The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14
NEWS OF THE WEE

i lllobuAks Ol lAO Obhy OhAlNA AACI9 :
aged % years, and Joseph Armstrong,
aged rs years, were struck by an ac-
commodation train. Kelly was killed
and Armstrong mortally injured.
Two freight trains ON the Chesa-
peak and Ohio Railroad collided on the
18th near Limestone, Kentucky. -Four
trainmen were killed and three severely
injured. A boiler in the Allegheny
Wagon Works at Pittsburg exploded
ON the 18th, wrecking the building and
demolishing two small dwellings in the
rear. A number of persons were
struck by flying bricks, and three were
seriously injured. Josiah Richards, aged
Al years, and Griffith r. Thomas, aged.
II years, were killed by a fall of rock
and coal in the Boston Mine, at Ply
mouth, Penna., on the 7th. A similar
accident occurred in a shaft of the
Susquehanna Coal Company. at Nam
ticoke, on the 7th, a Hungarian being
killed. Patrick Gallagher was killed
and three other men were dangerously
injured by the caving IN of an en-
bankment at Valley Falls, Rhode
Island on the 18th.
in Noble county, Ohio, on the It'll,
John Rogers, aged % years, being
drunk, began to abuse his wife. His
father, Thomas Rogers, interfered,
when the young ruf1an drew a knife
and stabbed his father to the heart,
killing him instantly. Captain Wallace
w. Hall, an ex-Goyernment detective,
was shot dead at his home in Chicago,
on the 7th. His wife says ''the shot
was accidentally fred from his own re-
yolver while they were engaged in a
struggle for It's possession As they had
quarreled frequently, she was placed
under arrest. Edward Bundy, colored,
was hanged at Spartanburg, South
Carolina, on the 9th, for the murder OF.
Annie Hickman, committed in March,
1885.
"A telegram from Laredo, Texas,
says that four hundred Mexican troops
arrived in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on
the 9th. "They are principally infantry
and artillery, and brought tw nnon
with them. They have p cd the
cannon so as to command ] >rt McIn-
tosh, on the Texas side oil the Rio
Grand, and have been noticed taking
observations from their position all
day." 1t is also said that ''parts of
two regiments of Mexican troops have
been sent from Saltillo and Monterey
to PiedraS Negras, and that other
forces have even been ordered from
interior States to varions posts OF the
eastern frontier"
The Commonwealth has begun suit
at Harrisburg, Pa, against Samuel Ship
mant, late Register of Wills of North
cumberland county, for $6,067.27 taxes,
alleged to be due the State and collected
in 1879 by the defendant. Suits have
also been entered against the bondsmen
of Register Shlpman for the same
amount. The Commonwealth has also
entered suit to recover $18QS. 81 from
James II. Monroe, late Treasurer of
Armstrong county, alleged to have
been collected by him in 1878.
The trial of Editor Cutting, in
Paso del Norte, Mexico. resulted on
the 7th in his sentence to n years
Imprisonment at hard labor and pay
ment of a fine of 5000. Should he be
unable to pay the fine he must serve
one hundred days longer. Medina,
whom Cutting libelled, has leave to
bring a civil suit for damages.
By direction of the President the
Wal Department on the 7th issued an
retired list of the army.
The session of Congress was ad-
Ijourned on the 9TH at e. =, both
Houses having adopted a concurrent
resolution to that effect, and all the
important measures which were sent TO
the president during the last two days
having been signed by b n. Before
a%djourning the House passed the Sem
ate bill accepting the gift of the relics
of General Grant. The House was de-
clartd adjourned sine die by the
Speaker without any preliminary re-
marks. In declaring the Senate adj
Ijourned its presiding officer made a few
remarks. in the course Of which he
said: This session has been distin.
Iguished by the great number and vari-
ETY. of subjects which have been consid-
cred, and by the marked absence of
political controversies. The varied
needs and aims of a rapidly growing
country have occupied more of the
time of The Senate. a short recess
will enable you to greet your constitu-
ents, and l hope and trust that each of
you will return next December with
renewed health and strength to your
important duties"
1t Is stated at the Post-oflce De-
par;ment that, at 26 of the leading
p~ost-onces, the sale of stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards for the
month of July last amounted toSl, 1885,
sos, as against 81, 099, 536 for July of
last year. The largest percentage of in
crease was at Baltimore, "a per cent
Only three offices out of the 20 show a
decrease.
The will Of Samuel j. Tilden was
read on the 9th at Greystone. 1t has
not yet been probated. After making
requests to all his relatives, in the
order of their c~onsanguinity, he pro-
vides for the establishing of free libra
ries in New Lebanon and YonRers,
land if in the discretion of the trus-
tees they choose to establish a free Ii
brary in New York City they may do
so, and If not they are at liberty TO use
the funds that a free library would
cost in the promotion of any charit-
able or educational cause" The exec
utors and trustees are John Bigelow,
Andrew II. Green and George w.
smith, and a great deal is left to their
discretion. Mr., Bjgelow says the ac-
tual value of the estate Is about So
lO00, 900, of this an amount not exceed
ing one-third IS consumed in legacies
and incomes to the relatives of de-
ceased.
Forest fires are raging in Marathon
and Clark counties, Wisconsin, doing
great damage. The greater portion Of
the village of Spencer was destroyed on
the Sth, and the loss is estimated at
nearly S400, 600. The village Of Colby
and Marshleld were ''scorched, !" $780,
900 feet of chair stock in the latter
place having been consumed. Cattle
and hogs have persisted in large num-
bers. On the 9th the city of Marquette
WAS TapOrfad IN danger. one building