Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CRIMES ANp CRIMINALS

from 1.-The little church round the corner"
N. D. Sadler late Representative in the
Legislature from Franklin county, Arkansas,
was assassinated at his home Dec. %, by par
ties unknown.
Four negroes charged with murder
were taken from the Jail in Amite, La, on
the night of Dec. S9th by mob of fifty men,
and shot to death.
Frances Hovly of Lyons, N. Y. most
esteemed young lady. on the srd OF January
entered her fathers store and shot him dead
She then reloaded her pistol and went up
stairs to her room and killed herself.
Joseph c. Stebzon of New Brunswick,
n j. ex-county collector, convicted of EN-
bezzling $4,000 of the county funds, was on
Jan. 2, sentenced to two years in the State
prison, and to pay a fine Of $500
Col. L. A. Harris, ex-mayor of Cincln-
natl, o., JAN l, shot his brother-in-law in an
alteration growing out of claim of Harris
against Adams The ball was extracted, but
1t was thought the wound was mortal.
The first collision, at Chicago, between
the striking stock yard men belonging to the
union and the non-union men, occurred on
the morning of Jan. 2 the assault being made
the former, who dispersed the workmen
by hurting missiles at them.
During divine services in the House of
Hope. at st. Paul, Mimi, on Sunday evening,
Dee. Is, thief made his way into the pastors
study in the rear of the church, and stole $50
worth Of clothing, including a fine overcoat
belonging to Henry j. Horn. Esq, togeth-
er with pair of gloves, and costly seal skin
cap valued at SIS, belonging to Prof Leib,
who conducts the House of Hope choir
At Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 81, j. r.
Woodward, son of ex-mayor Woodward shot
and instantly killed his brother-in-law, E. NJ.
Price. As soon as he found that Price was
killed, he went TO the other end of the room,
and placing the pistol to his own head fired
with fatal result. The affair occurred in Il
barber shop, i'll one corner Of which Wood
ward had a railroad ticket brokers' office.
Quite number OF persons were present, but
unable to interfere in time. The tragedy grew
oat Of domestic troubles.
As the KING ana Queen of Spain were
driving through the gate of the royal palace
on the evening Of Dec 80, Il young man fired
shot from revolver at the royal carriage,
but his aim was bad and nobody was hurt
King Alfonso was driving at the time. The
would be assassin was Immediately arrested
and confessed his crime. HIS name is Gonzales,
and his age is nineteen years. He is waiter
by occupation and native of Gaicia. The
diplomatic body have gone to the palace to
congratulate their majesties upon their escape.
The king and qneen on entering the opera,
were greeted with enthusiastic demonstra-
lions OF loyalty and gratitude at their escape
At the close OF the performance the enthusi-
astic crowd bearing torches accompanied the
royal carriage to the palace
Senator Schurz has received two dis
patches from General Hatch, written at
Ciine's ranch on the 10Th and Both OF Decem-
Der. One informs the Secretary for the first
time that among the Indians who offered to
surrender On the Goth inst but whose surren-
der was not received, were Douglass, the hos
tiles chief, and several other principals in the
Meeker massacre. The last sentence of the
other dispatch seems to indicate that after
Gen. Hate h refused TO receive the surrender
OF these Indians, they were permitted to go to
the lower Grande river to hunt for game and
that they are not likely to De found again fol-
month. Secretary Schurz entertains con
siderable doubt as to this being the rea1
meaning of the dispatch as sent, and has tele
graphed for explicit information. Clne's
ranch Is ten miles nearer than Los Pinos Il
the White River agency and twenty-five miles
nearer Lake City. 1t is inferred Gen. Hatch
and party do not consider themselves in dan
ger and these dispatches do not express an,
apprehension of that kind
CASUALTIES.
James Sims of Erie, Pa Dec. 20 wal
caught by shaft pulley in mill and wa:
fatally injured.
Three boys in Alliance, O., were
drowned. Jan. l, by breaking through the ict
while skating.
Late heavy rains has caused the rive
Thames (Eng) to overflow, causing damage
and distress
A boy, three years old, Jan. 4. wan
dered into swamp near Fall River Mass.
and was frozen to death.
Barney O'Brien is years old, fell dswr
L shaft 100 feet deep, at Mofat's ore bed il
West stickbridge, Mass, Jan. l, and was in
stantly killed.
Two brothers Harry and Thomas Tim
norman, aged 9 and 10 respectively wer
drowned on the morning of Dec 90, Will,
playing on the ice at Bethlehem, Pa,
A January 2, dispatch from Paris, saw
the flood in the Siene is becominrhyery seri
Gus. Great blocks of floating ice made cleal
breach Of 200 feet in the temporary woodel
bridge opposite the Invalides.. The river i
still rising fast.
The country between the Volga anC
the Don is famine stricken and ma person
have already persisted. The project Toarit
Gin has arrived in st. Petersburg to urge con
tributions for relief Of the people. In lha
place famine and typhus have appeared
A Vienna correspondent of JAN 2, re
ports that danger from foods in the Danub
is increasing. The merchants are trying t,
carry their corn to places Of safety. The town
Of Krems and Stein have been partly flooded
Thousands OF people were watching Thurs
day night and Friday, expecting the river Il
food Vienna.
On the evening of Jan. 3, Mrs. Wollen
frog, living near Eau Clair, stumbled an,
dropped lamp she was carrying, which ex
ploded and enveloped her In the flames almos
instantly, burning her so badly before he
husband, whowas in an adjoining room, coull
render assistance, that she died in few hour
great agony.
The Chicago Milwaukee s. st. Paul ex
press train met with fearful accident at Men
dota junction, caused by broken rail- Th
sleeping car containing eight persons, th
porter and seven passenger was hurled down
an embankment, and all were more or les
severely injured but none were killed III