Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-20
1ELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
10 Epitome Of the Principal Events Nov
Attracting Public Interest

1
ernor- Generalship of Canada.
The English steamer M Jude ha
foundered in the Black sea. lively,
men were drowned.
Emerson Littlefield, OF Peoria, III
aged 10, while skating, went into ,
hole and was drowned.
A revolt broke out on the convic
ship Orne, bound for Cayenne, ant
eleven OF the leaders were shot.
An engine jumped the track ant
ran into New river, at Lynchburg, Va
The engineer was drowned at his post
The house of Sam Love, colored, a.
Chesterfield, s. c., was burned, ant
two small children who were lockee
inside, persisted in the flames.
Tramps were put eff freight trair
at Palsade, New, and shortly after
wards the freight house was set or
TIRE. The tramps are suspected.
Harry Burton and an unknown man
were killed, and several other work
men badly injured by the falling OIL
bridge span at Cleveland, Ohio.
In q quarrel at Jackson, Miss, Nc
Willie Mitchell and Bob Whitesides
wounded each other fatally, both dy
ing soon after the ARRAY.
At st. Paul the newspapers have all
advanced the price OF composition
four cents per 1000 ems, making
morning work AZ cents and evening
81 cents.
The President sent TO the Senate
the following appointments: Charles
w. Irish, surveyor-general of Nevada
James Speakley of Pennsylvania, com
missioner to Alaska.
At Boulder, Col, Isadore Pierce, 0
storekeeper, shot his wife twice, in tn.
presence OF their four chlldrrn, and
then killed himself. The wife is ia
tally wounded.
Mrs. Sarah q. Ewing, an old lady
living near Shelbyville, Ind, was at
tackled by hogs in her barn-yard while
milking, and partly devoured. Hell
body Was not found until the following
morning.
Details of the wreck which occurred
on the N. Y, p. h o. X. r., neal
Meadville, Pa, prove the disaster tt
have been horrible one. Two engi
neers, two fremea and u passenger
were killed outright, and score o.
more were badly injured.
Two bapgagent and nail agen
were killed by train COLLISION on tn,
Cincinnati Southern r r. near Green
wood, KY. The accident was caused
by the conductor and engineer mis-
understanding their orders.
Reports from Wilkesbarre, Pa, sa,
that by u premature blast four mel
were killed and seven severely woun
ded while at work on new brancl
line of the Lehigh Valley railroad pea
Laurel Run.
An explosion of dynamite occurred
ut n limestone quarry near Brooktield
N. s., killing four men, one Of then
being Alexander Mcdonald, the pro
prietor OF the quarry. They wer,
warming the dynamite previous t,
using it for blast when the explosion
occurred.
A most terrible accident occurred u
Forgetown, Ala, in which three per
sons were killed and thirty injured
The colored B ,ptisis we've holding
festival in their church. so great wal
the crowd that the f,or gave way an,
the building collapsed A scene O
terror ensued. Mary Allison and NJ e
Jones and her child were taken from
the wreck dead.
AT Macon, Ga, man named Ma
than Reid, who did not live happily
with bis wife, brutality murdered hi
whole family and then committed sui
eide. He sent a balf.grown hog. wh'
lived with him, after the doctor. Wher
the doctor and boy returned they foun,
the cabin heap OF smoking ruins an,
in them the charred bodies OF Reid
wife and their six children. Furthe
search OF the premises disclosed Reid
body in we'll with h,s throat cut
The children of Mr. and Mrs. G. O
White, of Morrison, Ill.-Lillie, age
twelve; George, aged fifteen, an'
Charles. aged eight-were playing will
their sleds on the thin ice on Rocl
Creek, when Charles broke through
George ran TO his assistance, and il
his Efforts to rescue the drowning boy
he also went under the ice. Tn, ir sis
ter Lille then made frantic attemp
to save her two brothers, and all tire,
were drowned.
A special from st, Francis, Ark,
says; VIM. Herrig, a wealthy planter
has for some time past been jealous o
attentions paid his wife by VIM
Matthewson, and he forbade him +,
come TO the houre. Matthewson call {
and invited Mrs. Herrlg to take
drive. While the woman was gettin,
ready Herrig shot aud killed Matthew
sou, and then forced his wife to driv,
to Matthewson's house with the dea,
body. On her return she found he
home in flames, and was shot an,
killed by her husband. Herrig Their
fled. Mrs. Herrig was formerly al
actress in Pauline Markham's com
pany, and later was In w. Ii. Lyle
combination.