Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-03-21
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
Crimes, Criminals ana Casualties

John @. Pink has been sentenced at
Boston to be hanged March 18th, 1879, for the
murder Of Mrs. Berry.
Emil Thomas, late sheriff Of st. Louis,
having failed to pay over fees collected, has
been sued for $4,000 on his official bond. The
suit Is brought at the-instauce Of the circuit
court. There are other elaims against him.
!, A Mr.. Hodges, while walking along
road about mile from Memphis. on the 10th
inst, was struck<by lightning and Instantly
killed. Another gentleman with Hodges was
also struck and dangerously injured.
A we'll dressed man jumped into the
rive at St. Louis from barge Sunday the
10th inst land was drowned. He left slmemor.
andum on the barge containing the following:
"Whisky did this. Take compassion On my
little boy. D. LAWN" The writing and
paper were identified as belonging to Dominic
LAWN, a well-to.do peddler who had been on
spree Tor several days.
An engine and seven cars Of freight
train bound north on the Jackson, Lansing Il
Saginaw railroad an the 18th inst, ran
through the bridge at Marsh creek, between
st. Charles and Saginaw, Mich, killing the
| fireman, Chas. Thayer, ad badly injuring the
engineer, Silas Hill. The accident was caused
by the giving way of dam above the bridge,
which washed out the embankment.
Robert McAdams, 10 years old, and
Charles Patterson, of the same age, quarrelled
at Philadelphia on the 18th inst, over the pos
| session of stick of candy. Patterson threat
ened to shoot McAdams If he did not divide
with him. As the latter still refused, Patter-
son drew pistol and shot Nc Adams through
the head, killing him almost instantly. The
! young murderer then fed, and has not yet
been captured. :;
Gustave Labutat, at New Orleans, who
killed his wife because of jealousy, in his con
fession of the crime says: ~ then told her
your fate is sealed, but will give you time t.
pray, and, God bless her, she did pray" h,
had stabbed her once-then: II picked hes
| up, kissed her, and said, "God bless you, low,
you; you are not dead; pray again, because
am going to finish you! She placed her arms
around my neck and said, 'Gustave, l lev,
you'" And then, with repeated blows of hil
knife, he completed his murder.
Personal ana lApers0nal.
James Hair Fresswell, the author, is
dead.
At Augusta, Me-, the Republicans elect
the mayor by 242 majority, but the Democrats
gain control Of the government, carrying five
of seven wards.
A special from McMinnville, Tenn.
states that Miss Carrie Beaumont has been
aw arded a verdict of $10,OOO damages against
B. C. Scott for breach of promise.
Greenville Tremain, son of Lyman
Tremain, and candidate for attorney. general
of New York, on the Republican ticket last
fall, died at Albany ON the 14th inst, of typ
hold fever.
The new Quebec government had q
cabinet meeting on the 18th inst, Writs for
! reelection of ministers have been issued
Messrs. Packard, Marchandaud, and Chau.
ocean, will probably be elected by reclamation
| and Jolly by a good majority.
The Virginia House delegates have
passed bill to take the sense of voters of
the State as to calling constitutional con-
| vention in November next, but the bill was
| subsequently virtually killed in the Senate by
adoption of motion to indefinitely postpone
its consideration, yeas 81 nays 8.
Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, late minister
to the court Of St. James, writes that he is
mot candidate for the judicial Office SO long
and so eminently filled bv Judge Blatchford.
have not sought or desired the place, nor
could accept it If rendered me. am about
to resume the practice of the law.
The Archduke Francis Charles of
Austria, father of the relying emperor, who
| died the 8th, was the second son of the En-
peror Francis I. In 1S4S, when the Austrian
throne was menaced. when the Hungazians
were in revelation and Vienna was an insur-
rection, the crown devolved upon him from
his brother, the Emperor Ferdinand, but he
renowned his claim in favor of his son, Fran.
els Joseph.