Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-29
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

A heavy earthquake shock was felt at Mont
gomery, n. j., and vicinity, Tuesday night
The weather throughout New England is in
tensely cold and snow blockadcs delay trains.
A bill was introduced in the New York as
sembly providing for laying telegraph wires
under ground.
Robert Gorden's dry goods store, Oswego,
n. Y, burned last night. Loss, s55,000; in
surance, $4,000
! The union mouiders OF st. Louis, some Ave
hundred in number, threaten a strike unless
wages are advanced.
The first and only grain elevator on the At
lantic coast was opened for business yesterday,
at Port Royal, s. c.
Mrs. Philip Boss, foster mother of Grand
Duke Louis of Hesse Darmstedt died at Ian
caster, Pa, yesterday.
Hon. John Maxwell, of Walden, n. Y, the
largest blue stone dealer along the Hudson, has
made an assignment
The car shops of the jacksonville, Pensacola
& Mobile railroad, at Tallahassee, Fla, burned
yesterday. Loss SS5, GOO.
John Welch engineer of the transfer steamer
General Pierson, at Memphis, fell into the river
yesterday and was drowned.
The late George Rieard, president Of the
Wi]liamsburgh, n. Y, savings bank, left
S-,UUo,Oop 10 reldLiNeS anu ITlelCS.
During the absence of Mrs. Bascomb from
her home at Altoona, Pa, the house caught
fire and four children burned to DEATH
Mr.. I. NJ. Smith, cashier of the bank of
Kansas City, Mo-, injured Tuesday night by
falling over bluff in that city, died last
night.
Hon. John J. Blair, of Blairstown, y. j.,
has donated $4,000 to Lafayette college, at
Eastop, Pa, for the endowment of a presiden-
tial chair.
The Yale alumni association of Cleveland
and vicinity, held their annual reunion and
banquet last evening. President Hayes was
among the guests.
The election for president of the Chicago
Press club last night resulted in the selection
of Hon. w. H. Sullivan city editor of the
Ercning Journal.
In Plumas county, Gala, in the snow storm
of Tuesday last, two men named HeroId and
Robinson and q woman, name unknown, per.
ished in snow slide.
The execution of Cleophus Lechance for the
murder Of Miss Disselot in October last, took
place yesterday at Arthabaskaville, Quebec,
in the presence 1000 people.
An explosion of gas yesterday demolished
the stone and front stoop of st. Joseph's home
in New York city and terrified the eight hun
dred inmates, but none of them were injured.
The Ohio river steamer Bengal Tiger ex-
ploded her boiler, nine miles above Cincin-
natl, yesterday, wrecking the boat and injur-
ing number of persons, some supposed
fatally.
Body snatchers at Alexandria, Va, yesterday
exhumed the body of Mrs. Jacobs of Washing
ton City, buried Tuesday, and colored girl
buried Monday. Two negroes have been ar
rested on suspicion.
The carpet mill of Richard Hay, at Mona
yunk, Pa, was damaged by fire yesterday.
$4,000 insured. The flames spread so rap
idly, it was with difficulty the workmen
escaped, one of them, Thos Batchley, being
caught in the flames and burned TO death
A dispatch from Fort Elliott, Texas, SAYS
that the buck board conveyance bringing the
mail from Tuscan has been found with the
mail bag and harness of the team. but the
driver, two passengers and the mules are miss
ing. They are supposed to have been lost in
the recent storm.
One the burglars who blew open. the safe OF
the South Chicago Iron and Steel works in the
carly part of the week, was captured by a de.
tective yesterday morning with $4,000 on his
| person. The amount taken was over $4,000.
| The name of the captured burglar is withheld
| by the police authorities.
Fire yesterday at Prescott, Arizona, destroyed
tne puiiulhP Containing tne omcers mead
| quarters, department of ArizoDs. Only a
small part of the records saved. Several iron
| safes were III the building, containing money
| and valuable papers, the contents Of which
| are thought TO have been injured.
| The fire at West Point, Ga, yesterday burned
the Y. N. C. A. building, with about 1900
books, the stores of Joel Walker, Jacob Freis-
bhea, the banking house of W. Z. & i. Lamer,
| the furniture store of NJ. a. Dickson, Dorsey
| confectionery, Lamer d Briggs grocery store
and Mrs. Wenton's millinery goods house
| twelve stores destroyed. All buildings and
most of the stocks insured.
An exceedingly drunken individual was ar