Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-19
DOWN TO DEATH.
A Georgia Railway Train Through Rot
ten Bridge-Superintende Conductor
and Five Passengers Killed and Many
Passengers Severely IDjured--Crime,
Casualty and Fire Record,

IGN brluR0-superlnCendon Conductor
and Five Passengers Killed and Many
Passengers Severely Ipjured--Crime
Casualty and Fire Record.
ROTTEN BRIDGE.
ATLl NTA, Feb. ia railroad disaster oc
CURED near Selma to-day. The passenge,
train rom there on the Selma, Bone & Dalton
railro, ID fell through rotten bridge over MuI.
berry creek. One white man named George
lnten' dent Stanton and Conductor White fatally
inlurt ID. Ten or twelve persons were severely
hurt. Train perfect wreck.
Killed, Geo. R. Evans and two negroes, Names
unkn own. Fatally injured, M. Stanton, gen
eral superintendent; Capt. White, conductor
N. Y. Huuter, mail agent. Severely injured
Albert Ritner, brakeman; John Shoemaker
baggage master; 81. o. Reynolds, express mes.
senger; John Rivers, colored brakeman; Jordan
Lee, colored porter; Miss WEIGH, Miss Graham
Miss Bradford, Tallageda; Nathan Kuhn, St.
Louis; A. Meyer. Baltimore; T. g. Putnam
Savannah; Ben. 8. Hustler, Helena, and fou,
negro passengers, names unknown. A loaded
car with sixty bales of cotton, mail, baggage
and express cars and one coach totally buried
The scene at the wreck is helrtrending.
ATRoCIoUs OUTRAGE.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18.-The Gzobe-Democrat'
Fulton, Mo-, special says a most daring and
on the person of Miss Georgia Arthur, The
young lady is clerk in the pcstofice, and while
asserting the mail about o'clock, verv large
and powerful man ent cred the office, locked
the door and Notwithstanding the girls des-
perate struggles, acco1 nplished his vile purpose
and escaped. The VIII ole town was Immediate
ly aroused, men and women ran through the
streets in wild excitement and large number
of men started IN pursuit of the villain.
ATTEND INcARNArE.
CINCINNATI, Feb. ls.-This afternoon man
enticed Hattie aobery, child of 6 years,
from Clinton street school with q promise of
candy, carried her into Mill creek bottom, and
after horribly outraging heT, left her there
Flend not yet captured.
TRIPLE SHOOTING.
VIcKsBURa, Feb. l8.-A difficulty occurred
yesterday at Johnsonvi,Ie, Miss, between Col.
Holman: D. Lowry, III Walker and Mr.. Arnold.
The tight began by Holman shooting Lowry
Arnold then shot Holman, wuunding him, then
shot and killed Walker, and was himself in
turn shot by Holman. Arnold and Lowry have
since died. Holman was arrested.
QUICK JUSTICE.
HASTINGS, Neb., Feb. l8.-James McElvoy,
formerly of Irondale, Cook county, ILL.,, where
his parents still reside, was sent enced yester-
day to be hanged May Goth, for the murder of
Henry Statzman, the 9TH inst. McElvoy claim
ed he acted in self-defense, but the evidence
was SO strong against him that several times
he barely escaped mob violence. He was con-
victed and sentenced within ten days Of the
committal of the crime.
CONGREGATIONS.
CINCINNATI, Feb. lS.-The business block,
corner of Second and Paint streets, Chillicothe,
Ohio, owned by MADEIRA & Spitragel. burned
this morning. Gould & Kello, stationers, oc-
cupied the lower stories. Total loss, 5000:
fully insured.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. ia fire in the st.
George hotel, this morning at 1:2O, destroyed
portion of the rear part of the building.
Loss about $4,000; insurance, $4,000. One
servant was badly injured by falling from the
third floor.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. ia fire tonight
burned building No. 230 Main street, occupied
by n. Schwarzenberg, as stove store and tin
ware mapufactory. Tho fire originated in the
second story from unknown causes. Losses to
the building $4,000, owned by ". h. Wood; in
sured for $4,000 each in the Planters and Her.
nando, of Memphis. Schwarzenbergs stock is
valued at $4,000. Loss fully so per cent. in
sured for $l1, 500.