Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-31

- O'SO "a AbOuy ShdtChlnS III Cn1C6SO
Which Has Put Bohemia in Rage-Shoot-
ing and Other Criminal Matters-Loss of
Two Cotton Ships-Fires and other Mis-
haps.
TWO COTTON SHIPS wRECKED.
New YoRK, Dec. 3O.-The steamship
darlington, from Galveston for Reyal, with
1000 bales of cotton, went ashore at Ber-
muda while trying to make harbor to re-
pair leak. One Thousand bales were saved
dry The steamship Kate, from Galveston
to Hayre, with cargo of cotton, ashore at
bermuda, has broken up. One hundred and
eighty bales of damaged cotton were recov-
cred up to Christmas
MEMPHIS FIRE.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 3O.-A fire this morning
burned the buildings on Court street, near
the Charleston railroad depot, owned and
occupied oy S. Franciola and A. Zanone.
The loss to buildings and stock amounts to
$4,000. Insured for $4,000 each in Etna,
Memphis City Fire, ST. 800 in North Ameri-
can and 81 900 in the London insurance cor
poratlon.
GOV. MCCLELLAN REFUSES.
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 3O.-Gov. Mcclellan
refuses to call a special session of the board
OF pardons to consider the plea of insanity
in the case of Benjamin Hunter, sentenced
to be hanged Jan. 10 for the murder of
John M. Armstrong.
GUILTY.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 3O.--Charles P.
Stickney plead guilty to the indictment
charging embezzle.nent of $4,000 from the
Manufacturers Gas company January 1st,
1878. Sentence reserved.
HOTEL BURNED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.-The American
hotel at Redwood City burned this morning.
Loss, $50, 900; partly INSURED.
SHOT HIS MAN.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 30.-At San Andreas.
in a quarrel, Frank Descloix was shot dead
by John Blackburn.
BODY sNATCHING IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-Consideratle excite
ment has been manifest anon the Bohemi-
ans since last Saturday night, when they dis
covered their cemetery had been violated
aud the remains of II year old girl, named
Matilda otubln, taken from the vault. The
police, tonight, discovered the cadaver in
the rooms of the Chicago Hedical college,
but nothing is known as to the perpetrators
of the outrage.
HOTEL BURNED.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 30.-Sentineps Green
BAY special: fire at Fort Howard last
night destroyed the Grand Central hotel and
barn. Loss $4,000 to 81, 900; insured in the
pennsylvania, Philadelphia, $4,000: Ma
tlonal, Hartford, 81 $50; Springfield and
underwriters, New York, 5000 each.
FISHERMEN DROWNED.
The same special says two fishermen
named Rost and Otterstein, while fishing
Sunday near Big Suamico, were carried out
into the bay by breaking of the ice and sup
posed to be lost.
STARTING FIRE WITH POWDER.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec 3O.-The Courier
Journal special dispatch from Harrodsburg
KY, says: At a village called Cardsville.
in Mercer county, on last Saturday night
Mrs. Dlckerson, In attempting to aid fire
which she had kindled, seized keg contain
ing some blasting powder, and threw a
handful on the fire. The fash reached the
keg, and tremendous explosion followed
enyeloping her in sheet of fame. She was
SO badly burned that she died this morning.
Three of her children, who were in the room
at the time of the explosion, were also badly
burned. Two of them are not expected to
live.