Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-27
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Distressing Suicide of a Young Lady, of
Chicago Mysterious Shooting in Rail
road Train miscellaneous.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.

Chicago Mysterious Shooting in IA Rail-
road Train miscellaneous.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.
CHICAGO, Dec. Pa peculiarly dis
treSSing and unaccountable suicide oc-
CURED on Lake avenue, near Thirty
ninth street, this afternoon. Miss Ada
Hidden, young lady of % years, engag
ing in manner and highly esteemed by
her acquaintance, lives there with her
brother, Robert Hidden, assistant man.
ager of the bank of Montreal in this city.
Last night she attended some Christmas
festival at neighbours, and was among
the merriest. This morning she arose for
breakfast and dined as usual. Shortly
after dinner, finding herself alone i'll the
room, she suddenly went to a drawer,
took from it pistol, and without warn
ing or explanation fired shot into her
heart and fell dead on the carpet.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING ON \ RAILROAD
TRAIN.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. pa report comes
from Meeleyvillc, Butler county Mis-
souri,, a point on the st. Louis & Iron
Mountain railroad, that a passenger
on the train, there yes
udN, ndlllc not given, SuOI
II. p. Jones and wife of Smith Ferry,
Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and DR., j.
Ii. Rogers of OXell, Texas, and then es-
capped TO the woods. All were passengers
on the train. Mrs Jones is dangerously
wounded in the head, her husband shot
in the hand and Dr. Rogers received a Sc
we're flesh wound in the shoulder. Jones
and wife were left in care of the rail-
road agent and Rogers continued his
Journey to Texas The affair seems to
be involved in great mystery.
BURNED TO DEATH.
TRENTON, n. j., Dec 25-NIrs. Henry
johnson was burned to death by fire in
her dwelling on Front street. Husband
arrested.
MURDERED BY AN EX-GOVERNOR,
TOLEDO, Dec 25.-At Napoleon, Ohio,
last evening, Gen r. X. Scott, ex- govern
or of South Carolina, and now a resident
of Napoleon, shot and killed young man
named Drury. The affair was the result
of a quarrel in relation to the son of
Scott. Drury was clerk in drug store,
a Young man of good standing in the
community, and was TO have been mar
ricd on Tuesday next.
TEXAS TOWN BURNED.
ELKHART, Tex, Dec 25.-Firc this
morning destroyed almost the entire bust
ness part of the town. The principal
losses arc E. Dauble, 81 ,OOO insured. r.
S Dams store, $1,000; insured 1000.
Saloon, Isl 900; insured S4O0. Glenn,
81 800; no insurance. Pearsell & Co.,
drugs, loss $4,000; no insurance. r. }.
Harris, blacksmith, $500; postofficc and
express office, including books, papers
and mail, total loss.
MUTINY OF CoNvICTs.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec 25-Wm. Wag-
ncr, proprietor of the brickyard, was
fatally stabbed in saloon, it is supposed
bv an associate named Ferdinand Krost.
Twenty prisoners in the county jail
mutinicd to-day, and all the police in
the south end of town were called in to
qucll them. One shot was fired but
without fatal result. Cold water and
chunks Of coal thrown at the prisoners
was found to be sufficient arguments to
qucll the trouble Several convicts were
severely injured by being hit with pieces
of coal.
CHRISTMAS MURDERS.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 25.-Peter
Mukcs stabbed Harry Bell in the heart
about IL o'clock this forenoon on Eighth
street, near market. The murderer was
arrested. Both were colored and on
spree.
New YORK, Dec, 25.-During dis
turbancc in the hotel of p. T. Griffin, at
Rockaway Beach, one Malone attempted
to stab the proprietor. The latter drew
revolver and fired six times at Malone,
who fell, MORALLY wounded Griffin
then seized gun and riddled Malone
with buckshot
NEWSPAPER BURNT.
OGDENsBURG, n. Y, Dec, 2j.-The
Advance newspaper block burned to-day.
Partly insured.