The Penn's Grove record., 1886-10-23
NEWS OFTHE WEEK

THE jury In the case of Titus. at
Bslyidere, New Jersey, on the 10Th,
rendered a verdict of murder IN the
first degree. The defendant counsel
took exceptions, and was allowed a
writ of error to the Supreme Court.
The case will be reviewed at the No
vember term.
Matt Washington, colored, was
taken from the Jail at Dyersburg, Ten
nessee, on the night of the 18th. and
lynched by a mob. He had assaulted
a woman and confessed his crime. He
also confessed that he had committed
three other felonious assaults.
The report of the assassination of
ex-President Gonzales is contradicted
by a telegram from the City Of Mexico.
The Windsor Hotel at Roselle,
New Jersey, was burned on the morn
ing Of the 18th, and Johanna Sullivan,
a laundress, persisted in the flames.
The loss on property is S24, 600; insur-
ance, $15, 600. The south wing of the
German Orphans Asylum at Indian
apolis, was damaged by fire on the 10th,
and Albert Voight, aged 8 years, was
suffocated. The saw mill of James
Canmoe, at Port Arthur, Manitoba,
was burned on the 14th. Loss, $780,
600. Two large barns near Burson-
vile, Bucks county, Penna., owned
respectively by Aaron Deemer and
James Lacy, were burned on the 14th.
Incendiarism is suspected. The loss is
estimated at Oyer $40. 600
The safe IN the depot Of the Old
Colony Railroad, at South Framing
ham, Massachusetts, was robbed OF
5000 ON the night of the 14th.
j. Z. J. Bradley, ex-manager of
the Pullman Palace Sleeping Car COM
pany, who disappeared last July after,
it is said, embezzling S35, 900, was cap
tured on the 18th, at Rock River, near
Cleveland, Ohio.
"A slight earthquake shock which
ratified windows, was felt at Charles
ton and Summerville shortly after four
O'Clock on the morning of the 10th.
The shock was felt at Columbia, Win
nsboro and other places.
AT Pine Bluff, Arkansas. on the
10th, a shooting ARRAY occurred Ill a
gambling saloon, in which four mel
were wounded, one mortally. h. l..
Rowell was killed on the 10th by his
brother, E. J. Rowell, in Barnwell
South Carolina. They were about to
go a fishing together, but got in a
quarrel. During a political discussion
in Baltimore, on the 18th, John Cur
ran and John Burke. Jr., came to
blows. During the fight James Ken
nedy struck Curran on the head with a
car coupling, knocking him senseless.
Burke then got a coupling pm and
the two beat the insenslDle man to
DEATH" Henry Zlegler shot and dang
erously wounded his wife, and then
killed himself, in a hotel in Indianapo-
lis OH the 18th. They have been
married two years and had separated,
but were recently reconciled.
The wind blew with great violence
on the Hudson river on the 10th,
Steamboats, aud lows were all delayed,
and sailing craft ran before the wind
with bare poles. The first snow of the
season fell at Concord, New Hamp-
shire, on the 10th. The mountains
in the vicinity were covered. Snow
fell thIckly the same morning IN por-
lions Of the Catskill Mountains. An
inch to an inch and a quarter of snow
fell IN portions of Rockland county,
New York, ON the afternoon of the
10Th. A shower Of rain, of several
minutes duration, fell from a perfectly
clear sky at Rhinebeck, New York, Oh
the afternoon of the 18th.
The Enterprise Planning Mill and
two small dwellings, in Pittsburg, were
burned on the 10th. Loss, $3.50
covered by insurance.
There was a sharp earthquake
shock at Summervllle, South Carolina,
at 8 O'Clock on the evening of the 10Th.
No damage was done.
The schooner Emeline, with a cap
tain and crew of SIX men, was lost In
Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland on the
night of the 10Th.
The latest reports from SABINE
Pass, Texas, are that 127 persons are
missing and supposed to be lost. Only
% bodies have been recovered. The
number of lives lost at Johnson's Bayou
Louisiana, during the storm on the 18th
is now reported at So. Forty OF the
bodies have been recovered. Johnson's
Bayou is in Cameron Parish, six miles
east of Sabine Pass. Captain Bailey,
a bar pilot at Port Eads, Louisiana,
reports that ''there were 26 lives lost
during the recent storm OF the bayous
leading from the Gulf in the direction
of and back of the quarantine station
Private advices received in San
Francisco report the cholera still raw
aging Corea. In Seoul. a city of 200,
600 inhabitants, the death rate has
reached the frightful average OF 1000
per day. The task of attempting to
bury the dead has been abandoned.
There were two deaths from malig-
nant fever at Biloxi and one at Missis'
sippi City ON the 10th. One of the VIC
tins was the wife of a physician who
treated the fever cases at Biloxi IN
August last.
The propeller John PTidgeon was
seized by the United States Marshal at
Chicago on the 18th, and libelled fol-
sos, 900, the value Of the Selah Cham
berlain, run into and sunk by the Prld-
geon on the evening OF the 18th.
The steamer Black Diamond blew
out her steam chest packing at Isbell.
Missouri, about two O'Clock on the
morning of the 18th. Three colored
roustabouts, becoming panic stricken,
jumped overheard and were drowned.
James Oscar Ward, of Cornwall, New
York, ons of the well-known family Of
oarsmen and watermen, fell from q
dock In the North river, at New York,
on the 10th, and vas drowned. His
head struck against the side of
schooner as he fell overheard. He was
60 years of age.
Henry Souder, "a years of age, was
found shot dead in his room, in Toledo.
Ohio, on the 18th. Henry Buschecker,
roommate of the murdered man, was
at once arrested, and on examining
his trunk a revolver with one of the
chambers empty vas found. Nc
cause can be assigned for the deed
as the men were ''the best of friends.
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