The Penn's Grove record., 1888-02-04
PENIS GROVE N j, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY A. 1885.


tering the fathers chest and killing
him.
The Government receipts for Janu.
airy have averaged $1,000 0O a day
and already exceed the expenditures
during the same period by more than
SIS, 000, GOO. This amount will he re-
duced to about $l4, 500, 700 by interest
payments, and that amount substan-
TALLY represents the decrease in the
public debt for the month.
james B. Welsh, aged As years. a
well-known citizen Of York, Penna.,
committed suicide on the morning OF
the 30th, by shooting himself in the
head. .
Owing to the blockade of a branch
of the Northern Pacific Railroad. over
which most Of tile wood consumed In
Morris, Minnesota, is brought, the
supply of wood In all the yards is ex.
hausted with no prospects Of an early
replenishment. A telegram from Bel.
videre, New Jersey, says the Lehigh
and Hudson Railroad IS now open and
the first tram since the 26th got through
on the Both ulte
"A despatch from Providence,
Rhode Island, says the city Of Bristol,
Warren, East Greenwich and other
wayside towns were badly shaken up Oh
the evening Of the 29th ut, by a dy.
Mantle explosion in Newport harbor.
In many places the shock resembled an
earthquake, and reports from various
points speak OF it as a genuine earth
quake, the cause not being generally
known. In Newport harb0r efforts
were being made to clear the harbor
Of the unparalleled ice fields. H. is
twenty miles from Greenwich and
thirty from Providence, where houses
were shaken very perceptibly.
: For some time past a young man.
named Blakeley, has been paying at
tention to Annie Estes, a sixteen-year-
old girl, In Wallace, Missouri. Her
family obj cted to Blakeley. On the
evening of the goth ult. the couple at
tended church. After the services they
we're met outside bv Peter Estes, her
father, and William, her eishleen-year.
old brother. A quarrel arose, and
William drew his pistol and shot
Blakeley through the jaw. Biakeley
then drew his weapon, but the old
man was quicker and shot him in the
forehead, killing him. The father ana
son have been arrested. The girl has
lost her reason.
Solomon H. Godarh, a cutter for
Solomon Cohen, clothing manufacturer
In Boston, was arrested on the 3lst
ult. for stealing goods from his en-
plOyer. He confessed his guilt, and
about $3.50 worth of the goods was re-
covered.
"A young woman giving her name
As Clara Novello was arrested at The
post-ofice in New York on the 3ls'
ult. by one of Comslock's agents on a
charge of using the malls for illegal
purposes. Commissioner Shields placed
her under $500 bail.
The ice gorge in the Missippi river
in front of st. Louis began to move Oh
The morning of the 3lst ult. The
steamers Tamm, Matte Belle, City VI
Monroe and the Hayes, together WITH
several barges were sunk. The Hayes
was a large excursion steamer and is b
total wreck. She was valued AZ $25,-
JOO. The Matte Belle WAS y fine laTg'
freight boat and the Tamm a ferry
boat. 1t ID thought that many NOR.
steamboats, and barges tied close Id
shore will be damaged or-lost.
"A despatch FROM Winnipeg, Man .
toba, says the latest reports from the
mountains indicate there has been
great loss Of life on the Canadian Pa
ci6c owing to sn0w slides. Near Pal
User Station, British Columbia, several
men were caught in a SLIDE, only Oh.
vas dug out alive and he was 20 badi
bruised aud injured that he Is not eA.
pected to recover. The mild weather
,as put u stop to all through CANADIAN
Pacific trains, and, q the fnountan
ttreai.s are considerably swollen, 1t
ma be some time S.eef0re traffic is re-
sumed.
John Cullen, "a years of age, NUT
.dered his mother In Buffalo. on thu
evening of the 3Ist ult, by striking her
in the head with an axe. He then went
70 " saloOns, announced his horrible
crime, and gave as an excuse that lie
wanted 10 keep his mother from goin,
to the wOrkhOuse. He was drunk
when arrested.
Mrs. Hendricks, the Philadelphia
woman who is alleged to have duped
many of her female acQuaIniances oul
of large sums of money, was arrested
at Middletown, Penna., on the 3Gtii
ult., Oh a warrant Issued by Magistrate
Clements, of Philadelphia. She gave
bail for u hearing. William Atkinson
was arrested in Waterbury, Connecti-
cut, on the 5lst ult., for passing coun-
terfeit money, In his rooms was found
d counter feiter's outfit. Three burglars
entered the house of William Law, a
farmer, near BEDFORD, Michigan, on
The evening of the 31st ult-, bound and
gagged Law and kis wife, and ram
sacked the house. They secured S15U
in cash, a large amount of iewelry and
drove away with Laws team, valued
at $2O0.
"A passenger train on the Pittsburg.
Cincinnatia and st. Louis Railroad COL
lided with a switch engine on a side
track. nea Urbana, Ohio, on the even
ing of the 3lst ult. Frank Brown, en-
glneer, Charles NJ. Malhann, fireman,
and Roadmaster Welsh were killed.
Many passengers were badly bruised
and cut. The accident was caused by
an open switch.
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