The Penn's Grove record., 1886-05-29

Louisville, was arrested on the 23d foI
TobbIng the mails. He was caught Will
decoy money packages.
Complaint was made to the In.
diana Board of Health on the 22d
that there are 1G cases Of smallpox
at Crossvi lie, and that people who
own dogs and cats refuse to keep
their domestic animals at home,
thereby spreading the contagion. The
authorizes seek the aid of the law to
destroy the disease distributing felines
and CANNES or to enforce their re-
~straint."
Mrs. Alexander Wilson was killed
by lightning at Corona, Long Island,
on the 22d, just as she was entering
her house.
Several large barns and a number
of sheds at Brighton, INT of the suburbs
of Boston, were burned on the
21st. IncendiarIsm Is suspected.
The total loss is estimated at $50. 900.
Two warehouses at Superior, Mime.
sofa, were burned on the 2lst. Loss,
$40, 900 The Union Depot at Cisco,
Texas, was burned on the Dist. Loss.
$40, 600. The large fertilizer works Of
Wright and Craighill, at Lynchburg,
were burned early on the 22d.
james Harlow was on the oath,
lodged in jail at Harrisonburg, Vir-
ginia, charged with the murder of his
little step-daughter 10y brutally beating
her and then cutting her throat. At
Ell Pdso, Texas. on the 23d, Louis Trip
shot and fatally wounded his wife and
then committed suicide. Near Coiulla,
Texas, on the 23d, &. w. Crenshaw
shot and killed Alexander Irving in the
presence of two neighbOrs. Crenshaw
surrendered. He said that it was
customary for Irving and himself to
greet each other by swapping their re-
volyers, and that he snapped his think
ing 1t was empty" Near Thomas
vile, Ga, on the 22d, Frank Cole
man, a farmer, becoming enraged
at his wife, felled her with a hoe, and
then got a aZo and cut her throat. At
Springfield, Missouri, on the oath, John
Russell, in a Lit of insanity, attempted
to Kill his wife and child by cutting
their threats. He cut his vile fright
fully, but she escaped and gave the
alarm, and when the neighbors arrived
at the house, they found the w0uld-be
murderer on the floor with a bullet i'll
his brain. The woman and child may
recover. At Carrollton, Kentucky, on
the oath, William Whitehead fatally
shot Laura Harwood, and then killed
himself. They had agreed to die to-
gether because their parents opposed
their maria e.
Policeman Gehlert, his wife and
daughter and one of his sons were made
dangerously Ill on the 23d at Cleveland
by poison which had been put in their
coffee. investigation showed that a
large quantity Of rat poison had been
put in the coffee-pot on the stove and
the can of milk outside the door. The
kitchen door had been forced open to
get at the coffee. pot The eldest son
did not get up to breakfast and so
ESCAPED. There is no clue to the per-
petrator of the deed"
"A terrible storm of wind and rain
passed over Hendricks county, Indiana
on the 23l. There was great destruc-
ton CT vegetation, windows were
smashed by hailst5nes and many cattle
and horses were killed by falling trees.
General Miles telegrapbs from
Cllabassas, Arizona, under date of the
22d instant, as follows: 1.-TWO small
bands have broken from Geronimo's
camp and gone north and committed
some depredations. Three men killed
and one boy captured. Troops are in
pursuit, and others are In advance to
intercept If possible. Their efforts.
think, will lie to leave their wounded
and get Agency Indians to join them.
Have directed Lieut.. Colonel Wade,
commanding Fort Apache, and Capt.
Pierce, San Carlos, to prevent it.
Captain Lawton has followed main
camp with great persistency over the
worst country in this whole mountain
region, and is camped on trail to-
night"
Near PIttsbUlg, Panna., on the
ODD, the il FAINT of Michael Feehan was
taken to a neighbours house to be chris
tened. During the absence OF the par
ents the three other children got hold
of the oil can, poured oil IN the gate
and set themselves on fire. Two OF
them were burned to death, the other
Is HOT expected 10 IcCONcI.
"A freight train RAJ into a drove of
cattle neal Slater, Missouri, on the 23d
killing three of the ANIMALS. The en-
CINE and ten cars were thrown from
the track and the fireman was killed.
Two other train hands were danger
ously injured.
"A fire at Wausau, Wisconsin, on
tie 25th, swept the Plumer and Stewart
lumber Yards and buildings, the Lake
Shore and Western depot property and
part of the village of Coleman, caus-
lug the loss estimated at $500 600. \
fire at the star Oil Company's works,
at Erie, Penna., on the Oath, caused a
loss of $50, 900. The Chief of the Fire
Department and two of the men We're
terribly burned.
Snow fell on the 25th ut Kane and
Clarendon, in the western section OF
Pennsylvania, there being quite IA
storm" at the latter place.
AT Hannibal, near Oswego, New
York, early on the 25th, the store OF
George Leonard was robbed and set on
fire. The fire spread to adjoining build
ings, causing a total loss of $4,000.
While an Odd Fellows excursion
train was entering Brampton, Onta-
rio, OH a steep grade, on the oath,
the rear car became detached. The
engineer not knowing what had hap
pened stopped the train and the de-
taehed car ran into it with great
force. The car contained forty per-
sons, all of whom were injured,
though none dangerously.
"A telegram from P%ittsburg says
the new Edgar natural gas well, set
on fire by lightning on the 22d, is
still burning, the flames reaching into
the air nearly 200 feet. No attempt
has vet been made to e%xtingulsh the
burning gas, and 1t is probable that it
will be left TO blow and burn for sew
eral days. The Duff well, in Muir
raysville, also fired by lightning on
the same day, is still burning.
Three men were injured by a pow
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