The Penn's Grove record., 1882-02-04
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the Legislature, died of Bright's dis
ease at Newark, Del.
Rev. Henry w. Bellows, d. d, is
lying in a critical condition at New
York from an intestinal disease.
The California -four mills and mac
aroni factory at San Francisco were
burned. Loss, $4,000.
The will of Mary Pratt, of Water
town, Mass, recently deceased, gives
to Massachusetts, General Hospital
$4,000.
Camp, Morrell & Camps dry goods
store at Jackson, Mich, was robbed of
silks and satins valued at $40, 900.
The dwelling of George III. Bend, a
New York broker, located on River
dale avenue, one mile from Kings
bridge, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
Ase, 900.
- wac found H.
Thomas Wallace, wnV "
sensible by the side of his dead wife,
who was suffocated by a gas stove in
their bedroom at Brooklyn, died.
]. J. Schmit, a "crank" prisoner in
the Jail at Rock Island, ILL.,, set fire to
the prison, which was partially de-
stroyed, together with the county
building. Loss, $500.
George K. Osborne, n of the postal
clerks crushed in the railroad collision
at Adams Run. S. c., OIL Saturday,
died, making four deaths so far result
ing from the collision.
George w. Cramer, aged 81 years,
died in West Troy, N. Y. He was an
extensive builder, and erected the
Ocean Beach Hotel, the first large no.
tel built on Coney Island.
Nathan Peck, 80 years old, Presi-
dent of the Merchants National
Bank, and a prominent citizen of New
Haven, Conn, died of injuries re
ceived by being run over by a team.
The store of Moses NJ. Black, one of
the oldest houses in Mansfield, Ohio,
is in the hands of his creditors through
the withdrawal of patronage caused
by two of his clerks being down with
smallpox.
Theophilus Parsons, late Professor
in the Harvard College Law School,
died in Cambridge, Mass. He was a
sou of the eminent Theophilus Par
n Chief Justice of Massachusetts,
from 1906 to 1918.
Only $4,000 in money, and SIS in
postage stamps were secured by the
burglars who blew open the safe in the
general store of Mclaughlin & Lewis,
at Reynolds, Rock Island county, Ill.
The will of Sallie Blood, of Concord,
Mass, after giving small sums to rela-
tives and friends, b~equeaths The resi-
due, several thousand dollars, to the
debt of the town. She was 80, and un-
marrled.
William White, aged SO years, died
at Albany, n. Y, from Injuries re-
ceived by being run over by a runa-
way team. He was formerly one OF
the propristors Of the Albany Journal
and the Albany Register.
A boiler exploded at a shaft of the
Canon City (Col.) Coal Company,
killing a fireman instantly and iHjur-
ing a blacksmith so badly that he has
since died. The engineer had his leg
broken and was badly scalded.
Charles Foster, colored, who was
struck by a train on '.ae Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.
near the Brandywine bridge, at Will
mington, Del, died from the injuries
received.
Charles Boyer, of Brooklyn, died in
the Long Island College, from injuries
he received by being run over by 8
car of the Myrtle avenue and Broad
way line. The driver of the ear, Sc
bastian Piccoli, was arrested.
The quarterly meeting of the Insur-
ance Journalists Association was be-
gun at New York, the proceedings
being conducted with closed doors.
The meeting was called to order by ].
A. Fowler, of the american Exchange
and Review, of Philadelphia.
John Warrick, colored, aged 60
years, employed as night foreman in
the boiler room of the Coreoran
building, at Washington, D. c., was
terribly scalded while attempting t.
remove some distractions from the
tubes of one of the boilers. He will
probably die.
The case of William Kelly, for the
murder of his wife, Anne Kelly, at
their heme in Roxbury district, OF
Boston, on the 18th of last December,
came up for trial. The prisoner plead
ed guilty to assault and battery, and
was sentenced to the House of Correc-
ton for two years.
Three convicts escaped from prison
at Auburn, N. Y, by saving the bars
of q hospital window near the walls
and reaching the ground by means OF
rope. One was recaptured. John d.
Stiles of Syracuse, sentenced for thir.
teen years, and Francis Grape, of JEFF.
tersoD county, sentenced for two
years, are still at large.
Aexicans Fighting Apache Indians.
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