The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-16
Only Four Reported at
Last Accounts.
Medley Of Misery From Marshall,
Texas.
Three Children Burned to Death In
Mississippi.

FOUR WIVES ALREADY REPORTED.

GALENA, ILL, Feb. 16-The Grand jury
OF 10 Daviess County has returned true
bill of indictment az ainst George Woodland,
who is confined in Jail here on charge of
tigamy. The accused has two wives living
in this section--one in Rice. this county,
and the other at Jamestown, Wis. A third
wife resides at Grand Rapids, Mich, and
fourth, it is claimed, at or near Cincinnati
He is about forty years old. and not at all
prepossessing in looks. He tried the insan-
ity dodge, but 1t did not work.
TWO MEN DROWNED.
MILWAUKEE. Feb. t6.-Two men. named
George Thompson and J. P. Chester. the
lal ter from Boston, Mass, while crossing
on the Ice at Geneva Lake, broke through
and were drowned.
THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 16-Advice from Aber-
deem, Miss. OH the M. & o. R. R., states
that the cabin of Ramsay Buckingham, a
negro man living near there, caught fire on
Tuesday while the grown people we're away,
and burned to the ground, burning three
little negro children. Their charred bones
we're found after the fire subsided.
THE LYNcHERs AFTER WARRINGTON.
EVANSVILLE, IND. Feb. l6-The MUIR
derer, Pat Washington, who shot his wife
last Thursday on the wharfboat at Hender-
son, KY, was captured yesterday some
three miles from where he committed the
deed. Difficulty was experienced in pre-
venting the men from shooting on sight.
Arriving in town, the news spread like
fire. Hundreds surrounded the jail with
guns, pistols and clubs, demanding the
prisoner; but the calmer judgment Of the
whitee prevented violence. Threats were
made that Washington would be lynched
last night. ,r-
WENT TO TOWN FOR SPREE.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb, 16-A farmer
named Henry Higgins, living three miles
south of this city, came to town, became
intoxicated, started home in his wagon and
fell out, the wheel passing over his head,
killing him instantly.
MARsHALLs MEDLEY OF MISERY.
MARSHALL, TEXAS. Feb. 18.-M. @. Hill,
barber on the steamer Ashland suicided by
cutting his throat at Shreveport, La, yes
terday; cause unknown.
A fifteen-y ear-old boy named VIM. White
fesiding in Case County, struck his play
mate, Charley Pierce, on the head with a
club, from the effect of which Pierce died
in few hours. The murderer has been
held in $4,000 bail. A former grudge
caused the crime.
(, At Point Isabel, Henry Appold, railroad
contractor, accidentally shot by the COM
pany's clerk, Charles Cummings, is reported
dying.
y CANADIAN DEsPERADo.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. Feb. 18-Napoleon st.
Pierre. Canadian desperate, who attemp-
ted robbery at country store in Oswego
County, and tried to kill the officer who
discovered him in the act, last September,
has been sentenced to Auburn SGate Prison
for term of twenty.three years.
/ While being taken to his cell he seized
stick and assaulted the Deputy Sheriff.
The latter, too, armed himself with a stout
3udeel, and an exciting combat in the Cor
ridor took place. st. Pierre wss finally
ironed with his hands behind his back, but
an hour after being placed in his dungeon
he had his hands in front Of him. He had
also concealed knife in his mattress.
BAD MAN WITH AN AXE.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. l6.-Farm hands
near Athens yesterday got into quarrel,
and general fight ensued, in which Elias
White was wounded by an axe by Tom
Moore and Henry Douglass; his head was
split open and his body cut terribly.
Moore and Douglass fed, and have not
been captured.
CHIoAeo's LATEST CoNFLAeRATIoN.
Rational ssocisteI Press to the Star
CHICAGO, Feb. l8-A fire broke out about
midnight yesterday morning in the three
story brick Empire Storage Warehouse, 1873
10 l04 South Market street, owned by
Philip Wadsworth, Vim. Dickerson, Calvin
]. Stambaugh and others. The top fiuor,
where the greatest damage was done, was
occupied b. Chaplin & Son with 500 barrels
Of LIQUORS, valued at $3.50, 900; Lawrence q
Martin, with 500 barrels Of liquors, valued
at $l3O, 900; Wallace & Kingman, with 1900
bags Of tinlo hy seed, valued at $4,000 In
the first and second stories and basement