The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-03
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Wreck Of Two Vessels on Lake Superior
One Life Lost.

WASHINGTON, Jan. .. The signal corps sta.
tion AZ Duluth raD.rta that the tug siskiwit
cember 30. eDcountereda severe gale eight miles
below Beaver Bay, and was rendered unman
ageahle. The tug Amethyst went TO her ns-
sistance. and white endeayoring to save her
both veEHrlS wera driven ashore and are total
| wrecks. Tue crew and passengers. with one
| exception. were saved.
| HORRIBLE WIFE MURDER NEAR NASHVILLE,
| Nav YORK, Jan. A Nashville special says
| horrible tragedy occurred eight miles from
| Nashville Wednesday nisht. Richard Battle
colored aud wife had separated, He hal not
OF the day mentioned. when he was goug to
church with four hegreesea. He commaDdaf
| her peremptorily to go with him. Sue refused
| seiziug her roughly by the al m he dragged ner
| lll Yards away from the crowd of women
PLACED the muz1le of douhie- barrel shotgun
Ia her mouth and fred. blowing If her head
from the mouth upward. Battle escaped.
THE FIRE AT RED BANK.
RED BANK N. j., Jan. 2.-The fire which broke
out 10 N clothing etofe last night was
finally sattan under control after 1t had de-
stroyed Il We buildthgs. Loae $4,000.
SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR
New BRUNSWICK, N. =, Jan 2. Joss ph O. Latz-
mex, county cule tor, convicted OF embe27lip pg
siu 600 OF county funds was to-day zen .encel
to two years imprisonment in the State prison
with hard labor.
AN ONO SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE NtoRTALLy
WOUNDED in ATTEMPTING TO ARREST MUIR
DEREBs.
CINCINNATI Jan. 2.-In the attempt last night
to arrest 81 Van Vert. n man suspected OF the
mur der of Bernard plckers, at Delphos, Christ
mas Eve. dpeperats fight took place, In which
yonst.be Redup was MORALLY wounded and
Slerif Stith 40 severely hurt that recovery II
doubtful Only one of the supposed criminals
was secured. About $1,000 In silver and cur
rency waa found on his person.
BURNING or A COTTON WAREHOUSE AT BALTI.
MORE.
BALTIMORE. Jan. "A fire broke out at $3.50
o'ciu OK Tonight In the four-story warehouse of
Thurston & Harrison, Buehanans wharf, con-
tanning everai thousand bales OF cotton, and liz
at this hour 1880 o. M. burning tiercey. In.
entire a q department has been etll ID out, but
owing to the location of the warehouse on Bu-
ohanan's wharf, between two docks, aud
boun ed by very narrow streets, not more han
four or Ave engines can be brought to bear
effectively upon the fire.
AT midnight the flle on Buchanan's wharf
was still burnin. hsrcely, and thn walls Of the
warehouse had mostly fallen. The loss will
exceed sloo,o 900.
HEAVY ROBBERY OF JEwELBY.
New YoRK. Jan. Maj )r Morton reported to
the police to-day thai his house, No. 2e7 Fifth
Avenue. had been robbed Of jewslry to he value
of about $4,000 by a stranger. who took q room
there aud decsmped after obtaining poss ssion
OF the property.
KANSAS HOMICIDE
CINCINNATI. Jan. "A ispatch from Leaven-
worth. 4nsas. says: Thomas U. Thurston
Yesterday afternoon shot and instantly killed
w. w. Embosy the man who shot Col. thony,
of the Leavenworth Times, about four years
ago. Thurston claims to have acted in self
defense.
A SHOOTING AFFAIR BETWEEN PROMINENT GIN
CISNATLANS,
CINCINNATI, jan. 2-W. H. Adams was sha
aud severely wounded, In q saloon near the
O>ntral Avenue, last night, by his brother-ln-
law. ex- Mayor Harris. The quarrel grew out
of a family fsud.
ASCENDING or A DEFAuLTER.
SkNFRANCIsco, Jan 2.-G nj. Berry, deputy
under the late Sheriff Nun IN, who Was engaged
In closing up the affairs OF the late admfnistra
ton. has abseonded. he is defaulter to the
amount of $4,000 or more