Daily globe., 1880-04-05
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Sunday Tragedies and NIisfortunes Gath
cred by Telegraph.

ered Dy Telegraph.
AN OFFICIAL ABscoNDs.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
John Rusk, treasurer of the town of Barron,
Barron county, Wisconsin, has absconded with
about $4,000 belonging to the town. He was
traced as far az Eau Claire and it is supposed
that he has gone to Canada from which country
he formerly came.
MOTTO BE IMPEAcHED.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 3.-The special COM
mittee of the house of delegates appointed to
investigate the charges against George A.
Pearre submitted two reports. Three of the
committee completely exhonerated the Judge.
Three others state that number of charges
were abandoned by the prosecution and the in
vestigation Of toe Others didn't warrant i'm
peachment. The reports were adopted and the
committee discharged.
BOND THIEVES ARRESTED.
New YORK, April 3.-Henry Galetta and Gus
tano Edward de Arseney were arrested while
offering in Wall street at half value bonds of
the Breslau-Schwerdritz-F -Freiburg Railroad
company. The bonds are supposed to be of a
number stolen from a German banker, in a
railway car, near London.
CHURCH FIRES IN OTTAWA.
OTTAWA, April 4.-Fire at o'clock this
morning damaged the Bank street Presbyterian
church $1,000; insured. About the same time
the sexton of st. Joseph's cathedral church
was preparing the edifce for the five o'clock
service; he saw man with a lighted candle
standing behind the altar. On going forward
the man. who had set fire to the wood work in
the entry and also the organ, fed. 1t is SUR
missed an organized gang determined upon de-
stroying these two churches and the public is
much excited over the affair.
FIRE AT COLUMBUS, o.
COLUMBUS, O., April A fire of alarming
proportions broke out in the penitentiary, this
city, at 8 o'clock this morning, and gained
such headway before the fire department could
get water on it that the large building occupied
by Brown, Hinman & Co., wood workers, was
burned to the ground and the contents in
Guiding machinery, two engines, tools and
stock were destroyed. Firms loss probably
$25 900 on stock and $4,000 on building
MELTED LEAD.
ST. LOUIS, April 4.-The white lead works of
Moffot & Seargent, at Joplin, No., burned yes
terday afternoon, together with the foundry of
W. s. Harmony and the machine shops of
Leckie q Co. Loss estimated at nearly at
nearly quarter of million. Insurance. less
than fifty thousand dollars.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
boiler in the saw mill of John d. Lamb
situated ten miles from Rushville, ILL.,, ex-
ploded yesterday afternoon with terrific force,
demolishing the mill and instantly killing
Wesley Ii. Parker. fatally weunding John Ran
dali and Thomas Jones and seriously injuring
two other persons.
SOLDIERS DROWNED.
HALIFAX, April 4.-While four soldiers of
he
Dillmain and Hurst, were returning from
Georges Island, where they had been visiting
friends, the boat swamped and all weie
thrown into the water. Hurst caught hold of
the boat and hoated till assistance came, The
other three were drowned.
DAMAGE BY WIND.
WHEELING, W. Va, April "A severe rain,
hail and wind storm visited this city this after
noon at 2:3O o'clock, resulting in the destruc-
tion of considerable property. The roof of
the Riversids nail works was blown off to the
track of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the
steeple of the Third Presbyterian church was
blown down and the three-story frame addi-
tion of Rellz's carriage factory was totally
destroyed. A number of minor losses are re-
ported. No lives lost.
MURDERED HIS WIFE AND HER PARAMoUR.
z SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-Mendocino City
Dispatch: At Narrow Ridge, this county, to.
day, Neils Hammaland killed his wife Johan-
na and her paramour, Frank Allison, as they
were sleeping together Draining both with al
axe. Hammaland's little son, sleeping in the
same bed, gave the alarm, and the murderer
was secured. Hammaland states the intimacy
had continued for the past year, and he felt
Obliged to commit the deed. 1t is known that
he has been fully aware of the nature of the
intimacy, and had apparently ac-
quiesced in it, even to the extent of sharing
the same room with the guilty pair.
FLOODS IN TORONTO.
TORONTO, April 4.-Heavy rain since Friday
has caused the Don and Lumber rivers, as we'll
as local creeks in this vicinity, to overflow.
doing considerable damage to property.
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