The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-27

| northern Minnesota on the 2lSt. AT
| Tower the snow Is IL inches deep, and
in the woods back of Eli, it lies II
inches on the level. There was no
wind and no drifting. In northern
Iowa there were slight Aurries Of
snow. but at no point is the depth re-
ported more than two inches, and that
is melting. Some snow fell In central
| Minnesota and northern Dakota on the
10th, but it melted almost as oon as
it fell. A light snow fell at Omaha,
| Nebraska, on the afternoon and even
ing Of the 21st. AT no time was the
ground covered, as the particles melted
as soon as they fell. Advices from
points along the Missouri river show
that the storm was general. At Ne
braska City the fall was heavy. A
tornado on the 22d devastated the Fe-
licite plantation in st. James Parish,
Louisiana. A house on the plantation
| was demolished.
"A despatch from st. Louis says
that two soldiers at Jefferson Barracks,
| under arrest for desertion, escaped on
the evening of the 10th, after making
4 deadly assault on Sentries Kennedy
and WEIGH. The deserters were
| Thomas F. Lynch and a recruit named
| McCurdy. Sentry Kennedy was cut
| down with an axe in the hands of
| Lynch, while McCurdy beat WEIGH
| into insensibility with the butt end of
a revolver. 1t Is thought the sentries
will die. 1t has just been discovered
in Fort Ripley, Minnesota, that "a Ger
man named Zeigler, who lived near
that place, was shot and killed on Oc-
tober 2 by Frank Reynolds, aged 1G
years, who had a grudge against
Zeigler.
Two colored men were discovered
by policemen in Washington. about 3
o'clock on the morning of the 22d,
carrying a bag between them. AS soon
as they saw the policemen they dropped
the bag and fled, their flight being has
tened by several bullets fired after
them. When the bag was opened it
was found to contain the body of
Charles L. NOlen, a well-known colored
barber, who was buried on the 18th.
While a freight train was stand
ing on the main track of the Burling-
ton Railroad at Kenesaw, Nebraska,
IN the 22d, the engine of another
freight train crushed into the caboose.
completely wrecking the first train and
The engine of the second, and instantly
killing George A. Pritchard, OF Den
YER, and Robert Bean, of Meeker,
Colorado, and seriously wounding two
others who were asleep in the caboose.
Charles II. Ebann, a clerk in the
mailing department Of the Pust-otice
1t Boston, was arrested on the 22d for
stealing letters. He confessed his
guilt.
Henry Shaffer, his sons Henry and
Percival, and his stepson David Nj
mix, were killed by a locomotive while
;rosslng a railroad in a wagon near
omaha, on the evening of the 21st
Thomas Rowe and A. McLenig, who
we're also in the wagon, suffered dan.
erous, if not fatal, injuries. Albert
Fawcett and John Epler, each about
l6 years, were killed in a freight wreck
near Altoona, Penna., on the 23d. A
train on the Boston and Albany Rail-
road struck and killed Elliott Walker,
.ged 60 years. at West Natlck, Massa-
chusetts, on the 23i. Noah Jagoe, on
the 22d, fatally shot Miss Ella Green.
n Greensboro, Kentucky, TO whom
10 was engaged to be married. He
claims that it was an accident. "From
he fact that he tried to stab her a
short t line ago, and had been quarrel
ing with her about receiving other
company, he is suspected of shooting
With intent to kill"
Engineers Cook and Major, Con-
luctors Terry and Keithl.ne and James
1annigaD, a brakeman, who were
ound guilty of negligence by the
uoroner's jury investigating the Mud
tun disaster, were arrested in Wilkes
,arre, Pa, on the 23d, on a charge OF
~nanslaughter, and were taken to
Nauch Chunk. Warrants have also
,een issued for the arrest of John
Mulhearn and Joseph Poll, lookouts.
The Coroner's jury which Investigated
he recent railroad accident at Wash
Lgton, Penna., placed the RESPONSE
Jility for the disaster upon Conductor
Heck, of the shifting engine, and
charged him with involuntary lar
slaughter In causing the deaths of En-
gineer Noonan and Fireman McAu-
life. The testimony showed that he
mad ordered the switch to be opened,
Ind then failed to see that it was
closed. Edward Boon, the new switch
land, who opened the switch, was
condemned for gross negligence.
%. G. Lomsdalen, one of the best
known farmers in the vicinity of Fer
gus Falls, Minnesota, has left the
country. His liabilities are estimated
1t $4,000. He disposed Of all his grain
md live stock at "a sacrifice prior to his
departure. Albert A. Shaver, ex-
Treasurer of Glare county, Michigan.
mas been arrested on the charge OF
,pproprlating about $500 of the
county funds, during his term of office
n 1884. On the night of May ID. 1884,
Shaver was found bound and gagged
n his office, and he declared he had
oeen robbed of $4,000. His story was
not generally believed, and the present
arrest Is the result of Investigations
that have since been made. A whole
sale system of freight robbery has been
discovered on the Mexican Central
Railroad, and it IS believed the loss to
The company will reach $4,000.
The sufferers in Ramsey county,
Dakota, are Polish Jews, who, two
years ago, formed a settlement about
Is miles from DEVILS Lake. The SET
clement comprises 70 families, num-
Dering 23S souls. Their crops were en-
tirely destroyed by an untImely frost
in August, and they are now without
food, shelter. clothing or fuel. Many
cases are described of naked women
and children existing in frost and
snow" Food, clothing and money are
urgently asked for.
H. G. Farnham, travelling sales
man for a Philadelphia clothing house,
was arrested in Moth Adams, Massa-
chusetts, on the charge of attempting
to pass a forged check for $50.
Mrs. Julia Therkeles, aged SO, and
her daughter, aged IA years, we're
burned to death by a fire in a shanty,
at Lexington, Missouri. on the morn
ing of the 23d. The house of Freder-
lck Mast. neal Michigan City, Iudi-