Daily globe., 1879-01-28
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A Maniac Kills Family of Three, and
Himsolf Killed Attempting Another
Life--Other Deeds of Blood--Fires and
Miscellaneous Mishaps.
MURDERED AT SEA.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 27.-The bark Winona
from Liverpool, reports the chief mate MUIR
dered at sea. Of 2,2OO bales of cotton taken
from the steamship Mo, on fire and flooded,
1,7OO are sound.
NEW TRIAL.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 27.-The supreme
court has granted Louis Guetig, the murderer
Of Mary McGlew, a new trial. Guetig was to
have been executed on tho 29th, with Achey
and Merrick.
MYsTERIoUsLY MURDERED.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Jan. 27.-Marshall s. Pritch-
ard, town collector of Cherry Valley was mys-
teriously murdered here yesterday. His body
was found on the outskirts of the city with
his pockets rifed aud with ball in his head
from revolver which lay by him and deep
cash on his temple. Several parties are under
suspicion.
SKULL FRACTURED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-John Ham, engineer on
the Pan Handle railroad, while at water tank
near Urbana yesterday, slipped and fell twenty
feet, fracturing his skull.
KILLED WITH HAMMER.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 27.-Mrs. W. G. G. Foster. a
widow residing alone three miles east of this
city, was brutally murdered last night bv nm
known persons, who crushed her skull with
hammer. No clue to the murderers
DEFAUITED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-H. Dickman, treasurer
of st. Anthonys church (Catholic) is q default
or to the amount Of $4,000, and Jacob Ken
nenor, treasurer of the German Catholic Gene
terry association, to the amount, of 81 200
CONFESSED.
CHICAGO Jan. 27.-Charles Woodward and
George Lee, alias snachem, the robbers who,
last August, stole $4,000 worth of iewelry
from Max Freund, a travelling jeweler who had
room IN the Palmer house, pleaded guilty this
morning in the criminal court and were re-
manded. Woodward squealed.
STEAMER DISABLED.
New YORK, Jan. 27.-The steamship Brittania
arrived to-day, reports passing yesterday an
ocean steamer bound west probably the Oity
OF Montreal, with her rudder disabled.
DROWNED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-Ben Krumpetman and
Jack Cromley, aged 13 and IA, were drowned in
the river at the foot of Russell street, Coyine
ton, KY, yesterday, by the upsetting OF skiff
through collision with coal barge.
REoALcITRANT MINISTER SUSPENDED.
New YORK, Jan. 27.-The Baptist ministers
had stormy meeting to-day, owing to the in
terpolation of woods of the the minutes by the
clerk. DR.. Fulton using language which the
pronounced unbecomiug personali-
ties and refusing to take his seat motion was
la to L,
then again attempted to address the BODY. but
calls tor the question drowned his voice, He
then retired and was subsequently suspended
by vote of So to IL.
INsANITY's WORK.
BELFAST, Me-, Jan. 27.-At Mont-ille, Satur-
day evening, John Mcfarland, wife and grand
daughter, We're killed by an insane man named
Howell, who was later shot dead by a neighbor
whom he had attacked.
JEALOUSY AND SHOOTING
AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 27.-Patrick Dunn and
Elisha Whipple, farmers living in Northampton,
a small town near here, quarrelled this morn
ing, and Dunn shot and instantly killed Whip
pie The cause of the quarrel was jealousy of
Dunn on account OF his divorced wife, Whip-
pie was unmarried, and forty wears of aoe
Dunn is in iail.
CEICAGOIZED.
PlTTsBURGH Jan. PA special to the CAyosai-
Gle from Turkey City, Clarion county, says a
fire broke out there early this morning, and the
waterworks being frozen up the fire spread
rapldly IN all directions, and in an hour and a
halt the best portion of the town was in ruins
DIAMOND THIEVES ARRESTED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27.-Rudolph Bleston, Peter
Wolf and Henry Bleston were arrested to-day
on telegraph from Hoboken n j., CHARGED with
a diamond robbery there some two weeks ago.
1t IS thought all the stolen goods have been re-
covered.
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.
GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. GA Ne,ys snecial
says tornado struck the town of Lockport
Sunday evening, delnolishiug forty houses. in
cludlng churches. court house and Masonic
hall. child was killed and several persons
badly hurt.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION
BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 27.-At 7 o'clock this
evening tho boiler of locomotive making a
trial trip over the. elevated railway exploded
between Foster brook and Babcock station, four
miles from Bradford, instantly killing John
Vaughn, engineer; John Adds, laborer and fo-
tally injnring Geo. Grogan conductor: G. r.
A. shepherd, assistant superintendent. and
Mile Hollorin, fireman, and seriously Injured
Thomas Luby, Oscar Schutt, Al. Garside, and
Geo. Peterson.
DEADWOOD SUBMERGED,
DEADwooD, D. T., Jan. 27.-A destructive
prairie fire, yesterday, swept over the valley
twenty miles north Of this place, burning 500
tons Of hay, aud levelling several ranches to
the ground. heavy gale Of wind prevailed
yesterday, doing much damage in Deadwood
gulch, unroofing houses, uprooting trees. and
blowing down fences