The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-30
THIS WICKED WORLD.
Sins, Sorrows and Shortcomings Of 0ul
Wretched Race.
WIFE BEATING AND ARSON.

Special to the Star.
EDwARDsyILLE IND, April 30.-Lyman
Alton, desperate character living in this,
Floyd County, near here, beat his wife in a
brutal manner last night and then set fire
10 his house. The children extinguished
the flames and saved the property.
DIrCHED DY COW.
GREEScAsTLE IND, April 30.-Tom Vine
yards gravel train on the Vandalia Road
was ditched by COW Yesterday and totally
wrecked. Damage estimated at $4,000
Daniel Warner the engineer, had his shoul-
der dislocated; Fred. Maui fireman, suf-
fered an injury to the spine, and John
Lughrue, brakeman, was injured in the
head and thigh.
HOW THEY TICKLED TROUPE.
SPRINGFIELD, O., April 30.-A young man
named Troupe, who is ilirt, came to the
uated with the landlords daughter, who is
avery estimable Young lady. Last evening
he met her in the hotel parlor and insulted
her. Her father was informed of the fact
and when her brother and father met
Troupe on High street they assaulted him,
giving him a severe thrashing.
TOOK HIS NIEcE's MONEY.
JOLIET, ILL.,, April 3o.-Wm. C. Lackey, a
welLknown citizen OF this place, has been
arrested upon the charge of having en-
bezzled the funds belonging to his niece
amounting to $1,000. He gave bail.
HELD FOR NUMBERING HIS MOTHER.
National Associated Press to the Star
WATERLOO, IA, April 30.-The Coroner's
Jury in the case of Mrs Deborah A. Sim
mons, mysteriously murdered in bed Sum
day morning, rendered verdict implica-
ting her son George W., and he is held to
the Grand Jury. When arrested he said
"Father, Pm innocent of this thing" The
affair is clothed in mystery, and casts a
gloom over the city. The funeral of Mrs.
Simmons occurred yesterday.
PETE's EXPECTATIONS.
CHIc,Go, April 30-Petc Stevens, sent
enced to fourteen years imprisonment has
concluded to submit to the penalty and
make no effort for a new trial, as he ex-
poets to get out in about eight years.
DEs MONIES DISASTERS.
DEs MONIES, IA, April 30.-Thc Supreme
Court aflirms the decision of the lower
court holding that the Treasurer of Polk
County must refund $1,000, which was de
posted in Vests Bank for safe keeping,
when it failed.
Mr.. Cooksie, at Rose HILL 80 yrs old,
committed suicide with a log chain yester-
day. Cause unknown.
Charles Wells and wife had an alteration
about girl whom Wells objected to re-
manning i'll the house, and his wife shot him
with revolver i'll the head. He will die.
The woman is in jail
JEALOUSY, MURDER AND SUICIDE.
TOLEDO, O., April 30.-A man going un-
der the name of Mons. Florentine, stop
ping at the Hooper House, this morning at
half-past IL shot his wife, known as Miss
Lille Ellis, now playing at the Adelphi
Variety Theater, through the neck with
revolver, then putting the weapon to his
head fired and instantly killed himself.
She will possibly recover. Jealousy was
the cause.
PROVED TO BE SIOUX.
CHICAGO, April 30--A dispatch from
Major Bushn at Fort Ellis, Montana, says
the thieves who stole stock from Country
mans Ranch were oyerhauled Sunday, and
are killed. They proved to be Sioux.
RUCrIoN AMONG RoUsrABoUrs.
NEW ORLEANS, April 3O.-.A shooting
effray occurred last evening on steamer j.
r. Welch, wherein Welch, the watchman,
shot and killed Geo Jones' colorcd, and
wounded Jas. Lane, coored, in the abdo- |
men. Both were roustabouts, and along
with crowd of Others were endeavorng to |
whip We!ch for causing the arrest of two
Others for fighting and cutting. Wech is
in Jail.
HUNTING DOWN DAVE MAUCK.
CoRrpoN, IND, April 30.--After the tramp,
believed to be Dave Mauck the wife muir
derer, was released yesterday at Greens.
burg, the Sheriff here telegraphed them to
hold him. A band was at once organized
which is in hot pursuit. When he left
dreensburg he was barefootcd, and had on
brown shirt and pair Of overalls, with
whiskers about one-halfnch long ali over
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