Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. =s3ssa
An excursion train, June 6, on the Utah
Western narrow gauge railroad, was thrown
from the track near Black Rock Brakeman
killed, and conductor slightly injured. No
passengers hurt. -
A FATAL FIRE. 1852
At Woburn, Mass, June 8, fire in the
Merrimack chemical company's works, caused
loss of $4,000; insured W. v. Weeks
bookkeeper for the company, fell into q pool
of vitrol and was fatally burned. Several 9th
ers were badly burned with vitrol. ~ <%& -
FIRE: - 8
At Dwight, III. June 8, fire original
ing in Mr.. Hays harness shop destroyed elev-
en- business houses and dwellings, Loss esti-
mated at S75,O0O. Insured for $25,OOO, in the
Hartford, Springfield, North British and Ger
man-American companies.
MILITARY HONORs.
A Leavenworth, KS, dispatch says two
companies of the Nineteeth United States
infantry and regimental band, under the
command of Captain Luke O'Reiny, left Fort
Leavenworth on the afternoon of June for
Carrollton, NO., to assist at the funeral of Gen.
cral James Shields
A BOY MURDERER. -
At Rohrersville, Washington county,
Maryland June 5. Lewis s. Miller aged Is, shot
and killed Charles Norris of about the same
age. Miller had been leased by boys who
called him nicknames. He procured a musk
ct, loaded it, followed the boys and shot Nor
ris, who died instantly.
ADRO1T BURGLARS ARE ABOUT.
The house of John Seeger of st. Paul,
was burglglarized, evidently by experts on the
early morning of June 8. The burglars were
discovered and frightcnd away with only $40
worth of plumber overlooking some $500 worth
OF jewelry and watches of easy access.
A HARDENED VILLAIN.
At Philadelphia, June 7, when the jury
brought in q verdict of guilty against Edward
Parr, who murdered his daughter, Mrs. Susan
Irwin, the prisoner, exclaimed, Good, let me
hang on Monday. Parr smilingly told his
counsel that he was satifed with the result
The hanging will be fixed for Friday.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
i At an early hour on the morning OF
June g. a fire broke out in Pier & Smith, S
hardware store at holly, Mich, and before its
progress was stayed it destroyed ten buildings
The powder magazine in Pier g. Smiths store
exploded with terrific force. blowing off the
roof of the building. Total loss $4,000; in
surance $210O
FIRE-FATALLY HURT.
AT Burlington, Iowa, June 7, the Law
ercnce house was destroyed by fire. The
guests were compelled to escape from the
upper stories by means of ladders. J. F
Keene, ex-conductor on the Michigan Cen
trail railroad, fell from the fourth story to the
sidewalk, receiving fatal injuries. Loss s45,
600; half insured.
CYCLONE.
A violent storm passed over the city OF
Lawrence, Kansas about 5p. m June 9. The
stceplc of the Baptist church was blown down
the roof of the State University building seri
ously damaged, and number of other build
ings unroofed. Miss Fannie Carmen was seri-
ously hurt by flying debris, and several other
persons injured.
FAMINE IN HINDOSTAN.
Official reports from Cashmere say il
is impossible to exaggerate the distress that
famine is causing there. The maharajah Of
of this province, at the earnest request of the
viceroy Of India, is proceeding to Serinagua to
superintcnd the organization of relief Three
thousand five hundred tons of grain are in
transit to the valley of Cashmere.
ROASTED ALIVE.
AS Mrs. Honora Lacy was driving from
Wilmington Del. to her home in Cheste,
county, Pa. June Z, the contents of the car
riage, cotton and straw, were ignited by match
cs, and in an instant the whole interior of the
vehicle was in blaze, and the horses becom
ing frightened ran away, and before stopped
Mrs. Lacy was literally roasted alive.
NOMINATION.
The secretary OF war has been nomi
mated to a judgeship. June 3, the President
sent to the Senate the following: I nominate
George W. McCrary, of Iowa, to be Judge o.
the eighth United States judicial circuit III
place of John F. Dillon, resigned, the resigna
ton to take effect on the first day of septem
Der, 1879, and this nomination is to be for the
vacancy thus created
SUICIDE.
June s, Mrs. Magdalena Bouschotf
of Dayton, KY, in fit of anger, badly injured
little daughter Of a neighbour The girl grew
dangerously ill. Mrs, B. heariug of it. and an
ticipating the girl would die, committed sui
eide by throwing herself into cistern. She
had told her husband that if the girl died she
would rather kill herself than have her chill
drcn disgraced by her execution by the law
LYNcH1NG.
Santa Fe, New Mexico telegraph, June
7: Wednesday night at Los Vegas an Italian
who murdered a Frenchman and an Ameri
can woman, and who was sentenced to be
hanged, but was allowed new trial. and an
American who murdered man, were taken
from the jail and hanged on the public square
by citizens. The bodies were still hanpino
the next morning.
DARING ROBBERY
At Chicago on the afternoon of June r
the messenger of the Illinois Central railroad
while on his way to the bank with $1,000 in
bills for deposit, was met by two strangers
in front OF A. T. Stewart s, Co.'S, who threw
cayenne pepper in his eyes, snatching the
the package OF money and, jumping into q
buggy, drove south without detention.
CYCLONE.
May 20, a cyclone swept part Of Holt
and Nodaway counties, Missouri, about TWEEN.
ty-five miles north of st. Joseph. 1t moyed al
velocity of sixty miles an hour, demolisbinp
houses, uprooting and twisting off trees, and
destroying property of, all descriptions. Il
moved in a northwesterly direction, and when
several miles east of Barnard suddenly dissp
peared. A tract of territory half mile wide
was devastated. A number of casualties &C
Cured. w
INDIAN DEPREDATIoNs.
A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch says a band
Of Indians supposed to be renegades from Sal
Carlos reservation, have been maurauding TO,
three weeks Captain Dyer overlook and
fought the renegades in the mountains, killing
four, among them their chief and woudina
four. So far the Indians have killed five mer
and run off considerable stock. The militar,
are pursuing their usual vigorous policy, and
will soon have them in hand.
I'D. SHOT,
Reese Parsons, mulatto, notorious