St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-17
TEEEGRApHrC SPARKS.

The premises in Kingston, Ont, occupied
by Thomas Mills, furrier; Felix Shaw, dry
goods, and H. Henderson. photographer,
eyere burned. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $780,
600.
liver Williams, aged Is. employed as door
tender in the Loring mine of the Plymouth
Coal company, fell down the shaft, a distance
of 900 feet, his body being crushed into a
shapeless mass.
The business failure during the last seven
days number for the United States 139 and
for Canada 27, or a total of 166, as compared
with 207 last week, an d 1876 the week previ-
Gus. The failures are below the average in
all sections of the country, and fewer are re-
ported from the South than for any previous
week this year.
dispatch has been received as Omaha
from Fort Robinson that no trace can be
found of the Sioux Indians recently reported
to be committing depredations along the
northern frontier of Nebraska and Wyoming.
Troops from Fort Niobrara are also securing
the country, but no report has yet been re-
ceived from them.
William McLefresh, while drunk, met
Charles Ohmnis, peaceable German laborer,
near Utopea, Clearmont county, Ohio,
Wednesday night, and, without provocation,
shot him dead. Ohmnis leaves q wife and
three children. McLefresh was arrested, but
gives no explanation Of his act.
A salOonkeeper at Trenton, Mich, "Jud''
Osborn, was shot while on his way home The
ball entered the back of the neck and severed
the jugular vein, killing Osborn almost in
stantly Ed Flaherty, an employe at the
State mill. has been arrested on suspicion.
While workmen were making excavations
under an old well at Louisville, KY, the wall
gave way and fell, injuring Thomas Bush,
George Bush, Gus Weissers, William Cottons,
all of whom were seriously, and an unknown
man had his neck broken.
Leopold Schneider, an aged German saloon
keeper at Lancaster, o., was stabbed to death
last night by man with whom he had quar-
relied. Nobody witnessed the murder.
Schmelzer's son, who was in a room over the
saloon, heard the two men quarreling. Gus
Wachter has been arrested on suspicion of
having committed the crime.
Two executions aggregating S13,136 were
issued against Watts, Jewels & Co., owners
of the Vista iron furnace at Marietta, Pa
Their liabilities are large and will not be
covered by their assets. Other executions
will be issued.
Supt. Schmitt of the Cleveland Police de-
partment has ordered all the gamblers in the
city to close their rooms. The order has been
obeyed and the gamesters are leaving for
other cities in SwarmS.
S. Carsey, tie largest dry goods dealer in
Canada, has sued the Bradstreet commercial
agency for 100000 damages for injuring his
credit by giving out false information in re-
gard to his financial condition.
Judge Foraker has accepted an invitation
by the Republican state committee to stump
the state of New York for the Republican
candidates.
An analysis has beon made of the Chinese
tipple, which they have been selling among
themselves free of excise. tits found to con-
tain 3S per cent. of alcohol and henceforth
the Chinese will be required to procure license
to sell their native drink.
Annie E. Cutler, the young colored woman
who pleaded guilty in May last to murder in
causing the death of her false lover, William
H. Knight a colored waiter at Philadelphia,
has been sentenced by Judge Mitchell to be
hanged.
Danziger Bros, dry goods, New Orleans,
have made an assignment. The assets are
$130,C00. Liabilities, S225,000.
Canon Farrar lectured at Washington last
evening on Dante. Among his audience
were the president and Secretaries Bayard,
Endicott and Lamar.