Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
Distressing Suicide CT a Young Lady, o.
Chicago Mysterious Shooting in Rail-
road Train Miscellaneous.
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Distressing Suicide CT a Young Lady, Of
Chicago Mysterious Shooting in a 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 a neighbours, and was among
the merriest. This morning she arose for
breakfast and dined as usual. Shortly
after dinner, finding herself alone in the
room, she suddenly went to a drawer,
| took from it pistol, and without warn
| ing or explanation fired a shot into her
heart and fell dead ON the carpet.
| MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING ON : RAILROAD
TRAIN.
| ST. Louis, Dec. 25.-A report comes
from Meeleyville, Butler county Mis-
souri,, point on the St. Louis & Iron
Mountain railroad, that passenger
day, name not given, Shot
r. p. Jones and wife of Smith Ferry,
Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and DR.. J.
81. 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 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.-Mrs. Henry
johnson was burned to death by fire in
her dwelling on Front street. Husband
arrested.
DROWNED.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 25.-Corporal
Norton, of battery K, second artillery,
was drowned by the capsizirg of a boat
Jacob KEEN, citizen, in the boat with
Norton, was picked up but died soon after
ward from exhaustion.
NEWSPAPER BURNT.
OGDENsBURG, n. Y. Dec. 25.-The
Advance newspaper block burned to-day.
Partly insured.
MURDERED BY AN EX-GOvERNoRt
Toledo, Dec 25.-At Napoleon, Ohio,
last evening, Gen. r. K. Scott, ex-govern-
Or of South Carolina, and now 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 a drug store,
a young man Of good standing in the
community, and was to have been mar
ried on Tuesday next.
TEXAS TOWN BURNED.
ELKHART, Tex, Dec. 25.-Fire this
morning destroyed almost the entire bust
ness part Of the town. The principal
losses are E. Dauble, $4,000; insured. T.
S. Dams store, $4,000; insured s., 900.
Saloon, Isl 900; insured $500. Glenn,
81 500; no insurance. Pearsell s. Co,
drugs, loss $1,000; no insurance T. J.
Harris, blacksmith, $500; postoffice and
express Office, including books, papers
and mail, total loss
MUTINY OF CONVICTS.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 25.-Wm. Wag-
ner, proprietor of the brickyard, was
fatally stabbed in saloon, it is supposed
by an associate named Ferdinand Krost.
Twenty prisoners in the county jail
mutinied 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
quell the trouble. Several convicts were
severely injured by being hit with pieces
Of coal
CHRISTMAS MURDERS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 25.-Peter
Mukes stabbed Harry Bell in the heart
about II 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
turbance in the hotel of P T. Griffin, at
Rockaway Beach, one Malone attempted
to stab the proprietor. The latter drew a
revolver and fired six times at Malone,
who fell, MORALLY wounded. Griffin
then seized gun and riddled Malone
with hrcl-ShOt