Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-06
CASUALTIES AND CRIMES.
FALL OF A BREWERY.

| FALL OF A BREWERY.
| SYRACUSE, Jan. 5.-The fifth floor of one Sec
| ton of the Greenway Brewing company, an i'm
| mense building, gave way this morning and in
| its falling carried down all the other floors. a
man on the upper floor and another on the low
er floor were injured but not seriously. Seven
! thousand bushels of corn and wheat, IT'S bales
| of hops, and about five thousand bushels OF
Canada malt and two thousand bushels Of malt
dust were precipitated into Onondaga creek
and much was washed away. The loss is about
5000 600. The upper floor has heretofore car
ried double the weight which broke 1t down.
CHICAGO THIEVES SENTENCED.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Judge Blodgett of the
United States court, to-day sentenced John W.
Gregg to two years imprisonment in Jail and
fine of S1,2lS for embezzlement in the post
office. William Spalding, custom house clerk,
was also sentenced to pay fine of 81, 64S for
embezzlemenu-
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Jan. 5.-The steamer Fisher,
the mail boat between Pensacola and Freeport,
exploded, killing Capt. Watson and one other
and MORALLY scalding the engineer.
THE RAIL JUaGERNAUT.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The terribly mutiated
body of Jas. Boyers, the young messenger for
a grain firm in the city, was found scattered
along the track of the Illinois Central railroad
this forenoon. Although frightfully crushed,
bruised and mangled life wasn't entirely ex
tinct when he was found, but be died during
the day. 1t is supposed he attempted to jump
from the train.
MOLLIE sURRENDERS.
louisville, Pa, Jan. edward Curlcy,
Mollie Mcguire of Columbia county, charged
with the murder of Joe Cunning, an old man
in Centralia, July Goth, 1876, returned to Cen
tralia yesterday and surrendered to the authori-
ties and was committed to Bloomsbury Jail.
Curley is expected to turn States evidence and
expose the participants in a number of muir
ders committed in the vicinity of Csntralia,
the scene of many tragedies during the reign
of the Mollie Maguires. At Curley's hearing
yesterday, Michael Brogan, who recently mar
ried daughter of Cunning, attempted to
shoot him. The town is very much agitated.
DEFAULTING F. F.. V.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 5.-An investigation
into the accounts of N. G. Taliferro, retiring
general agent and storekeeper of the penitenti-
airy, brought to light shortage of $4,000 to
$50 600. TaliferrO acknowledges the shortage
but says it will be made good by his sureties.
He says he does not know how to account for
it. except from the fact that he was engaged in
a commission business as we'll as being agent
of the penitentiary, and that the affairs of both
concerns became mixed. He claims to have
outstanding assets sufficient to cover the def
cheney.
BLACK HILLS SHOOTING.
DEADwooD, Jan. ga man named Joe Co
burn, aged about 25, lately employed in con-
structing the military telegraph line, entered
the restaurant of VIM. Woolsey, Fountain City,
e.. .ra-c RI
renewed an old quarrel by refusing to pay a
bill. Coburn drew a revolver first, but Wool
sey firing, the ball entered Columns breast
He lies in dying condition. 1t is believed
his home is in Michigan. Woolsey is under
arrest. "
JAIL BREAK.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 5.-The prisoners con-
fined in the franklin county Jail made break
for liberty at o'clock this evening, just after
the new sheriff had assumed charge, ard nine
escaped through the entrance door. James
Herrell alias Kerr, indicted for murder in the
first degree, and J. W. Doge, for cutting with
intent to wound, are among the missing.
RUN OVER AND KILLED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.-Moritz B. Mann, nearly
70 years old, was knocked down by team to-
night while crossing the street near his resi-
dence, and his skull was crushed by the wheels
passing over it. Deceased has been for long
time bookkeeper for the firm of j. e. L. Sea-
songood. The driver was arrested on the
charge of manslaughter.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.-The boiler exploded to-
night in the rolling mill of Coates Bros. at
Locust Point, by which the mill WAS consider
ably wrecked and number of employees seri-
| ously injured. The boiler was elevated some
eight or ten feet from the floor of the mill and
its fragments passed out through the north
and west sides and end of the building. The
day men had just gone off and the night force
| had gone to work. Geo. Writ, Jos. Vickers
| and Chas. Thomas were seriously hurt and
scalded, but none fatally injured. Jos. Morgan,
Geo. Geister. John Williams, 2. Jackson, Jas.
Kinney, William Walton, Geo. Bell and Chas.
Disney, all employees in the MILL were badly
scalded and some of them received injuries
from flying splinters. The dome of the boiler
was thrown $50 yards. The roofs Of several
| small dwelling houses Immediately west of the
mill were damaged. Loss SIC, 600.
| EMBEZZLEMENT AND PERJURY.
SARATOGA, Jan. 5.-Stephen H. Richards
cashier of the Commercial National bank,
which failed Dec Is, 1879, was arrested this
| afternoon charged with embezzling funds of
the bank; also with perjury in swearing to re-
ports to the comptroller of the currency. He
gave bail.
| HOugh Indicted for Forgery.