Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-05

cloths, at cost OF more than 81 ,OO0, 900.
the market has been relieved. The Fall
River mills have in consequence received
orders which will keep them running all
winter, thus providing for 5000 mill
hands and in all 40, 900 persons who de-
pend upon them.
The ls-Fargo express car in which
Messenger Richardson WAS found shot
dead near Dayton, Tex, Tuesday. had
not been robbed, nor was the body
robbed. The crime was committed by
private enemy of Richardson, or the
robbers had been scared before their
work was completed.
Henry Ssdewasser was shot through
the lungs by his brother Ferdinand at
Elizabeth, Col, Wednesday, and died
Immediately. The brothers owned =
in the fight Ferdinand seized a shotgun
which Henry held, aud it accidentally
went off. Ferdinand was arrested.
! George Clancy, brother of Congress.
man John NJ. Clancy, was murdered
Sunday morning by Timothy McDermott
in a saloon on Hudson avenue, New
York Clancy was standing at the bar,
when McDermott came up behind Clancy,
lifted the flaps Of his coat tails and With
long knife slsshed him across both legs.
Martin Flint, a prominent and quite
wealthy farmer, was waylad and robbed
Sunday night at falmouth, Kas. He
was found the next morning lying on the
road with his head and face smashed al
most beyond recognition. Three large
stones covered with blood were found by
his side, showing how terrible had been
his death.
Goodall, Perkins & Co., of San Fran.
cisco, have contributed 1000 pounds OF
giant powder for the destruction oil
sunkep rocks in the approaches to Coos
bay Residents of that port have tired o.
waiting for the government to rid them
of these menaces to navigation, and are
going to blow them out of existence
themselves.
1t is getting fashionable in Chicago to
hold up gambling houses. For the sec
oDd time within week faro dealer has
. contributed to desperadoes at pistols
point Two men entered the house at q
Quincy street Tuesday morning, and will
cooked revolvers held the frightened
dealers at bay while they got away witt
$4,000 in cash.
A man nsmed Egbert Lewis was rur
over and killed by Car of the Oakland
Consolidated Electric Railroad Compan,
at Lorin, CAL, Tuesday night The mo
torman, Charles Moore, saw a man lynn
across the track apparently asleep, bu
was unable to stop the ca
9 before the wheels went over tn
l lower part Of Lewis body.
!, Town Marshal Phillips and posse Q
officers raided q notorious gambling del
at Birmingham, Ala, Sunday night. A
Q the officers broke open the door the light
Q in the room went out and the gambler
t opened tire, which was returned by tn
i officers. When the lights were agail
turned on one Of the gamblers lay dead
It and five other men were fatally wounded
l. Secretary Herbert has given out hi
e decision in the case of Commodore Stan
a ton, detached from the command of tn
South Atlantic squadron for ealuting AZ
g miral Mello in the harbor of Rio. Th
v secretary restored Stanton to duty an
h assigns him to the command Of the Mort
il Atlantic squadron. This is regarded {
IL perhaps the choicest station OF the con
mand.
a J. I. Todd, populist state labor con
D. missioner of Kansas, made murderot
a assault with loaded cane on j. f. Hous
1t editor of the Florence, Kan, Bulletin,
Or Florence on Tuesday. Todd came up b
hind House and struck him over the ca
10 The latter grappled, threw Todd over
N truck and was pummeling him when Il
n. crowd separated them. Todd has BET
9 put under arrest and will be tried for Il
n. crime of assault with the intent to Xxi