Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-09-29

Cleveland's baby is not the first child
born in the White house, but that dur
ing Jackson's administration, Mrs. Will
cox, born Donelson, and now a clerk in
the sixth auditors office, was.
DIR. Charles Pierce, graduate of this
years class at Bowdoin college, commit
Wednesday, by taking prussic acid. He
OF United States Marshal Pierce.
The senate has agreed to allow A. G.
Beckwith $4,000, Lee Mantle $500 and ].
B. Allen $500 in compensation for time
and expenses in prosecuting claims to
seats in the senate from Wyoming, Mon
tana and Washington respectively.
The fire throughout Wisconsin was ex
tinguished by the heavy rain Monday.
Captain Day estimates that no less than
rs 100000 feet Of pine on the Odanah
reservation has been burned, causing q
loss to the government of $630,000.
Adolph Krug, the alleged defaulting
treasurer of Seattle, WASH, was arrested
at the Union depot in st. Paul Monday,
just as he WAS about to take the east
bound train for Chicago, over the Omaha
road. Krug had just $l2 on his person
Business has greatly improved in the
past week in financial circles. The
records of the clearance house at San
Francisco show transactions OF over four
teen millions, which is the best weekly
record since the financial d preston be.
gan.
A moral wave has struck Nashville
Tenn, and the grand jury has indicted
several well-known society people on the
charge of gambling. A number of Ladder
9ressive euchre and whist are democrat
lied.
In fight with two stragglers Tuesday
night Major Wyman, agent for the Grow
Indians, received bullet wound in the
breast. The ma RS escort of Indian pc
lice killed the two assassins. One of the
dead men was Ted Hamilton, OF Dillon
Mont.
The foods in Virginia have caused i'm
mense damage to crops and fencing
Four large mills on the banks of the Rap
idan river and three dwellings have beer
washed away. The village of Grggsvill,
on Robins river was also swept out o
existence.
Nathaniel Myers, in Jail at San Anto
MO, Texas, for train robbery, announce
that he will soon make confession
which will implicate prominent business
men of Kansas City in the train robber,
near Lamar, Mo-, which occurred tw,
years ago.
Senator Dolph has introduced bill t.
extend the time for purchasers Of land
within the limits of the forfeited Northern
Pacific land grants to January l, 1897
and bill to authorize the State of Ore
gon to import machinery for jute mil
free of duty.
Captain Taltotdale of the British shi
Bannockburn, who arrived at San Fran
cisco from Swansea a few days ago wit
a cargo of coal, was drowned in the ba
Saturday. He was out in a small boa
with party when the sail jibed, knock
: ing him overheard.
A laborer, supposed to be John Wuo
tilla of Oregon, was struck by freigf
train near Tacoma, Tuesday, and kille
instantly. He Was walking beside tn
track and when a danger signal wa
blown stepped on instead of off the rail-
D His body was cut in two and horribl
I mangled.
Frank E. Nelson, fisherman workin
for the Columbia River Packing Con
q pany, was drowned Monday in Brown
. port slough, three miles above Knapp,
t He fell over while jumping into his boa
J. and when trying to reach the side Of IL
skif burst blood vessel and sank. Z
!. was fine swimmer.