The Penn's Grove record., 1886-07-24
NEWS OF THH WEEK

The Board of Agriculture OF Illinois
estimates the yield OF corn in ina
State this year at about 81 per cent OF
the average.
"A boiler in a salt block at Port
Austin, Michigan, exploded on the 10Th,
killing a boy aud iniuring two men.
Large forest fires are again raging
in Michigan. A great forest fire IS
burning along the Mount Desert
branch of the Maine Central Railway.
"A well-dressed mar Jumped from
the deck of a ferry boat into h East
river. New York, on tte 10Th. lie
was iished out and taket to the nos
pltal. He said his name was James
Hennessy, that he was az rears old ana
a resident of philadelphia. lie APP
peared to be deranged and made Ylo-
lent efforts to escape trOIl the hcspltal.
Fourteen cases OF rnall-pox and
one death are reported at Bolan, Iowa.
The disease is supposed ID have been
imported by a German immigrant,
"A fire in st. Louis N the 18th
destroyed about 25. 200. GOO feet of
lumber in the yards Of Knapp, Stout
Il Co., and also their stable. The
loss is estimated at S4g0, 700; insur-
ance, S275, 900. A Ere broke out on
the 18th at the New York Architee-
tural Terra Gotta Company's works
at Ravenswood, Long Island, on the
18th. 1t is believed Chat the fire was
caused by plumbers who were work.
ing on the roof The llss IS estlma-
ted at about $780, 600. Michael Big
ney, a fireman, was dangerously III
jured by a falling wall.
"A severe drought prevails through
out Kansas and the Indian Territory,
In the latter section a murraln has
broken out among the cattle,
John Moore, shot in a street figh
at Mount Vernon, Kensucky, on the
10th, died on the 18th, atd his brother
Thomas, shot in the same hght, IS NOT
expected to recover. Their antago-
msts were an ~ex-Sheriff named Nc.
CluIe, who was slightly wounded and
gave himself up, and a lawyer named
Carter, who has fled. TIE Moores are
sons of a Methodist Minister.
Samuel X. Gay, chief of the Pen.
sion Office at Pittsburg. his disappeared
and is supposed to have fed TO Canada.
On the 10th Pension Agelt Errett dis
covered that Gay had forced his name
to three checks aggregat ng So0O, and
it is believed that Gays forgeries and
stealings will amount in Sll to between
S15, 600 and $40, 600. Gay is a young
married man, prominent IN the Murphy
temperance movement and in the
Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION.
The Treasury Department holds Pen
sion Agent Errett responsible for the
loss, but it is supposed he took. the pre-
caution to exact from his subordinate
the customary bond.
-Almon B. ThompsIsr +~le-tbieving
esther of the Pfovident Savings Bank
in st. Louis, has left a written COMES
sion of his crimes. He owes the bank
$4,000.
Part of a five-story brick building
at the corner of South and Roosevelt
streets, in New York. tnmbled down
on the 18th, and a number of barrels of
flour, of which several thousands were
in the building. were preepitated across
the street and burst. Three men were
dangerously wounded by dying timbers.
A telegram from Omaha says that
Cashier Beltzer, who wrecked the
Dundy County Bank, al Benkelman,
has also wrecked the Chase County
Bank, at Imperial, of which he was
President. Its patrons were home
steaders and ranchmen, who VIII lose
about SIS, 900. The asses OF the banR
will not exceed $4,000.
The local election ct Vicksburg
Mississippi, on the 18th, on the liquor
question, resulted in the defeat of the
Prohibltionists by a majority OF 1900 in
a vote of less than 1000. The majority
against prohibition In the county is es-
timated at 5000.
-Captain James b. Willing, of the
oyster packing firm of William L.. Els
& Co., of Baltimore, disappeared about
ten days ago, and it is SAID that about
S35, 900 belonging to his friends, have
also disappeared.
In Nashville, Tennessee, on the
nth, p. II. Monahan shot and wounded
Mrs. Laura Carney, john Blce, Mrs.
Carney and John Clapp, and then shot
himself IN the head. None of the
wounds. except those o. himself and
Miss Carney, are likely 20 prove NOR
tai. The cause of the tragedy was the
breaking of an engagement of marriage
between Monahan and Miss Carney.
In Phillipsburg. New Jersey, on the
10th, Frank johnson AMI Henry Don
nelly, brothers-in-law, quarrelled.
johnson struck Donnelly in the mouth,
and Donnelly fell and siruck his head
with great force against a wagon hub.
He died two hours liter. Johnson
gave himself up. 1t is said that Don
nelly had been drinking heavily for
some time. Henry Zarch, a wealthy
farmer, rs years of age! and his wife,
were murdered in their house near
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin. on the 18th.
Robbery was the motiveIo of the crime.
Frank A. Lieb has befn arrested in
Chicago for the murder 6t John Shana-
han, killed In a house of evil repute on
the 18th. Lieb says khat he acted
in self-lefence, but the women OF the
house say otherwise. puring a picnic
at Grand Tower, Illinois, on the 18th,
four men, named Brdyn, Heckam,
Rhodes and Knob, .quafrelled repeat
eddy. After the picnic had broken up
a farmer passing hy the place found
Brown Knox and Rhodes lying neal
each other, MORALLY wounded. Brown
died in a few minutes. Heckam had
disappeared. 1t is supposed they fought
out the quarrel after the picnic was
over.
Conrad Hoffman. his wife and two
children, were struck ~ lightning il
a Geld at Whitehaven, Penna., on the
18th. One child, s years of age, was
killed. The other child and the
mother are in a critical condition
The father was severely, but not ia
tally, injured. The stelple Of the Ger
man Lutheran Church in East New
York was demolished lY lightning OF
the 18th.
-Hailstones as big as walnuts fell IL
Winchester county, Virginia, on thu
18th, covering a tract nine miles Il
length and half a mile In width. Veg
a~tafion m the nafh nf the storm WAS de