Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-09
COAST CUlLINGS.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California

At Tulare, Cal, G. w. Niece, brake
man, was run over and killed.
Washington Territory is larger than
Maine and Massachusetts, combined.
John HI. Lannon was fatally shot
by an unknown person at San Fran
cisco.
Moreal De Brevans fell off a train at
Oakland, CAL, and was run over and
killed.
The placer mines OF Boise county,
Montana, produced last year about
$780, 900.
A man, name unknown, was run
over at Davisville, Cal, by a freight car
and instantly killed.
Peter Dronlon, an old citizen, was
crushed to death at San Buenaventura,
Cal, by falling tree.
Blaine, w. t., is now United States
signal station with DIR. d. G. Dement,
as the agent in charge.
T. B. Allison, laborer, was killed
instantly at a stone quarry at Flag
staff, Arizona, by falling derrick.
The Holley system OF water works
is to be put in for Colfax, w. T., to
pump water from the North Palouse
river.
Benjamin Graham and John Stevens
were suffocated in schooner. at De-
parture bay, B. c., from charcoal
fumes.
Robert Distance, colored, proprietor
OF restaurant ia San Francisco, was
fatally stabbed by VIM. Thomas, also
colored.
The Republican Territorial Conven-
ton will probably be held at Ellens-
burg, says Washington Territory
exchange.
There are over 10,00O,0OO acres of
public land in Southern Idaho de-
clared by the U. s. land officials to be
susceptible of cultivation.
The tug Dolphin sprung a leak and
sank just outside The Heads at San
Francisco. The vessel was valued at
$25, 900 and is probably total loss.
Six Italians were convicted at
Ketchum, Idaho, of unlawfully killing
fish in Wood river by the use of pow
der. They were sent to Jail for twelve
days.
Jos. L. Cappuce fell overheard in a
fit from the steamer Crescent City and
was drowned. The accident happened
u h ilo tho otoo ~, or wno 1ool>;or ~ c.,
Francisco.
james Brady, machinist, fatally
scalded his aged wife, at San Francisco,
by pouring the contents of kettle OF
boiling water over her head while in a
drunken rage.
Annie Ruprecht, II years old, re-
Gently from Switzerland, was found
dead in her room at San Francisco,
from inhaling gas. She blew out the
gas on retiring.
The mail carrier between Calico,
CAL, and Bismarck is dog. The mail
is fastened about his neck. In the
last three years he has never missed
a trip nor lost letter.
At Anaconda, Montana, William
Martin, hotel keeper, killed Patrick
Reardon. They were walking along
the street and had words. Martin
knocked Reardon down with the butt
OF pistol and then shot him.
AS soon as the road through the
in Siskiyou county is ia a
sIita hla condition fnr t,,,,.o - 49,.
safety at high rate of speed, new
lightning express will be put on the
California & Oregon. 1t will carry
mails rs well as passengers.
George Nelson was shot and in.
stantly killed while engaged in chop
ping wood on the summit, near Santa
Cruz, Cal. A Spaniard is suspected of
the crime, but he says Nelson's pistol
Tell out of his pocket and was acciden-
tally discharged, with the above result.
The residence in East Los Angeles,
Of Ed. Durham, was entered by burg
lars, who carried safe weighing 200
out Of the house, loaded it
into wagon and drove off. The safe
contained $1 1900 worth of diamonds
belonging to Mrs. Durham, and few
dollars in money.
Fifty families of Newfoundland fish
ermen have arranged to move shortly
to group of the Queen Charlotte
Islands, off the British Columbian
coast, above Vancouver. The waters
about the islands are said to abound
IN fish, and one OF the industries of
she colony will be sending fresh fish to
the Victoria market.
A large mahogany log came ashore
On the weather beach a short time
since, and it is thought that good
l6 foot log could be cut out of it, saws
he Oysterville paper. Such timber
S stranger in this part of the world,
md has drifted all the way from South
America. 1t would make quite a val
liable stick of timber for some one TO
,ick up.
The largest Chinese mining camp
n the Northwest is at Warren, Idaho.
hundreds of Chinese have been at
work there for several years, and each
ear from fifty to seventy five go back
o China with from $4,000 to IS DOC,
! fortune for them. Most Chinese
miners work over old mines. and are
1pert at cleaning up every particle of
odd, but at Warren they are on new
round, and their careful system re-
ults in large yields.
b. Napoli, an Italian rancher, had
lis arm crushed between the Jaws of a
ow, at Dayton, Nevada. He observed