Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-07-28

that Calm, the murderer OF Shaw, was
hanged at Canyon City, Friday. He
made long talk, which. with the parlic-
ulars of the hanging, will appear in our
next issue.
An express train near Pelhamville, N.
Y, struck and instantly killed two men
who had gotten into dispute and were
fighting on the railioa track. They were
horribly mangled.
Michael Delaney, of Newark, N j.,
was killed and Clifford Eddy, of Buffalo,
had his arm and leg crushed in an eleva-
tor shaft Of the iron observation tower at
Niagara, Falls, Friday.
Nicholas Rodriguez, one of the most
desperate outlaws in Mexico, has been
killed by officers at Ometepeca, near
which section he had committed many
crimes and de2redations.
Rev. w. H. Wilson suffered q paralyt-
ic stroke at the farm of his son in Crook
county few days ago from the effects of
which he died. He was very we'll
known and popular minister.
Oscar Neebe, one of the three enarch-
lists recently released from the peniten-
tiary, was married Wednesday at Chi
cago, to Mrs. Eliza Hepp. The bride is
the owner of fiourishing saloon.
Values OF merchandise exported for
the year ending June 80 we're $S47 ,423, !.
600, against 81 ,030 ,22S 900 for the pre-
vious year. Imports $941 ,076, 900, against
1927 ,402 900 the previous year.
A fishing boat was dragged into the
breakers by the rough sea at the mouth
of the Columbia, Monday Before assist
ance could reach it the boat overturned
and five fishermen were drowned.
Lexington, Kentucky, is excited over
the discovery that branch OF Swein-
furth's "heaven" is in full blast there
The most startling feature is that the
"angels" belong to the cream Of society.
Walla Walla Union: Tuesday even
ing while returning to his home ia The
lower portion Of the city, J. M. War
field, aged go years, was held up by two
tramps. They beat the old gentleman
very severely and then robbed him Of
$14.
An organized band OF Mormons, under
the leadership of Elder G. W. Ellis, OF
Salt Lake City, is at work in the neigh
borhood of Beaverdam station, Hanover
county, Va. Many converts are being
made.
The crops of the west are threatened
by the invasions of an army of crickets,
Of the genus cryllus. They are now in
Wyoming near Casper, and are moving
rapidly eastward, devouring potato fields
in an incredibly short time.
John G. Pelton, the first superintend.
ent of public schools in San Francisco,
in his old age, finds himself in poverty
A number OF leading citizens of that place
are raising q fund sufficient to support
him in his declining years.
w. L. Oakley, of New York, who was
walking from San Francisco to New York
on a wager, was killed by the Union Pa.
cific train few miles west OF Omaha,
Tuesday. Oakley was endeavoring to
make the trip without money.
Exports of wheat and -four from the
United States for the week ended July
are greater than ever before known in a
corresponding week, being 1877 900
bushels. The export of wheat is being
followed by the return of gold.
Miss Lizzie Byram, aged 10, daugh.
ter Of A. j. Byram, manufacturer Of pat
ent medicines in New York, died at his
home in Asbury Park, Sunday morning,
of hydrophobis, the result OF bite from
a pet dog, inflicted early last April.
Meredith Lewis was lynched by I'M
known persons near Roseland. in
Tangipahoa parish, La, Sunday. Lewis
was tried six months ago for the murder
Of his wife and acquitted, although the
evidence was against him. His scquittal