Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-14
CRAZED WITH GRIEF.
Fred bennett, of Olmsted County, Made
Wild by the Destruction of His Barn and
Contents-supposed Work of an Incendi-
ary-House Thieves at Observation-Disclosures
GUS Crime and Casualty Record.

Contents-Supposed Work of an Incendi-
ary-House Thieves at Miscellane-
Gus Crime and Casualty Record.
BARN AND CONTENTS BURNED.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
ROCHESTER,. Mimi, Jan. l3.-In the town of
Marion, six miles south of this city, Fred Dun
nett lost his large barn by fire Friday night,
about II o'clock. It had Just been completed.
and contained several tons of hay, five work
horses, six head of cattle, a new three-spring
buggy, two set of harness and all his farm ma
chlnery. He had been at the barn attending
sick horse but had patent kerosene lantern
and had not taken the burner out. It must
have been the work of an incendiary. His chill.
dren were at a neighbours g, andIon reaching home
found the barn in, flames and their parents
asleep. On awakening them Mr.. Dunnett ran
out without dressing, but was returned by some
neighbors, who by this time began to arrive.
He dressed himself sat down and began sing
ing. crazed with grief over his loss. it being
$3,OOO, and no insurance. One hundred and
fifty bushels of mixed oats and a farm wagon
was all that saved. His friends immedi-
ately raised subscription and presented him
with tenn.
HORSE THIEVES.
William Robertson, Saturday night, had his
barn broken into and valuable pair of horses
1870 AAe~1AA~oo
VIM Forbes, near by, and stole cutter and
escaped
lncendiary fires and ,bberies are becoming
quite frequent. A vigilance committee will
soon be necessity.
Western Associated Press
CONFESSED.
ST. JOHN, N B., Jan. l3-Dowd, sentenced
to be executed Tuesday for the murder Of
hos 10 = !
Mrs. Ward was participant. The woman's
sentence to death has been already changed to
seven Years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
FIRST DEGREE.
SAN FRANc1so' Jan. 13.--Edw ward Anderson.
accomplice of Troy Dye in the murder of A..
NJ. Tullis, was convicted of murder in the first
degree.
BREWERY BURNED.
NEWARK, N. j.. Jan. 13.-Peter Hauck's ex-
tensive brewery burned this morning, with
malt house, ice honees. and other buildings.
Loss estimated at 100000 partially insured.
FATAL LEAP IN THE DARK.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 13.-Saturdav night West
bound freight train on the Marietta & Cincin-
natl railroad when near Mineral City parted
about the middle of the train on account of a
broken coupling. An extra freight train ran
AACO oue ISdI JUST DIS IL !eaCQeu LreSCl0 thirty
feet high, crushing the caboose. Three passen-
gers jumped from the caboose, alghting upon
the solid ice of the stream below. One Wash
ington Reifsyder, was instantly killed. William
King was fatally injured, and John Bettz's feet
We're crushed, .
NEW ROUTE.
BUFFALO, Jan. 13.-J. Keller, travelling agent
for hardware firm in Montreal, killed himself
to-day.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
DETROIT, Jan. IA frs at Lyons, Mich.
last night, destroyed Amsdens & Co.'s wooden
mill aud Hawley & Roofs plaster MILL
Amsdens' loss, $4,000; Hawley & Roof's
$50, 900. No insurance. The fire originated in
the wooden MILL Supposed c,use, spontaneous
com ustiOn.
$4,000 FURNITURE BLAZE.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Jan. 13.-Fire, at O'Clock to-
night, destroyed the Evansville Furniture company's
factory, together with machinery, STOCK and tools of
the workmen who had stopped work for week, and
were ready to commence il the morning. Loss $780,
900; insurance $4,000.