Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-01
COAST cULLINos.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California

Chas. McStravick, OF Grass Valley,
Cal, was riding in u buggy and lead.
ing colt by line. The colt stopped
suddenly, tearing of three fingers Of
his left hand.
VIM. Ksyes and John Peyton, had
few words at Boca, Cal. Reyes
struck Peyton with a pistol. The
men clincbed and Reyes fired. Tn,
bullet entered Peyton's breast anu
passed through the left lung. He il
dying.
Alexander Duckworth, serving o
seven years sentence in the state
prison W Folsom, CAL, for robbery a.
San Francisco, attempted to escape,
and WAS shot by guard FItzsimm ,n..
the ball passing through the prisoner.
thighs and infiicting a dangerous
wound.
The nitry-glycerine house Of the
California Powder Works at Pinolc.
Cal, exploded. The employees had lef
the building about ten minutes b. for.
the explosion occurred. About 5000
pounds OF glycerine exploded. Tm
building WITS totally destroyed. No
one Was hurt.
During runaway at Sacramento,
CAL, wagon occupied by Isa.c Len
and Mes. James b undin colllded with
that OF an 81 man named Myers
Both OF the latter were thrown out,
tile lady receiving severe cut in tn,
lace, and Myers striking on his head
and being probably fatally injured.
Francis q. Bornemann, cashier o.
the slb-treasury at San Francisco in
1926, was arrested by the U. s.
marshal upon an indictment found
against him by the federal grand jury
The charge against B prnsalann is I'll II
Of embezzling $4,000 in currenc,
from the sub-treasury.
The coroner has been called on Il
investigate the death uf a IA year ole,
child of parents belonging to the Band
Ut Holiness, and living in hut il
Arroyo Seco, Cal. The child had beer
sick two months, but the parents re
fused to call in u physician, saying lii,
Lord would care for the sufferer.
Lucy Sing, n Chinese babe, died a.
the Chinese mission in San Francisco
The infant was taken by charitable.
society from an undertakes shop j.,
Chinatown, whittier it had been taken
by its inhuman parents. They con
sidere it too puny to live, and the,
wanted to save trouble by having i
near the coffin at the time OF death. :.
At an executive meeting OF the d.
rectors oi the Nevada bank Elk Sena-
tor Fair was paid a balance of $4,000,
600 which the bank owed him. Thi
squared the account between the ol.
bonanxa partners that has been un
settled, and Mack W, Flood and Fai
have now arranged all their fiuancia
affairs Ms relating to each other com
pletely satisfactorily.
Fishermen on n tug which went on
t, Farallore islands near San Frln
cisco. caught huge devil fish. TIL
animal had II number of tenacles !
chung so closely to the side of tn
steamer tn, two of the arm. had t.,
he severed in order to get it on board
II is the largest specimen of the octo
aus caught here, the arms measurin,
fully four feet in length.
Charles Smith, u travelling nan, Gu
his throat at lhs What Cheer Hous
in San Francisco. He was out q
employment and without money, fo
the first time in hi. life, he lid, an.
would rather be dead than become ,
beggar Mt his age. He is about 81
years old. His wind pipe was cut an
Poii.e Surgeon M trtlneau perform. ,
timely operation which will save hi
LIE.
William Nicholson, a shoemaker a
San Francisco, came home III ,rtly a.,
ter midnight, in an advanced cond,
ton OF inebriety. A lodger under tool
o help the man up stairs TO his room
nd with much difficulty had dragse
him to the top of the front flight, whe,
Nicholson's almost inert body slippe,
from his grasp, and went rolling ant
bounding to the floor b. low. Within
few minu es he was dead. He ha,
broken his neck.
Louis Juror, a 10-year old boy liv
ing just out OF San Francisco, Wa
killed by charge OF bird shot fire,
It II cat by Joseph Miller, who work
On the ranch. The cat that Mill,
was after had cr,wled into brusl
heap, and he was poking around afte
ii. The little boy came up to Sc,
what was going on, and got between
Mill'rs shotgun and the cat, just a
Miller pulled the trigger. The full
charge struck the boy in the abdomen
tearing horrible opening.
A bold attempt was made in broa,
lay light by John G ,vey, contractor
10 set fire TO the exten-ive lumbe
wards OF the West Coast Lumber Com
p,ny at San Diego, Cal. He WIS dis
covered running out of the yard from
spot where pile OF rigs, s.turate,
with kerosene, had been fred under
pile of dry lumber 1t is reporte,
hat Govey had a dispute with II
company regarding some lumber h
had bought, and threatened ven
geanc.
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