Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-17
COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Principally to Warrington
Territory and California

Near Lodi, Cal, J. Phillips was
atally crushed by a rock faiiing Oh
lim.
Pat Riley, an old time miner, was
ound dead in his cabin, at Park Clty'
Utah.
It is stated that as high as $2o,ooo
apiece has been offered for some OF the
ron mines of Gle Elum, w. I.
Jean Dorado, Mexican, was run
over by a train and killed at Los
Angeles.
John Kramer, a section man, was
killed by falling off a coal Cur, at River
side, Cal.
BIB. McElhenney, collector, was
struck by a dummy OF Sutter street
cable car at San Francisco, and dled
from the injuries received.
At San Francisco, Geo. Herman,
4 years old, while playing about
kitchen stove, was scalded to death
by upsetting a kettle Of boiling water
The people of Pocatello, Idaho, re-
Gently held meeting for the purpose
of petitioning Congress to throw open
2 600 acres for townsite purposes.
Alexander Black, once wealthy
merchart of Stockton, committed sui
eide at San Francisco. Sickness ana
are supposed to have
been the cause of the deed.
An old gardener named Thomas
Brohany, was found at his house IN
San Francisco, burned to a crisp,
coaloil lamp having evidently exploded
and set fire to his clothing.
Police Judge Lawler gave decision
finding Mayor Pond and acting health
officer Gale guilty of misdemeanor IN
maintaining a smallpox tent on the
plaza, at San Francisco.
John E. League, postmaster at
Townsend, Montana, died from poison
by strychnine accidentally taken from
his hands or clothing, he having split
bottle of the drug over himself.
r. Seaforth, an English laborer at
the Cascade tunnel, was killed. He
jumped on a rock train going out at
the east end of the tunnel and made
misstep and fell upon the track. -Four
loaded cars passed over his body.
The late severe weather killed at
least one-half of the oysters on the
bay, says an Olympia paper. The
beds are bare during extreme low tide
for a period of three hours or more,
and during this interval the oysters
froze.
The Supreme Court has decided the
local option law in Washington Ter
ritory unconstitutional. The decision
released some twenty-eight persons
held in King, Katsop and Skagit coun-
ties for violation of this law, and will
possibly affect many other places in
the Territory.
Detective Hume, of Wells, Fargo &
Co, has prepared a statement of the
company's losses by train and stage
robbers during the past year. From
seven stage robberies the highwaymer
obtained 1926, while in four train rob
berries the company lost $l3,2lO. Tive
robbers were caught and sent to The
penitentiary.
Two bents of the uncompleted bridge
across Yakima river, between Nortl
Yakima and Moxie, w. T., were swep
away, with two horses and two mules
An ice gorge broke suddenly ant
caused rise of ten feet. An old lad,
cooking for the men saved her life b,
climbing tree and remaining Their
several hours in the cold, barefoot.
A Territorial Bar Association ha
been formed at Olympia, w. T. TIL
officers are as follows President
Judge Dennison, of Vancouver, Secre
tary, N. S. Porter, Olympia; Treasurer
j. w. Robinson, Olympia; Vice Pres
dent, first district, John b. Allen, c
Walla Walla; second district, T.
Sears of Tacoma third district, Tho
j. Humes, of Seattle; fourth distric
George N. Foster, of Spokane.
Thos. D. Ayers shot and killed E
Joseph in the woods twelve miles eat
of Kelso, Cowlitz county, w. T. Bot
parties we're hunting, and Ayers seem
what he supposed to be deer in tn
brush, fired his Winchester rifle an
sho- Joseph clear through both hip
The latter died in seven hours on tn
spot where he was shot. Immediate
after the shooting Ayers left I'll
wounded man with a companion, |
,, go after help, and sent man livin
close by, since which time he has NJ
been seen.
The Supreme Court of Californi
affirmed the decision of Superior Juds
Sullivan in favor of Sarah Althea
the Sharon case. The court, howeve
? has decided to reverse the order gran
r ing counsel fees. The amount
: counsel fees originally allowed
Judge Sullivan was $4,000, and IL
A amount of alimony was $500 add
tional to the annual allowance
= $500. The Supreme Court fixe
e alimony at $500 and an annual a
r lowance of $500. Judges Thornto
c Sharpstein and Mcfarland filed di
( sentng opinions, finding that Share
|. and Sarah Althea were never legal
d married. 1t is supposed Sarah Alth,
e will receive about $4,000, 900 in all.