throat, severing the jugular vein
and almost dividing the head from
the body. About twenty yards
from the road, where she had been
dragged by the wretch and after
wards murdered, were to he seen
the pool of blood. Here she lie.
ceived the fatal blows. The paper
in which her lunch had been wrap
ped was found by the pool of blood,
while a portion of her lunch was
lying on the ground, where her
satchel was also found.
Major Miles Seldom, of KempS-
vile, acting coroner, this morning
held an inquest over the body at
Mr.. Powell's residence, and the
verdict of the jury WAS that Alice
Powell came to her death from
wounds inflicted with a Ratchet or
axe, supposed to have been IN the
hands of Noah Cherry (colored).
Cherry is about eighteen or nine
teen years old, coal black, and had
until few days since been in the
of Mr.. Powell, but was
driven from the premises on ac-
count of a difficulty that he bad
with one OF Mr.. POwelPs SONS. lie
was arrested this morning on Mr..
Powelps premises.
NORFOLK, VA, Nov. 16.-The
negro, Noah Cherry, who attemp'
ted fiendish assault upon the lit
tie girl Alice Powell, and then muir
dered her in Princess Anne county,
was hanged to tree with
in a mile of where the deed was
committed, about ten o'clock last
night. He confessed the crime af'
ter a rope was put around his neck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-20
THREE RUROERGRS HANGED.
Triple Execution in Chicago The
Famous Trunk Tragedy.

CHICAGO, November 1.-THE
three Italian mnrdercrs, Gilardo,
Assesser0 and Silvcstri, were
hanged here at 1910 o'clock today.
Their crime was most diabolical.
1t was committed Apul 30, at No.
II Tilden avenue, where the prls'
oners at that time rlsidcd.
On May I'd there arrived in Pitts
burg from Chicago trunk from
which proceeded a strong Disagree
able odor. 1t was b.Oken open,
and H. it WAS found the dead body
Of man. Tied lightly around the
neck WAS short rope, indicating
the manner in which the victim
had been deprived Of life. The
Chicago police were at once noli-
fed, and the trunk and contents
were sent back TO aid them. 1t ar
rived here May 9th, and the re-
mains COZ i.iucd in il were idenil-
fled as thosc oil Fiilipo Caruso, an
Italian fruit pcddlcr. 1t was learn
ed that the man who checked the
trunk here had purchased a ticket
for New York, and thither lnspec-
tor Bonheld and Francisco Caruso,
a brother Of the murdered man,
followed him, ana succeeding III
arresting him. He proved to be
Agosiino Gilardo, one of the prls-
oners. By May 10th there had al
so been arrested Ignazio SllveStrl,
Giovanni Assesscro, Antonio Mer-
curio, and lgnaziO Bovo, ana on
that day these five wee closely eX-
amiDed by Superintendent Doyle
and began to accuse each other
The substance of their stories was
that the conspiracy to murder
Caruso had been Matched two
months before it was executed. On
the day it was committed Caruso
was invited into the house where
the men were shaving each other,
and was asked ifhe wanted a shave.
lie replied that he did, and took
the chair. Lather was spread over
his face, but before the razor was
applied the three men, Gilardo,
Silvestri and Assessero gently
placed a stout thin rope over his
throat and wrapping it quickly
around pulled it tightly. Death
soon followed and no time was lost
in packing the body in the trunk
and shipping it.
The trial commenced on June
23d, and on the evening of July
LIST the jury returned a verdict OF
guilty against Sllvestri, Gllardo,
and Assessero and acquitted Mer'
curio and Bova. On October 9th
Judge HAYES sentenced the three
convicted men to be hanged today