Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-18
TELEGRAPHIC.
IN EpIToNE OF THE PRINCIPAL EvENTs
New ATTRACTING PUBLIC INTEREST.

j The Berghoff brewery burned a
Fort Wayne, Ind. Loss 100000.
The motor and car on the Soutl
Side Electric railway at Pittsburg, Pa.
ran away and was completely wrecked
Seven persons we're seriously injured
one probably fatally.
| A boy at Salt Lake threw a lighted
match into coal oil can, causing an
explosion, which resulted IN the death
OF Cleo Carver, aged 5, and Guy Jor
don, aged 9 years, and the serious in
jury OF David Jordon.
Charles w. Waldron, one of the
owners and managers of the Waldron
bank OF Detroit, Mich, has absconded
taking with him money and securities
variously estimated at from 100000 Il
$1,000
In collision between passenger
and construction train OF the Bur.
lington road, near Krum, Iowa, an en-.
CINE and ten cars were totally wrecked
Roadmaster Rose, Dennis Griffin and
Patrick Ready, and number of others
were injured.
A stock train, running at high
rate Of speed ran into herd OF cattle
near Fort Buford, Mimi, on the Man.
itoba road, wrecking seventeen cars
Nearly 100 cattle were killed and five
train-men injured, three probably IA.
tally.
A barn on the Spring Valley stock
farm, nine miles from indianapolis
Ind, was burned, and eighteen head
of fine horses persisted. The fine
stallion Brignoli Wilkes was lost also
Ina, valued at $6 600; Mary G., 600
Vassar Girl, Madam Homewood and
others.
Charles Northey, miner, native
OF Cornwall, England, was precipi
tated down the shaft OF the Pollock
mine at Butte, Mont, distance Of
100 feet, by falling off the cage through
the carelessness Of the engineer, and
was instantly killed. He leaves a
wife and two children.
A collision occurred on the Dayton
& Michigan road near Lima, Ohio, be-
tween y freight and special from
Ottuwa with a military company on
the way to Columbus. One or two
cars we're broken up and two passen-
gers, one engineer and the conductor
received slight injuries.
Mr.. James Bell, business man OF
Chicago, quietly stepped up to Mr..
John Stevens, a "young man about
town." dexterously sliced his ear of
with u pen knife, placed the severed
member in his vest pocket and walked
away. Mr.. Stevens, it is intimated
had too ardent an admiration for Mrs
Bell to suit Mr.. Bell.
A serious accident occurred on the
Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati
Railway, east OF Springfield, Ohio. A
train, consisting of eight freight, two
passenger cars and two sleepers, struck
broken rail. The engine and every
car were derailed. The sleepers, both
carrying passengers, were thrown
down the embankment. Four pas
sengers were injured.
The boiler of locomotive attached
to II Lehigh valley freight train ex.
ploded while going up the mountain
near Wilkesbarre, Pa. A brakeman
named Joseph Vanhorn, was blown
from the engine into the woods, 20C
feet away. Both OF his legs and one
arm were broken, and his back wat
injured. He died before reaching
home.
| Mrs. Mullins, of Pittsburgh, was s
witness against Mr.. Scholler in case
which was TO have been tried Tuesday
afternoon, and Tuesday morning Mr.
Scholler, in order TO insure Mrs. Null
Inns absence from court, walked into
her hause, and, seizing her by the
hair, cut her throat from ear TO ear
Mrs. Mullins being dead, and, Mr.
Scholler being in Jail, the case was
not tried.
The sheriff of st. Louis county
Mo-, accompanied by posse of depu
ties, went to st. Charles to arrest three
men for stealing ferry boat. A lighr
with revolvers resulted, in which one
deputy was killed, and two other,
badly wounded. The sheriff himself
disappeared, and it is not known
whether he was captured by outlaws
or is still running for his life.
The false work for the super-st,uc
ture OF the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
way bridge over the Ohio, between
Covington and Cincinnati was swept
away by great raft of driftwood thu
had accumulated at its base, and 35(
feet of the iron bridge dropped dis
lance of 100 feet into the stream be
low. The trestle went down the
river ten or twelve miles, where som,
OF it was anchored. The iron WORK
lies in the river near shore. The com
pany estimate their loss at 100000.
w. III. Leland, brother-in-law of F
ID. Adams, mine owner of Auburn
Cal, who is in Chicago to dispose o
mining property, was drugged in n sa
loon by bartender and accomplices
When he recovered he was in the
rear OF the saloon, in an alley, and
his watch and money were gone. His
assailants We're cutting the flesh of
his finger to get diamond ring off
He resisted, when they beat him and
got away. Leland has identified the
men.
Jacob Moxter, piano dealer OF
st. Louis, Mo-, committed suicide
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