Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-19
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CHICAGO, Lee. lo.-JuOSS blOuSetC sen
fenced Sims, the Indianapolis pension
crook, to five years in the penitentiary.
FIRES.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 1S.-A fire Eat
Clayton destroyed the principal business
| houses. Loss $4,000.
HOPE, Ark, Dec 18-Sunday the most
valuable portion of this place burned. Loss
estimated at $4,000. Insurance will
probably cover the loss. Two. hundred
and thirty-five bales of cotton extending
from the burned district to the depot we're
destroyed.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 1S.-Fire at Albany
destroyed three houses belonging to Jacob
Ventulett. Loss, $2O,OOO; insurance, $l4,-
600.
CoRs1oANA, Tex, Dec. 1S.-A fire early
Sunday morning destroyed seven brick
business houses and 1,200 bales of cotton.
The buildings and contents were partially
insured, the cotton three-fourths insured.
LITTLE ROCK, Dec. 18.-The stores of
j. H. Sase, Truman, Leonard & Coffee, and
E. G. Hagen in Mountain Home, Baxter
county, burned yesterday with their con-
tents. The postoffice and Masonic lodge
in one of the buildings also burned. Total
loss $4,000; insured for $4,000.
The residence and contents of Rev. G. H.
Gregory, at Altus, Ark, burned on Sunday.
Loss $500; no insurance.
V1cKsBURG, Dec. 18.-The gin house of
R. T. Elliot near Edwards, Miss, burned
with six bales of cotton. Jas. Owens store
and contents at Pelsher's point, La,
burned. Loss not known. The residence
of P. L. Strather, at Vicksburg, burned
Insured.
GRAVE ROBBERS SENTENCED.
RICHMOND, Dec. 1S.-The two medical
students and their colored assistants who
were arrested while attempting to rob
graves were each sentenced to six months
imprisonment.
ASSASSINATION.
OPALoUsAs, La, Dec. 1S.-Dr. j. A.
Rouke was assassinated at Mermentau. this
parish, Sunday morning. He was start
ing to see patient, and in the act of
drinking cup of coffee, when the assas-
sin shot at him through the window.
CROOKED WHISKY BARRELS.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Dec 1S.-The Freeman
newspaper says the ruInor is afoat that
the whole distiIling interest of Peoria is
excited over the discovery that one Of
their number has been using crooked bar
rels which hold two gallons more than the
| standard barrels, making net gain for
the crooked distiller over his competitors of
| hundreds of dollars a day. The mater
has been brought to the attention of the
collector of internal revenue, and back
money for the excess contained in the bar
rels used demanded or criminal prosecu-
ton will follow.
| SALOON ROW. IL
IRoNToN, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-In fracas in a
saloon here Saturday night, Chas. A.
Downs, proprietor, struck Peter Prough on
the head with bottle, from the effects of
which Prough died last night. Downs is
| in Jail.
ASSAULT BY DRUNKEN BRUTE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 18.-This morning
about daylight Mary Wiessenberger, aged
| seventy-two, was assaulted in the shadow
of st. Boniface church by Frank Commits,
a drunken cigar maker, who beat and bit
her fearfully. Officers who attempted to
rescue the woman mad to beat the brute in
sensible before he would release her. He
had been crazy drunk week past. The
charge of attempted rape was this morn
ing entered aginst him. The woman is in
the hospital and will probably die.
POWDER EXPLOSION.
PATERSON, n. j., Dec. 1S.-The press
house of Latin & Rand's powder works at
Mountain View. eight miles from this city,
blew up this afternoon, killing three men.
The explosion shook a number of buildings
in this city.
The names of the men killed are Bryan
Tansey, Henry Kuhl, an emigrant, and
John White. The men were just about to
quit work when the explosion occurred.
The buildings for miles around were
shaken, and not pane of glass was left
whole in the neighborhood.
SUICIDE.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 1S.-Columbus Trails.
aged twenty-four years and two weeks
married. killed himself to-day.
THE LOUISVILLE IRREGULARITIES.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 1s.zA number of wit
nesses were before the grand jury to-day,
in connection with the recently discovered
Irregularities at the city hall. Others will
be examined tomorrow. Several indict-
ments are expected. The testimony is vol
luminous, and the result will be slowly
reached.
EXPLOSION OF TORPEDOEs.
New HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 1S.-An explo-
sion on the steamboat Erastus Corning of
a box of railway torpedoes, severely
burned three deck hands.
NEGROES KILLED.
At Navasota, Texas, two negroes quar-
relied, and both were killed.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 1S.-Dave Wilcher. COL
ored, was instantly killed night before last,
at Townsville, Georgia, by his brother
William.
ALLEGED FORGERY.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S.-N. w. Fitzgerald,
pension and claim agent of this city, has
been arrested upon requisition of the
governor of Kentucky upon affidavit made
by one VIM. Glenn, of Kenton county, KY,
charging Fitzgerald with having forged
atlantis name on the back of a note on the
25th of September, 1873. Fitzgerald de-
mics that he Is guilty of the crime charged,
| and says he has not been in Kentucky
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