The Worthington advance., 1878-10-10

An Old Man Fatally Assaulted by Tramps
Near Madison, Wis--Successful Haul of
Observation-Disclosures Prairie Fires
In Dakota--Loss of q Pacific Mail Steam
ship-Miscellaneous Mishaps.
ROBBED AND MALTREATED By TRAMPs.
MADISON, Wis, Oct. 7.-An old Norwegian
farmed O. Lee, in the town of Sprinedale.
about SO years old, living entirely alone, was
brutally knocked down, shot and stabbed by
three Norwegian tramps last Friday night.
Lee had just gone to bed when he heard =
noise IN the kitchen, and going into that room
to learn the cause of the noise, was confronted
by the men, one stabbing him twice in the
neck, the other hitting him over the head with
club, rendering him insensible. The robbers
then fired two pistol shots in his body, and
robbing the house of some $500 and other valu-
1bles departed. Lee recovered sufficiently
aid was rendered him and officers dispatched
| for the villains, and succeeded in arresting
them in the town Of Fitchburg this morning.
They were brought to Madison and placed in
jail. Their names are Ole Haverson, Nels and
John Anderson, am are hard citizens, They
| confessed the crime. The old man is in a
precarious condition and he can barely re-
cover.
scULL FRACTURED.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 7.-Frank Reilly news
agent on the Mariette d Cincinnati road, going
east this morning, swung himself out of the
door of baggage as the train was crossing
Bridge street, Chillicothc and was struck by q
| telegraph pole, which knocked him to the
ground and fractured his skull.
CRIMINAL LIBEL.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 7.-Henry Haacke, editor
| of the Volkyreuad, was to-day arrested on a
| charge Of criminal libel by Benz. Butterworth,
Republican candidate for Congress. The
| charge grew out of a publication in the Volks-
treund charging a $4,000 fraud upon the gov
| ernment by Mr. Butterworth.
PACIFIC MAI. STEAMER LOST.
| NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Intelligence has been re-
| ceived in this city of the loss of the Pacific
Mail steamer Georgia. She struck on a rock
off the harbor of Punta Arenas Passengers
| and crew saved. The Georgia was coming out
of the harbor Punta Arenas, about forty-eight
! hours sail from Panama, when she struck a
! reef and went aground. The steamer was go
| ing to San Francisco and had on board the pas
! sengers of the steamer Colon, of the same line.
| The Georgia had five cabin passengers and
! forty steerage passengers, besides large cargo
+ merchandise: She was large iron screw
| steamer, built four years ago, cost 54O0, 900,
and at the time of her loss was fully insured.
| 1t is not known at the Pacific Mail Office
| whether the cargo was insured or not, but the
general opinion is it was.
1t is believed the vessel will be got off and
cargo saved.
| DEATH ON THE RAIL.
TOLEDO, Oct. 7.-This afternoon while q
work train on the Toledo Il Ann A1bor railroad,
loaded with sand, was backing up near Milan,
it struck cow, throwing seven cars from the
track and instantly killing Richard Nash, con-
md Hyvcr cr1 A1oyn nF
Deerfeld, Mich, brakeman, and more or less
| 1njuring sixty of the workmen on the train.
| The cars were badly wrecked, and the road for
| a time blocked, but at 6 p. H. trains are run
| ming as usual.
| HOSPITAL BURNED.
San Francisco, Oct. 1.-The Sacramento
county hospital was burned Saturday night.
Loss, Sl00, 600. The inmates were saved with
out accident to any. Insurance, 100000. Ac-
cidental.
PRAIRIE FIRES-REWARD.
| YANKToN, D. T., Oct. IA destructive prairie
fire has traversed from Is to 20 counties be-
tween Jim Rurr and the Missouri river. The
destruction of property is large, but no details
received. Gov. Howard has offered ST. GOO re-
ward for the arrest of the parties who robbed
the Cheyenne treasure coach two weeks ago.
PENNSYLVANIA coUNTERFE1rERs ARRESTED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA telegram received at
the secret service bureau announces the arrest
of Theodore Camp, Joel Patcher, J. W. Good,
John Havner and Albert Wickmore, at Towanda,
Pa, to-day, On the charge IF counterfeiting.
Several sets of moulds and lot of counterfeit
coins were captured.
SHOT DEAD.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. IA negro named
Wade, living near Greenville, O., who bore a
| bad character, was on two occasions notified to
leave the country. These warnings he disre
| gardcd. Last night he attacked by an
armed mob and he, endcavoring to escape from
| his house, was shot dead.
| VESSELS WRECKED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-The steamship City Of
New York, from Havana, reports schoone,
ashore at Santa Anna, Mexico, during a gal,
| Sept. 13, and became total loss; crew saved
The schooner Santa Rose was wrecked at Santa
, ! Anna at the same time; crew saved. At same
time the British bark Crimca was wrecked; tht
captain, his wife and second officer drowned
The British bark Lightcliff. a total loss; crew
saved. Also two others at Tinalak, names un
known.
TRUE BILLS FOUND.
MONTREAL, Oct. 1.-THE grand jury brought
, true bills against David Grant, Fred Hamilton
Ingram Tilburn and other Orangemen, charged
with unlawfully assembling on the 18th O.
l July.
FIGHT WITH ILLICIT DIsTHLERs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 7.-Deputy Unitet
States Revenue Collector Phillips has returned
, from his raid in Overton, Jackson, Fentrer
and Putnam counties. Several Illicit ldistilerie
> were destroyed, ranking in value from 800 t,
$500. On the 3d inst, the party reached
: Crawfords mill, few miles from Livingston
7 When the party was about to cross q ford
r several armed men were noticed on top of tn
/ bluff on the opposite side. evidently meaning
fight. A detachment of the revenue force wer
S sent higher up the river, crossed and approach
3 cd the enemy from the rear They found
force estimated ut fifty men armed with lonl
range rifles waiting for them. Firing immedi
ately began and continued until the ammu
milton of the revenue force was nearly exhausted
: compelling them to retreat. It is reported fou
n distillers were killed and several wounded.
! PIANO FIRE.
e NEW YORK, Oct. IA fire on the upper floor
4 of Steck's piano factory tonight damage'
8 stock $4,000 and building $1,000. Insurance
$4,000.
t Tom Scott Denies.
New YORK, Oct. 6.-Col. Thos. Scott ha
| written tho afockholdera of the Pennsvlyani