The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-13

York, on the morning of the 7th. This
was the locality of French's Hotel, now
being torn down. 1t is a question
whether Boyd accidentally fell into the
excavation Oh was the victim OF foul
play.
On the afternoon Of the Sth an at.
tempt was made to assassinate w. II.
Edmonds, editor of the H0tbtdSt, in
Admission, Alabama, In his office, by
!. $. Lawrence. a Justice of the Peace,
and William Lacey. Mr.. Edmonds
was shot in the arm. and then escaped,
when Lacey maliciously fred upon
John Chapel and A. Tripney, who
were in the o[lce-the former was
wounded in the neck and the latter
IN the head. The trouble grew out of
'Emlty aroused among the lawless
class in consequence of the war waged
by the HotJlaSt in favor of a rigid en-
lorcement of the prohibition laws
Lawrence and Lacey were arrested, and
taken to Jacksonville for safety.
The total number of persons now
reported injured by the fall Of the
church floor in Reading, PeDna., on
the It'll, is las, and 8 of them are in a
critical condition. George Thomas, +
iriver boy, IL years of age, and john
Palmer, aged fourteen were killed BY
ears at Observation-Disclosures near Wilkes
barre, on the 9Th. William Hutch
lHson was accidentally shot and killed
by John McCarty, near Wilkesbarre.
Penna,, on the 9Th. They were hunt
ing. Both were about 16 years Of age.
Matthias Bechtold, of Pekin, Illinois,
vas accidentally shot and killed while
out hunting On the 7th.
Peter Marsch shot and killed Peter
Kocuse in South Evanston, Illinois, or
he eth. Marsch and some relatives
were gathering nuts in Kocuse's woods
Ind were driven away by two of Ko-
uses sons, when a fight resulted.
Tim Kelly shot and fatally wounded
Tom" Reynolds, in Morris, Illinois,
N the evening of the It'll. They were
,artners in business and quarrelled
bout money matters.
Fifty new cases Of yellow fever and
fOur deaths were repv.ted on the 9Th
II Jacksonville.
Snow began to fall at st. Johns
)ury. Vermont, OF the evening of the
Sth, and at noon on the 9th the storm
vas still IN progress. About two
inches of snow fell at Hanover, New
.iamphire, on the 9th, and at last &C
cunts it was still showing. A westeI
y gale accompanied by snow prevailed
II Richmond, Quebec, on the 9th.
About SIX inches of snow fell at Mon
real on the 9th. There was a heavy
all of rain in the vicinity of CALAIS
gfaine, during the 7th and Sth. Til,
umbpr mills are greatly INSTRUCTED by
he baCkwater. Numerous washOut.
md laudslides have occurred on rail
coads. Tile potato and grain crops arr
greatly damaged. There has been very
title hay harvested and it will prob
ably be Il total failurc,o"
William i. Smith, cashier in the
Erie Railway freight-house in Mans
ield. Ohio, disappeared on the 9th wit
5000 of the company's money. llliq
& Brothers dry goods store i'll Read
ng, Penna., was robbed of silks valued
1t $1,000 on the evening of the Stb.
The burglars dropped poisoned meal
Into the store and the two ferocious
bulldogs, which were on guard, Ute il
less Importance took place in the cit,
IN the same night.
While j. W. Pike, a contractor,
and his son, Edward Pike, were stand
ng on a bridge abutment neal Boston,
N tie Sth, The foot of the boom shIi
-. F.,,, 50, .nalrnt n,H etr,nIr kIAno
everely injuring the father and killing
The son..
In Atlanta, Georgia, on the Gorn-
.ng of the 9th, a woman named Irene
Postel was found in her room lin the
lalI of a prominent block" bound.
gagged, chloroformed, with a rope tieo
tight around her neck. Breathing wa
suspended and death imminent when
the police found her. During the day
before she had trouble with a womaI
FAMED Dunaway, who had threatened
o kill her, and two of the Dunaway's
naie friends went to her room and, a.
he point of a pistol, tied her arms ant
Get, gagged her and tied the ropt
round her neck to choke her to death.
The woman IS not expected to recover.
lne man has been arrested on suspl.
lion,
The entire family, seven in mum,
yer, OF DR.. A. Trego Shertzer, of Bal
lmore, were attacked with lead pois
ming on the evening of the 9Th after
lrinking milk which had stood fol
IS hours in "A new milk can. None OF
he cases will prove fatal.