The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-28

who went to Chicago from Sheffield,
Penna., on August 18th, Is missing.
He had $1,000 IN his possession and in
tended to locate in Chicago. He left
his satchel and an unpaid bill at the st.
James Hotel. Detectives are at work
on the case.
Boyd G. Caldwell, cashier Of the
City National Bank of Williamsport,
Penna,, was on the 23d placed in jail in
default of $40, 900 bail, on the charge of
embezzling, classifying the books, etc.
William H. Rutledge, an alleged
professional confidence man, has been
arrested at Cross Keys. Maryland, on
the charge of imp%ersonatIDg a special
examiner of the Pension Bureau, and
thereby defrauding pensioners and ap-
plicants for pensions out Of various
sums of money.
Frank Wood, of Milledgeville, Illi-
nois, on the 23d, placed his arm around
his wife's neck and shot her through
the head. He then sent a bullet through
his own brain, dying instantly. His
wife lived about an hour. Jealousy
was the cause.
james A. McElbiney, 20 years old,
after a day of dissipation, returned to
his home in New York on the 23d, and
cut and beat his mother so that she
will likely die. His only reason for the
dastardly attack was that his mother
demonstrated with him for his idleness
and drunkenness. He hurled a knife
at her which struck her on the fore
head, and then flung a plate which
fractured her skull,
The total loss to Texas, as far as
now known, by the great gulf storm
last week is estimated as follows:
Human lives lost, IS; loss to crops,
81, 000, 900; loss to city and town
property, S3,400, 600; loss to shipping
and harbor improvements, $1,000 600.
"A despatch from Shanopin, Penna.,
says the Marks oil well, after being
drilled twelve feet in the sand, started
to flow at the rate of $500 barrels a day.
| %Shanopin is sixteen miles below Pitts
burg, and this is said to be the largest
we'll ever struck in the vicinity.
The rear coach of a passenger train
on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Railroad jumped the track, lear Lyons,
on the oath, and went down a ten-foot
embankment. 1t was reported that
a Mrs. Lockett. was killed, and about
fifteen others more or less injured. On
the morning of the oath a freight and
passenger train collided on the Michi-
gan Central Railroad, six miles west of
Battle Creek. Two porters were badly
injured and a number of cars de-
stroyed. Defective air brakes caused
the accident. AS a New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio Railroad train was
running fifty miles al hour near Hiram
station, Ohio, on the oath. the locomo-
tive jumped the track and plunged
down the embankment. The coupling
broke, and the remainder of the train
kept the track. Engineer Richard
Shane and his fireman escaped with
few bruises.
"A despatch from San Antonio,
Texas, says about five O'Clock on the
evening OF the oath a funnel shaped
cloud made its appearance in the north
west and in a few seconds swept dag
onally across the city. The storm
lasted about fifty minutes and was
accompanied 10y heavy hail the size of
marbles. Among the buildings dam
aged were Adams boarding house,
Reaver's livery stables, Southern Hotel
and the police headquarters, which had
the roof torn off.
The recent storm proved very
destructive to small villages of the
Texas coast, and it will doubtless
be months before the full list Of casual
ties are known. Sloop Katie G.. went
to pieces off Pelican Island. The crew
were saved. Lying near her, bottom
up, is the sloop Elisa. Her crew of
two men are supposed to be drowned.
An unknown vessel is reported bottom
up at Red Fish Bar. The schooner
Lottle Mayo Is reported ashore
near Indianola. All hands are sup
posed to have been lost. The schooner
Lake Austin is near her, but the crew
of the latter we've saved. All the
small craft IN the bay from the Shoai
| to Edwards Point are reported to have
been lost. The village OF QuiDlana, at
the mouth of the BrazOs river, wa
| entirely swept away, and the s%chooners
| Rosa Lee and Nettie were driven
ashore. No lives were lost so far as is
known. IndianOla is a complete wreck.
not more than three OF four houses
having escaped destruction. Beattie
Meade, a negro woman, and two chill
dren, were drowned. Nearly all the
sheep and cattle on the island were
| drowned, and the remainder will prob
| ably perish for want of food. Orders
have been issued to remove the office of
| the collector OF customs of the Saluria
District from Indianola to Victoria,
and the transfer will be made immedi-
ately.
Frank Rinehart, AZ years old, was
run over and killed on the oath, while
shifting cars on the Eckhard Railroad,
in Cumberland, Maryland. A despatcl
from Charleston, South Carolina, say
E. L. Ludekens, OF Aiken, and E. I.
Shaw, of Charleston, were drown9l
while bathing at Sullivan's Islaad OIL
the oath.
The acting Comptroller of the Car
rency on the oath, authorized the Ma
tional Bank of Rogers Ford, Penna.,
to begin business, with a capital OF
800 900.