Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-19
THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A FARMER
AT sANTAQUIN. UTAH.
Antag onism Between the Governor aho
Legislature of New Mexico-Pros-
pectors on the Island OF Tex
ada-Minor Mention.

gas.
Diphtheria is almost epidemic at 81.
Helena.
Osgood, San Diego county, has new
postoflice.
Redding is to have new three-story
hotel and opera house.
Forestville, Sonoma county, is to
build Il 800 900 hotel this spring.
Fires Of unknown origin are becom-
ing quite frequent at Los Angeles.
A three point buck was lassoed while
swimming in Putah creek laet week.
A Mrs. Gubleman is charged with
the crime of numbering her infant
child at Woodland.
James Corrigan, lately from Kansas,
while drunk, was kill by the cars at
Fresno recently.
For 25-cents the hack drivers at
Walla Walla, w. T., will take person
to any part of the city. =,
Thirty thousand acres of grain will
be planted in the San Jacinto Valley,
San Diego county, this season.
The boys at Sonoma celebrated the
arrival of the hook and lad Ter truck
by torchlight procession.
The cantilever bridge over the imp
qua river at Winchester, Or, has been
accepted it is said to be fine struct-
ure.
Bannock Indians, now visiting Pi-
utes and Washoes, in Washoe county,
gave peace dance at Reno on the
Goth ult.
The dedication OF the Odd Fellows
hall, at Redding, was attended with
impressive ceremonies and proved a
great success.
The Arizona legislature have moved
the capital from Prescott to Phoenix,
where the legislature will assemble in
about ten days.
A new steamboat, to be named the
Mount Tacoma, which is to run be-
tween Tacoma and Whatcon, w. T..
was contracted for lately.
!, Governor Ross and the New Mexico
legislature are at swords points. AL
his vetoes are passed over his head and
nearly all his appointments are pigeon
= holed.
:, Prospectors are stalking off all of the
island OF Texada, where the recent
gold find is reported. Many miners
:, from British Columbia and Puge
i Sound have gone there.
:. The child of William Allen wal
, burned to death at the Stonewall Mine
. settlement, San Diego county, yeste1
day. The clothing of the child WA
ignited in some unknown way.
. Mrs. E. Parks, who lives near Ban
: gor, Butte county, fell into the Forbes
|, town 1ume Sunday. She shot tn
:, hume, a distance of three quarters o
!. a mile, without injury.
l. The survey of the Blackfoot, For
q Beknap and Fort Peck reservations
: in Montana, has been advertised foi
About II 900, 900 acres will be thrown
open to the public.
= A move is being made in New Mex
: leo to increase the liquor license from
q 500 to $1,000. The legislature i
4 urged to pass bill to that effect. Tn
liquor men are making d savage fight
|, Eight tons of butter, eggs, cure
il meat, etc, were shipped from Por
J.. Hartford on the 22d ult., the create
, portion of which was sent south t
II feed the citizens of Los Angeles an
, San Diego.
J. In Utah the census of children {
y school age, between six and Is years
is shows that there are in the Territor
= GAL boys and 3,64l girls of non Mo-
r. mon parents, and 34,0s2 boys an
J. 23,2S9 girls of Mormon parentage.
The result of the Laguna de Taeh
d, grant land suit at Fresno, it is sai(
" will be to transfer a water monopol
of from one party to another. Nothin
ell will be gained for the public and tn
lie interest is more of curiosity to Sc
is who will win than to anticipate ben,
fits.
te Farmers in the southwestern pal
ID of Grass Valley township, Nevad
es county, are organizing fer the purpos
a. of constructing an irrigation ditch t
ii take water from the South Yuba Cans
he Company and lead it over Dress Sun
a. NIT, by Osborne hill, through Fore.
10 Springs, and then on down the cour
se try.
U At Santaquin, Utah, ]. Anderson
u aged 80 years, has for some time pas
y trained his s year-old girl cousin to tn
>, use of fire arms. He would place tn
is muzzle of an empty gun to his hea
t and the girl would pull the trigger an
snap the weapon. Thursday he loade
RS the gun with buckshot and playful
n, placed the muzzle in his mouth, ash
1t ing the child to pull the trigger. Sh
rs did so, and Anderson's head was blow
Is to pieces. He was respondent an
III had taught the child to act as she di,
i'd with the deliberate intention of bein
e. killed.
n. Elijah Smith has accepted the pre-
idency of the Seattle, Lake Shore
Eastern Railroad. This road, with til
a Union Pacific and Manitoba and Or
;! gon Railway, have formed a pool wit
Smith as president. The Oregon wi
IS, build to Spokane Falls from Rockfor
er Ga line of 20 miles) Immediately. III
material for the Seattle road will con
e. by the Oregon line, and the Seatt
in road will be pushed to completio
within year, if possible, regardle
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