Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-24
TELEGRAPHiC.
An Epiton. Of h, Principal Events Now
Attracting Pablo Interest

Two hundred bakers of st. Louis
are on strike.
A fire destroyed two blocks in the
heart of the city OF Brainsrd, Mimi.
The losses aggregate $4,000.
George Wilson was hanged at Al
bion, N. Y, for strangling his wife in
January, 1887.
Fire at Elmora, Colo, destroyed
half the business portion of the town.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
Joseph Stafford. OF New York. bell
boy, shot and killed Rosie Sheridan,
cook in q boarding house, and then
shot and killed himself.
VIM. Moore, the colored man who
assaulted Mary Bingardiner at Mat
toon, ILL.,, was taken from the county
Jail and lynched by masked men.
George Arnold shot and killed
George Burton at Minatore, Neb., in
quarrel over the settlement of a debt
of $l2.
Marion Stewart, who had been
drinking heavy, shot and killed his
wife and his brother at their home
near Louisville, KY.
About 400 people were precipitated
from grand stand at Memphis,
Tenn, by the scaffolding giving way.
None were killed, but numbers had
legs and arms broken.
During practice game at Recrea-
ton park at Pittsburg, Pa, Dunlap, OF
the Pittsburg baseball team was struck
in the face with a hard hit ball and
broke his jaw.
A Lincoln, Neb., firm, with capital
of 5000, 900, will develop coal lands
and establish furnaces near Alva,
Miss, and will put up an iron and
steel plant at Omaha, Neb.
While Robert Foster and Mr..
| Swartzeman we're ON their way home
in Hitchcock county, Neb., during a
terrific storm, they were both killed
by lightning.
James McGeorge and VIM. Smith,
special deputies oil the sheriff, got into
a quarrel at Prineville, Mo-, and shot
each other fatally. A bystander was
seriously wounded.
Joseph Tomowski, wealthy farmer
at Warren, Mimi, was murdered in
the woods by his 1S-year.old nephew
in the hope that he would get some oil
the old mans property.
Joseph Greenfield, who stole furi
valued at $500 from his fathers
store, on Broadway street, New York
was charged with theft in the court
by his father, and committed in de
fault of bail for trial.
During a sham battle that tool
place in the celebration of the Fourth
at Kilburne, Wis, J. w. Carpentel
was killed and G. II. Foote seriousl,
injured by the premature discharge 0
cannon.
/ The five-story building OF the Read
ing Hardware Company, of Reading
Pa, was destroyed by fire. The los
aggregated $350,000, we'll insured
Seven hundred employees are throw
. out of work.
Patrick Coffee, worthless drunkart
shot Miss Agnes Smith in Jersey City
and then turned the pistol on himsel
Both will die. Coffee, who has a viii
II and grown-up children, was iniatuate
d with Miss Smith.
y A big timber raft will be launche
= at Joggins, Nova Scotia, during tn
present month. The raft contain
$4,000 logs, is valued at $4,000, an
is will take six days, at 800 day,
;, reach New York.
- Annie Ahrend was arrested at New
ark, n. j., for attempting to poiso
. her father, brother and sister. Sh
T. confessed that she bought the deadl
drug and administered it to the famil
out OF curiosity to see how it woul
l. act.
81 NJ. B. Wilson, of Marquette, Mich
1t one of the bosses on the new govern
,e ment building, was shot and fatal
i injured by Polish workman whol
10 he discharged. The man then she
himself in the mouth, inflicting
fatal wound.
Theodore Castora, farmer, was a
II tackled on his way home from King
&c ton, Mich, by three brothers name
h Drost. who demanded his money. II
shot one dead fatally wounded a
other, and thinks he hit the third, WI
escaped.
90 Peter Broneck was hanged at S
Joseph, Mo, for the murder OF b
~ wife two years ago. The prisoner h
ID borne up bravely, and denied any i
ct tent 10 commit the crime. He elaine
II that he WAS drunk when he did
though at the time he declared
killed her because she was untrue.
While train was moving up h
IN from Butte, Mont, the cars BEGAN
Of uncoupled from the engine and dash,
IN down the grade, jumping the tra'
a and killing two boys, named respe
lively Green and Burns, of Cent,
III vile, and injuring two brakem,
whose names are not known.
Lawrence Russell, OF Springfield
TX Mo-, has been placed under arrest
* inclosing his l0-year old son in b,
,o four feet high and making him stal
five hours in that position. Also
10 tying the boy to plank and smearil
u molasses over his face to attract fiji
to torture the child. Neighbors int,
tered and caused the arrest of the u
ar. natural father.
-, A storm at Boston, Mass, ov,
" turned the sloop Mile, in the cab
ne Of which were John Canon, NJ
m Catherine I. Trip, aged 1916, and b
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