Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-17
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CoUNTERFEITERs ARREsTKD-SAFE ROBBED.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 16.-Three men
named Morland, Llewellen and Fluck, were ar.
rested for passing counterfeit money, on Satur
day night, at GAINESVILLE. 9-,.- . {
On Sunday night the safe Of John F. Hill.
merchant at the Same place, was broken open
and robbed of over 81 1000. The loss falls
mostly on Mr.. Hill and Sheriff Mcconnell.
The band is believed to be the same lately
operating here and at Mariana.
.e- IMPRISONED IN COAL SHAFT.
PorTsynLE, Pa, March 16.-At Hammond
colliery this morning, just after tho men had
gone into the shaft to work, word came up that
the gangways had cayed in and imprisoned
about twenty miners. The men in the ada
cent breast came up IS swiftly as possible
while others descended to the resuce,s and after
several hours work all the men were released.
Martin Mcdonald was found MORALLY injured,
but his companions escaped with few bruises.
The widest excitement prevailed for a time
and hundreds OF frantic men, women and chill
dren gathered about the mouth of the slope.
FORGED PAPER.
PROVIDENCE. March 16.-William D. Hilton,
formerly superintendent of the Providence q
Worcester railroad, confesses that he has issued
forged paper to the amount of $4,000, pur-
Lyman A. Cook. His operations have been
going on two yeara- x=o,-a. -F'
RAILROAD wREcKKR SHOT.
MEMPHIS, March 16.-Last night at Sena.
tobia, Miss, Calvin Roberts, colored, was shot
by the city marshal while placing distractions
on the track of the Mississippi & Tennessee
railroad. He will recover.
SKULL CRUSHED.
PITTSBURGH, March 16.-Thomas Coughliu
and Joseph Huff, aged about "a, quarrelled
about piece of tobacco, ending in fight,
during which Coughlin struck Huff with q
coupling pin, crushing his skull and knocking
him senseless. Physicians say Huff will die.
Coughlin was arrested.
l- FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. .- -.,s
RICHMOND, Va, March 16.-Heavy rains have
swollen all the tributaries of the James above
here and eerious food is feared. Merchants
in the lower part of the city are removing
goods. The river at Lynchburg has risen about
six feet and rising. The Rivenna river, at
Charlottesville, is also rising rapidly.
MOBILE, Ala, March 16.-Specials from
Rome and Silma say overdows seriously threat.
en- both towns. Indioations point to worse
flood in Silma than in 1871 or 1877. At Rome
the water is in the battery room of the Western
Union Telegraph company and rising.
MONTGOMERY, March 16.-The rains for the
past five days have been very heavy. The Ala
bsma river is out Of its banks, but no damage
il reported. It is now turning cold. si
A HoosIER FoRaER.
CINCINNATI, March 16.-J. 8. Pate left home
few days ago and it is now discovered that he
took away with him $2l 900 obtained at the
National bank on securities containing the
forged names of Hiram Barlow and J. 81.
Pate, and 81, 200 obtained in similar manne,
at the Madison National bank. He has wife
and three children.
WILL CoNsPIRAToRs SENTENCED.
TRENTON, March 16.-The conspirators in
the Lewis will case were sentenced, to-day, as
follows Mark Sacra and Frank Ward Allison,
each two years to State prison and SIC. 900 fine
Bradford and Brassford, one year in the State
prison and 81, 600 dne. The sentence of DR..
Parks was postponed few days. The widow
of Lewis was too i'll to beip court. .i 20
FIRE AT sTRATFoRD, ONT. it,.
+ SrRArFoRD, Ont. March l6.--The stores OF
j. Williamson & Co., druggists; J. Wetsch, jew.
eller; A. N. Male & Co., dry goods; and Miss
Bearns, dry goods and millinery, burned. Loss
$50, 900, partially insured.