The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-22
soldier who had insulted him, has been &C.
quilted by a court-martial.

soldier who had insulted him, has been ac-
quilted by a court martial
A CITIZEN of Baltimore, who had long
been on unfriendly terms with his wife,
threw quantity of vitrol into her face,
destroying one eye and shockingly difgur-
ing her.
| A D1ss1PATED citizen of Allegheny, P,
named Jacob Salesman, took one of his
wite's dresses on the 10th inst, twisted it
into rope, and strangled himself with
| it.
Two masked men boarded train on the
Missouri Pacific railroad at Winthorp
station, and robbed the United States ex-
press company's safe Of $3.50.
WIN. w. CHAMBERLAIN, of Worcester.
Mass, graduate of Harvard in 1870, and
a young man of literary taste and social
position, has absconded with $4,000 be-
longing to his father and others.
CAPT. J. NJ. WEST, superintendent and
contractor for the Rack Hills Placer Min
ing Co., is short about $24 600 in his ac-
counts with employees, of whom there are
nearly 400.
| "A YOUNG seaman on vessel recently
from Rio de Janiero died at 4 hotel in New
Orleans, of yellow fever, on the l4th inst
The ship and the remainder of her crew
were Immediately sent back to the quaran-
| tine station.
4 ROW in saloon, in Chicago, on the
10Th inst, resulted in the death of the bar
tender, Patrick Bateman. He interfered
and received blow on the head intended
for somebody else, which killed him.
4 POOR woman, living near Fort Wayne,
Ind, who had been deserted by her hus-
band, poisoned herself and five children,
by neighbors in time to save their lives.
CAPT. FRED THOMPSON, a wealthy mil
Ter of Wakefield, Eng, who came to
America to attend the millers' exposition
at q cincinnati, was drowned the other day
at Fox Lake, ILL.,, while fishing. His re-
mains will be embalmed and returned to
England.
In the case Of the persons killed by the
explosion of the boiler of the steamboat
Mary, at Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota,
the corners jury finds that G. B. Halstead,
the owner of the boat, was crim;nally
| negligent in not permitting an inspection
OF the boiler by competent engineer.
AN unknown tramp, about 50 years old,
went to the depot, at Byers Col, and
while engaged in conversation, suddenly
drew large butcher knife and gave Sam
uel Green cut over the eye, cut John Nc
Glynn SO that his bowels came out and
then stabbed Frank McCraken, the tele-
graph operator, probably fatally, in the
left side. McCracken ran across the street.
followed by the tramp, who was shot dead
identified, but he IS supposed to be a man.
lac.
S. S. R1cKLEY, president of the Capital
City Bank, Columbus, Ohio was shot
through the forehead while standing at
his desk by Andrew Eichenberg, Ger
man dyer. Eichenberg was on the street,
and as soon as he shot Mr.. Rickley, he
placed the revolver at his temple and shot
Rickley may probably live, but the
chances are against him. The trouble grew
out of Mr. Rickley's refusal to loan
Eichenberg money.
A BLOODY row took place at Black Rock,
and Michael Golden. In the first row,
down Golden, kicked him in the head, and
cut his scalp. The men then went to the
boat and continued the trip through the
locks. While Capt. Riftery was pushing
open the gate of the lock Golden rushed up
with a razor and quickly drew it across
Riftery's throat, inAicting horrible cash
from ear to ear. The captain cried: II
am murderedW and sank exhausted from
loss of blood, which spurted in a shower
Glden was arrested and Rlferty sent to the
general hospital, where he now lies in
critical condition.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.