Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-10-10
NEWS SUMMARY.

!, Two farmers were swindled out c
= $500 by the green goods game at Jack
sonville, Ill.
Two negroes who assaulted whit
women were hanged by IA mob nea
Amory, Miss.
The flying of an American flag owe
the Toronto exposition has made quit
a turmoil there.
The total population of Utah terri
tory is 206. 49S, net increase during
the past decade of G2, 535.
Miss Lizzie Bennett, of New Yorl
village, eloped on her wedding da,
with her betrothed's rival.
The Missouri Pacific detectives are
positive they have the Otterville trair
robbers locked up at Upton, Mo.
The West Chicago street railway
employees threaten to strike if certain
discharged men are not reinstated.
Gen. Brooks and Col. Kautz of the
regular army have Withdrawn their
counter-charges against each other
AT Aberdeen, Wash, citizens formed
an anti-Chinese league and notified all
celestials to leave town before the god.
The Illinois board of equalization is
discussing the proposition to raise the
Cook county assessment 1922, 000 600.
Hamilton county Ollinois) pa
TENTS treatment at the Anna insane
asylum has resulted in steps for an in.
vestigation.
Fire at Lynchburg, West Va, de-
stroycd the Western Union telegraph
office and half block of other build.
ings. Loss 100000.
The coffee merchants of Rio de Jan
GIRO met and protested against the
auction of special privileges in pay
ment of export duties.
| The Wichita stock yards company
complain TO the railroad commissioners
that live stock rates are out OF harmony
with the Wichita decision.
DR.. George r. Ghislin, who repre-
sented the Confederacy at tho court Of
ST. James, where he tried in vain to
secure recognition, is dead.
Jonathan X. Wilson, leading citi-
zen Of Rohrerstown, Pa, was struck
by passenger trein while crossing
the track and instantly killed.
1t is said an address to workmen of
Germany inspired by Emperor Will
liam, will be issued October l, the day
when the socialist act will expire.
At Morris, H., the jury in the trial
of Maxwell. for the murder of Charles
Decker on June %, brought in "a yer.
dict OF guilty and condemned him to
death.
1t is stated that Richard Guenther,
consul general to Mexico, has been Sc
riously i'll the past two weeks at his
residence in Oshkosh, Wis. He is now
improving.
Mrs. Lena Tompkins, of Atlanta,
Ga, hunted up her father from whom
her mother had been separated for 20
years by the efforts of enemies, and
the family are reunited.
High waters in the Muskingum val
ley Ohio, have done incalculable dam
age TO the corn crop in the lowlands
Hundreds of acres are completely sab
merged and the crop ruined.
W. W. Finley, chairman of the
trans-Missouri freight association, has
been chosen to succeed j. +. Goddard,
who has resigned the Craftsmanship OF
the western passenger association.
The through Kansas City express on
the Missouri Pacific was partially
wrecked at Glencoe switch about TWEEN
" miles west of st. Louis. One pas
senger was killed and fifteen injured.
four fatally.
Robert Ray Hamilton of New York
whose name is widely known TO news
paper readers in connection with the
trial of his wife early in the year for a
cutting affray with her maid was
drowned in Yellowstone park last
week.
General John c. Underwood, head
of the Patriarchs Militant and grand
sire of the sovereign grand lodge of
Oddfellows, has issued AN order de-
posing Captain General Franklin Ellis
of Troy, Ohio and placing him under
arrest for INSTRUMENTATION in presum-
ing to assume command of the Patri-
archs Militant.
Two bands of Pottawattomies one
hioh II us INC Dig CblllItf bduu itllu tlc
other as the Little Soldier band, met
in jackson county, Kansas. to consider
the presidents orders requiring them
to sectionize. A fight occurred in
which three of the leaders were killed
and several others were wounded.
1t is understood that Mr.. Frank Hop
kinson Smith, the well-known artist
who has recently written some charm
ing articles upon Mexican life. will APP
pear us II novelist in the coming year
of The Century. A five-part story,
Colonel Carter of Cartersville. by
Mr.. Hopkinson Smith. will begin in
the November number.
While the patients in the Illinois
southern hospital for insane were out
walking under care of attendants, one
OF the women suddenly drew knife
which she had taken from the table
and secreted on her person, and at
tackled the attendants. Before she
could be disarmed three OF the attend
ants were badly cut.
The Argonaut is the name of six
teen page weekly publication issued at
san Francisco, Cal, by the Argonaut
Publishing Company, with Frank NJ.
PiXley as editor. The Argonaut, now
in its twenty-seventh year. ranks
among the leading publications of this
country, and with truthfulness can be