Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-12-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.

while walking home with the woman
to whom he was engaged. 1t was dis
charged and he was fatally wounded
The Minnesota Eight-IIour league
has assessed a per capita tax of cen.
a month to pay expenses, and will send
a delegate to the State Farmers ALI
ance meeting in January to press Tho
claims Of the league.
Henry Hetbert of Berwick, Pa, has
brought suit against the manager o.
the local opera-house for accepting his
so cents and then not comp sling the
two ladies who sat in front of Mr.. Ilet-
bert to remove their hats and give him
chance to see the show.
The search for the missing Mexican
vessel Tahaiti has been abandoned.
She had on board a crew of sixt en-
men, Messrs. Levitt and Scrynser OF
New York and 200 laborers..
M!ddletown, Maryland village, held
a big celebration in honor of the Tooth
birthday of Miss Elizabeth Arpelman,
one of its citizens. There was pro-
cession headed by brass band.
! The association of southern ladies or.
ganized to restore the Hermitage, -
President Jacksons old home, will give
a grand reception in the Ponce de Leon
hotel at st. Augustine, Fla, Feb. 3.
There are 10000 cases of grippe in
st. Louis, but the mortality list is not
large.
The condition of John A. Logan, Ir.,
at his home in Youngstown, Ohio is
slightly improved.
The Supreme court of Texas de-
clared the law prohibiting aliens own
ing land in the State unconstitutional.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ruston were
killed by a train at Ersl1ine, Ind.
Mrs. Annie Cushman. ed &c, was
killed by a Wabash engine at Decatur,
Ill.
While blasting near Weeping Water,
Neb., John Swanson, and Gus Ander-
son were mangled BY explosions of
| giant powder and dynamite.
Charles samuels. the Upton, Ind,
forger, is still at large. Investigation
has developed 81 900 more of spurious
forged amounts.
The right of railways to issue free
passes is to be tested by the govern
ment, by suit to be speedily brought
against a New England rold.
| In the Barnaby case at Denver. Col.
several doctors testified that Mrs. Bar
naby died from arsenic al poisoning,
and that the poison found in her body
could not have been absorbed from a
glass jar in which part of the remaine
were kept as the defense attempted tc
show.
The net gold in the Treasury Depart
ment is Sl31, 1875, 5S7, an increase OF
nearly sl4,ooO,ooo.
Mrs. Eliza Lind, who was shot by
her husband at Ilillsboro, Wis, last
year died at St. Paul, Mimi, during
an effort to remove the bullet from her
head.
Abilene, Kan, will repudiate its
water works franchise, suit being or
dered. The Debenture and Guarantee
company of Chicago holds the plant and
80, 900 back rental is due.
Charles and Gust Anderson started
from North Manitou, Mich, for Coco
Harbor in boats to get their winter sup
plies. The body of Gust has beer
found on the beach. Nothing Ia, beer
heard of Charles or the boat.
Fire did SIS, 200 damage at Frankton,
Ind.
Cara, the Mexican revolutionist, is
now believed to be in Texas.
John McClong of Warren, Ind. was
killed by wild boar while hunting.
La grippe is epidemic at st. Louis,
physicians reporting hundreds of case ).
Red Key, Ind, was nearly DESTROYED
by fire. Loss, about $40, 0oJ; partly in
surcd.
A ghost, apparently Of woman,
broke up a husking-bee near Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
A Swede named Emil Anderson was
killed by being thrown from logging
train at Bayfield,, Wis.
Charles b. Evarts, son of the Hon.
William Evarts, was found dead in bed
at Windsor, Vt.
! Thomas Butler, living at Tremayne's
Corners, near Ionia, Mich, committed
suicide by taking strychnine.
An investigation of county records at
| Elk Point, $. D., reveales that one
Register of Deeds is nearly 81 900 short
in his accounts.
/ The water in Grand Traverse Bav
| fal -
eight hours and rose to the old level in
the same length of time
1t is rumored that William r. Orr
Of Omaha, Neb.. auditor of the Western
Railway Weighing associations, will
soon be removed.
The Supervisors of Mclean county
have offered reward of $500 for the ar
rest of the murderer of the unknown
man near Bloomington, Ill, Nov. IS.
A stranger giving his meme as Frank
Williams pleaded guilty of several
burglaries in Adrian. Mich, and was
sentenced to four years ut hard labor.
1t is believed the first natural gas
well at Wabash, Ind, was tnmpered
with. TIE Citizens Natural Gas COM
panv is making an investigation and
will sink another well at once.
| While the exact destination of the
cruiser San Francisco, can not be
officially ascertained, it is generally
understood at the Navy department
that she is going to Honolulu.
END OF THE MALTA DISPUTE.
Alleged Assurances From America Said