Daily globe., 1879-01-27
sw1NDL1Na ODD FELLOWS EXPELLED.

Order of Odd Fellows, who, with D. G. Howell.
swindled the Odd Fellows Benevolent society,
Of Chicago, out of So, 900, and the L. s. I'M s.
railroad company out of the same amount, by
| swearing to the death Of fictitious parsonage,
has been expelled from Stragus Refuge lodge
and Wild Eye encampment of Odd Fellows at
Murfresboro, for obtaining money under false
pretenses and perjury.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
KEoKUK, Ia. Jan. 26.-H. G. Boone, score
tary of the Keokuk gas company, has been
absent from home several days. He left on
the 8th ostensibly to go to Savanna No., rep
| resenting he would be back IN few days
Nothing has been heard of him since. Itis
reported he is short on his accounts. There is
also said to be woman in the case.
LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY.
Western Associated Press
New HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 26.-Receiver Rus
SELL of the National Capital Life Insurance
company, in replevying property, said
the company in Washington came
into possession of B. Noyes' check-book The
stubs show thirty to forty thousand dollars
were used for legislative expenses in influence
ing the Connecticut legislature in 1875 to pre-
vent the repeal of the charter asked for by the
insurance commissioner. Receiver Russell re-
fuses to make the names public, but it is known
| that several members of the legislature of that
year received a portion OF the money.
THE cOLoRED TROOPS FOUGHT NoBLY.
SHELLEY Cry, KY, Jan. 26.-At the Democratic
primary election held here yesterday, to nomi.
nate representative and jailor bad whisky,
FOR time, got the best of reason, and as
| usual, resulted in street fight that. for down.
| right pure cussedness, beat anything ever
witnessed in this locs lity. A white man by
the name OF George Phillips got into diff
1fxy1r I'll. n
| fired two shots at him, one taking effect in
Glvens groin. making an ugly, but not
dangerous wound. There was little or no cause
for the shooting. and this, with other real or
| imagi lined grievances. caused the negroes to cry
for blood. They charged on Phillips and his
hotel, and then surrounded it. There being no
their own way until the 4 ocloek
stage for Danville was ready to leave. when it
was thought best to send Phillips to Danville
for safe keeping, and accordingly he was
slipped out of the hotel and put in the stage
with an officer. The negroes were of the i'm
preston that Phillips was being helped out Of
town by his friends, and no sooner heard that
he was in the stage, then they made rush for
it. The driver. Leo Withrow, took in The sltua-
tion at glance, and put his horses down to a
dead run n safety and Danvile. The stage
being heavily loaded with passengers and bag
gage, 1t was tight race. and was kept up for
half mile when the negroes gave it up
bad job. They then came back to town and,
with lot of drunken whites from Knobs,
made things lively. They were finally dis
persed, zaud-at present everything IS quiet
There were enoug b implements of war produced
during the first stage of the fight to have suf-
fciently stocked young army. The grand
jury can get in its work to good advantage and
will probably do so
NEW TRIAL.
Ton ho
court, yesterday, counsel presented Chief JUS
tice Park petition for q new trial for Mrs.
Cobb. The chief grounds are alleged-error in
the charge to the Jury, the rejection of Floyd
81. Cranes evidence for the defense. and the
omission of Mrs. Cobb's little daughters testi-
mony against the prisoner. The petition was
taken under advisement.
MINE FIRE.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 26.-The fire which broke
out last night in the tunnel level of the Sum
NIT Branch colliery, Williamstown, and pene-
trated to the mine, is still burning, but it is
said to be under control. Between five hun
dred and six hundred men are employed, No
lives lost
1NCENDIARY FIRE.
WHEELING, W. Va, Jan. 26.-An alarm of
fire tonight developed the fact that the books
in the gas office had been saturated with petro-
leum and set on fire. They were saved in
damaged condition. In consequence of recent
allegations of crookedness in the gas business
of the city the public mind is greatly excited
over the occurrence of this evening. The gas
works belong to the city.
| MISSOURI INSANE ASYLUM FIRE.
| ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.-A dispatch from St. Jo-
seph, Mo-, says at meeting to-day of the
board of managers of the insane asylum,
| burned yesterday, committee of architects and
builders appointed to examine the condition OF
| the ruins reported the walls injured not more
than one-fourth their value and that it will not
cost more than s75, 600 to rebuild the structure
| Theo riginal cost of the building was about
$500, 900. The board of trade and working
mems organizations have preferred the board
of managers assistance in providing for in
mates of the asylum, and all necessary means in
the way of beds, supplies, etc., for their care
and comfort has been furnished. The board
instructed their president, Mr.. Voorhees,, to re-
port all the facts connected with the fire to the
general assembly. and ask the committee to
| thoroughly investigate the matter. DR.. Cat
lett, superintendent of the asylum. lost nearly
| all his personal effects, but all the records,
| books, ETC.. of the institution. were saved Ali
the employees lost their private property and
some OF their money varying in amount from
one to seven hundred dollars. None of them
deserted their posts as long as a patient
mained in the building. and their devotion to
1 duty cost them all their valuables.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR CREMATION.
CALAIS, Me-, Jan. 26-A destructive fire oc-
Cured at st. Stephen. N. B., this morning.
The following stores were burned: ]. 81. McEI-
roy, liquors; Alexander Johnson, liquors; G.
F. Ruder, jewelry; Smith & Murray, drv goods:
Andrew DewSlf, groceries; J. N. Clarke d Co..
crockery; G. c. Baker & Co., boots and shoes ::
Miss Governor, millinery; G. h. Smith. sta
toner; Geo. NJ. Staat, boots and Shoes Loss
500. 600; insurance, $4,000. heavy gale pre-
| vailed.
! EXTINGUISHED.
PorTsv1LLE, Jan. 26.-The fire in the burn
ing mine at Locust Gap was extinguished this
morning. Loss unknown.
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