The Penn's Grove record., 1886-06-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

during the first ten months OF the fiscal
year ending June Both, 1886, amounted
to sos, 1903, G66, being an increase of
IS. 135. 1913 over the receipts during the
corresponding period of the last fiscal
year. There was an increase of S733,-
100 on spirits, an increase Of 81, 1882, 272
| on tobacco, an increase of 81, 126,4 25
on fermented liquors. The only decrease
was SOC, 095 on miscellaneous items.
The receipts for April, 1886, were S176,-
042 greater than those for april, 1885.
The Treasury Department is inves-
tigating a charge that whisky is being
struggled into Alaska in large quanti-
ties, and that many well known resi-
dents of the Territory are secretly en-
gagged in the business.
The Mayors office at Gallipolis,
OHIO, was robbed on the 18th ult., of
city records which could be used in
evidence against former members of
Council who were recently indicted for
obtaining city funds contrary to law.
William Bryson, horse thief, was
lynched by avengers" nea Ink
Rancho, Kansas, a few days ago.
j. Hartz and NJ. Fogarty were
drowned in the canal at Collins, near
Lancaster, Penna., on the 28th ult.
Rev. T. Jerome, his two sons and
daughter, and a young man named
DAVIS, were drowned on the 18th ult.
while on a fishing excursion near Wolf
borough, New Hampshire. Their
bodies were recovered.
"A fire in the business portion
of McGregor, Iowa, IN the 9th ult.,
caused a loss estimated at sos, 600,
on which the insurance is only $1S 5000.
DIR. r. w. Pease, a well-known
surgeon, died suddenly In Syracuse,
New York. on the 2Sth. John r.
Bartlett, ex-Secretary of State OF Rhode
Island, died on the 2Sth in Provi-
dence. He was one of the United
States Commissioners to fix the bound
airy line between the United States and
Mexico.
AT Beloit, Wisconsin, on the 26th,
a Salvation Army Corps was holding a
injecting at a street corner, when the
Mayor, who had previously forbidden
the beating OF the Salvation drums,
finding they did not heed the order,
directed them to close their exercises
and return to their barracks at once.
Immediately a riot took place. "A
great crowd rushed upon the Saliva.
vationists, a humber of whom we're
women. The drums and musical in
struments of the Army were demo.
l1shed, and citizens were pushed down
and trampled upon. Some of the Sal
~vatlonists were trampled upon, and
the Captain was hurried to Jail to save
him from violence"
Full returns Of the election in
Richmond, Virginia, show that Lee,
| Democrat, for City Sergeant, was
defeated by Smith. Independent, by a
majority of over 1900. The Board
of Aldermen stands 9 Democrats and
8 Independents; Common Council,
8 Democrats and 81 Independents,
making I'm Independent majority of IL
on joint ballot.
1.-TWO railroad contractors named
Maloney were killed and another nam
ed Foley was MORALLY injured by the
premature explosion of a blast IN the
Midland Railroad in Colorado ON the
2Sth ult.
The "Red Men," d gang of rufIlans
in West. Virginia, Two or three-nights
ago took MI. and Mrs. George Keck
from their house in Richie county,
tied them to trees In the adjacent
woods, and beat them savagely with
hickory withes. They then burned
Keck's house and left. Twelve of the
~rutians have been arrested, and a
rants are out for the others.
"A locomotive on the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad exploded neal Wildwood,
On the Goth ult., injurylng three tram
hands. one mOrtally. A passenger train
from New Orleans, on the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, was thrown
from the track, near McDonald's Sta
ton, Alabama, on the 2Sth ult.. by the
spreading Of the rails. The engine and
cars were badly damaged, and two train
hands and two passengers received Sc
we're injuries.
Antonio Nardello was hanged ON
the 2Sth in Washington for the muir
der of Carmine Rotunno, committed
last July. The motive Of the crime
was robbery.
A severe storm of hail, rain and
lightning visited Rutland, Vermont,
and the surrounding country OF the
30th ult. Some of the hailstones were
three inches in diameter. Much dam.
age was done by the bursting Of a
sewer. Several persons were stunned
by the lightning. A heavy rain and
wind storm passed over Fort Keogh,
Montana, on the 10th ult., doing much
damage.
ga passenger train on the Midland
Railroad, of Iowa, ran into three
drunken young men near Goose Lake
on the Both ult. One of the men was
killed, another so badly injured that he
died O after, and the third escaped
with slight bruises.
Major II. c. Russell. a notorious
gambler, was found dead IN his room
in Indianapolis, on the Both ult.
having committed suicide by taking
morphine and chloroform. He left a
note to his wife, from whom he had
separated, saying that "he was In
debt, and life was not worth living"
Russell bad much literary talent, and
under the nom dc plume of 'fOld Time
Rocks" wrote sketches and poems
eyincing more than average ability.
John X. Boas, lumber dealer, of
Reading, Penna., made an assignment
on the Both ult. His assets are re-
ported at $4,000; liabilities not givens
Lightning struck the steeple of the
First Presbyterian Church, in Camden.
N. j., on the 3lst ult., and slightly
damaged one of the copper rods at the
top and stunned two men who were
near by.
George ii. Leonard, an attorney of
Chicago, disappeared a short time ago,
and his relatives said he wa insane.
1t turns out that he has swindled
a number of persons out of sums aggre-
eating about 100000, and the belief IS
general that he has betaken himself to
Canada.
A telegram from Durango. Col
orado oava Tho Tito Indiana bought