Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
An Old Man Fatally Assaulted by Tramp
Near Madison, Wis--Successful Haul O.
Observation-Disclosures Prairie Fire,
in Dakota--Loss of a Pacific Mail Steam.
ship--Miscellaneous Mishaps.
ROBBED AND MALTREArED BY TRANPs.
Especial Telegram to tho Globe.I
MADISON, Wis.,, Oct. IAN old Norwegian
farmed O. Lee, in the town of Springdale
about 80 years old, living entirely alone, wa.
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 tied two pistol shots in his body, and
robbing the house of some 5000 and other valu-
| "bles departed. Lee recovered sufficiently
during the night to crawl to neighbor's, where
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, and are hard citizens. They
| confessed the crime. The old man is in q
precarious condition and he can barely re-
cover.
soULL FRACTURED.
CINCINNATI, Oct. Frank Reilly, news
| agent on tho Mariette & Cincinnati road, going
east this morning, swung himself out of the
door of baggage car as the train was crossing
Bridge street, Chillicothe, and was struck by a
| telegraph pole, which knocked him to the
ground and fractured his skull.
CRIMINAL LIBEL.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 7.-Henry Haacke, editor
of tho Vozt$freund, was to-day arrested on
charge of criminal libel by Benz. Butterworth,
Republican candidate for Congress. The
charge grew out of a publication in the Vozks-
frtu,sd charging 81, 900 fraud upon the gov
eminent by Mr.. Butterworth.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMER LOST.
New YORK, Oct. 7.-Intellgence 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 weight
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 a large cargo
t merchandise She was a large iron screw
steamer, built four years ago, cost $400, 1000
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. This afternoon whilo
work train on the Toledo Ann Arbor railroad,
loaded with sand, was backing up near Milan,
it struck COW, throwing seven cars from the
track and instantly killing Richard Nash, con-
ductor, of Wooster, o., and Edward Adams, of
injuring sixty of the workmen on the train.
The cars were badly wrecked, and the road for
a lime blocked, but at 6 p. N. trains are run
ming usual.
HOSPITAL BURNED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. THE Sacramento
county hospital was burned Saturday night
Loss, 100000. The inmates were saved with
out accident to any. Insurance, 800, 1000. Ac-
PRAIRIE FREs-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. Howa has offered 81 900 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 of counterfeiting.
Several sets Of moulds and a 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-
garded. Last night he was attacked by an
armed mob and he, endeavoring to escape from
his house, was shot dead.
VESSELS WRECKED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE steamship City of
New York, from Havana, reports schooner
ashore at Santa Anna, Mexico during a gale
Sept. IS, and became total loss; crew saved.
The schooner Santa Rose was wrecked at Santa
Anna ut the same time; crew saved. At same
time the British bark Crimca was wrecked; the
captain, his wife and second officer drowned
The British bark Lightcliff, total loss; crew
saved. Also two others at Tinalak, names un-
known.
TRUE BILLS FOUND.
true bills against David Grant, Fred Hamilton,
Ingram Tilburn and other Orsngemen, charged
with unlawfully assembling on the 18th of
July.
FIGHT WITH ILLICIT DIsTILLERs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. deputy United
States Revenue Collector Phillips has returned
from his raid in Overton, jackson, Fentrers
and Putnam counties. Several Illicit distlleries
were destroyed, ranking in value from 300 to
$500. On the 3d inst, the party reached
Crawford's mill, few miles from Livingston.
When the party was about to ford,
several armed men were noticed on top of the
bluff on the opposite side. evidently meaning
fight. A detachment of the revenue force were
sent higher up the river, crossed and approach
ed the enemy from the rear. They found
force estimated at fifty men armed with long
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 four