The Penn's Grove record., 1886-05-29
NEWS OF THE EEn

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years, wife of Ex-Governor Pendleton,
OF Ohio, and present Minister to Ber-
lin. was thrown from her carriage
while driving IN Central Park. New
York, on the goth, The result was
compound fracture of the skull and
conclusion of the BRAN, from which
she died ten minutes after the accident.
james Whitney. a street-car driver,
was shot dead while turning his car
at a street corner in Denver OF the
18th, The murderer is unknown. 1t
is thought robbery vas the object,
"lial." Geiger, a notorious colored
politician, was shot dead by o. ID.
Cannon, Prosecuting Attorney, in the
Mayors Court at Hearne, Texas, on
the 18th. Geiger interrupted the pro-
ceedings in a case, applied insulting
language to the Prosecuting Attorney
and advanced towards him threat.
ingly. Cannon thereupon drew a re-
volyer and fired five shots in rapid
succession INTO Gelger, each shot TAX
ing effect. At Salt Lake City on the
18th, John A. Flowers shot his wife
and mo~ther.in-law, Mrs. Decker, an
in an attempt to shoot his brother-in-
law, Lester Decker, killed himself.
Flowers and his wife had been sepa-
rated, and he called at her mothers
to induce her to return to him.
Julius Frankel, 30 years of age
was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday,
charged with forgery. On searching
his rooms the police found bonds, mort
cages and stocks amounting to half a
million dollars, which lie claims are all
Iegimate lrcpeTty. The case will be
in gestigated.
All the saloon keepers and drug
gists in Marshall, Illinois, have been
indicted either for selling liquor with
out a license or selling to minors.
The Grand Jury at Chicago on
the 2lst returned Indictments for
conspiracy to murder and melting to
riot against August Spies, Samuel
Fielding and A. r. Parsons, the An
archists. These were the speakers at
the. ~lIaymarket meeting, which pre-
coded the bomb throwing and riot on
May A.. Investigation as to the others
accused of completely in the crime has
not yet been completed.
In Springfield, Massachusetts,, on
the 2lst, a. j. Wiggin, aged. 30 years,
Shot and dangerously wounded his
wife, aged %, and then committed
suicide. The tragedy took place on
the street The couple had been sepa-
rated.
Peter Louis Otto, wife murderer
was hanged on the 21st at Buffalo.
Lee Barnes was hanged on the Dist
at Dover, Arkansas, for a murder COM
mitted in November, 1885.
During a match game of lacrosse
between Han ward College and Stevens
Institute, at Jersey City. on the Goth
a thief entered the dressing room and
stole all the watches. jewelry and
money of the Harvard players.
"A well-dressed young man, about
% years of age, who had gwen lis
name as James Mullauky, from Cleve-
land, Ohio, committed suicide IN a
lodging house in Chicago, on the 10th.
lie had taken sulphuric acid. lie held
clutchel in his right hand a photograph
of a young woman, and two other pho
tographs Of young women were found,
one under his pillow, the other on the
floor.
The body of a little girl was found
in the debris of the storm at Xenia,
Ohio, on the Goth, making twenty-nine
recovered. No more are missing.
In Lawrence county, Arkansas, Il
few DAYS ago, a woman 'of high social
standing whose name is not given, re-
ported that her seven-year-old stepsOn
mad fallen into the well. a neighbor
soon rescued the little fellow, who was
in a DYING condition. lie lived, how
ever, long enough to tell that the wo-
man had beaten him nearly to death
and thrown him INTO the well.
Samuel Johnson, mis- wife and
daughter, William Hall and two color
ed men, left Knoxville, Tennessee on
the 21st for Lenoirs, on a boat loaded
with grain and produce. The current
was swift and the boat was upset strik-
ing a rock. All IN board, except john
son were dlowned.
Heavy freshets are reported in the
upper counties of South Carolina. The
Pedee river is IS feet above low water
mark and Using. All the crops along
the river are a total loss. Much dam
g has been done to the crops and
railroads in other sections.
Eight inches of rain fell at Char
lotte, North Carolina, on the 18th, and
great damage has been done to the
railroads and farming interests IN that
section.
"A telegram from Winthrop. Maine,
reports that ''the worst gale for years.
passed over that place on the goth. 1t
was from northwest to southeast, was
accompanied by terrific hail, and did
great damage.
"A telegram from Tombstone, Arr
n says that Captain Lawton's con-
mand, who are now pursuing the In-
dians. have found and buried the
bodies of six Mexicans and n Ameri-
can on the trail taken by the fleeing
Apaches in sonora.
Henry Benderand Truman Ormsbee
met and quarrelled in IA house of i'll
fame in Harrisburg, on the 23d Both
were drunk, and, after leaving the den,
they again met at tie Cumberland VAL
ley Railroad depot. Here the light was
renewed, and the couple rolled on the
railroad tracks where they were struck
10y a shifting engine. Both were Sc
verely injured, Bender, perhaps, fatally.
Ormsbee Is said to be a resident of
Philadelphia. James Rowell shot and
killed Georg Metcalf iii a street quar-
rel at Houston, Texas. on the 221.
John Robinson. 20 years of age,
an English swimmer, on the 23l, swan
tbs Hudson river, from Nyack TO Tar.
ryt0wn, about three miles. in n hour
and thiIty-six inmates. He swan
against ume, $500, 1t is said, having
been staked on u limit Of ole hour aud
forty-llvr minutes.
The Mail printing office, ut Toron-
to, was damaged 10y fire on the 22d
TO the extent of about $50, 900.
The fire started on the first floor, oc-
empied by Alexander 81 Cable, litho-
graphers, and spread to the Mail edi-
torial and composing rooms. Thomas