Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-26
the crime. His fathers prediction that he
would be hanged was about to become
true, he said
RAILROAD COLLISION

would be hanged was about to become
true, he said.
RAILROAD COLLISION.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 25.-A collision of
trains occurred last night, at eight min
utes after midnight, on the Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad, by which five men we're
killed and two wounded. It appears the
westbound express train which left
Richmond street at o'clock in the after.
noon, after passing Millboro station about
three miles, going at the rate of thirty five
miles an hour, was run into by freight
train which was running on the passengers
train time, causing the casualties above
mentioned, and badly wrecking both
engines aud the baggage and combination
cars. The killed are: Chris. G. Leech.
engineer of the passenger train; John Wal
sop, baggage master; L. L. Loving and. J.
=. ONeill, fremen, and George E. Neither
land. brakeman of the passenger train.
The wounded are: Hogshead, express mes
senger, and j. W. Hicks, of Milton, W. Va,
both slightly. The cause, as stated, was
due to the freight train being thirty five
minutes behind, and, of course, running
on the express train time. The conductor
OF the freight train claims his watch was
over half an hour slow.
AMT Cry, Miss, Dec. 25.-Methodist
church burned. Defective fiue.
Pulaski, Tenn, dispatch reports the
burning of the Herald office and Peoples
| and National building. Loss $4,000; in
surance $500.
LUDLOW, VT, Dec. 25.-J. Barrett, gro
| Ger, O. S. Whelden, hardware, NJ. j. Stowe,
jeweler, and one or two other business
places and tenements burned. Loss heavy
for the town.
THE LOUISVILLE IRREGULARITIES.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 25.-The new
grand jury meets next week. Other city
hall hearts will then ache under indict-
ments for completely in the late alleged
frauds. 1t is rumored in authentic circles
to-day that lightning will probably
strike among ex-city officials the next
time, also. Much suppressed excitement
exists regarding the results of the investi-
cations now progressing, the fruits of
which will be laid before the grand jury.
SHOT A PRISONER.
CINcINNATI, Dec. 25.-The South Charles
ton city marshal, John Way, shot and in
stantly killed John Franklin {colore0 in
one of the cells of the Jail tonight.
| Franklin was arrested for ;disorderly con-
duct. Way entered his cell tonight when
Franklin made a vicious attack on him
and the marshal shot him dead.
THE QUICKEST WAY TO TILL TIN STORY.
| AGU1LLA, Tex, Dec. 25.-Joe Bill Smith
shot dead Billie Gresham to-day. Smith
captured.
MURDKROUS AFFRAY.
| New YORK, Dec. pa murderous ARRAY
between Italians took place at 500 Null
bury tenement tonight. In it live
Michaelo Cicorelli, aged 81, his Il year
old wife, Donate Trazzo, aged A, his
father-in-law and Michaelo Peetrezzo.
Peetrezzo snatched lace handkerchief
| from the neck of Trazzo's daughter, and
when Trazzo and Cicorelli demanded an
explanation Peetrezzo drew a revolver and
shot both men, Cicorelli in the head and
Trazzo in the abdomen, and both probably
| fatally. Cicorslli is foreman of a dirt
scow. Frazzo, known as Mike Foot, keeps
| liquor store.
! HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Dec. 25.-Karl Lath-
grew, Swede aged twenty-one, suicided
to-day by shooting himself through the
heart. Deceased was working in q tailor
shop, and had previously threatened to kill
| himself
| COLLISION AT SEA.
BOSTON, Dec. 25.-The first officer of the
bark Ella, arrived to- day, says at the time
of the collision with the steamer Wisconsin
the weather was fine, although a stiff
breeze caused considerable sea. The bark
was running under small sail and making
about four knots an hour when the steam
er's mast head light was seen. The bark
held her course until she noticed the steam
or was close aboard, when a flash of
light was shown from the bark's
forecastle. but to no avail,
as tho great iron stem Of the Wisconsin
came crashing into the starboard bow of
the bark, cutting through iron bolts as
though they wore pipe stems. Five of
the bark's crew lowered a boat and board
Cd the steamer, but not without smashing
the boat to atoms. Capt. Matthews asked
assistance to help pump the bark. This
was granted, and after some trouble caused
by the refusal of the sailors of the steamer
to go on board the bark, the first officer,
boatswain and seven men were sent on
board with quantity of canvas and the
hole was partially stopped and the bark
| taken in tow.
FUN FOR THE BROKERS.
4ntses on the Ne.c York Stoes Exc4~nge