The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK


"A passenger train and a freight
train on the Indiana, Bloomington and
Western Railroad, collided neal Laura,
Ohio, early on the morning of the 25th.
A fireman named Dillon was killed and
a number of passengers were severely
injured. The New York, S~usquehanns
and Western Railroad bridge at Dundee
Lake, near Paterson, New Jersey, gave
way on the oath while a freight t-ain
was passing over 1t. One span of the
bridge fell into the river, carrying with
it six cars loaded with merchandise,
The engine and caboose did not &c
down, remaining n on either end OF
the bridge. One brakeman went down
with the cars, but he retained hold on
the car and escaped. An empty coal
train on the Reading Railroad was
wrecked at Stony Creek, Berks County.
on the 25th. A bumper block became
detached, and falling on The rails,
caused about twenty cars to be smashed
| to splinters. The wreck was unfortu-
nate, because the company need every
car to take the great demand for coal
to tidewater.
"A telegram from Ottawa, Canada,
says that Virgins ''now claims that
he has been misrepresented by the
American press" He denies that he
ever related to correspondents the
horrors given as incidental to the full
fllment of his prediction of the 10Th
instant. 81 simply stated" the PRO.
fessor'' said to a reporter on the 25th,
''that earthquake forces would be to
the south of the Both parallel of lati-
tude. l never ventured any predlc.
tions regarding the destructive nature
Of the storm on that parallel at ALL"
While Benjamin Gardiner. his
wife and daughter-in-law, were re-
turning from church in a wagon. at
Poquonnock, Connecticut, on the Goth,
they were struck by a railroad train
at a crossing. Mrs. Gardiner and her
daughter-in-law were killed and Gard
ner seriously injured.
1t Is now stated that the total
amount of Bartholomew paper held by
the Hartford banks is S347, 900, In
amounts ranging from $1,000 to $780,.
600. Much of the paper is secured by
collateral. Samuel Buch, liquor dealer
and dlstiller, of Reading, Penna., made
an assignment on the 25th. His liablli-
ties are reported at over $40, 1000. His
assets consist of valuable real estate
and his stock of liquor.
Since the 18th inst, j. Coyle, a
cattle dealer of Marshall, Missouri, has
Lost TX oaffIa Frnpn TSavno foUor Tho
native cattle contracted the disease
from a herd of Texas calves which were
shipped home from Kansas City early
in the summer and placed on Mr..
Coyle's ranch. The disease has spread
to other herds, and several deaths have
occurred among them.
Frederick Fegley, aged 90 years,
while walking with his brother in the
woods a Reading, Pa, on the 26th
drew a revolver and shot himself dead.
He had been married about two months
and mis- wife had lately refused to live
with him.
The authorities of Laredo, Texas,
wee notified at 2 O'Clock on the mornr
ing of the 25th that five armed men had
entered the residence of a Mexican
during a dance and forclbly carried
away the wife of the proprietor. The
desperadoes were followed down the
river, and two of them were captured.
From them 1t was learned that the
gang vas part of Ell Coyotes band,
under the leadership of Marcial Benai-
ces, who succeeded in eludlng pursuit.
Everything remained quiet in
Charleston on Friday night and Satur-
day. AT Summerville there were two
slight earthquake shocks, accompanied
by detonations, on the oath. Slight
earthquake shocks were felt in Patrick
and Henry counties, Virginia, at 2
O'Clock on the morning of the 25th. A
slight earthquake was felt at New
Haven, Connecticut. at 1916 o'clock
on the 25th.
Two men, named Miller and Gibbs
and their wives, living on the same
farm near Mexico, Missouri, were
taken violently i'll with symptoms of
poisoning on the 18th. An l"1-year-old
colored girl employed by Mrs. Miller,
who was punished a few days ago, is
Suspected.
The buildings d. royed by FIRE at
Rockaway Beach Oh the Goth were
Harper q Stumpf's pavilion, with the
bathing and outhonses. and Grotz's
Brandreth House. The total loss is
S25, COO. I~ncendiarism is suspected.
Mrs. Eldert, the wife OF the proprietor
of a hotel adjoining the burned build
ings. says that, while her husband and
others were at the fire, q stranger en-
tered the place and demanded money
and attempted to rob the safe. but she
drove him out by presenting a revolver
at him. The Iowa Seed Store, in Des
Moines, was burned on the 9th. Loss
$50, 900. Thirty buildings in Deland,
Volusia county, Florida, were burned
on the 26th. Loss SIC, 600. A fire at
New Iberia, Louisiana, on the 9th,
destroyed $4,000 worth of property.
I'm East St. Louis on the Goth when
John NJ. Conrad wentto his livery stable,
The found a small chalk box, from
which a fuse partly burned .protruded in
the doorway. lie took the box carefully
removed its lid, and wa Mortified to
see carefully hacked in sand and saw