Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-07

Smithport, went to the house of Geo. W.
King, neighboring farmer, and had a
quarrel over property. Stanton struck
King on the head with pitchfork, infict-
ing probably fatal wound and then fed.
He was pursued and captured, and lodged
in jail to await the result of Kings injuries.
King is in precarious condition tonight.
BURNED TO DEATH.
CLEVELAND, o., March "a special
says: Lucinda Balloon, ffty-eight years
old, was roasted to death at Welmont viii
age to-day. She was in the habit of smok-
ing after breakfast, and while enjoying
her pipe sparks fell on her clothes, setting
them ablaze, resulting in her death after
horrible agony.
ANOTHER STEAMER YAZoo VICTIM.
CINCINNATI, March 6-Private letters
from Harrison Gray, state that his sister,
Miss Clinton S. Gray, is at the point of
death in Louisiana from injuries received
from escaping from the steamer Yazoo on
Sunday morning. Mr.. Gray, with his sis
ter and Miss Gertie Scott, jumped from
the sinking steamer into the river, and
Mr.. Gray swan ashore with them. The
Grays are well known at st. Louis and
Chicago. Miss Gray recently gave $1,000
to Cincinnati for the relief of the flood
sufferers, and Mr.. Gray gave $1,000 to
Louisville.
CHARGED WITH HIS BROTHERS URDER.
JACKSON, Miss, March 6.-Gadsien Eel
tus, prominent citizen of Wilkinson, has
been murdered. Circumstantial evidence
caused the coroner's jury to order the ar
&c I'll Sc
is one of the most widely connected in the
state.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
SoMERvILLE, Ohio, March 6.-An old
farmer, A. j. Wing, living near here, was
frightened to death last night. Wing was
in mortal fear of a negro who had
threatened to shoot him. Last night he
was persuaded by two boys to go with
them to a neighbours to fix clock. By a
prearrangement.a another boy concealed in
a dark lane. fred pistol when the party
approached, whereupon one of the boys
with Wing, uttered shrek and fell to the
ground. The old man ran to the nearest
obtained admittance and
dropped dead on the floor. The inquest
to-day revealed fatty degeneration of
the heart. The excitement is great, and
the censure of the young men bitter.
BLAZE IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, March Ga fire in Manistee.
this morning, destroyed Seymour Bros
double store, and two or three small ad-
joining buildings. Nothing was saved.
Seymour Bros. lose $4,000; insured for
sos 600 Other losses &c 600
THE SCHOOL ROOM HORROR.
New YORK, March 6.-The jury of in
quest finds fourteen children were suffo-
Gated, and the four remaining dead crushed
to death, during the panic recently in the
German Catholic school house, on Fourth
street. The jury add the school building
was insufficient to accommodate 700 chill
dren, the average attendance, and that the
stairway should be provided with hand
rails on both sides. They recommend
frequent and systematic alarm exercises
be had in all schools, and in order to enable
the superintendent of different schools to
avail themselves of all experience in this
matter, the attention of the board is called
to the expectancy of appointing suitable
person to superintend the false alarm
drills.
COLLISION.
ST. Louis, March 6.-Last night about
seven miles from Jerseyville, ILL.,, two
freight trains collided on the Chicago g.
Alton railroad wrecking both engines and
about twelve cars. Conductor Stone was
injured and many cattle and hogs killed.