Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-13
COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Principally 10 Warrington
Territory and California.

There are number of cases 0
measles in b Use City, Idaho.
/, A man named Lafayette Hoo
] jumped from the passenger train neaI
/. Dixon, Cal, and was instantly killed
William Schick and Hiram Good
/ win were thrown out and Goodwin rui
over and killed by runaway team, a
Pomona, Cal.
The miners of the Comstock nov
work ten hours day, receiving VA
the price formerly paid for an eight
hour shift.
Ed. Emery, OF Emery, Mack
Wood, sawmill operators, was drowned
at Aberdeen, w. T. He was aged 26
and single.
A man named johnson cut Ellis
worth Benson's throat at Atusa, Cal
Benson first shot ut johnson. Benson
died from the effects of his wounds.
Sesario Arniola, an Italian woman
was burned to death in her room. at
San Francisco, by the explosion OF a
coal oil lamp.
There are sixty-four Touring mills
in Washington Territory, with an esti-
mated capacity of 1886 barrels pei
diem.
Claude Glenn, SO years old, died at
Tehachapai, Cal, from injuries re-
ceived from collision between a horse
he was trying to catch and one he was
riding.
Irwin, who with John s. Prewett and
fourteen others conspired TO kill DR..
A. w. Powers two years ago at Hol-
lister, Cal, has been sentenced to life
imprisonment in San Quentin.
A bill has been introduced in the
Washington Territory Legislature pro-
hibiting persons holding the Offices of
Sheriff and Treasurer in any county in
the Territory for more than two terms.
Eva Cox, 3-year-old daughter of j.
NJ. Cox, farmer residing near Fresno,
Cal, was scalded tie death. The child
was playing in the kitchen and fell
backward into n tub of boiling hot
water.
Several young men Of Moore's Flat,
Cal, went to Chinatown and attempted
to capture the settlement. Chinese
fred ten or twelve shots at their as
sailants, probably fatally wounding
Blaze Sullivan, aged 81.
VIM. Campbell committed suicide
at North Bloomfield, Cal, by shooting
himself with revolver. Campbell was
formerly clerk of Tehama county, and
until recently was held in high esteem
by his employers.
The San Jose (Cal.), council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale of tobacco to boys under sixteen
years and making it a misdemeanor
for boys under that age to smoke or
chew in public places.
Among the passengers on the steam
ship from san Diego which arrived at
San Francisco, was Frank X. Whet-
more, in charge of police officers.
Whetmore was partner in the firm
OF Warren & Co., stockholders, and
absconded some time ago with several
thousand dollars belonging to the finn
While George Baker and Alexander
Goess were making some repairs in Il
Touring mill at San Francisco. A.
large mass of -four and barley dust
was ignited by their torch and ex-
ploded, burning them severely.
On his whaling voyage just ended,
Captain Baldry, of the steam whaler
Orea, San Francisco, killed thirty-fve
whales, slowed twenty eight GALL he
bad room fo,) and brought into port
$500 barrels of oil and $4,000 pounds
OF bone the largest catch on record
and valued at about $266,SS0.
Governor Zulick has pardoned Bar.
ney Riggs, serving life sentence in
the Territorial prison at Yuma, A. r.,
on condition of his leaving the Terri
tory. Riggs was the prisoner who
assisted in keeping down the insurrec.
ton OF convicts some time ago. and in
saving the life OF superintendent Gates.
A distressing accident occurred at
the Tahoma mine, at Mountain Home,
Idaho, whereby Oscar Goble and Riley
Bostwick We're severely injured. While
in the mine some giant powder ex-
ploded near their heads. How it came
to ignite is not know. 1t had the eff
feet of destroying the sight of both of
Coolies eyes and one OF Bostwick's.
At Fresno, Cal, while Willy Buck,
10 years old, was trying to lasso dog
with long rope by which he was
leading mule, the moose caught him
around the body, and the mule be-
coming frightened, dragged him over
A field, breaking his back, and killing
him in view Of his parents.
The body of sailor was found in
San Diego bay. A tub, in which was
\ full sailor outfit of clothing, all clean
md carefully cared for, WAS attached
o the body with line, and the theory
u the coroner was that the man de-
tested from the ship, put his clothes
n the tub and attempted to swim
'shore, but his legs became entaugled
n the rope and he had drowned.
M, ID Babcock, inventor of the fire
apparatus bearing his
lame, died at the almshouse at San
francisco, aged 10 years. The cause
II death was softening of the brain.
II one time he was in receipt of
10000 month for royalty on his
machines, but after selling patent
lights the money was soon spent, and
or soma wars hp won1erpI about ,ln