Show news notes A double elopement occurred from otter creek cascade county montana last week the young men were each about twenty one of the girls was fourteen and the other eighteen the old frenchman J pistols Pit tois who owned a bar on salmon river arrived at cottonwood last monday very badly bruised and cut up by three who had been lying alyin in wait for him 0 on the river he h had d 11 bad cuts and bruises on the heald hearl four or five penetrating to the skull hid bid in tile the rocks all day sunday and got away in the evening the quarrel was about a three dollar ferry bill lewiston I 1 T nov 19 jas rodgers bod gersa a prominent romine nt stockman fatally pa ironed himself in a singular manner saturday he had been putting strychnine in the carcass of a cow to kalf kill J coyotes using a knife to cut holes in in the animals carcass he thoughtlessly used the same blade to cut off a chew of tobacco A short time after he wis was seized with frightful spasms and death resulted in a few minutes last week davs the carson nev appeal charles linesman Lin egman postmaster at silver peak peah was shot and killed by a man named gae the dispute originated over a letter which the postmaster refused to tn deliver to until he could be identified gave himself up and while preparations were made for lynch lunching lynching lyn ching lug he esca escaped ed and indians indiana were put upon graif his bis trail at last accounts he was not captured at Allis qs ls gulch near newsom creek on trie the trail 0 of elk city idaho there is a mining malnin claim worked by chinese A few days ago two of the workers coworkers co thereon becoming involved lii in an altercation one of them drew a pistol and shot the other three times with fatal results the murderer left the camp but returned in about half an hour and upon being upbraided up braided for his cruel act again drey his pistol and killed the second chinaman no sr ar rests have been made as yet leadville I 1 colo nov 15 A child belonging to john pfeiffer aged one year was severely scalded yesterday the mother placed a pan of boiling water in the childs crib and forgetting about it told the elder child to place the baby baayin in the crib which he did not seeing the pan of boiling w water 1 er I lying at the bottom the baby andregs w severely scalded about the hips and legs the burned flesh dropping off the doctor says say the child will recover from its frightful injuries leadville colo nov 21 john smith an engineer fell between two flat cars and was run over at Spinney a station on the colorado midland evening and died shortly atter after from the injuries juries ia received the train was a freight ight and the engi engineer reer stopped at scriney spinney to receive orders 0 owing wing to the dim writing and gathering darkness he was unable to read the order and hence hf nae started to walk across the cars to the caboose to inquire what orders the conductor had received in the meantime the conductor having finished his work signaled the train to start and the fireman obeyed the order the train wa was run rua some distance before it was found that the engineer was missing backing up to the starting point a dark object was seen lying across the track upon examination it proved to be the form of the unfortunate by the sudden starting of at the train had lost his foothold and fell below to be cut in halves by the wheels of the cars v I 1 I 1 greeley col sov rov heartrending accident occurred loday at lake a large body of water tou foul miles north of this which two estimable young men lost loot their alyes harry flarry and oscar Brownell sons ot ol J E brownell st 41 this city cily aged la IT and 14 years respectively went out to the lake yesterday evening duck hunting stopping at a overnight over night they went out oat this morning early to shoot the young men had provided themselves with a long narrow scow when they reached the lake however they discovered that it was frozen for a considerable distance from the shore by pushing the boat before them they managed to Iroc proceed eed about fifty yards from the shore when the ice suddenly gave way and precipitated both the young men into the freezing water their cries tor for help were heard by L S piper and horace eldridge who were working n near their ar by and they at once came to their assistance although every effort was put forth and the above gentleman englem risked their lives in attempting attempt L g to or r rescue S acue them the boys became benumbed before they could be reached and sank in the abe chilly water with assist assistance anee within only a few yards T the e bodies were recovered during the day wednesday I 1 ly night last as john bin bingham thomas I 1 and gereal geromie papina were ascending the shaft of the yuba mine at pioche the bucket turned in the guides and the miners candles went out papina who steered struck his head bead against the timbers under the guides and was thrown from the bucket to the bottom of the shaft shafta distance of four hundred feet and was mashed up to a pulp the engineer noticing the vibration of the rope brought the bucket to a stop but both the other men were injured bingham having twp tap ribs broken winnemucca nevada silver state |