Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-22
sprang up and shot himself twice through.
the head and both were dead within i've
SHOT HIS BRoTHER-1N-LAw.


SHOT HIS BROTHER-IN-LAw.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 21.-Yesterday
afternoon at Somerville, Tenn, James Bur-
ton and W. L. Thorpe, brothers-in-law en-
gagged in quarrel over some family mat
tiers which ended by Burton threatening to
kill Thorpe. Last night at 8 o'clock while
Burton was in a saloon playing billiards
Thorpe entered with a shotgun and fred
both barrels at Burton, killing him instant
ly. Deceased was until recently member
of the firm of Hulmer, Thornton & Co., of
this city. Thorpe, who did the killing, is
professor in the female college at SOIner-
vile.
QUARREL OVER WHISKY BILL.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. 21.-At o'clock this
morning at the Western hotel in Argenta,
opposite this city, two railroad pile drivers
employed by the Memphis & Little Rock
railroad, named Patrick Forden and H. F.
Brandon, quarrelled over the payment of
whisky bill. Forden, according to Bran
don's statement, drew knife on him.
Brandon retreated into the saloon and see
ing pistol shot twice, when Forden fell
dead. Brandon surrendered.
INDICTED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. CIV. H. Ward and
W. F. Salter were to-day indicted by the
grand jury for offering money to employees
to abstract from the bureau of engray-
ing and printing paper upon
which the notes are printed.
The object in view, it is alleged, was to
prove looseness in the management, and
thus influence Secretary Folger to remove
Col. Irish, superintendent of the depart
ment
SHIPWRECK.
QUEHEC, NOV. pa telegram to the Ma
rine department reports the steamship
Wsarmouth, Capt Evans, which left here
for London Friday, with a cargo of deals,
wrecked during a gale and snow storm on
Northsand beach, Magdalen island, Sun
day night. The vessel bsclsssl in four
pieces. The crew all perHEsnaesept four.
The vessel and cargo were ia.strN in Lon
don. ~ y
The Wearmouth went ASH te
half an hour after midnight. The
gale and snow storm was terrific. The
crew hung by the vessel until IL o'clock
yesterday, when she broke up. The crew
numbered twenty men. Sixteen were
drowned trying to reach land. The vessel
was owned by j. s. Barwick, Sunderland.
She does not belong to any line.
RECOVERED.
The property stolen by five masked men,
Aug. 16, from the residence of Alex. j. j.
Thos. M. Gilchrist, of Charlestown, was re-
covered at New York through negotiations.
The property included $4,000 in bonds
and mortgages, certificates of deposit, ag-
gregating $4,000 and $4,000 in cash. A
ransom of 5000 was paid at the time of
the burglary.
FELL DEAD.
Albert Adams, young man living about
three miles from Claysville, partook of a
hearty breakfast this morning and went
out to husk corn. While in the act of pull
ing down the first shock, he fell dead.
POWDER EXPLOSION.
Troy, N. Y, Nov. PA five pound can
of powder exploded to-day in the gun-store
of Nelson Lewis, wrecking the store and
probably fatally burning VIM. K. Lewis,
son of the proprietor. Flying glass badly
cut the proprietor.
ARREST OF SUSPECT.
ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 21.-Thomas B. Nor
ton, alias G. E. Longshaw, supposed to be
wanted at Memphis for raising checks and
committing other ofenses, has been or
rested here.
KILLED AT FIRE.
LEWISTON, ILL.,, Nov. 21.-At the burning
last night of the bakery and grocery of
Lewis Wilson & Bro, John King, a work
man, was killed by falling chimney.
SUICIDE.
At Freeman, ILL.,, yesterday, Maggie
Finch committed suicide, taking morphine.
She had been ruined by the son of Bap-
fist preacher.