The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-09
NEWS OFTtlE WEEK

NEWS OF WEEK
"A snow storm prevailed on the
30th ult. at Marquette, Michigan.
There was q haavy sea on Lake
Superior and vessels sought shelter az
Marquette.
1t is reported from Ell Paso, Texas,
that two Mexican policemen on the lst
pursued anative whom they wanted to
arrest, across the Rio Grande, into the
United States" "a little beyond the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe depot
they came up to him, and, being both
armed with rifles, they fred at him,
wounding him severely. They then
seized .the disabled man and dragged
him back to Mexican territory fording
the river to do So"
"A heavy snow fell for a short time
on the 1st at ~Sheboygan, Michigan,
covering the ground. it soon disap-
peared. A telegram from Wingham, On
tario, reports a heavy snow storm in
that section the same day, lasting sew
eral hours.
John Fowle, of Woburn, Massa-
chusetts, injured by a collision on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. near
Baltimore, on the 26th ult., died on
the LIST in that city. 5. 5. Hamilton. a
prominent pork packer of Louisville,
was killed on the LIST in his office in
that city by falling down stairs. Mrs.
Christopher Yeackle was killed on the
LIST at Harrisonburg, Virginia, by jump
ing from a wagon. the horse having
started to run away.
The public debt statement for Sep
TENDER, issued on the 1st, shows a re-
duction of $40, 627 ,013. Total cash in
the Treasury, S65, 1915, 713. The total
coinage at the MINIS of the United
States during September amounted in
value to S5,U70,055, including 2,0lO,lOO
standard dollars.
AT Bishopsville, South Carolina.
on the LIST, w. A. James, aged 60 years,
shot and killed stephen ID. Woodward
Ion account of family trouble not
made public" Bradford w. Skinner,
"a wealthy farmer OF Tallmadge town
shop, neal Akron, Ohio, was fatally
shot by a burglar, in his house, on the
Both ult.
"A slight earthquake shock was
felt in Charleston about II O'Clock on
the morning of the LIST. Several slight
shocks were felt at Summerville during
the night.
AT Central City, Colorado, on the
LIST, Cornelius Mccoy went down the
shaft of the Nugget m,ne to rescue
1 M 4. nu5rfaH ,uhn hn1 hnln nNyarpnInA
by poIsoners gas, and when they were
taken out Mccoy was dead and Quin-
trell was in a dying condition.
The receiver of the Hartford Silk
Company reports its liabilities at $685.
coo, and Its nominal assets at S340, 900.
Samuel Rauck, Il miller of Berks
county, made an assignment on the LIST.
Liabilities, $4,000; assets unknown.
"A fire at Hamilton, Missouri, on
the Both ult., destroyed ten buildings,
mostly wooden and chiefly occupied as
stores. Loss, $4,000.
The candy factory ofReiBhardt &
Newton, in Cincinnati, was damaged
by fire on the I'd to the extent of
$780, 00. Insurance, $40. 900.
The Governor of Dakota has for
hidden the Importation into that Ter
ritory of cattle from Chicago not ac-
companied by a certificate of health
from the Office of the Illinois State
Veterinarian or United States In
spector.
The hog cholera is very prevalent
in Benton county, Indiana. In some
| ;nefaannu anfira ArpUaa nf On IN 1MD
hogs have died.
There we're severe frosts through
out Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee on the LIST, which did great
damage to the tobacco crop.
BY an explosion of powder in a
, store at Bringhurst, Indiana, on the
list, the front of the building was
blown out and one man was killed,
three others being injured, one fatally.
The keeper of the store was pouring
out powder from a large can into the
scales while he held a cigar in his
mouth, and, IN setting down the can,
the cigar was accidently knocked into
the powder.
James Arbunkle, freight Ggsat u
the Reading railroad at Allenwood,
was assaulted and robbed of $500 and
a silver watch and then left for dead
by an unknownsrufian in WIlllamsport
about one O'Clock on the 81. The rob-
Der boarded a train from Milton with
Arbuckle, having invited his victim to
spend the night with him. After be-
! ing beaten in a shocking manner, Ar
buckle was dragged some distance and
hidden in a pile of ending wood. He
recovered consciousness later in the
morning, and there is some hope OF re-
~covery. He was able to give a descrlp-
ton of his assailant.
j. W. Sykes q Co., seed merchants,
of Baltimore, made an assignment on
the %. Their liabilities are about $780,
900 and their assets are believed to be
equal to that sum-. Herman w. Ladd,
manufacturer OF spring beds, mantel
beds, ETC., In Boston, with branches In
New York and Chicago, has made an
assignment.
Otto Bauman, receiving teller Of
the Dime Savings Bank in New York
city, went on his vacation on Septem-
Der 4th. He has not been heard OF
since, but it is ascertained that the
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