Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-03
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE.
Catholic Priest Overpowered and
Robbed by a Mexican.
ANOTHER CALIFORNIA RESERVATION.
The Strait Of Fuca Reported to be Stocked
With Drift Logan Editor
Acquitted Of Libel.

Phoenix, a. r., has free. delivery
postal system.
The National Bank Of rocatello, Idaho,
has besn authorized to do business.
Los Angeles Council has votei to per
init the building Of smolser inside the
city limits.
The diamond fields In Idaho are Great.
ing intense excitement at Nampa and
neighborhood.
The four-masted barkentine Jane l..
Stanford. the largest wooden sailing yes
eel ever built in California, was succe,s-
fully launched in Humboldt Bay recent
~.
Turnkey French was attacked In the
Idaho penitentisry at Boise by Samu i
Hatton, q desperate convict, and in sell
defense French stabbed and killed Hat.
ton.
The Chamber OF Commerce at Los An.
geles by resolution has requested the
Governor to recommend that q branch
OF the State Treasury be established in
that city.
Citizens oil Florence, Or, desire that
that town shall be incorporated, and q
charter IL new being prepared for sub
mission TO the people before the Legis'
laturo meets.
In the c,urt- martial at Mare Island on
the Mohican case the testimony 30 far
taken goes TO show that there was some
friction among the officers at the time
OF the accident, and also that the Mo
hican Was inefiiciently manned.
Grangeville, Idaho, proposes to make
an active f1ght to secure the location
xhn Qtaxo A a~tos.1<,.eal Cr,llaua a that
point. The experiment station on Camas
prairie ID In excellent condition, and ex-
periments will be begun next spring,
mainly with grasses at first.
John Manning, a Los Angeles pugilist.
who was cut last week by razor in the
hands OF Pompey Smith, was reported
him MP with the scalpel, Manning sud
denly came to life. An undertaken was
on hand with coffin to put Manning In.
The levee which extends down va
quina Bay quite distance below the
docks at Ysquina City is being Inn
proved. Great piles are being driven in
front Of and AZ near TO the cribb ny as
may be, forming great wall. 1t is
somewhat expensive, but II will keep
the levy intact for many years.
An order Of the Secretary OF the Inte-
rior recently issued is OF great import
ance to the horticultural industry OF
Southern California. II creates reser-
walton In San Bernardino county cover
ing about forty eight townships and ex-
tending from Cajon Pass on the north to
San Gorgonio Pass on the south, taking
In the watershed upon the mountains.
BY decision OF the Secretary Of the
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made beautiful homes on tract In the
heart OF the choicest horticultural re-
gion OF Los Angeles county, six miles
northwest Of Pomona, find themselves
without any title TO their land. The
land was sold by the State, and the Leg
islature will have TO be looked to TO i'm
demniiy the innocent persons.
The big government dixie at Snag ISL
and In the Columbia river has been com.
pleted. and the gangs Of workmen were
taken TO the mainland. The dixie is 10,
900 feet In length, and is placed in the
river 80 as TO force the current into the
old river channel and 10 keep the river
within narrower bounds. Frequent
soundings at marked points show that
the channel 10 steadily increasing in
depth.
The Wolcott reports that In the recol-
lection OF sea-faring men on the Coast
there has never been 30 many drift logs
In the Strait OF Fuca rs at the present
time. Ike high freshets have swept
down the fallen logs OF ages and sent
them adrift to the sea. Logs that have
been buried in the sand for years along
the beach below Port Crescent have been
washed up, and in some places great d ans
Of logs are formed, rendering 1t danger
GUS for navigation.
The monster whale that came ashore
at Elk Creek alb ut mon h ago is rap
idly melting away over hot fires at Mr..
Logan's ranch. A large force Of men
are rendering the blubber, which Ia in
an excellent state OF preservation, and
the result will be nearly 100 barr els OF ex-
cellent unrefined oil. The whalebone,
which averaged three feet in length. was
taken out some time ago, and foots up a
total weight OF about 800 pounds. The
skeleton, AZ soon as cleaned, will be set
up In front OF the Logan house at Elk
Greek.
Articles OF inc ,rporation Of the North
ern American Navigation Company were
filed the other day at San Francisco by
number OF the prominent residents OF
that city. The corporation is formed
with capital stock Of $4,000. 900 and
for the purpose OF purchasing or build
ing vessels to carry on business as com.
mon carriers between San Francisco and
Panama, and then to make connection
with the Panama Railroad Company 1
lines or other agencies that affoid com,
muncation with New York and another
Atlantic ports. The term OF the corpo-
ration is given as five years.
On charge OF criminal libel at Port.
land George II. Mofstt, editor of the
telegram, has been acquitted. The al.
legged libel consisted in an article pub.
lished prior to the city election last June,
charging numbsr oil persons with levy
ing assessments on gambling houses and
the inmates of the houses Of i'll repu.s
to be used in carrying the election Tor
the Republican ticket. Judge Shattuck
instructed the jury that the ievying oil
OF assess ments to be used In political
campaign was not crime. and that.
therefore, no libel had been committed.
The other night an individual called
at the residence OF Father O'Rielly, a
Catholic priest OF Clifton, San Bernar-
dino county, CAL, and asked him to
hurry with him to the bedside Of dy.
ing man beyond Toltou. The priest hur-
riedly made arrangements, and got into
the buggy of the stranger. After they
had passed Cotton the stranger, who Was
. Mexican, overpowered the p'iest,
robbed him OF his watch and money and
then put him out in the middle Of the
road, leaving him to find his way back
to Cotton. The robber was afterward