Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
SOCIAL SENSATION,
DOMESTIC xPLOsIONATA AN ATIsTO-
CRATIC SUMMER RESORT.
A Popssl0r 8 Mine Hosts sFlfes From a
Neddlssonss Wife aad Prospeotsve
Home ID en- Inssme .AsgsHsp 0ollapss of
the BENDER Sensaeion-Ihs Old Couple
PsonoHMesd 1nsposters - Miscellaneous
Grimes ard Casxaley Record.
DOMESTIC EXPLOSION. 8 /.

tSpeclA Telegram TO the dlODe.
MnwAuxzn, Aug o. The village of Waa.
keshA has ) domestic explosion to-day which ID
heartily enjoyed by the aristocratic summer
visitors. 81. b. Lewis, landlord of the Park
Hotel, has dscamped taking with him one Of
his children. he has been living unhappily
with his wife for . long time and she and he,
friends haYe gradually obtained control 81
his property. He WAS very wealthy ! few
years ago, and favosablya known in businesa
circles. Since getting control of his estate the
family of his wife have BEEN trying to make
out that he IL insane and he fed to escape being
sent TO slunstic asylum. Guests Of the hotel
claim that he i perfectly sane and 9 man
much to be respected. 5aIxs. st,.i
CHICAGO BLAZE. .s,::t :.
CHloAao. Aug. 9.-The upper story of Nos.
So and 81 Canal street burned out early thi,
morning. Loss shout $15. 900. The principal
losers are the Powell Distilling company, Mich.
ola Co.. upholsterers, and O. >. Cooper. 4
Co., sAddlery hardware dealers. All Iossss GOV.
cred by insurance. =: g.
:tnf.5 FIRE IN A coLLIKRY.s = " :.
PorrsvnIH, Pug. 9.-Tho inside working Of
the Kelly run coliierY, Shenandoah, were dis
covered On FIRE this morning, .sAlIS the work.
inRs were filed With smcEe, but the mules and
loose property were rescued. The fire is q
serious one. The mine cannot be flooded and
how to extinguish tho flames ia the question
puzzlinR tho engineers. This ID the mine
wherein Reese, Woolsey and Willmar lost their
lives some days ago endesvoring to remove
the gas from the old workings. -,
HUNTING UP A MURDER. :.
New YoaK, Aug. 9.-The police Of this city
and Brooklyn are endeavoring to find themur-
derers Of the man whose remains were found
in the woods near LOCUST Valley, Long Island,
ths: head lying some. ten feet. away from the
trunk. eReaidents remember three men land.
ing from Z boat two weeks ago and entering
the woods from which only two emerged The
clothing ID of fine texture and the pockets of
tho psntsloons were turned inside out.
PROMPT PUN1sHMENr.
LITTLE FALLS, Aug. 9.-Alphonso Klock
shot Jerry Holden, of Herkimer, dead last
night. Holden was having improper relations
with Klocks sister when the deed was COM
mitted. 80 - ':...
COLLAPSE OF SENSATION.
OswEao, Kansas, Aug. 9.-The old couple
supposed to be Bender and wife, arrived here
from Nebrasks this moraing and were exposed
at the court house for some hours. Many per-
sons went to see them and dozenr, who knew
the real Blenders, pronounce these people I'm
posters. The sheriff thinks they win be
discharged to. MORROW. 49,,
DOUBLE SHOOTING.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 9.-In u row yesterday
near Bethel church, on the Columbia pike,
Felix Oarlile killed Jack Gowdy with gun
Gowdy's friends in town shot Garlic in two
places and stabbed him twice. He is not ex-
pected to live. All are colored.
RAIL CASUALTY.
WHERL1Na, w. Va, Aug. 9.-This evening,
at Newburg, Preston county, this State, tex
rible accident happened. Mrs. Halbretter and
Miss Halbrsttef were walking on the railroad,
when the fast train came along and struck both
of them, killing Mrs. Halbretter instantly and
inhioting injuries upon Miss Halbretter from
which she died in a few hours.
LAWYER IN TROUBLE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Milo A. Boy nton, q
lawyer of iGrand Haven, Mich, was arrested
to-day while trying to dispose of two bonds
which were stolen in the South during the war.
Boynton says he received the bonds for pro
fessional services frog widow.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN MASSACHUSETTS,. ::
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. .. The family OF
burg Centre, were alarmed ut 8 o'clock last
AAA8Ae " ssAo seoAoAA SPPSsASAOo ~ vAAVAS 4\SA-
son Philips, q young man of "a, son OF
their nearest neighbors Mhoez:..s=~bleea'
ing from several wounds. In the chest.
He declared he had shot himself and had but
= few minutes I'd live, and that he had left the
dead body OF Sadie, A. Grover. his former mis-
the mother Of their s: year old child,
dis short way back. An alarm mas
given and search. proved Phelps'
sst6fr tdebo true. Phelps, who has q
wds living, formerly lived with the Grever girl
who is scarcely 10 and quite pretty and modest
sent TO- Greenfield Jail for q year. Hil
sentence was committed abont a year ago,
since which he has been endeavoring to get
her to live with him again. Her continued 70
fusal and association with other men 10 sup.
posed to have excited him to commit the
crime. He says he dred four chambers OF
his revolver into the woman's heart, then cody
reloaded and discharged seven barrels into bis
own breast. An autopsy confirm this story
90 bstautially. Phelps Is still living, and; u
all appearances, the coolest man in town, but
the doctors ssy he cannot recover. His victiu
10 . daughter Of A. j. Grever, asrespectahlt
farrer Of Turns Falls, q = :. .A.--.I..Es -I5l.