The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-16

the 10th in search of the disabled ves-
sci, missed her, ard the Anchoria had
sailed TO within three miles of the port
when she was met and towed in by a
harbor tug. All on board were well.
The Anchoria broke her propeller shaft
in a heavy sea on the 22d ult., when
about 1900 miles west Of the Irish
coast.
"A severe storm ragged along the
Gulf coast ON Monday night the 18th
and the 18th. Near New Orleans the
lake and shell roads were submerged,
and Mieneburg and Spanish Fort
flooded. The people at Shell Beach
left for New Orleans on the 18th. The
marshes in the rear of the city were
overlooked and the canals filled. Tele-
graph and telephone wires were levelled,
and travel on the Louisville aud Nash
vile Railroad was interrupted by wash
outs. The wind velocity was nearly
40 miles per hour. AT Mobile the tide
rose higher than ever before known.
The telegraph Office at Fort Morgan, at
the entrance to the bay, was flooded,
and the operator had to swim ashore.
The storm reached Galveston on the
18th, and at s p N. a furious gale was
blowing from the north. The tide on
the gulf side of the island has been very
high since the 9th, and IN the 18th, the
waves propelled by the West India hur-
ricane ''washed along the streets for
five squares right in the teeth of the
gale from the north" On the bay side
of the city much damage to property
was feared, especially the shipping, as
the vessels were pounding against the
wharves.
Need, the Chicago defaulter, is
reported to be in Montreal, and to
have engaged eminent COUNSEL of
that city ito defend him there, If nee.
essary." Assistant Postmaster Bur-
rage, of Troy, New York, has disap.
peared, together with a post-ofiice re-
ceipt for $500. An examination of
his accounts IS IN progress. He Is said
to have ~speculated i'll stocks. Charles
Whittier, a lawyer of Boston, was ar
ralgned on the 18th on an indictment
charging him with the embezzlement
of about 500, 600 from Harriet ID.
Reid, a client. He pleaded not guilty,
and in default of $4,000 bail was re-
manded to Jail.
Nathaniel &. Barr. Of Hamburg,
Berks county, Penna., recently failed
for nearly $50, 900. He was treasurer
of the Hamburg Building Association,
and a telegram from Reading says it
was discovered on the 18th that he was
short in his accounts with the associa-
ton nearly $4,000. A committee of
stockholders has been appointed to
either collect the amount or institute
criminal proceedings.
"A telegram from Shenandoah,
Penna., says that town and the whole
Mahanoy Valley is threatened with a
water famine. Only one shower of
rain has fallen in nine weeks, and the
streams in the valley are almost wholly
dried up. The water supply at the
collleries is exhausted, and unless rain
shall come within the next few days
most of the collieries not supplied from
the Girard dam will be compelled
to suspend operations. The town sup
ply is also running short, and the pros
pect Of an entire exhaustion of the sup
ply is causing great alarm among the
people.
-While firing a salute in honor of
the arrival of Surgeon General Gun
nell, at the Naval Academy on the
18th, the breach plug Of a rifle gun
blew out and struck the arm of Chief
lGunner's Mate Henry Linn, and shat
tered it so badly that 1t had to be am
putated.
Destructive prairie fires are re-
ported IN Mcintosh County, Dakota
Many families have lost everything
they possessed, their hay, grain AMI
dwellings, having been consumed. THE
county beyond th5 Cotteaus is a black
ened waste for miles in all directions"
A fire at Cincinnati on the llth de.
stroyed F. II. Loghead q Co IS plan
ing mill. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
S2G, 900. An adjoining stone ward and
ifice, and a box factory were damaged
to the extent of $40 600.
Inc chatter election in Newark,
/ New Jersey, was held on the 18th.
The Republicans carried the city by
| 2000 majority and elected 10 out of 10
Aldermen. The next CITY Council
will stand 10 Republicans to II Demo-
Gratis. 1.-The labor vote was shown in
| Oll1 lNO OuJ VI LuC hANOIu hdANos ailA
the Prohibition vote in only one."
in Montreal on the night of the
l1.h burglars entered the house of Mrs.
| Lawlor, a wealthy widow, chloro'
! formed the inmates, and carried off all
the silyerware and jewelry in the
house. valued at $1,000. Mrs. Lawlor
is now dangerously i'll from the result
OF the drug, waile one OF the daughters
has been in a semi unconscious state
since.
E. f. ScoyilIe, a prosperous BUSH
ness man of Washington, North Caro-
lima, committed suicide on the 18th,
because of the recent death of his wife.
Congressman Knute Nelson was
nearly drowned in Lake Victoria, Min
nesota. on the evening of the 18th by
the upsetting of a boat. lie was in
the water nearly an hour, and re-
manned unconscious for some time
after being rescued. On the morning
Of the 18th he revived, and is now
able TO walk about