Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK,

IL
the past week was $780,, 800.
New York banks now hold $50. ssl 900
IN IN excess OF the legal requirements of the
20 per cent rule.
The exports Of specie from New York
last week amounted to s., 1895, 1914 in gold
and $54l ,547 in silver.
Up, to Monday night four dead bodies
mad been taken from the ruins of the
glucose works at Buffalo.
Rufe Reaves, of Athens, Ga, has
failed. His liabilities are 5000, 900, and
assets, nominally, SOC, 900.
Santa Cruz, CAL, was damaged to the
extent OF half million dollars by a con.
migration Saturday night.
The United States court has ordered
the sale of the East Tennessee, Virginia
q Georgia railway for 81 500, 900.
Bernard Kelly was thrown out of a
saloon in San Francisco Tuesday night,
receiving injuries from which he died
Hext morning.
The ceiling of the Riverside school, in
Point st. Charles, Ontario, collapsed
Tuesday. Three children were crushed
to death and several injured.
The cash balance in the treasury at
the close of business Monday was $780,
OBJ 1868, and the net gold 800, 956, 534,
which is a loss over Saturday Of $2,lS2,-
il6.
A Pennsylvania railroad freight train
ran into a Lehigh Valley express train
near Hazelton, Pa, Sunday. One per-
son was killed and many others badly
injured.
The United States court OF private land
claims has rendered decision affecting
600, 900 acres Of land. The decision de-
clares the Nolan grant, in Mora county,
Calf, void.
A party of schoolboys at Huntington,
Tenn, in an attempt to haze new stu
dent Sunday night, fred from revolvers,
and passer- by named Harper was
shot and killed.
A shock of earthquake was distinctly
1855. The motion appeared to be from
about 10 seconds.
Senator u. B. Vance, of North Caro-
lima, died at his home in Washington
Saturday night. He had been suffering
for some time from paralysis and COM
pllcatlOn OIL diseases.
Afemale brigade of the industrial army
is being organized at Oakland, Cal. II
has 200 names now on the list. Ar.
rangements are being made for theiI
transportation East.
William Wilde, the divorced husband
Of Mrs. Leslie, of New York, was mar
ried a few days ago at London to Miss
Sophia Lees, a young lady OF Irish pa
rentage, eaid to be very wealthy.
Monday night heavily armed men lib
Grated five men from the county Jail al
Oklahoma, Kansas, the prisoners escap
ing on horses. One prisoner named Coz
was serving ten-year sentence.
From prominent coal operator of Co
lumbus, Ohio, it has been learned thai
a scheme is on foot among the operators
to turn the great strike to account by the
formation of gigantic national Goa
| trust.
Two masked robbers entered the Com
mercial Bank of Barbara, in Darling dis
trict, ". S. W., and shot Manager Mac
kay dead for refusing to deliver tn,
money in the safe. The murderers es
capped.
Senator Carr, from the committee OF
public lands, has reported his bill settin,
apart ], 900, 900 acres for each of the arit
land states end territories to be re
claimed in small tracts by means of irri
cation.
j. W. Watkins, q wefl-to-do farmer, liv
ing near Hiawatha, Kansas, fatally sho
his wife and committed suicide by takin
poison. The woman was his second wifi
and had been married to him only few
months.
Sunday night the residence of Jane
Krink, five miles west OF GAINESVILLE, Wis
was burned, and three children aged
10 and 13, persisted. The mother wa
also burned in attempting to rescue he
children.
G. r. Stortach, laborer, tried to jun
on a moving train at Meeker, Wash
Thursday morning. He fell under tn
wheels and they passed over him, cut
ting off and mangling his leg just beloN
the knee.
Walter Venable, son OF Commodor
Venable, committed suicide in the hous
of relative at Williamsburg, N. ]
Monday. He cut his throat. Despond
ency over the bad health OF his wife is sal
to be the cause.
Adam Martell, one Of the escape
from the Crook county jail, has bee
caught. His companion, Albert Koel
ner, is not to be found, and Sheriff Boot
suspects that Martell killed him in til
hills somewhere.
Over 800 five-tael tins of opium, value
at nearly $4,000, were seized by Gu
toms officers at San Francisco Wedne
day morning on the steamer Quee
when she docked from Victoria an
Puget Sounds ports.
Two firebugs were caught red-handt
at Meridian, Miss, Monday night in q
attempt to fire q public school house.
mob Of citizens wanted to lynch the Gu
prits, but better judgment prevailed an
they lodged them in Jail.
Sergeant M. Wilson, of the poll,
force, was shot at Salt Lake Thursds
by Policeman Tom Everill. The latt
was going off duty, and in putting b
pistol away it struck the window-sill al
was accidentally discharged.
In an alteration at Tacoma Saturd,
;. night between +. V. Hogan, a populi
leader, and @. NJ. Cannon, an at, orne
the latter was slashed by knife in Il
hands of Hogan. Cannon is serious
injured and may not recover.
Sevierville, Tenn. Monday, CAPITA
J.. Robert Montgomery shot and killed Jof
Mullendose. Mullendose had betray,
the daughter Of Montgomery, and tn,
refused 10 marry her. All the parti
belong to aristocratc families.
The family of Albert faster, at Irwin
KY, has been poisoned by eating blac
| harr;ao Ona of the ehildren has die
and five others are in dying conditio