The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-22
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.

+, FA1RMoNr, Mimi, Oct. 2O.-Jessie Packard,
aged II years, living near sherburne, this
county, accidentally shot himself yesterday
near Fox Lake. He was riding with his uncle
in a wagon. Reaching back he took hold of
his gun, which lay in the bottom of the wagon
box, and in raising it up the hammer caught,
duck shot entered his body near the small of
the back, lodging in his breast, under the collar
bone. He spoke twice after the accident and
expired. His parents were attending neigh
boris funeral when the accident occurred.
...- HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Oct. 2O.-A horrible ira
gedy was enacted here today. William Hogg,
one of the oldest and most respected citizens
of Bloomington, but a most eccentric man,
who has recently been unfortunate in business,
returning home at noon, shot his daughter
Mary, aged eighteen, in the parlor, called his
son Willie, aged twelve, who was playing in
the yard, and fred pistol shot through his
head, then stepped into the wood she'd placed
the weapon to his own head and fred. The
ball lodged in his brain and he fell upon the
floor, where he was soon found by the passers
by in a pool of blood. Mary and her father
are dying, but the son, although severely
wounded, is likely to recover. Hogg recently
married his second wife. She went to Norwoll
this morning and thus paobably escaped a
like fate. a.s, .,.,s; 4...y iua ,,Iil noi
LATER night physicians ray both the
children are in q critical condition with little
hope of the recovery Of either. Hogg died soon
after the shooting, never becoming conscious.
The coroner's jury rendered q verdict in &C
co-dance with the facts. .IqiH4,> -rn1 .1H2f
HORRIBLE CRIME. .,.5 -
MINoUK, Oct. 2O.-Miss Martin, daughter of
a prominent stock dealer residing south of this
city, was found in a. senseless condition near
the railway, half q mile from her home, this
n orning, horribly mutilated from an attempt
at rape. She had lain there nearly twenty
hours, having been assailed by young villain
named Harris Debore, while going
home from church on Sunday! n De-
bore was e. arrested, identified d byn the
young lady and jailed. He had cut her on the
forehead and in the throat. one stab nearly
severing the windpipe. He returned to his
work this morning, evidently believing her
dead and all trace of the crime removed. i He
is stolidly Indifferent, neither denying or own
ing his authorship in the matter. '... =.
GUILTY BANK OFFICIALS.
MONTREAL, Oct. 20. The trial of Sir Francis
Hincks, one of the directors of the CONSOLE
dated bank, charged with signing false returns
to the government, was concluded to. day with
averdict of guilty. @i .5. ''..5.i :,i = .'.si
MALONE, NY, Oct. 21.-The tanneries of
Webster Bros. and Lincoln & Miller, together
with several adjacent stores, burned this morn
ing. Loss, $150,000; insurance, $40, Two
hundred persons are thrown out of employ
ment. .-fsgf;s. r.ssf,}is.,- s4tffff:1{
ID a @ CHICKEN THIEF KILLED. >ga, ..,
MEMPHIS, Oct 20.--Police Officer T. d.
Jackson, colored, this forenoon shot and killed
Green Smith, colored chicken thief who re-
sisted arrest, and attempted to stab the officer
with q bowie knife. The verdict of the coro-
ner's jury exonerated jackson. 81. ''' -''' f@a
MURDERER SENTENCED. W t}stE
SYRACUSE, Oct. 2O-Greenfeld, convicted of
the murder Of his wife, has been sentenced to
be hanged in the Onandaga penitentiary, De.
cember 18th. ssf 400 M nt $500 -,..5,f
=sffe8#q ATRoCIoUs MURDER r,.s.
WORCESTER, Oct. 20.--A most atrocious muir
der was committed at Millbury last night.
Louis Army met Joseph Golfer while returning
from party in company with two sisters.
Army used insulting language. Golfer remon-
strating, Army stabbed Golfer in the heart. He
fell, exclaiming: isis, I'm Bleeding and
Immediately expired. " Army surrendered him.
self to the authorities. There is no explana.
ton except that he was intoxicated.