The Penn's Grove record., 1888-06-09

CI MlllOn, NOrlH IdTOlllld, Oh Tue even.
ing of the I'd, did a great deal of dam
age. Large plantations of recently
planted tobacco and corr were de-
stroyed, and bucketsful of hail stones
as large as guinea eggs could be gath.
cred, Since the storm the weather has
been so cold that the hail is still seen
on the ground, and people are sitting
by fires. n furious storm swept Over
Washington county, Arkansas, on the
I'd, causing a heavy loss Of property.
In II hamlet twelve houses were de.
stroyed. Seven or eight persons were
badly injured, and it was rumoIed that
in the interior seven persons were
killed. The report OF the loss OF life,
however. has not been confirmed.
In Paris, Kentucky, on the evening
of the 4tt, ID. Porter, IA son of ex-Gov-
ernor Porter. was shot and killed by
Alexander b. White. cashier of the
Commercial Bank. Porter had accos-
ted White and made Il motion as If to
draw his pistol. Earlier in the evening
Kennedy Porter, another son of the ex-
Governor. assaulted William Edmunds
and SHOT him three times. His wounds
are severe. Edmunds had shot Porter
some months ago. Edward Watkins
shot and killed "Budd'' Trail In Mid
dlebrook, Maryland. on the 4th. There
was a feeling Of Jealousy between the
two men on account of a widow who
lived on the farm of Watkins father.
The body of Agatha Peterson, who
mysteriously disappeared from Wausau,
Wisconsin, three weeks ago, was found
in the Wisconsin river OF the 9th. She
IS supposed to have been thrown off the
bridge. The body of John Newman. a
driver OH one of the city teams i'll Chel-
sea, Massachusetts, was found neal
Chelsea bridge on the 81. His skull
was fractured and it is thought lie was
murdered.
Two freight wrecks occurred on
the morning of the 9TH on the Pensyl-
vania Railroad, near Pittsburg, which
stopped passenger travel for over three
hours. About the same time fire. ght
trains at Irwin and Brlnton Stations
telescoped preceding sections, destroy.
ing several cars and blocking the track.
A construction engine on tie Cleveland
and MahonIng Valley Railroad was
derailed near Niles, OHIO. on the morn
ing of the 5tl,, and wrecked. Harry
SchoGeld and John Rosenberg were
killed.
The safe of Lewis n KeaIns gram
buyers at Albany, Illinois, was robbed
on the 3D. of Sl2UO belonging to the
firm. The safe was in the jewelry
store of E. +. Schneider, VINO claimed
that he had 5000 in money and valu-
ables taken. He was arrested OH the
4th for the robbery.
"A despatch from the City Of
Mexico says Il railway accident &C.
Cured on the evening of the 4th, Just
outside of Tampico, in which many
lives were lost. \ construction train
was derailed near a bridge by a cow
and a donkey which were on the
track. The train crashed through the
bridge and went down an embank.
ment. sc far as known Is persons
were killed and Ill injured.
Three of the four men who were
buried in the st. Lawrence mine in
Butte, Montana, by "A land slide, were
taken out alive on the morning of the
9Th. The only person killed was Pat
rick Harrington.
Forest fires are raging along the
line of the Omaha Railroad. IA miles
from La Crosse, Wisconsin,. Thirty
cars. 5000 ties, 1000 posts, three dwell
ings and the p~ost-otlice have been de-
stroyed.
The Democratic National Conven-
ton on the 9th, renominated Grover
Cleveland for President or the United
States.
"A train from Yonkers ran into a
gang of Italian trackmen on the New
York City and Northern Railroad. in
Westchester, New York. on the 9th,
killing Joseph Treasey and Frank
Paulaginto and badly mjuring Rafael
Omarch and Joseph Romano. The
walls of the Land and River improve
ment Company's hotel in Superior,
Wisconsin, fell on the 9th, burying five
men and inJurying as many more. A
boat containing eight persons was cap
sized while crossing the river at Wes-
ner, Nebraska, on the 9TH, Lena, Anna
and o. M. Matthes and Franz Marx.
all children, were drowned.
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