The Penn's Grove record., 1886-09-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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Two Union Pacific trains collided
at Gilmore, Nebraska, on the 10th, and
both engines and several freight cars
were demolished. E. NJ. Jones, fire.
man, was killed, and Engineer Medley
had an arm broken. Engineer Bolton,
''who overlooked his orders,'' was ar
rested. An express train from Gin
cinnati ran into a freight tram near
Columbus, Ohio, on the 10th. There
was a terrible wreck of cars and en-
gInes, but no lives were lost. An
engineer named Pratt was badly in
iured, and a number of passengers
were Severely shaken up. A freight
train on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road struck a horse OF the bridge at
Independence, Ohio, on the 10th. The
shock broke the bridge in two, and the
locomotive fell into the creek below.
The engineer was killed and the fire.
man injured.
Rev. Jesse Cook, colored, was
hanged on the 18th In Butler, Georgia,
for wife murder. The hanging was
witnessed by 5000 people. He made a
full confession.
The total vote of Arkansas in the
recent election was $4,000. and the
Democratic majority. $4,000. The
Legislature stands: House, Democrats,
81; Republicans and "Wheelers." %;
Senate, 81 Democrats, 5 Republicans
and "Wheelers."
Henry Rogers, keeper of the toll
gate at Saratoga Lake, was acciden-
tally shot dead on the 18th by a boy
named William 3. Petit, who was
loading a shotgun.
"A terrific wind storm visited Jo-
.liet. Illinois, on the evening of the
18th. A grain elevator, a pump fac
tory and ten or twelve frame build
ings were demolished. and a man and
a woman were severely injured in the
ruins of their dwellings. The hurrl-
cane which swept ove southwestern
Michigan on the evening of the 10th
was the severest ever known in that
State. The principal damage done was
in Leuwanee, Clinton. Livingston and
Wayne counties, but great damage was
done elsewhere. At Brighton barns
were demolished, orchards and crops
ruined, and a new church blown from
its foundations. In Victor township,
Clinton county, houses and barns were
wrecked and the hay scattered broad
cast. At Howell several buildings
were literally torn to pieces and many
badly damaged. The southwestern
part of the town is mostly In ruins.
There was a violent storm at New
port, New Hampshire, on the after
noon of the 18th. A barn and a shed
were demolished at Pike Hill, and the
roar of tile wind could be heard for
several miles.
"A despatch from Eagle Pass,
Texas. says that a valuable deposit of
bituminous coal has been discovered at
the depth of ninety feet on land re-
Gently bought by the Southern Pacific
Company from General Naranjo, on
the west side of the Sabinas River.
The vein is SIX feet ten inches thick.
communications in Charleston,
South Carolina, are now pretty well re-
stored, the telegraph lines are in opera
tion and the telephone exchange is
working nearly everywhere. There was
a heavy rain on the 10Th which damaged
the contents of exposed dwellings
and made the remaining campers out
very uncomfortable. II is SAID that every
person needing food and shelter was
provided for during the week. The
mother of Mayor Courtenay, aged 81,
died on the 10Th.
In a collision between two teams
at Hebron, Lebanon county. Penna.,
on the 18th, Kate Slime and Maggie
Arnold were fatally injured. Daniel
Light, John Lehman and Mary Schaef-
fer received dangerous injuries.
a telegram from heading says that
on the 18th, DR.. Bridge, Assistant
State Veterinarian, and Thomas j. Edge,
Secretary of the State Board Of Agri-
culture, visited the districts in Berks
county where pleuro-pneumonia existed.
They '.found that the disease was
being stamped out; that the cattle in
oculated were progressing finely, and
that 10 more additional animals were
afflicted. 1t is now believed that no
more pleuro-pneumonia exists within
the confines of the State of Pennsylva-
MAJ
When William II. Hubbell returned
to his home in Brooklyn from his place
of business on the 18Th he found
his house locked up and forced an
entrance. He found that his wife,
Annie, 35 years old, had drowned her
little six-year-old daughter, Ethel, In a
bath tub, and then hanged herself to
the bathroom door. He said his wife
never showed any symptoms of lnsan-
.Ity. Tony Guiglioto was killed by
Nicholas Angell and Frederick Stefln
in a quarrel over a small sun of money
at Lignier. Penna., on the 18th. 1t Is
believed Gulglioto's parents reside in
Philadelphia.
Richmond J. Lane, ex-President of
the Abingdon National Bank, was in
dicted for enlightenment by the U. 5.
Grand Jury, in Boston, on the 18th.
He is charged with the theft of S79.4l6.
An examination of the books of
the late Board of Public Works in Cn-
cinnati has resulted in the arrest OF
George Setter, who was Assistant Sec
rotary of the Board and holds the same