Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-01

Some Fifty Buildings in the Businoss Con-
ter Destroyed---Loss Over 100000.
About Half Covered by Insurance---An
Amateur Balloonist In Ohio Loses His
Nerve, Falls 80 Feet to tho Ground and ia
KilIed---Three of the Iron Mountain
Railroad Train Robbers Arrested---Mis-
sellansous Crime and Casualty Record.
SWEPT BIZ FIRE.
BRADFORD, Pa, Sept. 3O.-At Q O'Clock this
morning fire broke out In Jackson's opera
house at Eldred. located in the business eente
of the village. The fire was already well uh-
der way when discovered, and was enlivened
| by stiff breeze. The town is without any
fire organization and the village was at the
mercy of the flames, which quickly spread to
| the opposite side of the street. There was no
water supply of any kind, and the fire swept
undisturbed along both sides of
the street until about build
| ings were destroyed, many with their
contents. A list of the principal losses and
insurances is as follows: A. B. Rowley & Co.,
dry goods, loss. s15, 600; INSURANCE., % ,4OO; ".
A. Young, hardware, loss, 5000; insurance,
5000; Cy. White, grocer, loss, 5000; insur-
ance, $500: W. w. Wayden, liquors, loss, $15,-
600; insurance unknown; E. w. Done, dry
goods and drugs, loss $4,000, insurance
81 500; Joseph & Drombey, clothing, Building
and stock worth $4,000, about one-third
saved, insured; Miss Layornum, miller
merry. loss $2,Oec, insurance $1,000; ".
B. Archibald q Co., groceries, loss $6.WO'
loss s., COO, insurance $1,000; J. G. Lisner,
grocer, loss S., 600, insurance $500; F. A. Rob-
erts, dry goods and crockery, loss $1,000, in
surance 81, 900; w. Spear, dry goods and car
pets, loss $4,000, insurance 81 1,50O; A. j. L.
Hicks, dining room, $4,000, insurance 81 900;
A. B. Hortwell & Co., drugs, loss
81, 600; insurance 50 500. Kelly's Opera house,
loss s., COO; insurance 81 500. Bennett House
building, $4,000; insurance unknown. Faber's
jewelry store, $4,000; insurance unknown.
P. Welch, hardware, $2,100. United Brothers
church s., 500; insurance $1,000. G. G. Moor,
books and furniture; loss $1,000; no insur-
ance.
Estimates place the total loss at $100.00O
and the insurance at $50, 600.
TRAIN ROBBERS CAPTURED.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept. 30.-Further in
formation from Hope states that there is no
question as to the identity of the three men
arrested for the train robbery on the Iron
Mountain road on the night of the 22d inst.
The leader of the gangs name is Cox, aPpar-
entity IS years of age, evidently shrewd vii
lain and desperate fellow. His companions
are two cowboys from Texas, named Stephen
aud Delaney, aged Is and 20 years.
Cox, when confronted by the two latter, de-
clined to recognize them, declaring he had
never seen them before, but they persisted in
the statement Cox was leader of the party.
When arrested Cox had q photo
- in r0acQeai0n IlpIQ-
ney and Stephens were in the house
when the pursuing party came up,
and refused to surrender. Several shots were
exchanged between the parties, WI en- the pur-
suers threatened to burn the house. This
brought the robbers to terms, and they sur-
rendered. They took their arrest with good
nature, jesting about the scenes during the
robbery, and the easy manner In which tEey
succeeded in the work.
special to the Gazette, from Hope, says a
preliminary examination was held before
The Justices court at that place on
the train robbers. Their identity was estab-
lished beyond doubt by fourteen witnesses,
and they were bound over in the sum OF
S., 900 each, to appear before the grand jury.
Gov. Churchill arrived here this morning,
and an effort is being made to induce Judge
Young to hold special term OF the circuit
court to secure conviction and sentence I'M
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in this state is fifteen years in the penitentary,
robbery with assault, twenty-One years. The
robbers compelled passengers to deliver up at
the point of revolver, and will probably be
indicted for robbery with assault, and secure
the full limit of the law, twenty-one years.
THE MALLEY TRIAL.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. S0.-In the NAL
ley trial to-day Teresa Healey, dress maker at
James Malley's, testified she saw James, Jr.,
come home between7 and 8 Friday evening,
August 5. Later in the evening she had heard
him talking with his sister. Next
morning she saw HIM leave the house about
8. Minnie Guinne, employed at James NAL
Lewis house, testified: James Jr., came home
Friday evening between G and z, had sup
per between and 3, took bath, shaved him
self and went to bed between 10 and IL. Later
in the night she went through his room and
saw him in bed.
AMETEuR BALLooNIsT KILLED.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 30.-P. Cowan, son of
Judge Cowan, of st. Clairsville, o., was killed
today at Washington, in balloon ascension,
at the fair. Prof. White had made success
full ascension yesterday, and Cowan obtained
permission to 90 up alone to-day. As the
balloon was nearing some timber COwan be-
came alarmed and tried to catch tree top,
and fell fifty feet to the ground.
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 30.-This evening
John Maginnis went to 1OS Fitzwalter street,
where his wife separated from him and lived
with her mother. After denouncing his wife
for not informing him of the death OF child
the carly part of the week, he shot her In the
breast. Her mother, Mary Reed, aged 40,
passed him when he turned and fired twice,
killing her instantly. Maginnis was arrested.
he made an effort to kill one Of the police
men.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 30.-B. w. Hicks, q
white man, was hanged at Spartansburg to-day
for the murder of his wife last May.
SUICIDE.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 30.-The dead body Of
Nettie Jordan, young woman, was found
floating In the Scioto river to-day. The girl
has been dissipating for some time and it is
supposed she committed suicide.
ACQUITTED.
TRENTON, Sept. 30.-Ex- Congressman Voor-
hees has been acquitted on the indictments
found against him.
PERSONAL.
Lieut.. G.. D. Wallace, Seventh cavalry, was