Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-23
Miscellaneous Grimes and Casualties.
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Miscellaneous Grimes and Casualties.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.-Two farmer lads
Charles and Frank Morris, Is and II years old
yesterday procured gun and went hunting
farm about eight miles from Cheviot, this
county. While roaming through the fields
they disputed as to which was entitled to carry
the gun. While both had hold of the gun ii
was discharged. The ball passed throug h the
right breast of Frank killing him instantly
Charles was arrested but no charge is likely
to be made against him, it evident the
shooting was accidental
COTTON DAMAGED BY RAIN.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 22.-The rains fol
the past ten days are general in Alabama, and
much damage is being done 20 cotton in the
fields. Thomas Williams, member of Con-
gress of the Fifth district, lost about a hun
dred bales of cotton and considerable corn.
TREASURY THIEF.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. CIV. +. Cock
rell, of Utah, has been arrested, charged with
robbing the Greene county treasury of 81, OOO
in cash.
BRAKEMAN KILLED.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22-An accident occurred
on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad, about
o'clock last right, near Bridgewater sta
ton. in which a freight train was badly
wrecked twelve cars being thrown from the
track. G.. G. Lennon, brakeman, WAS in
stantly killed. George Fulton, fireman, and
Fl. L. Knorr, engineer, were painfully but not
seriously injured.
FATAL TORPEDO EXPLOSION.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 22.-Three little girls,
named Stella, Lille and Mary Dunn, daughters
of John Dunn, this morning obtained posses
sion of a railway signal torpedo, which they
rfad tn hwy Il; h hon
der. An explosion followed, which fatally
wounded Stella, aged years. A fragment
struck Lille in the face, cutting out one eye,
and it is thought will destroy the sight of the
other. Mary, the oldest, aged 7, who handled
the torpedo, escaped with no more serious in
Jury than badly larcerated hands.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct 22.-Three children
famed Dunn, girls, aged 7, s and 8. found O
railroad torpedo on Try street about IL o'clock
this morning, and supposing it contained
money, exploded it with stone. Mary, aged
T. suffered hea :u: slight laceration OF
the face, piece of the torpedo cutting out one
eye and injurng the other, while the youngest
child was frightfully and probably fatally in
Jured. In addition to a dreadful laceration of
her face, large piece of the torpedo cap cut
through the skull. leaving an opening through
which the brains protruted. No hopes of her
recovery.
FALL OF sCAFFOLDING.
BosroN, Oct. 22.---This afternoon two paint
ers, Patrick Thornton and Thos. Burke, were
at work on staging fifty feet from the ground,
when 1t suddenly gave wav. Thornton fell on
the pavement smashing his skull and breaking
bis neck. Burke succeeded in catching win
dow SILL where he hung suspended for some
moments, till he waa released from his peril.
position.
AN OHIO MURDAR.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 22.---A Lca7er special from
Ie;ea, Ohio, gives The details of a murder yea,
that place last night, which resulted in the
death of Gottleib Miller and wife fatally and
son seriously wounded: An older son is sus.
pected of being the murderer.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 22-Details of the murder
committed near Berea, Ohio, and reported in
these dispatches, this noon, show it to have
been cold blooded affair. Gottlieb Noller,
farmer, was awakened at night by hearing
footsteps in the house. Before he could arise
FROM his bed he was shot dead. His wife,
awakened by the firing, was shot twice while
attempting to get up and left for dead. An
idiot son. who tried to escape, was shot in the
face by the murderer and left for dead. The
latter, coming to consciousness, made his way
to a neighbours and gave the alarm. Suspicion
pointed to Lewis Noller, son. aged %, as the
h;s t1or1 ~ D. Detectives were put on
depot of this city this afternoon rs he was
boarding train for Chicago On the way to
the Jail the prisoner confessed that he shot his
father, mother and BROTHER though he claims
not to remember very distinctly about it. He
said that he had been drinking. and commenced
firing at them without knowing what he wes
doing. The prisoner and his father have not
been on good terms for several years, owing to
trouble about property. The son was employ
ed as fireman on the Lake Shore road and has
heretofore borne good reputation. It is not
thought Mrs. Noler can live.
ROBBERY OF OPERA SINGERS.
CHICAGO, Oct. pa concerted effort seems
to have been made last night to rob the mem.
bers of the Strakosh opera troupe. While tie
opera was in progress at McVicker's theatre,
diamonds and other valuable iewelry, said to
be worth one Thousand dollars were taken from
the room of Miss Teresa Singer at the Grand
Pacific hotel, and the rooms Of other members
of the company at the Commercial hotel wore
entered, and considerable amount of valua.
bles secured. No trace to the thieves vet. The
police have been keeping the matter quiet.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
TORONTO, Oct. 22.---John Neil, aged 60, of the
firm of Neil & Sars, foundrymen, was killed al
railroad crossing.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 22.-1n tho circuit court a
Towsentown, Baltimore county, to-day, tn,
case of Denwood B. Kinds, as principal, ant
his brother, Henry Kinds, as accessory for tn