Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-15
SUICIDE OF A D1sGRAcED LIEUTENANT.

.. Especial Telegram to the Globe
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 14.-Oharles W
Merritt, late lieutenant in the Ninth United
States cavalry. and dismissed from tho army
about twenty days ago. by sentence of a gene
raj court martial, committed suicide by shoot.
ing himself through the head, last night, in his
room at the Exchange hotel in this city. Mer.
rift was appointed to tho army from Illinois,
and was near relative of General Wesley
Merritt, of the Fifth cavalry.
FIRE FATALITY.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. 14.-About 8 A. M.
to-day, the two-story brick livery stable occu-
pied by J. Gillis, On the corner of Scott and
Elm streets, was discovered in flames, and, in
few hours, despite the efforts of the fire de-
partment, owing to the inflammable character
of the contents, was wholly destroyed. The
flames communicated to the cotton compress
adjoining, and it was also destroyed. The
family of Gillis were asleep in the second
story, and the only safe avenue of escape be-
ing cut off when they were aroused, Mr..
Gillis and wife dropped their children out of
The wife was suffocated by the smoke, and,
falling back, she was burned. Gillis jumped
from the window, and was picked up in IN un-
conscious condition, from injuaies about the
head. 1t is thought he inhaled flames and is
fatally injured. Both the children were Sc.
verely injured. About ten horses and several
carriages and buggies were destroyed. About
100 bales of cotton were burned at the COM
press. The loss, about $4,000, in entire on
the stable and stock. The bailding belonged
to Bishop Fitzgerald. The compress is in
jured $25, 900; insurance only $4,000; &c.
900 insurance on the burned cotton. A fireman
named Brown, of the Urquhart hose company,
was dangerously hurt from falling down the
outer stairway of the Odd Fellows building, to
escape the falling front.
ExHUMED.
WEST whistler, Ont, Dec. 4.-The bodies
of John Brown and his daughter Addie, for
whose murder Clark Brown, Son of the former,
was recently hanged, have been exhumed for
further examination. It is rumored that Mrs.
Brown, wife and mother Of the murdered per-
sons, will be arrested in consequence of this
examination.
THROUGH THE ICE.
NEW CASTLE, N. B., Dec. l4.-Two young la
dies, May Williston, daughter of Judge Willis.
ton, and jamie Watt, daughter of G. G. Watt,
ship builder, skating on the river yesterday,
broke through q weak spot in the ice and were
drowned. ..,- S. a..
THROUGH THE DRAW.
WHITEHALL, N. Y, Dec. ia train on the
Central Vermont railroad last evening, ran off
the track near the Addison Junction draw
bridge. The engine went down the embank-
ment, forty feet high, killing Engineer Stin-
son, Fireman Markham and Mr.. Lyman. en-
gineer of the draw bridge. -. -.-
MASONIC PUNISHMENT OF SEDUCTION.
sr. LOUIS, Dec. 14.-The Republicans special
from Houston. Texas, says the Masonic Grand
lodge of that State yesterday approved of the
action of Waxabatchie lodge in expelling Rev.
w. G. Veal, wellknown minister of the Cos
pei, for attempting to seduce Mrs. E. G. Gift
fin, of Waxahatchie, wife of brother Mason.
This decision practically expels him from Ma
sonic orders.