Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-21
COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Principally to Warrington
Territory and California.

Nineteen horses were frozen to death
in Pine Valley. New.
Centralia, w. T., is to have a board
of immigration.
Spokane Falls pays about $500 per
month for city printing.
The proposition to establish
county Jail at Montesann, w. L. failed
by seven votes.
Michael Brady, aged 81 years, was
struck by train at Vallejo, Cal, and
crushed into an unacceptable mass.
Charles Patterson, switchman,
was thrown from q moving car and
almost instantly killed, at San Diego,
Cal.
v. B. Burke, a restaurant proprietor,
was shot and instantly killed at his
restaurant at San Francisco, by j. e..
Crawford, railroad engineer.
Mr.. Toney states that his peach
trees are killed, every one OF them, and
will have to be converted into fire
wood, says q Walla Walla paper.
Jas McEwan, an apprentice on the
British ship Ayrshire, fell from a stag
ing on the vessel into the bay. at San
Francisco, and was drowned.
Arthur Hall, signal man on the
s. P. Il. r., was killed at the railroad
yard near the depot, at San Francisco.
No blame is attached to the engineer.
Charles Wehrley, aged 35, tanner,
suicided at Napa, Cal. He put pis-
toll in his mouth and blew out his
brains. The cause was temporary
insanity.
j. w. Village, California fish com
missioner, committed suicide. Testi
mony at the inquest showed that he
had collected money and failed tc
turn it into the treasury.
Thomas c.. Ross, q school teacher
recently from Oregon, has been com
mitted TO the Stockton insane asylum
because he says he hears the angels
singing.
s. P. Risley fell from derrick 6
distance Of seventyfive feet at Row
lands oil wells at Puente, Cal, striking
on his head. He died half an houl
later.
A German laborer named Holm
while employed with other workmer
in tearing down an old house Mt SaI
Francisco, was killed by the falling
debris.
VIM. Sexton was shot and killed q
Elk Creek, near Willows, Cal, b,
David Pierson. Sexton was plowin,
land claimed by Pierson, and on a re
fusal to quit, was fired upon with tn
above result.
Jacques Dull, two-year old child
fell into a tub of hot water, at SAINT
Ana, Cal. His back was almost com
pletely cooked, and the little fello,
suffered untold agonies, until he died
two days later.
J. s. Bracket, while in a somnam
bulistic condition, fell from his bed
room window at Petaluma, Cal, an
was fatally injured. He was 10 year
old and leaves large landed estates i
| OhiliOihia anu uASAACOs
Francisco Schwartz, while walkin
alongside an empty lime kiln. nea
Santa Cruz, Cal, slipped and fell
distance of twenty-five feet. His hea
struck rock breaking his skull an
killing him instantly.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurre
near Spokane Falls, in which thre
men--W b. Mills, Andrew and Henr
Clarke-were killed. The troub
was the result of an attempt of til
Clarke brothers to jump Mills Ian
claim.
Julian Ledon, native OF Californi
% years OF age, was found hanged 1
his ranch at Pea ridge, Maripos
county, Gal. The fact that his hanC
were tied behind him, and that tt
horse he is known to have ridden du
ing the day had been turned loos
seemed to indicate that murder ha
been committed.
A fearful collision occurred on IL
, Central Pacific railroad at Gold Ru
Cal. A west bound passenger trai
striking an east bound freight, demo
, ished four locomotives, crushing fir
man named Walker to death, and Il
engineers Hoodley and O'Mears, we
slightly injured. The mail, bagga,
and express cars and number
freight cars were badly wrecked.
Thomas Edwards, hack drive
was shot and fatally wouneed by OF
, Ger Harrington, at San Francisc
The latter thought Edwards was
garroter. having heard scutlle a fe
minutes before Edwards appeare
, He says he fired under the belief til
+. the man was wrong doer, and W
strengthened in his bJlief when
,, refused to halt.
The mystery which enshrouded h
| disappearance of two boys-C. f. Cd
neal and Vincent w, Applegate-wl
left their homes in Duarte on Decor
Der 2S, has been solved by the meltir
of the snow in canyon nine mil
from Monroira, Cal, where the bodi
were found. The two lads we're lyir
only few rods apart. They evident