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

At Paris the French customs authori.
ties have discovered that large quantities
of corn and grit have been imported az
grain refuse and bone dust, thus de-
frauding the government OF large sums
in duties. The officials have ordered an
alyses of future samples Of all consign.
ments of such articles.
A frightful accident occurred Saturday
night at Bush wick Junction on the Long
Island railroad. A Rockaway train ran
into the head OF Manhattan Beach
train about midnight, telescoping several
cars. Sixteen dead persons and about
forty wounded were taken from the
wreck.
Geo. McElroy, yardmaster at the
Great Northern yards at Hillyard, had
both legs crushed by an engine OF the
Great Northern road Thursday. He
called down the engine from the round
house when the crew was away and in
attempting to get on he slipped and fell
un1 der it.
| J. J. Woodrow, aged Is, an old settler
and farmer, and his daughter were in
stantly killed Saturday while crossing the
Burlington railroad tracks near Glen
wood, Iowa. Their carriage was struck
bv the train, wrecking the vehicle. Both
bodies were horribly mangled, and the
team was killed.
A farmer laborer named A. p. Hansen
was badly injured Wednesday afternoon
on farm in Hudson bay section, near
Walla Walla. He was working around
derrick when he was struck by the
fork, one OF the prongs penetrating bic
left lung to depth of three inches. He
is not expected to live.
Three alleged highway and bank burg.
,, lars wanted in st. Paul, have been ar
rested in New York. The prisoners gave
their names as Edward Gillespie, Henry
Cohen and John Tomlin. They are be
Q lieved to be the men who, August IA
9 stole bag containing 5000 10 gold from
/, a bank messenger in st. Paul.
: Henry Carr, who was sent from
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, to the Albany peni
tentialy for one year for robbing thu
# Rawlings savings hank of $2l 800, ba
9 made a statement under oath that fou
g men were concerned in the robbery will
9 himsel, fone of whom is Eugene Comis
n key OF No. 1907 Broadway, New York.
l. Serious trouble developed Thursda
at Broadway market, East Buffalo, be
1t tween three hundred Poles and tn
q marketmen. The Poles who were out {
D. work, robbed the provision stands
ID When the owners Of the stands tried I
n protect their property riot resulted
h The police arrested 10 Of the ringleaderl
According to the report Of the crew {
l. the British ship, Bunsyro, which arrive
% in San Francisco last Sunday, Seama
at Nils Nilsson, who died at sea on AuRui
le IA and was reported az having died fror
m consumption, really died from . broke
N back, resulting, it is claimed, from tn
extreme cruelty Of the mate Of tn
ID vessel.
& The first dispensary for the sale
d. South Carolina whisky was opened |
90 Charleston on Tuesday. The salss Il
ie the day amounted to $50. The bushes
be was opened by Q gray-hesded viii
man, who stepped up to the alcov
e. gave his name, swore that his red MOI
rel and bleared eyes were not caused
,k rum, and paid fifteen cents for hal
to pint Of whisky.
he Sunday morning R. G.. Rogers,
%, farmer residing near Tulare, Cal, vi
ia called to his door by Bob Wilson
MADEIRA, who wanted to talk to Roger
M Rogers refused to have anything to
~. with Wilson, whereupon the latter DIRE
:. q pistol and fred, striking Rogers in d
, nc left shoulder Rogers fell and Wills
~, advanced and fired several shots into
ON head. killing him.
si. W. Marquis, who lives about fo
miles nsrth Of Eugene, Oregon, inform