The Penn's Grove record., 1888-11-03

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Mcclure and his assistant, Flanagan.
A coIored man, namel Smith, beat his
wife TO death at Guthrie, Kentucky,
on the 9th ult. Being pursued By the
Sheriff, Smith grabbed mp bis little
child, and, while running, threw II
into q pond when it was drowned. He
was subsequently captured. He was
jealous VI his wife,. During q saloon
tight at Yates City, Illinois, on the
evening Of the 9th ult., James Eaton
shot and wounded Haley Doyle in the
neck, and was then overpowered and
killed by Doyle. Pes. Matthews, Of
Texarkana, Arkansas, said to be the
wealthiest saw mill owner and lumber
man in that section, wal fatally
stabbed by a negro employe at his mill
on the 10Th ult.
-ThIrty-six new cases of yellow
fever and four deaths were reported on
the Goth ult, in Jacksonville. Total
cases to date, 4095; deaths, 1862. Bis
hop Weed, who has been sick of the
fever, is convalescent. Ten new cases
of yellow fever were reported IN Gaines
vile on the 26th ult. Seventeen cases
and two deaths have been reported at
Enterprise within the LAST 40 hours.
"A cave n'occurred on the morning
of the Both ult, over AN abandoned
nine at Curry Hill. Plymouth, Penna.
The house Of John Fox sank IL feet,
and the inmates, six in number, were
thrown from their beds and severely
injured. Several others buildings were
damaged, and, 1t is said, their occupants
| will lnya IN rapnfqi H 90
Charles SIegfried was blown from
the roof of a ~three-story building in
Columbus, Ohio on the morning Of the
29th ult, while lowering q flag, and was
Instantly killed.
Two wellsdefined earthquake
shocks were felt In New Bedford, Mas
sachusetts, on the evening Of the 18th
ult. at the Weld street police station
the shocks were felt at 11.25 O'Clock,
and were preceded by a rumbling sound,
and three distinct oscillations were
felt, followed by a tremulous move.
meDt. The police and others NJ were
on the street say the movement was
preceded by two repoHsv. mot unlike
those of a heavy gun or thunder, and
then came a distinct movement to the
ground. The shocks were distinctly
felt across the Acushnet In Fairhaven.
Three robbers, boarded a train on
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railroad, near Dias, Arkan-
sas, IN the 2Sth ult., but went no
further than the smoking compartment
of the e a sleeper, where they COM
PEELED three passengers to disgorge
some $50 and then escaped. ff.
"A herd of GO cows was struck by a
railroad train near Bolten Notch, Con-
necticut, on the evening of the 9th
uIt., and IA of the animals were killed.
A high tate of speed saved the train
| from being hurled down a 45-foot en-
| bankment. The. train a u mile be-
fore It could b &aaGasScd =sA~faL-aA-pipe
having been broken by SEe shock. A.
freight train on the Dayton and Michi-
gan Railroad was wrecked near Lima,
| Ohio, on the morning of the 10Th ult.,
and two unknown ride stealers were
killed. a 80
-Thomds Standifer, a noted des-
peradoA and horse ftiitef, has been ar.
| rested at Gainesville, Texas, and Will be
| taken TO Wichita, Kansas, to answer
| the chaTgeiof stealing a herd Of ponies
from Comanche indians.
Hermann Basde, "a section fore
man on the Burlington Railroad, star
ted for .DuBnqnep Iowa, on the after.
noon of the 2Sth uIt., on a hand car,
having with him his wife, three chill
dren and a friend. When rounding a
curve they were run down by a train.
| Mrs. Baade and her two sons, aged 7
| and l3ryears, were killed. The men
escaped, as did also the baby. which
| Mrs. Baade threw down an embank-
ment when the tram struck the car.
Mrs. Hugh Kennedy, a widow of 60
years, was Killed by q train while
on the Hehigh Valley track, at Wilkes
| barre, on the afternoon Of the 10th
ult. James Ward, ~aperformer at the
London Theatre, In St.. Louis, fell
from a trapeze into the orchestra chairs
on the evening of the 2Sth ult., and
was fatally injured. sts.s
Mrs. Carrie Turner, a teacher in
the Little Rock University, in Little
Rock, Arkansas. committed suicide on
the 18th ult. Her body was found in
the Arkansas river. An unfortunate
marriage and separation are given as
the cause, Gnzrlez< DtNtef aged %
years, committed uictde-in New York
on the evening of thesxSth plt., by
hanging himself tnshH room. He was
i carpenter and-a@nonsuni0n man. and
did not have steady work. Thomas
Hill, a. commission merchant in De-
troit, Michigan, committed suicide OF
the Goth uit.. by shooting himself In the
head. He had met with financial re-
verses.
"a telegram from Minneapolis.
Minnesota; says the officers who have
been working on the Bohemian Flats
poisoning case have Arrested MIS-. Mar
tin, the young bride. charging her
with the crime. 1t Is said that on the
afternoon of the day or which the
bridal party arrived from New Prague
there was u quarrel. The bride OF
three days was said to he jealous Of her
cousin, Lizzie Haiavatch, and grew
excited because her husband was at
tentiye to Lizzie: III this the whole
family, 1t is stated, took part aad the
bride went TO q drug store and bought
the poison. a package found has been
identified al, tne one she bought. After
The poisenipg II la charged that the
family entered Into coliusionto conceal
the identity of the prisoner, who has
repented of her rashness. A despatch
from Ashland, Wisconsin,, sayss on the
9th ult., two young sqaws overheard
some remarks made bya married wo-
man, Mrs. White Bird. The sqaws
turned upon her and gave her a beat
ing, which caused her death. Jealousy
was the cause Of the tragedy.
IN. NJ. Wilkins, Postmaster at
Jahma, Mead county, Kansas, in o
letter to the Post-ofice Department,
states that owing to the failure Of the
crops the people in that section are suf-
fering for food and clothing. "ThIee-
fourths of the people, he adds, twill
starve unless aid can be procured. The
people of this county have been plead
ling for aid since Surfing. but as yet no
aid has reached Is. Some In our
county are living on parched corn,