The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-04
The News.

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for the murder of half-breed at
West Lynne, Manitoba, but who after
ward escaped, is now held for trial at
Pembina for assault with intent to
kill.
d. Geib, the agent for the Penn
sylvania and Northern Central Rail-
road Companies at Marysville, Pa,
was killed at that place Saturday
afternoon. He stepped on the track
to avoid a runaway horse, and was
struck by a shifting engine.
White Water, Wiss., Feb. 2S.-
Twenty-seven years ago Thursday
there was born into the family of VIM.
Marshall, of this city, triplets, two
boys and girl. They were all three
married Thursday night in one cere-
mony, by the Rev. G. w. Wells, when
the three happy couples took the train
for Chicago.
John Petty, a prominent citizen
of Stockton, Cal, was deliberately
shot down and fatally wounded in the
courthouse yard of that place on
Saturday, by Henry Parker. The
cause of the affair was that the Sheriff
levied an execution on the property of
Parker to satisfy an old Judgment in
favor of Petty.
Information has just been received
at Petersburg, Va, of the murder of
Richard Nube by Thomas Conway,
in Surrey County, few days since.
Conway charged Nubie with having
had improper relations with his wife,
and meeting him on the road shot
him in the abdomen, killing him in
stantly. He then fled, and has not
yet been captured.
There were only six of the Phila-
delphia boys who called themselves
the Forty Thieves, but they liked the
name though their band was organ
[ lied on the more modern model af-
forded by a cheap story book. Each
member had an alias taken from that
narrative, and the leader, aged 13,
conducted the night raids which they
made. Their plunder consisted chiefly
Of clothes from the neighbors' lines.
and they had "cave" in a garrett
-Williamspcrt, Feb. 2S.-The jury
at Laporte, in the case of VIM. d.
Spearman, who without cause shot
and instantly killed George Yount, a
man in his employ, on October 23
1879, rendered a verdict last evening of
murder in the second degree. This
is the first murder trial in Sullivan
county for twenty-five or thirty years.
The insanity plea was used by the de-
fense. Seven years in the Eastern
Penitentiary was the imprisonment
imposed.
William Lown, Is years Old of
MOngaup, n. Y, met a horrible death
a few days ago. He was out in the
woods assisting his father in saving
logs. Having nearly detached one, a
wedge was used III order that the log
might be severed more quickly. The
log broke away from its fastening and
being on side hill, rolled rapidly to
the bottom. The boy stood within a
few feet of the log, and before he could
get out of the way it rolled over him,
crushing him into a shapeless mass,
causing instant death.
A fearful fight occurred on Thurs
day ninght near Steward, Nebraska, at
a school house, where nightly religious
meetings have been held lately. 4
party of men attempted to break Vi
the meeting. A lively scuffle ensued
in which many shots wers exchanged
and eight persons We're wounded
VIM Bates died on Friday from his
wounds, and Levi Bates was wounded
probably fatally. Eight men have
been arrested and more arrests are eX
pected. The quarrel originated in the
) expulsion of two children from schoo
recently.
between and O'Clock Saturday
morning three bdrglars broke into tn,
iewelry store of Charles Bird, Jr., a
, Mount Gilead, Ohio. and carried o
gold and silver watches valued at So,
900. They broke in at the rear, ani
, rol led 3,000-pound safe from tn,
, front to the rear of the store, drilled
, and blew the door to pieces. A young
man in a livery stable close by saw thu
whole proceedings while one of tn,
burglars stood over him with a revol
yer. A hand-car is missing from tn,
railroad station, and it is supposed tn,
burglars escaped that way.
Three men, Holland, Martin anC
Coward, were engaged at Quero
Texas, in pitching half dollars 70
liquor, when Holland disputed tn
e game and started for his house for
r gun to kill Martin. His mother, Z
+ years of age, came from the house ant
=. caught Martin, who was trying pre-
a vent Holland from getting the gun
D and held his arms while HOLLAND
+ drew a knife and savagely hacke,
7 Martins throat. Coward placed
I pistol in Martins hand, the latte
l shot Holland in the arm, shook clea
of the old lady, knocked her dow
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