The Penn's Grove record., 1888-02-25

the Postmaster Of Paso del Norte,
Mexico, in stealing some $50, 600 worth
of diamonds that had been consigned &c
President Diaz, Of Mexico.
The railing supporting the gallery
in the Peoples Theatre. in Youngs-
town, Ohio. gave way on the evening
of the 18th, just as the curtain was
about going down, pr~ecIpitating the
occupants to the floor below, a distance
of fifteen feet. The people underneath
heard the cracking In time to nearly
all escape, but Mrs. James Turley was
caught by the debris and so badly In
jured about the head and chest that she
may die. Two boys had their arms
broken, and many persons received
painful injuries. A panic was only
averted by the presence Of mind OF
members Of the Baldwin Theatre Com.
pany, which was playing at the place.
"A tornado virtually demolished the
town of Mount Vernon, Illinois, on the
18th, killing a number Of PERSONS and
iniuring many others. Mount Vernon
is about go miles east of st. Louis, III q
direct line. The latest reports say that
about 80 persons were killed and 10
injured.
The tuI lado which visited Mount
Vernon, Illinois. on the afternoon OF
the 18th, destroyed nearly three hun
dred dwellings and places Of business.
Many persons we're buried under the
falling walls, and 80 were killed, while
twice that number were injured, eight
or ten SO severely that tieir recovery
is not expected. fIundre Is Of persons
were left homeless. A heavy fall OF
rain preceded the wind. and was fol-
lowed y a slight hail storm, accom-.
panieu With lightning, and then came
the furious blow, %unrOoiing every build
ing i'll. Its Path. Very little damage
done at NOrtonville, Kentucky,
but at New Haven the Bardstown and
Green River turnpike bridge was blown
down. The cost OF the bridge was
over $4,000.
Ludwig MORRISON, aged 30, and
Charles Johnson, aged 40, Swedish la.
boreIs. while working Oh the track OF
the New York City and Northern
Railroad, north of High Bridge, on thu
goth, were struck by a train and
killed.
"A war has been waged FOR some
time past against the liquor sellers in
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, by the
Law and Order League, the head Of
which was Rev. o. W. Still, of the
Baptist Church. Messrs. Still and
Allen, acting as constables, have made
several seizures of liquor lately and
have been threatened with violence.
On the evening of the 18th, Mr.. Allen
found a large quantity of arsenic in his
well, but in time to prevent serious re
suits. On the 10Th a dynamite cart.
ridge was exploded on his steps, but,
to the ignorance of those whl
it there, but little damage wa
done, On Sunday Mr.. Still, il his
sermon, resigned his ministry in order
TO lecture against iutemperance.
The boiler i'll tie shingle mill o
3. Bemlss, in West Melville, Louis
lana, exploded Oh tie Goth, killing G.
Hills, John Stevenson and Seymour
Banks, and injuring thirteen others.
As Buck johnson and Arthur
Holland, working in "a mine at Mount
Snetles, near Ouray, Colorado, on tht
morning of the goth, had charged q
hole with four sticks of giant powder
the powder exploded, blowing John
body through a sixty foot tunnel
and dangerously wounding Holland.
The body of Thomas Burns, Of
station, Maryland, was found
in the loft of the boiler house at the
Lochiel furnace, at Harrisburg, on the
evening of the 18th. 1t is supposed he
into the shed to sleep and was
'uffocated by gas.
The striking miners resumed work
on the Goth, i'll nearly all Of the COL
of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Co north of the Broad
between Mahanoy City and
shenandoah. South of the Broad
very few Of the men went
back, because the work was not ready
for them. Superintendent Whiting
said on the evening Of the Goth, that
ne believed the trouble in the mines
was practically over. He thought that
the miners who had gone back to work
would number about $1,000.
"A bomb, containing several pounds
Of powder, was found OH the morning
Of the Goth, at the Reading Railroad
house in Shamokin. Ii was
close against the walls of the
building. The fuse had been lighted
but went out before reaching the pow
der.
The list of killed and injured by
the tornado at Mount Vernon, Illinois,
On the afternoon of the 10Th, Ia officl-
ally reported as follows: Killed, 81;
injured and dying, s; seriously
but may recover, 30; injured.
but in no danger, e.. About 500
houses were destroyed and 1000 people
are homeless.
"A passenger train on the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad ran into a
train at Maple Park, Illinois,
on the Goth. The passenger engine
and mail-car and four freight cars were
wrecked, and Patrick Fame, fireman.
was killed. Heavy rains on the 18th
a small bridge on the
Kansas Central Railroad, and on the
morning of the 10th a freight train
broke through. The engineer and
brennan were injured, the former ia
Dennis McGraw and his wife were
dead in bed in their house at
Ohio, on the morning of the
21st. They had been suffocated by
natural gas.