Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-10-06

An innoffensive old couple, Samuel
Rightly, aged "a years, and his wife, two
years younger, who lived alone on their
farm near Newton, Pa, we're foully MUIR
dered last Saturday night. The
perpetrator of the deed set fire to the
house to cover up the crime.
Postmaster Potter, an old Missouri
newspaper man, and Bob Roberts, Cal
ifornla pioneer and formerly bookkeeper
at the Southern Pacific hotel, Yuma,
were murdered Tuesday at Gila City, A.
T. They had their skulls crushed. In
dams are suspected OF the crime.
Near Patesville, Ca, recently, a negro
named Pooler was stabbed to death by
James Pate, q boy II years old. Pate
was superintendent of his fathers farm.
In dispute over some work the negro
attacked the boy with a stick, the latter
defending himself with cotton knife.
The daily statement OF the United
States treasurer Wednesday shows for
the first time in two weeks the receipts
OF the government to be in excess of the
expenditures. The figures fer the month
SIT ,272 ,851 !; expenditures, SIT ,062 900.
During the recent financial stringency
a resident of Tacoma buried his wealth,
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heap, placing the money in a glass jar,
and went hop-picking. He returned last
week and found the manure heap and
money gone. Several pieces OF the jar
we're left.
Hundreds of people are reported sick
on islands off the South Carolina coast as
the result of putrefaction of bodies left
un buried after the great storm OF Au-
gust. The situation has become 80
alarming that Surgeon McGlunder, who
is stationed on the islands, today tele-
graphed for assistance.
Samuel G. Stodhart, car accountant at
the Carnegie steel works in Pittsburg,
shot and killed his wife while she was
asleep Tuesday morning. He then blew
his own brains out. Religious differ
ences and dependency at a reduction oil
salary are given as the cause. They leave
seven small children.
Miss Ora Vaughan, the psramour oil
Deputy Sheriff H. G. Woods, was placed
on trial in the criminal court at Portland
the room of Mrs. Mary Kuykendall
young widow, who keeps house or
Tenth and Taylor streets, of about $l00(
worth of personal property.
Testimony before the jury investigating
the Burlington train robbery last Sunda,
, night shows the robbers we're shot dowr
in cold blood, and the police made no at
, tempt to capture them. The post NOR
tenn examination of the bodies Of Kohle
and Hogolitz sb ows them to have beef
! literally riddled with bullets.
> For several months Lake Shore freigh
3 trains between La Porte, Ind, and Butte
: have been system atically plundered
\ with the result that the railroad compan,
has sustained loss of from $50 900 to $75,
, 900. Two men have been arrested ant
' have made confession duplicating par
ties in the towns along the road.
3 Henry A. Purdy sent bullet through
t his brain in bis room at Spokane Satur
, day morning. He was SO years old,
brother of prominent business mai
: there and leaves wife and child in Ne,
q York city. The deceased was a printe
: and worked on the New York Recorder
!. He went to Spokane for his health.
r All Lin, Chinese doctor and resi-
q dent of Woodland, Calf for a numbe
of years, was found dead Monday morn
ing, having been burned to death, whic
8 was undou btedly the result OF drunke
9 debauch. 1t is supposed the lamp use
v in smoking opium ignited his clothin,
= His flesh in many places was burned
d a crisp.
Business and social circles of st. Pal