The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-02

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Schwenk, a widow, near Little Obey,
Berks county, Penna., was set on fire by
rufians on the 9th, and destroyed. The
inmates barely escaped with their lives;
one of them, John Schwenk, was badly
burned. 1t is stated that recently
Mrs. Schwenk was robbed of $500, and
Is continually harassed by unknown
parties"
The honse of William J.. Room, at
Bear Creek, Arkansas, was struck by
lightning on the 25th. and a boy and a
girl, aged respectively II and 16 years,
were Killed.
"A sever shockxof earthquake was
felt in Charleston, South Carolina, at
8 minutes past one O'Clock on the
afternoon of the 29th. 1t lasted about
one and a half seconds, the movement
being from north to south, land shook
nearly all the houses in the city, the
vibration being very perceptible in
wooden houses" There were three
slight earthquake shakes at Summer
Vile, South Carolina, on the 28th.
1t is reported that "a shock Of
earthquake was plainly felt" in WASH
ington borough, on the Susquehanna
river, in Lancaster county, Penna.,
at q minutes past 7 O'Clock on the
evening of the 9th. Many of the PEG.
pie ran out of their houses.
Three little children playing near
a fallen tree near Andalusia, Alabama,
on the 26tb, were bitten by a rattle
snake which had its den under the
roots OF the tree. When found two Of
the children were dead and the third
died during the night.
j. Utley, a farmer of Ossawatomie
Township, near Paoli, Kansas; was
shot and MORALLY wounded by two
young rufians, in his field, on the even
ing of the 9th, because he refused to tell
them where he kept his money. Utley
is 60 years of age. Thomas Chamber
lain and John Boyer, sons of neighbors,
have been arrested on suspicion. Ga
the 27th, at religious gathering of col
ored people in Little Caney Township,
Kansas, Simon Smith shot Benjamin
Williams and William Andrews, kill
ing Williams instantly, and, it is
thought, mOrtally w%ounding Andrews.
The affair was the result of a misun-
derstanding between Smith and
Andrews, and the shot which killed
Williams was doubtless intended for
andrews.
-Iu Detroit on the 28th, Boda Car
roll, a Western Union linemaD, was
killed by a shock from an electric light
wire which had crossed a wire he was
working with. At the same time
a horse stepped on the wire and was
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killed.
"A freight train on the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie Railroad ran off the
track at Carbon's Station, Ohio, on the
18th, ditching the engine and twenty
cars. Engineer Wesley Stewart had
his right leg smashed, and was hurt
internally. Brakeman Murray was
badly bruised, but the fireman escaped
with a few scratches. The wreck was
caused by a dragging chain catching in
the switch. The road was completely
blocked.
-Pleuro-pneumonia is reported to BE-
"Iaging with Unprecedented violence
among cattle IN Limerick township,
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.
Eighteen cases are reported IN Lime
rick, and there are several IN its neigh
borhood. Pl9uro%' pneumonia has APP
peared In a herd of cattle twenty-five
miles north of Mandan, Dakota. 1t is
said that a car load of cattle arrived
there from Chicago a week ago.
"A great storm has ragged during
the week past in Southeastern Texas.
From the Dist to the 23d instant
twenty-six inches of rain fell at
Brownsville. The wind reached a
velocity of neal , 100 miles an hour.
More than 200 .ouses in Brownsville
were blown down and a large number
were damaged.
The losses from the storm on the
25th, in Michigan are now estimated at
$500, 0C0. Railroads were washed out.
barns and bridges demolished and
buildings damaged. At Carey, light
ming struck a tree, which fell Oh a
house occupied by James Barrows, kill
ing his child and injuring his wife.
The two rear cars of the Rockford
and Rock Falls train on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad. were
thrown from the track on the 18th, by
a broken rail, and turned upside down
at the foot of a ten-foot embankment.
GEo woman was killed. There were
about thirty passengers, nearly all of
whom were more or less hurt.
Warren Potter, colored, II years old,
who was arrested on the charge of at
tempting to wreck a train on the Prov
idence Railroad, near Clarendon sta
ton, has confessed that he was n Of a
party of four boys who placed the OBJ
.struction on the track. lie said they
intended to rob the passengers and then
go West. He refuses to give the names
of his companions.
Troops have been ordered out from
Fort Shaw, Montana, to intercept Crow
Indians from the south. 1t is said thai
the crows surprised a PIegan camp and
stampeded two or three hundred horses.
About the same time d raid was made
OH the Assinaboines from the direction
of Fort Peck, in which two squaws
were killed. The crow and Piegans are
hereditary enemies.