Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
and fashionable avenues, and then sold
the structure To another diyidual

and fashionable avenues, and then sold
the structure to another individual.
James Parry, an old pioneer Of Puget
Sound, committed suicide in Seattle, Sat
urday, by shooting himself through the
head. Dependency. resulting from ner-
vous trouble, was the cause. He left
considerable money and real estate.
At dance ip Madison county, N. c.,
Thursday night, George Hansley and w.
K. Shelton, jr., quarreled over HeBsley's
wife and began shooting. Shelton died
on the spot Hensley fed to the woods.
and it is supposed died Of his wounds.
Chris Sehrt was stabbed to death by an
unknown man in his saloon at MERGED
Cal, Tuesday morning. The men were
gambling, when a dispute arose and the
stranger pulled knife and cut Sehrt's
throat from ear to ear. He then escaped.
At Santa Rosa, Cal, Thursday, G..
Zimmerman, while under the influence
of liquor, attacked Peter Roth and
slashed him three times across the face
with q razor. Bystanders interfered and
Zimmerman narrowly escaped lynching.
Joseph Wallwitz alias Malwitz, con-
Wet in the New Jersey state prison, at
tempted to escape Friday. He cut his
way out OF his cell, secured revolver
and shot one Of the keepers dead. He
was finally overcome and lodged in cell.
Six masked robbers rode up to the
three stores in the little town OF Keokuk
Falls, on the Pottawatomie reservation,
Oklahoms, Saturday night, while they
were filed with customers, and robbed
the storekeepers Of all their money,
nearly $1,000.
Mrs. Eta Walden. IL years old, COM
mitted suicide at Winchester, XIV, Sat
urday night, by taking carbolic acid. She
bad separated from her husband, who
had asked her to return, but to no avail.
Both families are prominent. Walden is
only 20 years old.
Senator Martin of Kansas has intro
duced in the senate bill which increases
the pension of every person now on the
rolls at SO a month, on account of ser.
vices in the Mexican war, including the
widows of all soldiers who served in thai
war, to $l2 per month.
FREDERICK Coiro killed Giuseppe Blast
his min law in their apartments In
Brooklyn Monday. by plunging a table
knife into his heart three times ant
then, according to witnesses, he PLACED
his mouth over the gaping wound ant
sucked the victims blood.
Several gold. silver, copper and iror
mines near Bozeman, Mont, have jus
been purchased nv George W Ballou
who represents syndicate of New Yorl
capitalists, The price paid is 81 000, 900
The mines will he extensively developed
and large concentrating works erected.
Another attempt to destroy the world
fair buildings by fire was made Sunday
, The flames were discovered about 80 il
the station-house near machinery hall
and but for timely interference the tw,
buildings mentioned and the termina
/, station would probably have been de
stroyed.
An explosion 90 severe that 1t was fel
, fifteen miles away occurred in one Of tn
buildings of the Repauno Chemical Com
!, pany at Gibbstown, N J Friday morn
ing, demolishing the building, damaging
the surrounding structures, and blowiD
Levi Evins, the only person in the build
ing, to atoms.
; A car on the narrow-guage railway
running between the little village G
Merrianque, Pa and the coal mines G
the West End Coal Company, collide'
, with miners going to their work. an
went down an emhankment Friday
Four were fatally injured and severa
dangerously hurt.
Andrew Mosbar, farmer, VINO ha
resided at Carleton, Mich, for thirt
years. has confessed that he and Tob
Manner, an ex-convict, killed Mrs. Gel
man at Schofield Tuesday night an
stole 500. Mosbar claims that Name
LETT for parts unknown and took tn
money with him.
Z News is received from the town {
Itzlahusca. Mexico. that bandits, led b
desperate named Mortira. attacke
: the town for the purpose of pillaging tn
. stores and residences. The authorize
3 resisted. In the conflict the mayor {
= the town and one policeman and eigf
bandits were killed.
{ The negro who attacked Miss Jenni
D Shipman, in Drew county, Ark, wa
l placed on trial last week, and Miss Ship
! man was asked to identify the prisoner
AS she did 80 she drew Ratchet, an
| with the words, "rhat's the rascal,
i struck the prisoner She was fined 70
: contempt of court, and the negro wa
r given twelve years imprisonment.