Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


The trial Of Dan Coughlin, just closed |
in Chicago, is said to have cost the state
500 000
James Davis, a lunatic, hanged himself |
In the jail at Ashland, Oregon, Tuesday |
morning.
A Buffalo, n. Y, man will succeed
Lionel Stage as receiver Of the Oregon
National bank.
Some. antiduarians claim that there is
proof that the locomotive engine was
known in China 200 years ago.
The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the Willamette at Port
land Monday. 1t is thought to be q case
Of suicide.
A post norton on a Seattle COW de-
veloPed the fact that she had been living
for some time with a steel wire through
her heart.
Quinn Gallagher, a l2-year-old Tacoma
boy, was kicked in the head by vicious
horse. His skull was broken and he
will likely die.
q A. Smith, farmer of Celma, Tenn,
went home drunk, murdered his wife
and child, and fed to the woods. He
will be lyhched if caught.
While working on bridge four miles
from Garfield, Wash, ]. A. Hinckley, OF
Sprague, fell 65 feet to the rocks below
and was horribly mangled.
Samuel Bogel, lumberman, was car
ried over the falls at Post Falls, Idaho,
Monday. A search was made for the
body, but no trace was found.
On account of a reduction in wages.
car cleaners OF the Great Northern at
Seattle walked out Thursday. Their
/, places were filled by green hands.
At Ash Fork, A. T., Thursday, Tim
Casey, a saloon keeper, was shot and
killed by William Martin, a gambler. A
row over a woman was the cause.
I t. D. Warrington, ex-cashier of the
bank of Orting, on trial connected with
the failure of the Orting bank, was found
. not guilty of any criminal conduct.
The president has notified the demo
cratic leaders in the house that ths
n amount of appropriations for river ane
: harbors must not exceed $40, 100000.
At Langsport, Ind, Wednesday, Philip
Petrie killed his wife and then com
mitted suicide. Petrie left note il
y which he said his wife had been unfaith
full.
Michael McCutcheon was burned t.
death and a woman named Hethertol
had her ankle broken as result of a fir
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= day.
The government receipts for the frs
third of March show decided improve
ment, the aggregate to date being 80
$50 600, indicating 500 100000 for tn
in month.
John Brecht, young German farmer
shot his bride of four months and the
blew out his own brains at Ravenns
Neb.. Tuesday. No cause for the Grim
10 ls known.
VIC. Baldwin, a well-known broke
and commission merchant Of Quebec. hs
failed His liabilities are $1,000 {
which $4,000 is secured and $50, OO
10 doubtful.
Charles Anderson was shot in tn
St cheek, not dangerously, in row on Al
Tx erson island, Tacoma, Tuesday. by o. {
ar. Carlson. Clubs and revolver wei
freely used.
~ The house committee on election
president and vice president has agree
to report bill providing for the electio
Of United States senators by direct Vo
of the people.
The Vermont Central train vi
rs wrecked near Montpelier, Monday NOR
ing by boulders rolling on the .rac
One person was killed and several SCI
Ap Italian druggist named Triori cor
Id mitted suicide in New York Wednesd,
by taking poison because of the disgra
felt over the arrest Of his son for abdu'
ing a young girl.
The bank of Excelsior Springs. Mo-,
| private concern, with capital OF $780,
r failed Monday. The officers claim to
- able to pay in full, but none OF the {
poeitors believe it.
The Bank of Pleasanton, Kansas, "
burglarized Wednesday night. Fife
hundred dollars in cash was secured, a
the postmaster's private box was rified
~ 5000 worth of stamps.
The recent difficulties which hs
arisen between the Atchison q Tope
and the Southern Pacific are about to
overcome and rates are to be restored
their former standard.
'es' Senator Dolph has introduced
extending the time two years for beg
ming and constructing the bridge acr
the Columbia river by the Oregon
Washington Bridge Company.
the Senator Aldrich has notified the st
central committee of Rhode Island t
he intends to resign from the Uni
8 States senate if the legislature elected
the people in April is republican.
John Walker, OF South Saanlcn, b.
- while extracting charge from his 81
sler. gun Monday night, accidentally
charged the weapon, fatally shooting
little child and manning his wife.
Last Saturday Victor Ledewyn,
ployed by chocolate dealer, Mills
of New York, stole 800 and disappear
ops Wednesday he died in the hospital, |
ing committed suicide by taking poll
Elijah Bressler, workingman al
r 26 years of age, committed suicide
Salem, Oregon, Friday morning,
land shooting himself in the head. Bree
had been acting queerly for several d
,oo Ex-United States District Attor
loo Winston, of Spokane, has entered SUI
the United States circuit court aga
the government for $4,000. The su
-.Ns for fees while Mr.. Winston was dis
attorney.
The boiler of locomotive on
Lehigh Valley railroad exploded
Ill Tannary, Pa, Thursday evening, xii
keJ three men-John Lennay, fireman /;
wv ward Fox, brakeman, and John DO
brakeman.
Recent arrivals from Alaska re
'du- that the winter in the far northern C
try has been a very hard one. L