The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-04
WORLD OF WOE.
A Home Sick Suicide at Lead.
vile.
Two Men Crushed to Death by
Saw Logs.
Fatal ARRAY About a Bed
Quilt
GREEN MUTT LAID UP TO DAY.

Specials to the Star.
DECATUR, ALA, March 4.-Green Mutt
colored, has been convicted in Randolph
County of the murder of Luke Hodnett
and sentenced to twenty years imprison-
ment in the Penitentiary.
FIRE AT DAVENPORT.
DAVENPORT, IA, March A portion of
Atkinson's spice mill and malt kiln were
destroyed by fire here yesterday. The loss
is 5000 bushels of malt, belonging to At
knson & Frohm, valued at So, 600, injury to
machinery, $1,000, and buildings, $1,000
total of $500. Mostly insured.
DRY GOODS STORE DESTROYED.
CARLINvILLE, Ill, March A fire oc-
Cured in the dry goods store of John Ut
ter yesterday, destroying the building and
stock, of which nothing was saved. Loss
81, 200. A
SUICIDE FROM HOME SICKNESS.
LEADvILLE, COL, March 4-Albert Wolff,
an aristocratic young German, only eigh.
teen years of age, suicided here at noon
yesterday by blowing out his brains with q
revolver. There can be no cause assigne
for the rash act but home sickness. He
was the son of an aristocratc family in
Berlin, high in power with the crown and
one of tho wealthiest of those old families.
THREE TEXAS TRIPLES.
MARSHALL, March AT Fort Worth,
Texas, an Irish laborer named Jack Jones'
at clearinghouse quarreled with boy
Thomas Gordon, about bed-quilt. He
threw weight at the lads head, missing il
by a few inches. The boy then seized a
knife and cut Jack on the head, severine
the temporal artery, from which he will
probably die.
Marsh Wall, Crockett banker, it is re-
ported has absconded. He was followed
to San Antonio, where the trail was lost.
The Sheriff at Corsicana has decided to
execute john Henry privately March Goth,
FELL AND BROKE HIS NECK.
ATLANTA, GA, March AIR. Stephen II.
Swami, highly respected farmer of Mon
roe County, near here, started for home in
the edge Of that city, fell off his wagon
broke his neck, and expired almost in
stantly.
CRUSHED BY A sAw-LOG.
WHEELING, WEST Va, March 4.-Mr.
Matthew Womack, of Anderson, Monroe
County, yesterday was loading fiat Cal
on the railroad with saw-logs, when one OF
the logs slipped and rolled down, catching
Mr.. W. in its course, rolling upon his body
and crushing HIM to death.
WAuPACA, WIS, March 4.-The body of
John Duvall was brought to this city yes
terday, he having been killed in the woods
north of lola, in this county. He had
loaded sled with three logs, when the top
log rolled off crushing him to death.
WIFE MURDERER RELEASED.
CHICAGO, March 4.-Villinger, who mur.
dered his wife in this city some two years
ago, and was sent to the Elgin Insane
Asylum, was released yesterday, and it is
said will return to Chicago and 60 into the
furniture business with his son.
DROWNED IN cIsTERN.
LA SALE, ILL, March 4.-Last evening q
child named Simms, aged six years, whose
parents reside at Rockwell, fell into an
open cistern while playing with other
children, and was drowned.
INFANTICIDE.
BAYARD, OHIO, March 4.-Last week a
shocking case of infanticide took place here.
an infant child was found stransled to
death in privy vault. Suspicion pointed
strongly t, Miss Kittie Hotchkiss and she
was arrested yesterday and bound over to
appear in Court