Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-12-22

tain points TO be out Of accord with sci
ence this lie either due to bad interpreta-
ton or science is mistaken.
Captain Fowle and his wife and child
we're drowned in the ocean near Table
bodies Of the captain and his wife were
recovered on the ocean half q mile north
OF the mouth OF Eel river
A few days ago Mrs. Armstrong, resid-
ing between Oswego and Oregon City,
and mother of Thomas Armstrong, died
suddenly while sitting in q chair. De-
ceased was over 100 years OF age. The
cause Of the death was heart disease.
The house Indian committee has q
number of bills before it, including one
for the REIMBURSEMENT of portion of the
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations
in Utah. 1t is claimed that valuable
asphalt deposits are found on the lands.
Martin Anderson, cellar clerk in the
grocery house Of Heimrod & Hanson at
Omaha, murdered an unknown woman
in the cellar of the store Thursday even
ing and then cut his throat fatally.
Nothing is known of the causes Of the
tragedy.
The Bear Valley Irrigation Company
Of San Bernardino, Calf, capitalized at
"a ,0OO, 900, and which has until this time
paid dividends OF Is per cent. on that
amount, has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver, owing to the present financial
stringency.
Mayor E. C. Williams, of Hazelhurst,
Miss, was killed by Kirby Miller on
Monday. The assassin is q notorious
tough and has had a grudge against the
mayor who caused his arrest on q charge
Of gambling. Miller used a club in COM
hitting the crime.
John Boyd Thatcher, in charge oil
worlds fair awards, denies that the mum.
Der of awards will be 10000 in excess OF
the number authorized by congress, or
that meritorious exhibitors will fail oil
recognition. The work will be finished
and awards made by May /, 1884.
At Luzerne, Ia, Sunday night three
men took possession of the railway sta.
ton, robbing the company, agent, oper-
ator and every one who happened to
visit the place. As each victim was de-
spoiled of his property he was shut in
the freight house. The robbers got $500
Make a small dot on paper, then look
at it through diamond. II you can zee
but one dot, you can depend upon it that
the stone is genuine; but if the mark ID
scattered or shows more than one, you
will be perfectly safe in refusing to pay
ten cents for q stone that may be offered
you at $500.
Arthur Chadwick, q 16-year.old mes.
senger in the employ of the Pacific Tele.
phone Company in San Francisco, at
\ tempted TO jump out of an elevator on
the fifth floor of the company's building
Monday morning and fell to the bottom
of the shaft, a distsnce OF about 30 feet
and was instantly killed.
Mrs. Julia Huff, a servant in the fam.
lily OF M. H. Mccartney, of Cleveland, was
murdered in front Of the house Thursday
night by a man with whom she waf
walking. Her head was nearly severed
from her body. The police are looking
for her husband and motorman with
whom she kept company.
The jury in the Jefferis murder case al
Sacramento after being out twenty-foul
hours, returned q verdict of acquittal
At one time four were for conviction. In.
ability of the prosecution to prove that
Jefferis was at Brighton the night the
station was burned and Olga Ayres LOST
her life was what saved bin.
In the United States district court al
Boise City, Idaho, the remaining Ceul
d. Alene contempt cases have been dis.
missed. The cases ran against seventy.
five defendants and we're for violation oil
the injunction of the count restraining
miners from interfering with the mines
at the time of the strike last year.
Henry Greenwood, colored, wal
lynched by a mob of white men neAl
Cherry valley, Cross county, Ark, Sun
day. The victims wife recognized the
leader of the mob, Bob Wilson, who hal
been arrested and refused bail The
negroes are greatly incensed, as Green
wood was peaceable and inoffensive.
Matte Eoff was shot and seriously
wounded at East Liverpool, O., Tuesday
by her sweetheart, George Huffman, who
put three bullets into his own head ant
then jumped into the river. 1t was tot
chilly, and he swan ashore and was ar
rested. While waiting he threw himsel
in front Of train. He is now in Jail.
The Chicago savings banks have re
solved to reduce the rate OF interest OF
new deposits from to 3 per cent on Jan
uary l, and to make the same reduction
on all deposits after July l. This is don,
because demand for money is too slug
gish to enable the savings banks to carr
q profit on money borrowed at pc
cent.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bridges of Salem com
mitted suicide Tuesday by taking dost
Of rough on-rats. She came from Dakot
with her husband year or 80 ago. Sh'
was tired Of living with her husband
who was drinking man. She was aget
SO. Since her death Mr.. Bridges ha
been adjudged insane and placed in thu
asylum.
Boston Wool and Cotton Reporter
The movement in Oregon woods thi
week has been free. the price clean for
XXX wool being 34@36c, and 1s@11c il
the grease. Wyoming and Utah wool
have sold largely at 58@4Oc for fine an,
36@37c for fine medium. Almost an,
choice fine territory wool will now COS
40c clean.
Seven miles south of BRENNAN, Tex.
Sunday, Nose Miller beat his wife be
cause she refused to live with him. Sh
reported the matter to Anthony Harve,
and Tom Harvey, her father and brother
They called on Miller to demonstrate
and he shot both with buckshot, killinl
the father instantly and fatally woundinj
the brother.
Gov. dwellings, recent plea in behal
Of tramps is bearing unpleasant fruit
During the past two days hundreds O
tramps have hocked into Kansas, an,
people in many towns and cities are de
manding sheriffs and other peace officer
not subject to the governors orders h