Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-12-27
Deeds of BLOOD

The jury in the case of Thomas Boyle. of
Portage, charged with numbering his wife, re.
turned verdict OF manslaughter on the Dist
inst.
Jessy Cox was hanged at Georgetown, s. c.,
on the 21st for the murder Of Henry Rembert,
Jim Taylor, for murder, was hanged at Gid
dings, Texas.
Geo. W. Davis was dangerously shot by
hlghwayman at Chicago on the night Of the
10Th.
William Conroy, the New York policeman
who dubbed q man to death, has been sentenced
to be hanged.
Asa Baker, of Brockton, Mass, wife murder
er, whose trial began on the 18th inst, pleaded
guilty to murder i'll the second degree, and WAS
sentenced to the penilentiary for life.
A San Francisco coroner's jury on the 18th
inst, decided that the killing Of Charles Nc.
Laughlin by Jerome B. Cox was in self. de-
fense.
The second trial of Frank Allen, for the mur-
der of John Waters, in Milwaukee last spring.
began at Waukesha on the 18th inst.
-. Is. Shawner, stock buyer of Luverne,
Minn., was knocked down and robbed near that
place on the night of the 10th by an unknown
man. The thief got $1,000.
A tlutter was created in New York police Cir
cles by facts brought out in seduction suit
brought by young girl named Julia Pudding
against one John Wilton, which complcate the
latter in the murder of Jennie Cramer. The
police are looking for Wilton.
Smoke.
The entire village of Vcnio Switzerland. was
destroyed by fire on the 21st inst
Fire in the insane asylum at Wards Island,
New York herbor, on the 2lst damaged the
building to the extent of $4,000.
The corn mill, elevators and warehouses of
Tyson Bros, Baltimore, burned on the Goth
inst. Loss $4,000.
The high school building at Evanston.
burned on the goth inst. Loss 535,0O0.
st. Peters Episcopal Church, at Port Ches-
ter. N. Y, burned on the goth INST Loss $780,
900.
Fire at Paris, Texas, OIL the goth DESTROYED
the dry goods store Of p. N. Harrison. Loss
S31,0CO.
The Blanchard's lumber mill at Winterburn,
Clear6eld County. Pa, burned on the goth,
Loss $50, 1000.
One warehouse containing cotton at Balli-
moro was entirely and two others partially de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th inst. About 1000
bales OF cotton were burned. Loss $75,00O.
Fire at Lisbon, Portugal, on the 18th INST,
destroyed tho government dockyard, several
warehouses and the training ship Cameras.
Loss .E100,OO0.
The dry goods store of Spencer P. Brundage,
at Farmland, Ind, burned on the night of the
18th. Loss $4,000.
nth The residence Of s. P. oreasinger, at Fowler,
morning of the 18th. Loss 1921 900: insurance
$4,000. Creasinger was also robbed of 81, 600
cash.
About half the business portion of Rockport,
twelve miles north Of Grand Rapids, was burn
ed on the morning OF the 18th. Loss on build
ings about $4,000; on stock $4,000. Total
insurance $4,000.
What was left by the recent fire at Rat Por-
tage, Manitoba, was wiped out by second con-
tiaSration on the 18th inst One store and two
or three dwellings is all that is left of the town.
The losses aggregate 100000.
The house of William Proctor Glendale,
Ohio, burned on the 18th inst. Loss $50, 900.
Minor Mention.
Whlle party OF young men were serenading
newly married couple at Clintondale, N, ",
on the night of the 2t0h, one of the anylls used
in the ceremony exploded killing Samuel
Coulter and injuring another Of the party.
J. 8. Harris, conductor on the Iron Noun
tain Railroad, was crushed to death at Fulton.
Arkansas, on the 10th inst.
Frank Welworth, who killed his father at
New York seven years ago, was married on the
18th inst. to daughter OF ex- Governor Bran
lette, of Kentucky.
kins, at Grand Rapids, Mich, on the night Of
the 18th inst, and got away with loot to the
extent of "a, 800.
A 3-year old boy named McGowen was left
alone in the house OF Eau Claire on the eve.
ming of the 18th, when in some manner his
clothing took fire and he was burned to death.
The barge Monitor, ashore at Manitou
Island, was abandoned on the 18th, after
strenuous efforts by the tug Kate Williams to
release her.
Two more bodies of the crew Of the wrecked
steamer Eclipse have washed ashore at John
sons Island, Like Ontario.
9. +. G.. Collins, an old and respected citizen
md q a,,tN a.
that place on the 18th inst. He was "A years
OF age.
While attempting to jump from his milk
wagon at Milwaukee on the 18th inst, man
named Krgger struck his head against the
wheel in such manner as to cause instant
death.
Thomas Mulcahey was killed by an Illinois
Central train at Chicago on the 18th inst.
In order to avoid shut down for the winter.
the men employed by the Edgar Thomson Steel
Company, at Pittsburg, agreed on the 17th to
accept temporary reduction of Is per cent in
wages The works employ g. OOO men