The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK

NEWS OF LIE
james MadIgan, Il teamster, fell
from the roof Of a house In Madison
street, New York on the 18th, and was
so badly injured that he died soon after.
In falling he struck Thomas Donovan,
II years of age, who was passing along
the street. The boys right leg was
broken, and lie was so badly injured
that his recovery is doubtful.
Forty persons were made violently
sick in the Coulter House at Long
Branch on the 18th, and their sickness
is attributed to milk poisoning"
"A. G. S5edgwick, of New York,
goes to Mexico on a special mission, by
request of Secretary Bayard, to secure
for the State Department further IN
formation regarding the facts and legal
features of the Cutting case. No fur
Their steps are contemplated by the de-
partment until he shall have made his
report.
Annie Curston, IS years old, drown
ed herself in a pond in GreenVllle
county, South Carolina, OF the 18th.
She told her sisters when she left home
that she was going to get married.
While drunk on the 14th, In Grand
Rapids, Michigan, John Boyd stole a
revolver, went to the house OF william
b. johnson, . prominent citizen, called
him to the door, and shot him through
the heart. After the shooting BOYD
walked down the street Dragging OF
what he had done. He also attempted
to shoot two other citizens before he
was arrested.
"A freight and construction train,
| on the Long Island Railroad, collided,
at Wood Haven, Long Island, on the
18th, owing to an open switch. George
Hatford, Il brakeman, was killed, and
| engineer Wilshusen and fireman Seward
| seriously injured. A freight train on
the Pittsburg, Wheeling and Kentucky
Railroad was thrown from the track.
on the 18th, by a washout, near Wheel
ing, West Virginia. The engineer was
badly scalded. Some of the cars were
loaded with flour, which will be almost
a total loss.
"A despatch from Reading, Penna.,
says the cloud-burst and storm on the
18th was unprecedented. The streets
of Hamburg presented the appearance
of rivers. Hundreds of cellars were
flooded, and wagons and agricultural
implements were washed from farm
Yards into the ScHuylkill river and car
ried away. The West Hamburg rolling
mill and Tobias brickyard was washed
out by the stream. compelling the en-
ployes to flee for their lives. The en-
bankment along the Reading Railroad
was washed away, leaving the rods and
stills hanging in the air. Cornlields
were washed away, leaving not a YES
tige of the crops, and tobacco fields
were riddled. The fruit crops are a
total loss. Three barns valued at Sl2,-
600, were struck by lightning and de
stroyed together with several animals,
and the roofs OF three churches III the
western section of BeTks county were
partially blown off. During a thunder
storm in jefferson county, New York,
on the 18th, six barns were struck by
lightning and burned. The loss is es-
timated at about $4,000.
"A boiler in the carpenter shop of
| periner d Webster, in Ashland, WIS
| eonsin. burst on the 10th. Five per-
sons were killed and two wounded.
There was a lack of water i'll the boiler.
The forest fires in Wisconsin COZ
tinue and the Superior region is repor-
ted ''well burnt over" Fresh fires are
raging along the Upper Chippewa.
Around Green Bay the damage is heavy
but the greatest loss is in the Oconto
district. The village of Deperetoo, a
few miles south of Fort Howard, has
suffered greatly. On the 9th a contla-
grafton broke out there which destroyed
! 81 buildings, including a church and
several stores.
George and John Bush, brothers,
started from Meade county. Kentucky,
on the 25th ultimo, with their families,
IN a small boat of their own cOnstrac-
ton, in order to go further West and
better their condition, After reaching
the Ohio river all the occupants of the
boat, 10 in number, including their
wives and children, were stricken L
by one with malarial fever, and IN a
few days, George Bush's wife, aged 81
wears, died OF the disease. The boat,
after losing its covering in a storm,
drifted into Evansville, Indiana, where
1t was reported to the authorities, and
the SICK survivors were taken of n
sent to the hospital.
Nellie Barry was drowned in Carga-
mond lake, Connecticut, on the 14th.
The boat she was in capsized. John
| Donovan, to whom she was to have
been married, has lost his reason as a
consequence OF the sad affair. 1t is
now reported from Fortress Monroe
that three sailors of the training ship
Constellation-Emil Olsen, Peter Lar
sen and n. Doland-were drowned on
] August 81 while endeavorlng to recover
| the remains of Cadet Schley.
The August crop report, for the
| State of Michigan, indicates a probable
yield of nearly $4,000, 900 bushels of
| wheat, OF 1903 bushels in excess OF
| the July estimate. Corn promises nearly
| so per cent. of average crop. Potatoes
promise two-thirds of an average yield,
on an acreage seven per cent. below an
average.
General Christopher G. Augur, on
the retired list of the army, was shot
and wounded four times in front of his
residence in Washington, by a colcred
rough name VIM. Pope, on the 10Th.