The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-21
ACCIDENTS AND ATROCITIES.
National Associated Press to the Star.
HOG BUYER ROBBED.

Troy, O., Nov. 2l.-A. w. Terrell of st.
Paris, Champaign County, Ohio was robbed
last evening, about 6 o'clock, near Anna
Station, twenty miles north of this
place, of S. 600. He had been out in the
country buying hogs, and, as he was re-
turning to town, was waylaid by three men
and robbed as above mentioned. One of
the men was lame, wore black suit, broad
brimmed hat, and had long whiskers The
other two were mediumsized and we'll
dressed. Terrell offers $500 to 81 200 re-
ward for the money and robbers.
FINE LOOKING MAN, WITH sPECTAcLEs.
DETROIT MICH, Nov. 21.-W. G. Earn
shaw, a fine looking, spectacled English
man, of pronounced temperance proclivi-
ties and self-styled member of the Young
Mems Christian Association, for nearly a
year employed by w. A. King, a tea merch-
ant, as salesman, was left alone in the store
yesterday, when he went through the safe
and distracted several hundred dollars,
with. which he absconded.
KILLED THROUGH cARELEssNEss.
BRooKFIELD Wis. Nov. 21.-A fat al acci-
dent. the result of carelessness, has occurred
in blacksmithshop in this place. James
Donnelson, a young lad. came into the shop
and thoughtlessly threw his overcoat, in a
pocket of which was loaded pistol, upon
an anvil. The hammer of the pistol
atruck the anvil in the fall and the weapon
was discharged, the ball striking Chris.
Showers, a farmer who chanced to be in
the shop, in the head, producing wounds
from which he died almost Immediately.
CHOOSING CONVENIENT SPOT.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21.-John Dawson, an
old engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
residing at Cherry Hill, Cecil County, Mary
land, committed suicide by shooting him
self in Woodland Cemetery yesterday after
noon. A paper in his pocket stated that
trouble was the cause. He was about sixty
five years old.
HOW THE WIDOW WAS DECoYED.
New PHILADELPHIA, O., Nov. 21.-Mrs
Catherine Stull, now under arrest for the
murder of the widow Best, in her confess
sion states that she discovered that her hus-
band, John Stull, was in the habit of hid
ing notes to Mrs. Best under big stone,
where the widow came and got them. Mrs
Stull then wrote decoy letter, making an
appointment with Mrs. Best at haystack,
signing Johns name, and placing it under
the stone. She then repaired to the hay
stack, and at the appointed time the
widow made her appearance The two
women then engaged in a frightful struggle.
during which the outraged wife beat her ri
val to death with a club and left her body
where it was afterward discovered.
MURDERED BY TRAMPs.
NoRRIsTowN, Pa, Now 21.-The Gead
body of John Cult, a well-known citizen of
this borough, who followed the business of
teanster, was found yesterday by some re-
pairsmen of the Reading Railroad Company
lying in a small stream which flows under
the railroad near Potts Landing, short
distance below ConshoCken. 1t is thought
he was murdered by tramps.
A HOLOCAUST OF HORSES.
PEORIA, Ill, Nov. 2l.-The stables OF the
Central City Horse Railroad Company were
destroyed by fire last evening. Thirty-six
horses were roasted alive. The building
containing the rolling stock was uninjured.
The Row at the Sierra Nevada.
National Associated Press to Star.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2l,-A dispatch
from Virginia City says the excitement has
partially subsded this morning, though
crowds of miners are on the streets, and
threats are made of taking possession of the
Sierra Nevada Mine. Special policemen
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