Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-03-30
Col. E. A. L. Roberts, the inventor and pat
entee Of the successful torpedo for oil wells,

Col. E. A. L. Roberts, the inventor and pat
entee of the successful torpedo for oil wells,
died on the 25th inst, at Titusville, Pa.
Count Pecci, the Pope's brother, is dead.
Montcalm county, Mich. died on the night of
the 23d.
DR.. Daniel F. Kimball died in state prison at
Concord, N. H., on the night Of the 23d. He
was concerned in the Lynn trunk tragedy.
John C. Grow, managing gin ed editor Of tho Balti-
Arnold Duckwitz, the German political
economist, is dead.
Hon. John NJ. Petit, Judge of the Twenty
second district, Indiana, late vice consul at
Maranham, Brazil, and member of the 34th,
35th and 36th congresses, is dead.
DR.: Cressey, for 81 years leading phys ician
of Hillsdale, Mich, died very suddenly on the
22d inst, aged u
John G. Turner, formerly paymaster of the
Vandalia railroad, and resident of Terre
Haute, Ind, died on his farm ten miles from
Carthage, Mo-, on the 10Th inst, of heart dis
ease.
TragicaI.
In a row in a Walla Walla, w. T., dance
house, on the 9th, Alonzo Babb was fatally
stabbed by Dick Osborne. The same night a
mob took Osborne from Jail and hung him on
a fence.
Michael and John Watts, brothers, aged 20
and 10 respectively, quarreled at PALESTINE,
Texas, on the Oath. when John killed Michael
with knife.
A farmer named Wilkins, living near Arling-
ton, Texas, killed his brother-ln-law named
Harrison, on the 23d inst. Cause, domestic
difficulties
G. w. Birmingham, planter, while working
in field near Violona, Faulkner county, Ark,
on the 24th inst, was assassinated.
Moses Kelly, q wealthy merchant and rancher
at Presidio, California, was murdered by John
Faurer on the 23d inst.
Two stockmen named Leonard aud Doyle
quarreled at Jacksboro, Texas, on the 21st inst,
and agreed to settle their troubles by fighting a
duel with rifles at distance of 100 PAGES, with
man named Leroy as witness. While Leon
ard was pacing his distance Doyle attempted to
shoot him, but missed his aim. Leonard turned,
shot Doyle, and as the wounded man lay on the
him and put three pistol balls into his head.
The witness Leroy, received the bullet from
Doy]e's gun, from the effects of which he died.
Gustave Friedrich, German saloon keeper,
shot and instantly killed girl named Helen
Eberhardt, aged IA years, at Sioux city, Ia,, on
the oath inst. Frederick then shot himself
twice, the last charge tearing away his heart.
double-barreled shot gun was the weapon
used
Conductor J. H. Curry. of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway, was shot and in
stantly killed by Joseph Ebright, saloon
keeper, at Las Vegas, n. NJ, on the 29d.
'Big Nose George" o desperate, was taken
from the Jail at Rawlins, W. T., on the 2Sd
inst, and hung by a mob.
Pat Ebert, a bank burglar, was caught while
operating at Rolla, Mo-, on the morning Of the
23d inst. Ebert preferred death to arrest, and
with knife attempted to cut his way through
the posse of officers. A pistol shot wound up
his career, however.
At Stanton, Montcalm county, Mich, on the
21st inst, a lumberman named Upright fatally
shot his wife for alleged criminal habits:
John NJ. Cram, residing at Lake View, a Chi
cago suburb, was called to his door on the
night Of the 21st inst, and shot dead by VIM.
Seymour. The murderer then entered the
house and shot himself fatally.
Ed. NJ. Clark killed Edward King in quarrel
about three miles from Russellville, Logan
county, KY, on the Goth inst. Two years pre-
vious Clark killed brother of Kings. The
coroner's jury in this latter case, brought in q
verdict of justifable homicide, Clark substan-
tiating his claim that he acted in self defense.