St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-23
Briefly Told.

A duel was fought near Jackson, N c., be-
tween Edwin Goode and William Wheeler two
prominent farmers of the county, some days
ago. Goodies cattle got into Wheelers field
and consumed 200 pounds of fodder. Wheeler
| asked GOode to pay him for his loss. GoOde
refused. and this led to the difficulty. Wheeler
| challenged Goode to fight. The weapons used
were pistol and pocket-knife. Goode re-
ceived two bullets from Wheeler's pistol and
Wheeler seven or eight stabs or cuts from
Goodies knife. Both men will die of their
wounds.
In Chattanooga county, Northern Georgia,
James Startling was killing hogs and used a
half. barrel hogshead as a scalding caldron,
which was filed with boiling water. Startling
attempted to pitch hog into the caldron, but
stumbled under the weight, fell headlong into
the seething liquid, and although lifted out
instantly he was literally boiled the flesh
dropping from his body in huge flakes. He
was dead when taken out.
Judge Goode, who committed suicide in
New Orleans Monday, although prominent
Republican, was elected judge Of the district
by both parties. He tied string to his toe
and to the trigger of shot gun. The first shot
missed it's mark, but the second shattered his
brains. The supposed cause is failure of his
sugar crop.
f. Ross, who has been an inmate of Ludlow
Street JAIL New York, for six years. has Sc
| cured his liberty through the generosity of
| Mr.. Erastus Wiman. Ross failed for some
| thing like $90,0O0, and was committed to Jail,
| and by decision of the court of appeals he
| was apparently doomed to Imprisonment for
! life. Mr.. Wiman compromised the debt.
| In drunken brawl Monday night at Mo-
| nongahela, Pa, Henry Hard, a glass worker,
was fatally stabbed in the neck. His dying
statement implicated Shelby Croll, compan-
| ion with whom he had been drinking. Cron
has disappeared.
An outside stock jobber named Harrison,
who is charged with series of frauds in
London, has been arrested in SPAN. Bank
of England notes of the denomination of G1OO,
which had been forged by him, have been cir
culated largely.
Four young men Of good connections of
Columbia, Miss, engaged in row at ball
Eight shots were fired. Thad Scarborough
was instantly killed, bullet passing through
his heart and his brother was shot in the
shoulder.
The four children bitten by mad dog in
Newark, N. j., and sent to Paris for treat
| ment, are now under the care of M. Pasteur.
No opinion can yet be formed regarding the
ultimate development of the virus.
Philip Brady and his wife were killed Sat
urday while attempting to cross the Erie rail-
way tracks at Goshen, N. Y, in a carriage in
front of the Chicago express. They had only
been married month. fa
Officer Jack Lusby shot and killed Charles
Davis, colored, at Georgetown, KY, last
night. Davis and his wife were fighting, and
Davis tried to shoot the officer when he at
| tempted to arrest him.
The famous star route case of the United
States VS.. John T. Chidister and Logan Fl.
Roots at Little Rock, has been dismissed. The
amount involved was STA, 600.
1t is stated that Gus Master, collector for
F. x. Kattinbach, Buffalo brewer, is a de-
fauter to the amount Of $4,000 or $4,000.
He has left the city.
barrels Of salt located in sheds adjoining, in
Bay City, Mich, were totally consumed at 5
o'clock last evening
board the schooner E. G.. Erwin off Norfolk,
Va, last Sunday. She had taken an over
dose of morphine.
| Smallpox has developed in several patients
| in Tongue Pointe asylum, Quebec. ALI those
! afflicted have been isolated in a hall above the
| wards.
| Kit Ross a Cherokee buck. killed Jonathan
Davis, a white man, on Monday night, at Cho-
| teau, Cherokee Nation, out of pure deviltry.
| Fifty bales of cotton were burned Monday
| evening on the steamer Hohenzollem at Bre-
men. The cotton was from Galveston.
| Fears are entertained that the British bark
| Nosshead, Capt. PEBBLES, which sailed from
| Sydney, N. S. w., Aug. 20, for Portland, Or,
| has been lost.
| William Moore and John Ridgeway were
killed by the cars near Coaltown, Pa.
| Nine buildings in Greene, N. were burned.
The loss is $4,000.