Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

bratcd gun inventor, has given S75, 900
| for Yale preparatory school.
A. q. Moffett, prominent Cleveland,
Ohio, physician was drowned at Chau-
tauqua.
Nine opium FURNACES run by Chinese
were broken up and 1000 worth OF
opium seized in Shasta, Cal, by secret
service officers.
Frank Miller, a switchman, was
killed, George Carmen fatally injured
and several other men badly injured
by a collision in the freight yards at
Kent, Ohio
Willis Lytie, aged is years, died at
Providence, Wash. Suspicious that he
was poisoned by his parents have been
excited and a chemical analysis of his
stomach has been o 'icrcd
Samuel j. Jarvi If Lansing, Mich,
has completed s. ond compressed air
mo or, in which are overcome the de-
fects of his first effort. The motor
company has been capitalized at $780,
600
The condition of James Russell Low
ell is slightly improved.
Richard Colts shannon of New York
has been appointed United States m n
iobcI W NtIlbIdl ftIntTltd.
Five hydrophobia patients from Aus
tin, Texas, have arrived 1T DR.. Paul
Gibiers institute in New York.
Dr. Francis Brown, professor of He
brew at Union Theological seminary,
will assist DIR. Briggs in his defense.
In a free-for-all fight over a pint of
whisky at Atlanthus, Mo, Frank
Cotfey was killed and two young men
fatally wounded.
The English Court of Chancery ha
decided that the earl of Ailesbury can
not be allowed to sell his estate to tho
Irish brewer, Lord Iveagh, for 81, 75O.-
600. Fhe court says the principal
benefit would accrue to the usurers.
There are fears of famine in MANY
districts in Russia on account of the
failure of the crops.
The st. James Gazette takes n very
gloomy view of the condition of Brit
ish trade, and attributes the great de-
cline IN exports to the operation of the
Mckinley law in the United States
A New York paper claims that the
inhuman brutalities to which prisoners
at the Clinton state prison are subjected
have driven many of them crazy.
Judge Botlxins of Kansas claims to
have received several anonymous let
ters, evidently from the friends of the
late Col. Sam Woods, warning him
that he will be killed if he attempts to
sit on the bench during the trial of
Woods murderer.
An official bulletin denies the sensa-
tional reports about the health of the
German emperor.
William Lidderdale governor of tbe
bank of England, says there is no rea-
son to fear financial panic
Mrs. James Brown Potter saws she
made over $1,000 during her Austria
liam tour She will not return to
America for year or two.
Influenza has again made its appear
ance in Moscow and is attacking people
in all classes of society. The repots
show that on the average 500 persons
are daily Frustrated by the disease
Richard Barckmnn of Vincennes,
Ind, cut his throat while suffering
from an overdose of belladonna.
The clothing of Mrs. Ann johnson
of Decatur, ILL.,, caught fire from an
oil stove and she was fatally burned
At Detroit the police stopped an
IL Il
Mailluchette, of Tilbury, Ont, with
Mrs. Royal Hilbert, of Kansas City.
Natural gas in paying quantity has
been struck at Kouts, Ind, at a depth
of 100 feet.
Joseph II. Thomas, prisoner in tho
Marquette Mich penitentiary, who,
while intoxicated, murdered his best
friend last November, is hopelessly in
sane.
The coroner of Springfield. H., has
begun an inquiry into the cause of the
death of Frank Z. Clark, the engineer
who was killed in the wreck recently
on the Wabash road near Homer.
Abram Roger, a wealthy citizen of
Covington, Ind, was run over by a
team driven by reckless James Hopper
MIR. Roger will probably die.
Three hundred dollars reward is
offered for Thomas McClaren and Tony
Kleber, two toughs of Carlyle, Ill
Saturday night they fractured the skull
of An thony Hubert and injured A. f.
Ford, besides seriously alarming Chief
of Police Rinesmith. The latter shot
j. Daley, who was assisting HIM in an
attempt to arrest McClaren and Kieber,
through the foot.
The Masonic Savings bank of Louis
vile, assigned TO the Germania Safety
Vault and Trust company. The CAPT
tai is $3.50, 900.
Tho war between the North Dakota
ware house commissioners and the ele-
vator owners still continues. The ele-
vator men say they will do business as
private warehouses, and the commits
sioners declare they will close the ele-
vators if this is attempted
At Vandalia, H., George and Silas
King, brothers, got into an alteration,
when George, who was intoxicated,
seized spade and dealt Silas several
blows on the head, inhicting probably
fatal injuries.