Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-09-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

George Brannsn, % years old, was
drowned at Sacramento Sunday while
bathing.
Edward Landscraft, Is years old, was
drowned ut Buffalo Monday while sailing
on the lake.
In Africa there is disease in which
the victim becomes drowsy and sleeps
his life away.
At Schoolcraft, Mich, Sunday, Prof.
Kendall fell from a balloon and was in
stantly killed.
The cash balance in the treasury Fri
day was 1922, 7l0,6ls, of which $54 $685.
$50 was gold reserve.
The emperor of China has issued an
edict ordering 100, 900 men to be pre-
pared for active service.
The town of Finland, Mich, has been
wiped out by tho flames. Many OF the
inhabitants lost everything.
At. Waitsburg, last Monday evening,
the little two-year-old boy Of Mr.. Andrew
Storie was drowned in the mill race.
Henry Sutherland, fish-trap man at
Bakers bay, while out boating Sunday,
fell overheard at Chinook beach and was
drowned
Dependency over love affair caused
Miss Ada Nichols of San Jose, Cal, to
take dose of strychnine Tuesday. The
girl is dead.
An unknown man. supposed to be
Melbourne, the rsinmaker, committed
suicide at Denver Saturday night by tax
ing morphine.
Wheat King Northcutt," of Pullman,
WASH, has 100 acres OF giant wheat
which he thinks will average eighty
bushels to the acre.
An explosion of dynamite at Zacatecas,
Mexico, Sunday, killed seven persone,
besides several horses, and did great
damage to property.
The whisky trust has ordered an in
crease OF cents per gallon in the price
OF whisky, to take effect Monday. This
makes the basis $l35.
The excursion steamer City of Ports
mouth was run ashore Friday night 10
Salem, Mass, harbor, while burning.
All on board got off safely.
Adam f. Parrot. OF Portsmouth, 0 :,
ex.county commissioner, with his wife
and three children, were drowned while
fording in the Scioto river.
Workmen were digging bitches near
Sheridan, N. Y, Monday, when they
came upon the skeleton of a mastodon.
One OF the teeth weighs four pounds.
By the accidental upsetting OF candle
Tuesday night, two children lost their
| lives in fire which started in small
wooden dwelling in Santa Monica, Cal.
The gross earnings OF the Great North
ern for the six months ending June 80
were 50 ,635 ,66S.61. This is 1896, 203.l Is
less than the earnings for the same pc.
Rod in 1893.
Louis Dietrich, hop-picker employed
on the Rooney place, near Brighton, Gal. /,
went in bathing in the American river
| Sunday and was drowned. ms body
was recovered.
The test for rapidity of the pneumatic
gun at Sandy Hook Thursday was great
success. Ten shots were fred from the
| tifteen-inch gun within the short time OF
fifteen minutes.
Rita Bolton, the year-old daughter of
County Auditor Simeon Bolton, fell in
the home we'll at Goldendale, Wash.
Wednesday, and was drowned before she
could be rescued.
A new palace car company in opposi-
ton to Pullman has been organized. The
chops will be erected at Hiawaths, Kan
sas, and 500 old employees of Pullman
will find work there.
| Chas. L. Glasscock OF Washington has
commenced divorce proceedings against
his wife and names Senator Stewart OF
Nevada as CO respondent. Senator Stew
art says it is case OF blackmail.
David Leatherman. Familiarity known
throughout Eastern Oregon as Uncle
Dave Leatherman, was found dead at his
home on Rhea creek last Tuesday, and
was buried at Heppner Thursday.
| A plot to assassinete President Hippo
lyte OF Hayti was discovered a few days
ago. Twenty-four men were engaged in
the plot, which was given away by the
sweetheart of one of the conspiFators.
Another rich gold vein has jus5 been
uncovered in the vicinity OF the noted
Mabel mine, about twelve miles eonth Of
Baker City in Pleasant valley. A ledge
has been struck which assays $50 to the
ton.
At Kalamazoo, Mich, Saturday, AloDzo
Kendall, an aeronaut, lost his hold on
his parachute when 100 feet in the air.
His mock was broken, and when picked
mp there was not a whole bone in bis
body.
Harry H. Gardner, the defaultng
cashier OF the Second National bank oil
Altoona, sPa., is en- route for China or ia
pan, and he has the cum OF $l00,000 in
bank notes of large and small denomina-
tons.
The numerous cases against Abe Buzz
zard and his gang of WEIGH mountain
robbers terminated at Lancaster Pa,
Saturday, when the accused pleaded
guilty to the remainder of the indict
ments.
BENJAMIN Kershaw and Robert
Thomas, middle-aged men, and Johnny
Kerehaw, aged IS, were drowned in
the Charles river at Waltham, Mass,
Saturday afternoon by the overturning oil
q canoe.
Thomas Ingalls,, Charles Klein and
Stephen Ontwa, three laborers from Chi
cago, we're crushed to death in wreck
caused by broken axle on the Chicago
& Northwestern, at Fort Atkins, Wis.
Friday.
There was a wind storm at auburn
CAL, Tuesday, followed by thunder
lightning and rain. During the storm
John Isola, who was riding with his wife
on the Grass Valley road, was killed by
falling tree.
B. s. Kirkland, independent candidate
for Justice of the peace, was run over anC
killed by train at MADEIRA, CAL, Sunday
night. The tody, horribly mutiated
was discovered next morning in DITCH
300 feet from the depot.