The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-06-03

law OF 1879 IN giving bond and paying
tax. Klein will appeal the case to test
the validity Of the statute.
IA coAL.MlNER named Slane fired five
shots from a revolver at man named
Spiggot, proprietor of the Sherman
house, at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 21st. The
shots all hit Spiggot, but did not pene-
trate his clothing, the weapon being one
of the cheap sort. Slane is now in jail.
At Cleburne, Texas, two cattle-herd.
ers, John Waggaman and James Ben
nett, had difficulty in determining who
should have stood guard last night over
herd of cattle. Bennett assaulted
Waggaman with a pocketknife, inflict.
ing wounds that caused the latter's
d>6th in a few hours. The murderer es-
capped.
Cook Hovey, late city clerk of Urbana,
Ohio, who beat the city out of about
$50, 900, and fed to St. Thomas, Canada.
and there remained until discovered
few months ago, was brought back to
Urbana. having been extradited by the
Canadian government. He is already
under indictment.for forging city bonds.
He was bound over to the court in the
snm of $4,000.
A NEGRO named Henry Black, alias
Burnett, was arrested in Milwaukee, and
disc ove1ed to be burglar who has COM
mitted the most recent depredations
there. His capture was effected by de-
tectives Smith and Shehan who dis
covered among other papers in his DOS
session, pension returns to Thomas II,
Burnett" The chap halls from Chi.
cago.
A COLD FLOODED murder took place on
the 2lst inst, near the village of Cali
fornia, Ohio, six miles up the river from
Cincin natl. Mrs. slim ger, d widow.
about 80 years of age, went out to cut
grass on the roadside near the residence
Of Mrs. Bateman, who ordered Mrs.
Singer to leave. It appears she refused,
whereupon Mrs. Bateman went back to
her house, got a double barreled shot
gun and deliberately fired its contents
into the face and breast of Mrs. Singer,
and then coolly went back to the house.
The murder was witnessed by two men
in a field near by, and Mrs. Bateman
was arrested. Intense excitement was
aroused and the women of the neighbour
hood have made threats Of Ign ching the
murderess.
In East Greenwich, R. l., a. tramp
entered the farmhouse of G. T. Hop.
kins, and when Mrs. Hopkins returned,
after a brief absence, she found him
gathering up the spoons and other silver
He turned upon her, threw her down,
pounded her shockingly, and stripped
off her clothing, when she told him he
COZ ld have the money which was in the
house if he would let her up. Eager for
money, he released his hold, when she
seized loaded gun. The tramp tried
to wrest it from her, but, unable to do so,
he sprang from window, when Mrs.
Hopkins firel. He gave scream and
fed to the woods, where search is now
| being made for him. A doctor was
summoned for the brave woman. She
is dangerously hurt.
AN assault Of an even more sensational
nature than the ARRAY between the doc
tors, occurred in Indianapolis at the Ed
win Ray Methodist Episcopal church, in
| the outskirts CT the city. For several
months there has been bad blood there and
the pastor, George B. Young, and one of
the official brethren have been tried on
charges affecting their moral character.
| But nothing came of the trials. At a
meeting last night Patterson reiterated
charges against the pastor, and some ex.
element ensued. After the meeting ad-
jouIned Patterson was approached by
Charles Evans, secretary OF the church,
and son of the man who preferred the
charges against him. Patterson thought
an assault was intended, and acted as if
about to strike, when GEORGE Evans hit
him in the face. Patterson grabbed a
chair and made for Young, who defended
himse with another chair, until the
parties were separated. This morning
George Evans was fined and Young swore
out warrant for the arrest Of Francis
W. Rigg, official member, for assaulting
him during the melee.
A DOMESTIC tragedy took place at a
farm house two miles back of Powhat.
tan. Ohio, which caused considerable
excitement in that usually quiet neigh
borhood. Warren Robinson, the vic.
tim, and his wife, Ella Jane Robinson,
the murderess, having been living to-
gther for the past two years very unhap-
PLY, the result of jealousy on the part Of
the husband, who accused his wife of
bestowiDg her favors too freely on several
neighboring farmers. Mrs. Robinson
always resented these charges, claiming
that they were without foundation, and
frequently vowing if he didn't desist
from making them she would kill him.
Yesterday afternoon, as che was sitting
in the house, her husband came in and
asked for the ak. She replied that
did not know where it was. A
dispute then arose, when Robinson
caught his wife by the hair and was
beating her in the face when the chill
dren interfered and succeeded in pulling
Robinson out of the house. Robinson
made an attempt to get back into the
house; Mrs. Robinson smarting under
the blows given her, was endeavoring to
get away from her children, who were
holding her back, to open the door.
Robinson finally succeeded in effecting
an entrance to the house, and hardly