The Penn's Grove record., 1888-01-07

1t Is reported from a Antonio,
Texas, that Calvin Pease, while blast.
ing in q well on the 2Sth ult.. touched
of u short fuse dynamite cartridge,
which exploded before he got out OF
the well. "When brought to the sur
face 1t was found that n of his
hands was blown of, the other badly
mangled and the entire front part OF
his skull, from the eyes nearly to the
crown Of the head, carried away, leav-
Ing most Of his brain exposed, but
not injured. His eyes were also de-
| stroyed. Notwithstanding these re-
maikable injuries Pease has not lost
consciousness a single minute since the
accident. He eats heartily, cOnverses
cheeriully and sleeps we'll, though
some opiates are necessary. The mans
tenscity of life is the wonder of all
physicians"
The engine house OF the Equitable
Gas Works in New York was blown
up about eleven O'Clock on the even.
ing of the 3lst ult. Only one man
was killed, Frank G. Plaisted, the en-
| gineer, whose body was found ON the
list in the ruins. Several others were
injured. but not fatally. 1t was at
first supposed that the explosion was
caused BY gas, but there was a rumor
on the LIST that a dynamite bomb had
been thrown into the building.
john and Peter Mullahy, brothers,
and a man named Hughes were
drowned by the upsetting of a scow in
Gravesend Bay, near the point of
COney Island, during the storm on the
evening Of the 18th ult.
james Knucky and George James
were killed in the Jackson mine al
Negaunee, Michigan, on the 31st ult.
They were working near a charge of
blasting powder which had been put in
a week ago and failed to explode. 1t
exploded without warning on the 31st
ult. Michael Makel arrived In this
country ten days ago and found en-
pioyment at the Aldon Company's
Mine in W~ilkesbarre, Penna. On the
3lst ult., he vas standing at the bot
tom of a great chute that held hundreds
of tons of coal. He did not understand
the signal given to warn all away, and
IN a moment the mass of coal came
pouring down upon him and crushed
him to death.
"A Pacific express train ran into a
'reight tram on the Pennsylvania Rail
road neal Bennington, twelve miles
west Of Altoona, on the morning Of the
st. Two train hands named Decker
and Alexander were dangerously H.
slighter injuries.
The pnblic debt reduction during
| December was SIS, $50. 900, and the re-
ducti0n during the year $ll7,0 Ole 600.
Stephen Conroy and Patrick
| O'Donnell were drinking together on
the evening Of the 31st ult, at the home
Of the former in Baltimore. About
midnight a d iarrel took place, in
which E1.al ell was beaten and
went 70 AL F Uonroy and found that
ne had killed his aged mother with an
axe. 1t is Thought O'Donneli will die.
Hugh OhlherSt and Morris Cohen were
locked up in the Tombs Police Court,
in New York. on the 3lst ult., to await
the result of injuries they inflicted on
Max Loenbesg. Ohlherst was to have
been married on the evening of the
31st ult., and the wedding guests were
waiting his arrival when they heard
that he was locked up for getting drunk
and beating a man.
"A despatch from Rochester, New
York, says William N. Smith, of the
German-American Bank, is 5000
short in his cash account and has de
camped. His bond in Il guarantee
In New York is good for $1,000. Mar
Gus w. Rasbach, cashier of the Herki,
mer National Bank, of Herklmer, New
York, was reported on the 3lst ult. to
nave absconded after having stolen
about S34, 600 of the banks funds.
The Philadelphia named Stevens,
arrested in New York on the evening
Of the 3lst ult., with a roll of alleged
counterfeit greenbacks, was on the %
| held III $1,000 bail on the charge OF
,aving stolen 1925 from the overcoat OF
Charles A. Smith, In a restaurant.
| Jacob H. Delaplaine, a confidential
b0okkeeper for the Portage Straw
Board Works, in Circlevilie, Ohio, Ii
Missing, and an examination of his
looks for December shows a deficit o.
$500. 1t Is stated that Delaplaiue ha,
or years followed gambling III margins.
with varying success. c. w. KnOwltoh.
real estate broker, of Brooklyn, New
York, was on the 21 held III S500U bail
at Athol, Massachusetts,, for the ALLEGED
embezzlement of $500 from Eva, Grace
and Samuel Simonds. William 7.
Young, a shoe merchant of Waco,
Texas, was robbed of $3.50 and dia-
monds valued at $3.50 by footpads il
Cincinnati, early on the morning of the
Id. Young had been on a protracteG
spree. An attempt was made to blow
up and rob the safe of the Drovers'
National Bank. in Chicago, late on the
evening of the 3lst ult. The knob Of
the safe door was blown to atoms and
the Indicator broken. This checked
the progress of the cracksmen, and,
after trying to force back the bolts by
means Of a ~jack-screw, and also to bat,
ter in the door with sledge hammers,
they fled. They left their lanterns,
candles, powder and more dynamite
Oehind.
Owing to the heavy rain on the
LIST the Schuylklll river at Reading
was u feet higher on the afternoon
Of the I'd than "a hours before. Huge
cakes of ice foated down the stream
all morning. and If these do not gorge
no danger is apprehended. Above
Reading many small creeks overlooked
their banks and did serious damage.