Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-09-08

killed. He was a widower and leaves
one child.
A well.informed New York banker is
authority for the statement that about
$9. 800 600 has been paid in subscriptions
to the collateral trust loan Of the North
ern Pacific, leaving an unpaid balance OF
81, 900.
Masked robbers boarded train near
Middleton, KY, Monday, and during the
fusillade fatally wounded L. Bowman
and Mrs. Mary Bowman. Three OF the
gang we're captured and narrowly es-
capped lynching.
The sheriff at Olympia, Saturday, sold
l 900, 900 shingles, the property OF J. b.
Flynn, at the Nesqually mill. They were
bought in by E. T. Young at 80 cents per
40 900 and IS cents per thousand for
the remaining 10000.
The directors of the Bank of England
have decided to raise the banks rate OF
discount to five per cent. This is an
advance Of one per cent. Bullion in the
Bank of England has decreased E43S,-
600 during the past week.
George H. Wetherbee of Port Henry,
New York, and six young companions,
Who were sailing in A. Wetherbee' g
yacht, the Alpha, we're capsized in Lake
Champlain Monday. Wetherbee and
five of the boys we're drowned.
At bull fight at Saragossa, Spain,
the audience, dissatisfied with the quail
ity of the performance, smashed the
seats and set fire to them. The police
ouelled the riot with difficulty, after
wounding number of the mob.
Three years ago the boom town OF Chi
cago, on WILDLY island, was destined
to become the terminal OF the Grea
Northern and other transcontinenta
roads," Saturday the entire townsite wal
sold under the hammer for $4,000.
The famous 5000, 900 personal damage
) suit against Peter M. Arthur, chief OF thu
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
, commenced last March Immediately at
ter the strike of engineers on the AMI
Arbor railroad, has been withdrawn.
: Harvey Shelton, pioneer citizen @
Linn county, Oregon, died at his HON
in Scio Monday evening OF apoplexy. II
!. had been building fence by the roadsid
in the morning and WAS found lying i
an UNCONSCIOUS condition, dying soon u
forwards.
a Special Officer Charles Wetzel was she
4 and fatally wounded by an unknown ma
!. at Sacramento Sunday night. His al
r sailant WAS quarreling with colore
man. Wetzel interfered. when the ma
II placed pistol against Wetze's stomac
:. and fired
4. The secretary of the treasury has d
A rected an expert from the San Francist
custom house to report in Chicago
:. once to attend to the forwarding Of tt
70 foreign exhibits which will be sent frol
a. a. that city to the midwinter fair at Sa
ID Francisco.
Alfred Fl. Nelson, late eecretary ar
- manager Of the Ogden, Utah, Building
" " Loan Association, was arrested in he
: ena, Thursday. for embezzling $3.50
!. from the above-named association. I
~ was bound for Dunmore, Canada, by Il
most direct route.
a as In spite OF her latest published stat
A. ment that she would not marry an anR
no from heaven if he asked her, Mrs. Frar
10 Leslie, II reports are true, is about
70 take to herself another husband. IN
gentleman in question ia Myron Gallo
vs. an actor with the Lillian Lewis combin
'rt ton.
ny At San Francisco Collector of Custor
-. Wise and United States District Attorn
ITO Garter are endeavoring, through t
opium emugeler F. Freer, who sure
m dered himself, to gain such informant
rs- as will fasten the charge Of smuggling
is those supposed to be engaged In the bu
tly ness on Puget Sound.