Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-14
TELEGRAPrllC.
A Episns Of tho PRINCIPAL Event. Now
Attracting Public Interest

Twenty thousand acres in Dougla
county, ILL.,, are under water.
II is reported that Edison has sol'
his interest in the photograph 10
100000 to New York man.
Near Petersburg, w. Va, a DO.
was mistaken for u ground hog ant
fatally shot.
Some OF the bedding of Arkansa
convicts, it is asserted, has not beef
washed or cleaned in four years.
England is having summer wortl
mentioning. Snow has been falling
this month in the suburbs OF London
Three million dollars, it IL now sal
is the extent OF the loss by the Hood
in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Will Houghton was hanged a
Winston, N. c., for the murder OF i
negro woman.
Edward Deacons, a tramp who hao
murdered Mrs. Ada Stone because she
refused him food. WAS hanged a
Rochester, n. Y.
Kiippendorf, Dittman e. Co.'S fac
tory at Cincinnati, O., was destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$l6l 900.
Charles II. Wright, OF the Detroi,
postoftice, who has been supposed to
have been stealing letters for the past
thirteen years, has just been arrested.
A sailboat containing four young
men was upset in a squall on the lake
opposite Northwood, Mimi, and its oc-
eupsnts drowned.
King Humbert's palace at Rome
contains two thousand rooms, but the
King and his family occupy only l25
OF them.
The Mormon hierarchy is said to
pay Mr.. A. NJ. Gibson a salary OF
$4,000 year to look after the inter
es;s of Zion at Washington.
The department of state has in
formation that incendiary fires at
Port-au.Prince DESTROYED about one
fif,h OF the town including many of
the public buildings.
The Folsom heirs, one of whom Is
Mrs. Cleveland, have filed petition
for a partition of their several interests
in fifty lots in Omaha, valued at
several hundred thousand dollars.
A party of fourteen lum bermen were
drowned ON Mattawan river, Quebec.
The lumbermen were drunk and in
attempting TO run the rapids their
canoe WAS overturned and all hands
persisted.
The boss alligator hunter of Welaka,
Fla, is l.. A. Morris, he having killed
last week twenty-three good-sized
ones, which net with teeth, hide and
carcass, about I'll 80 each. He also
bagged thiriy-six small ones.
Henry Romas was stabbed to dea b
by Theodore Suffer, at Chicago, Ill.
The murdered man had been keeping
company with Suffers sister and
thereby incurred the displeasure OF
the brother.
A collision occurred on the Norfolk
& Western road, near Lvnchburg, Va,
between two freights, killing both en-
gineers, one fireman and five of the
crews. The loss of property is $780,
COO.
Two photographers who went out to
get "a photograph OF wrecked train
on the Burlington road, were set upon
by mob of strikers and severely
beaten. The Photographic instru-
mpntS Wpra smasheJ
A passenger train on the Milwaukee
road, struck COW near Red Wing,
MINI, and three cars went down an
embankment. w. o. CLARK, OF Hur.
ley, Wis, was crushed to death, and
two ladies were injured, one having a
leg broken.
Carriages containing wedding
party ON their way to the preacher $
house at Plymouth, Luzerne county,
Penn, the other day, ran over and
killed little girl. The whole party
were arrested, and the marriage did
not take place.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred at
the coal shafts of Williams Il Moss.
near Zion, Ky. David Stone, the en-.
gineer, and Moses Haskin, tn fire
man, were killed. and Fred Williams.
and Frank Throf and Alexander
Longnecker were badly scalded. The
Litter will die.
Final preparations for the search
Tor the treasure of the British ship of.
war Braak, sunk near Delaware break.
water in 1898, are complete, and the
expedition will start in large vessel
with ocean charts, maps and nauli-
cal instruments. The hulk is believed
to contain ~ 100000 in Spanish gold
Mr., ZAchar, of Wisconsin, who. on
account OF little disagreement with
his father, has been going without
food for fifty three days, has at last
consented to eat something. Living
on water, however fat the animalculae
may be, emaciates II man more or less,
and Mr. ZAchar is considerably skele.
toniged.
Ben Dutton, farm hand, went to
the house OF John Lamont, three
miles east of Dryden, N. y, aud At
tempted 10 kill Lamont aud Miss
Root, young woman employed in
Lannon'S family. Dutton fired one
bullet at Lamont, which took effect in
his face, and four at the girl, all OF
which took effect.
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