Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-10


Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
NonTHFIELD, Mimi, Oct. 9.-About l
O'clock this forenoon Mr.. W. D. Duanne,
employed on the Minnesota Central rail
road construction train at work at this
place as head brakeman, while in the act
of coupling the engine to q train, of flat
cars, from some cause unknown to himself
slipped and fell under the moving train,
and had his left leg broken at the shank
bone, half way between the knee and the
foot. Physicians were at once summoned,
and it was deemed necessary to amputate
the leg, which was done. Up to o'clock
the man was resting we'll, and will, it is
thought, recover. The man has relatives
at Faribault.
SUICIDE.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 9-Rev. J. L.
Denton, superintendent of public instruc-
ton, jumped from the balcony of Judge
Reggs' residence, in Fayetteville, at noon
to-day, and was killed. Ee had been men
tally unbalanced for several days, and Sun
day attempted to jump out of q second
story window, but was restrained. He left
Little Rock two weeks ago to hold e nor
nal institute at Fayetteville, and was more
| than usually successful, bat seemed much
depressed. Denton was elected On the
Democratic ticket In 1873 and 1880, and
! renominated for a third term in June last.
After that struggle he was charged with
having misused money furnished fer
Arkansas out of the Peabody fund. Rev.
Dr.. Curry. of Virginia, general agent, vim
dicated this, but the charges being fre-
| quently repeated in and out of some of
| the newspapers, Denton a few weeks be-
| fore the superintendent election with
drew from the ticket. His temporary in
sanity and death are attributed to the
charge. He was many years one of the
most prominent divines in the Methodist
| church in Arkansas and of universal pop
ularity.
Geo. Kinney, ten years old, living at Bel
wood, this state, suicided on Saturday
evening while herding cattle for his
| father. The coroner's inquest developed
no reason for the act. The boy was an
insatiate devourer OF blood and thunder
literature.
MEtaPEIs. TENN. Oct. Geo. G. Ran
| dolph suicided yesterday, near Holley
Springs, Miss, by taking twenty grains of
| morphine. Business troubles.
COLLISION.
PORT HURON, Mich. Oct. 9.-While the
steamer Saginaw was backing out of For
| estville. Mich. and the Flora was coming
in, the Saginaw's stern swung around and
| struck the Flora on the starboard side aft
the wheel house and broke about thirty
feet Of her guard and fifteen stanchions
and bulwarks. The Flora goes to Detroit
for repairs.
ITHACA. n. Y, Oct. "a dentist named
COPYRIGHT, of Speedsville, shot dead a
peddler named Joel Evans. Cause-an
old horse trade. Evans leaves wife and
three children.
BURNED TO DEATH
| OTTAWA, Oct. 9.-In fire at Stag Creek,
two men named Field, were burned TO
death.
RAID ON POOL ROOMS.
New YORK, Oct. 9.-Anthony Comstock
reided the pool rooms at Long Island city
this afternoon. AMI captured property val
ued al $4,000. at Kelly & Bliss 100000
pool tickets were secured. The Law and
Order society OF Long Island city insti-
gated the raid OF Const9ck at each place.
forced an entrance. At Kelly and Bliss
rooms, Conlstock was hindered in his work
By Coroner Robinson, brt pushed the cor
oner aside roughly. The coroner had
| Comstock arrested, charging him with
| threatening to shoot him and trespassing
| on his premises to reach that Of Kelly &
| Bliss. Comstoek was released on his own
! recognizanoe. Edward Ross, Charles
Childs and Eugene Fisher were arrested
| by ConistOck in the rooms OF Lowell &, Co.
TERRIBLE EXPRESSIONS.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. "a terrible explosion
occurred tonight in the large hardware
establishment of Jack Kusernschild. A
small fire had started in the basement, and
while three fremen were extinguishing the
embers the explosion occurred. Three
men named Stolse, Brand end Theissen
were terribly burned. Stolse fatally Loss
about $1,000; insurance $17,70O. The ex-
plOsion was caused by carelessness in hand
ling broken lantern near the oil tanks.
SEELRYvILLE, Ind, Oct. 9.-The boiler in
the saw mill of Young g. Smith. near this
city. exploded this morning, instantly
killing George Young and fatally injuring
his partner, Harry Smith. The two pro-
prietors were the only persons within the
building at the time.
BR1DeEPosr, Conn, Oct. "a barrel
containing $4,000 breech-loading caps ex-
ploded with terrific force. destroying the
building in which it was located. No per-
! son hurt.
/ FALL OF BRIDGE.
ATLANTA. Ga, Oct. 9-At baptism,
| near Canton. a bridge fell into the river
and precipitated 200 persons int the
water. No lives were lost, but many legs
| and arms were broken.
| coUNTERFEITIgG.
DUBUQUE, To-, Oct. 9.-Last night, Ed.
Clark and Mrs Blaisdell were arrested here
on the charge of Issuing counterfeit coin,
and to-day bound over to appear at the
next term Of the United States district
court.