Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-09

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The gallows was twenty feet high with q plat
form ten feet square and drop of about five
feet. It is reported that in the fall the head
was completely severed from the shoulders. q"
fl. Great Tide of Emigr alton.
The cmigrant travel through Chicago
westward is simply enormous. The railroad
companies are taxed to furnish cars for the
transportation of this class of passengers. In
this tide OF travel all the nationalities of Eu
rope are represented. Their destinations GOV
er every one of the Western and Northwestern
States, and some of the Territories. A msjor
lty, however, are ticketed to Manitoba. Those
destined to that frosty frontier are mostly emf
grants from Canada and Nova Scotia. Since
the first of the year the movement has been
steady in that direction. Trains of ten and
fifteen coaches have been employed in trans
porting colonies of these settlers after new
homes. April 1, three special trains were EN-
ployed in bringing emigrants from Detroit
About 1900 Of these people passed through
Chicago on that day. They were mostly al
settle on the line Of the Northern Pacific rail
road in Northern Minnesota and; Dakota
April 3 the number of emigrants that arrived
via Michigan Central was about 1900.
Murder Of an Insane Man by His Keepers.
- At Pittsburg, Pa, on the 80 of March,
additional facts developed at the, coroner's in.
vestigation relative to the murder of John
eoehring, inmate Of the Allegheny City alms
house. are, that the morning of July 9th, 8. 3.
Crawford, ip charge of the insane department,
found an Insane man named WansWan. severe.
u beating Goehring. oWanswan was locked
up, and Goehring ran into the dining.room.
Crawford called Coolhaf, half crazy inmate.
to assist him in taking. ,Goehring back to the
room. Goehring resisted, kicking Coolhaf in
the stomach. Coolhaff was greatly angered
and returned the kick, knocking him down.
While Goehring was on the floor, held there
BY Coolhatf, the latter asserts that : Crawford
kicked Goehrlng on the head several times.
Finally they succeeded in getting him as far as
the bathroom, where heiagain became violent.
Coolhatf then seized the roller on which the
towels were hung and struck Goehring on the
head, knocking him insensible. He was then
taken to his room, where he died at 1880 D.
MI Crawford and two inmates -burying the
body very quietly the next DAY! In the
monthly statement of the poor board Goehring
y reported as dying from mania potu. The
affair was kept quiet. but, finally leaked out
through the medium Of a1i inmate coming 70
the city and getting drunk, sand telling the
story Crawford and Coolhatf will be arrested
9 on t charge OF murder. ! Ts,8 1y:.s., saJ*tam
z 80 q A Cyclone. -.
e "A special from ottowa, Kansas, says
cyclone struck thatplace about Fo'clock,on
the, evening Of April a completely demolish.
Ing seven residences on Elm street, and badly
iliuring five others ii the same vicinity. It
then jumped fYe or aix blocks, and again
struck the ground near the river, where Il de-
stroyed several residences and barns, tore the
roof of the K C. L s. st. L railroad freight
house and overturned several freight cars. In
North Ottowa twelve or fifteen residences
were totally destroyed or badly damaged. The
evening train from Lawrence was caught At
the junction mile from town, and one pas
sanEer car and two freight cars upset. One
passenger was serionsly Injured. The storm
proceeded to the northeast destroying the
Spencer aud Williamson and two other frame
houaes onIthe way. Among the persons seri-
ouSly injured are 8. +. Bevier and family, ].
Marshall Al b. Baldwin, Mn sBlask, Ma
HastingS and Mr.. Jones. a child OF Mra
Was killed and twenty others slightly
wounded Lumber and furniture was scat
tered forhlocks around, and IN some acases
md even vs.ra