Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-10
COAST CULLINGS
Devoted Principally to Waahinsto
Territory and California

A brakeman named A. A. Martlh
was crushed to death by Santa Fe
tra in near San Anita, Cal
The Ii year-old boy of w. X: White
was run over by the cars at Gold Run,
Cal. One leg was cut of and the
other badly broken. He will die.
Peter VIII tmore, the 10 year-old
son Of Captain Whitmore, fell from
the top mast of 8, vessel at Los An
geles, Cal, and was Instantly killed.
NJ. Bow, wealthy farmer living
near Kent, w. T., was caug hit under u
falling tree and crushed to death. He
was 70 years old and well known.
William Higgins, aged % years, was
run over and fatally injured at Lstt.-
rop, CAL, by walking off the end of a
car while the train was in motion.
At Oceanside, Cal, Frank Martin, a
freight conductor, slipped from a
brakebeam while making up train
and several cars passed over his legs.
He died in u few moments.
f. C. Allison was shot at San Mateo,
Cal, by a shoemaker, who asserts that
Allison entered his shop and attacked
him first with a stick. Allison says
he struck tho cobbler after he was
shot. The wounded man is not dan
gerously hurt.
The body of 0. II. Peterson was
found on a bank of the Russian river
near Cloverdale, Cal, with a cash in
his left wrist severing the artery. He
had died only short time previous.
On his right wrist was similar cut
which was almost healed.
A boy 18 years old was killed at
Dixon, Cal, while attempting TO board
freight train bound for lmento.
No one here knows him, but Louis
Carson says that he called himself
"Du chy" and that his mother is a
widow and lives on Thirteenth street
between g and H, Sacramento.
A shocking attempt a. murder was
made at the farmhouse of r. w. Craig,
two miles north of Stockton, Cal.
Andy Ho, fitch, farm laborer, entered
the bedroom of the two Craig girls,
with the intention of killing Julia,
aged 49, He entered the room, struck
match, and at once attacked Julir
cutting her throat from ear to ear.
L NJ. Hudson, we'll known florist
of Snmner, Pierce county, w. T., was
accidentally killed while on a pros.
pecting tour, near the foot of the
glaciers of Mt. Tacoma. A revolver
fell out of his pocket and was di.-
charged, the bullet passing through
his neck. His com panions buried him
forty miles from any settlement.
Louis Riva was found murdered at
Guerneville, near Santa Rosa, Cal, in
a cabin. A few days before a woman
who went to see him on business, dis.
covered that he was lying Jew feet
from the door, dead. He had shortly
returned from hunt, and had his
powder horn on when found. The
bullet entered his body near the hir
and ranged upward. Suspicion points
strongly to a wellknown man.
| Miss Nettie McClanehan, who il
only ID years old, escorted by a mar
of about 40, named Henry Nelson
eloped from Chico, Cal. The pail
were taken to the police station, where
Nelson was discharged on his own It.
cognizance to appear when WAITED
The girl id detained, pending instruc,
tions from her family. Nelson told
the officers that he and the girl were
on their way to Mexico, where they
would have been married
Savage, n & Co., proprietor O
the Empire foundry, one OF the ole
est fo.,ndries on the coast, made an as
signment for the bene fit of their cred
itors at San Francisco to James H
Graham, chief CLERK. The liabilities
are from $75 900 to $4,000. The as
sets are tstimated at $4,000. TIL.
failure is reported to be due to under
bidding on the part of the firm. Abou
lOO men are thrown out of employ
ment.
| Frank Sparks, of San Jose, Cal, a
man about 45 years of age, wishing t,
avoid the noise made by democrats
who were ratifying in his vicinity
took walk tow .rd Normal school
He entered the square and had gone
y short distance when three mel
rushed up behind him and knocked
him senseless with a sandbag. When
he regained consciousness he made the
discovery that 5000 he had in hi.
p cket was gone. There is no clue tC
the identity of the robbers.
Jesus Errada was are ted at the
old town OF TemeculA, Ca, charged
with stealing mare and colt in Sal
Bernardino county. The officer
started overland with the prisoner
GA the way the pris ner got slightly
IN the lead of the officer, and whipped
up his horse at full speed, thinking he
would esclpe. His horse stumbled
and fell, throwing him from the sad
die with one foot hanging in the sad
die. He was dragged some distant
and feariully mangled, dying shortly
from his injuries.
Samuel Robertson, Of San Francis
CO, aged % years. was shot and in
stantly killed by Albert Bean, anothe,
young man. Early in the day Bean
with his friend George Colder, wen,
ON boating excursion ON the bay, ac
companied by two girls. When til,
party returned from Saucelito in the
evening they went to downtown res
taurant for dinner, and then prone
uaded in Columbia square, near thei,
homes. While there they got into s
quarrel with some hoodiums anc
bean finally sent bullet through
kobertson's heart. He then ran away
but returned and surrended himself
! Gnlden and ihe two Urls wern arrostnc