Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-07-14
reduction in the record of thirty-three
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reduction in the record OF thirty three
and ono half seconds.
Walter Darling, OF Rockville, Ont.
and Miss Abbie Wooley, of WATERFOWL,
we're drowned Tuesday night in Black
river, at Glen park, by the capsizing of
boat in which they were rowing.
Tekoa, Wash, teashers hesitate to &C.
cept reduction of salaries. Under the
new scale the principal gets $75, the in
ermediate sos and the primary $50 per
month, reduction Of $40 on each per
month.
Nellie Mccormick, aged 10 years, was
struck by freight car near Wilkeson,
Wash, Wednesday, and instantly killed.
She was walking on the track with
number OF others when the accident hap
pened.
Charles Meyers, who fired the city
hotel at Asotin, Wash, last March, caus-
been convicted of murder in the first de-
TENDER /.
The grand jury of Linn county, Oregon,
returned an indictment against John D.
Wassom for assault with intent to kill
upon the person of Robert L. White, this
being the recent stabbing ARRAY near
Harrisburg.
Thomas Lloyd, a well.known citizen,
was shot and instantly killed at OF
tumws, Iowa, Tuesday night by Amelia
Evans, who claimed he had traduced her.
She was accompanied by her husband
She gave herself up.
The total number of presidential post
Offices in operation on July IL were 1887 !;
| ~ 10 10 ,a ko1
receipts for the four quarters which
ended March 81, $50, 1872 ,SOl; increase,
as compared with last year, IS ,003, 1929.
John Hendel, who was convicted OF
murder in the second degree for killing
Lee Halstrohm in Haley, Idaho, last
winter, was Wednesday sentenced to six
teen years in the penitentiary by Stock
slayer. Hendel is a physical wreck and
cannot live long.
A 14-year-old girl named Baker, while
riding homo from school at Eugene, Ore
gon, Tuesday evening, was thrown from
her horse, and becoming entangled in the
halter rope was dragged some distance
and literally torn to pieces. She died
before assistance could reach her.
James w. Bailey, negro coal miner,
who murdered John Downie. another
colored miner, at New Castle May 81,
was found guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree at Seattle, Wednesday. Bal
ley pleaded self-defence, but was unable
to prove his innocence to the jury.
The Steamship Mogul arrived at Ia
coma Saturday bringing 3lOO tons OF new
tea, silks, curios and straw braid. She
has seventy Chinese and Japanese il
steerage and four saloon passengers. She
carries the biggest cargo of any ship oil
the line that ever arrived in that port.
The Dell Haven irrigation district ie
contemplating purchasing from the Yak.
ina Irrigation & Improvement company
it's Kennewick canal and appurtenances
The canal completed will cost the district
about $3.50, 900, and will water about
$4,000 acres of the finest land in Yakima
county.
The wheat king OF Adams county
Wash, is s. l.. Thomas, who has de.
voted 1906 acres to the cereal this year
"Oh, we are in 1t this year." said Mr.
Thomas to the Times. 1.-The acreage il
the largest in our section and all the
crops are looking better than l ever saw
them before"
Nathaniel Greene Mcdonald, an Ore
gon pioneer OF lS45, died at his home in
Scio, Linn county, Monday afternoon
He was nearly rs years old and his grea
age so enfeebled his constitution that he
was unable to Withstand the effects Of q
gunshot wound received while fighting
! Indians in 1S47.4S.