Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Successful Hanging Zee in Louisiana
Large Quantity of Tobacco Hid Away by
Indian Agent Livingston Discovered
Cars Containing Orangemen Fired Into
miscellaneous Mishaps.
HIGHWAY RoBBERIEs.

HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WINoNA, Minn., Aug. 14.-Highway robberies
are becoming everyday affairs in this vi
cinity. The victims are invariably harvesters
and the robbers sometimes harvesters, some-
times tramps. Two robberies occurred yester-
day. No clue to the perpetrators
ARSON.
August Toebe was to day bound over to the
district court on the charge OF arson, for setting
fire to his house in this city IN July last.
a SERIOUS FIRE.
CINCINNATI, Aug. l4.--At an early hour this
morning fire occurred in the shoe factory f
Holdridge & Co., Pearl street. Loss on stock,
$4,000; on building 100000, fully covered by
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
TrrUsy1LLE, Pa, Aug. 14.-During heavy
thunder storm which passed over this city
about o'clock this evening", a man named
Joseph Kirkover was struck by lightning and
instantly killed.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Mrs. B. j. Sweet, widow
of the late General Sweet, and mother of Miss
Ada Sweet, pension agent here, was struck by
the locomotive of the train at Lombard. ON the
Northwestern railroad, this morning, thrown
several feet and instantly killed. She leaves
family of four children. The coroners inquest
exonerated the railroad company.
TRAIN FIRED INTO.
MONTREAL, Aug. A.-The train conveying
the Orange young Britons home from Ottawa,
was fred into at Gloucester station. Several
shots entered the cars, but the passengers were
unin jured.
CHICAGO MERCHANT KILLED.
New YORK, Aug 14.-This evening, on the
New York elevated railroad, J. II. Smith,
| leather commission merchant, No. % North
Grove street, Chicago, was killed. Dir.
Smith was conscious when taken to the hospi-
tai, but died about an hour and a half after the
| accident from the shock and loss of blood. Dewitt
Forest, commission merchant at 1O4 Reade
street, in whose company MIR. Smith was when
| the calamity occurred, said MIR. Smith and
himself had come on from Albany on business,
and were going up town together. At Canal
| street station they sat on the bench on the
| platform waiting for the train. AS one was
| coming up Mr.. Smith started to reach it when
the engine struck him and knocked
| him under the train which passed over
him, mangling him fearfully. The train was
then backe,. and the engine again passed over
Mr.. Smith. cutting off his leg and arm. 1t was
| full twenty minutes before he was extricated
Mr. Smith was in the city purchasing goods for
| Phillip Goldman No. 80 and 81 Wabash avenue
| dealer in boots and shoes.
L1vINGsroN's STEALS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Fifteen thousand
pounds of tobacco have been found secreted
under the floor of house at Grow Creek
agency. Livingston reported there were but
5000 pounds at the agency, and 5000 pounds
had been already discovered, more than one
eighth of the whole amount issued annually tt
| all the Indians. 1t is not known whether Liv
| ingston applied for additional supplies of to-
amount of drugs when he had enough on hano
TO lasthfteen years.
FOUR NEGROES HUNG.
| NEW ORLEANS, Aug. l4.-Wilson Childere
Fountain Banks Octave Have al d Aaron Car
ter were hanged to-day at DonaldsenvilIe
They were convicted June LIST of numbering
Narcisse ArrenX on the night of the 9th OF
December, 1876, at the store Of A. Colemhe OF
Landays plantation, one mile below Donald
sonville. Arrenx was a white man 60 year.
| old, and at the time of the murder ir
charge of Colembe's store. The testimony oil
q woman. the only witness of the murder
shows that Arreux refused to give the negroes
a drink, when they all assaulted him, beating
his head almost into jelly with the scale
! weights.
They made no confession but protested their
innocence and said they were not ready to die
They assembled the scaffold at 1920 A. NJ Fou,
thousand people were present, mostly colored
All the accused made short speeches, reiterat
ing their assertions of innocence and expires
sing their religious convictions. Lance was Sc
much affected that he could not speak or stanc
up. The drop fell at ll:4S, and the men dice
with few struggles. There was no acciden
or Interruption.
FATAL FAMILY FIGHT.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. IA special from
Timmonsville, S. c., says: A. E. Woodruff
killed his uncle. Emberry Woodruff, yesterday
in family quarrel, which it is expected vii
prove fatal to other members.
\ FORBIDDEN.
PERTH. Ang. 14.-The Hungarian government
has forbidden the export of arms and ammu
milton into Seryia and Montenegro.