The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-15

Two casualties are reported-the death
of one man from fright and the drown
ing of an old colored man. The floods
in Mexico continue, and traffic or the
railroad between the City OF Mexico
and Vera Cruz has been stopped by the
falling of the Mettac bridge. All the
rivers and creeks in The vicinity OF
OriZaba are swollen, many houses have
been demolished and several lives lost.
Floods are also reported in the State Of
Ilidalgo, suspending railroad travel.
j. Calby Drew walked into the
police station. in Lynn, Massachusetts,,
on the 10th, and gave himself up, stat
ing that he was a forger to the amount
OF S2O,0UO. lie has had charge Of
financial matters for w. F. Monroe,
grocer, and secured notes in blank
signed by Monroe, and then forged the
names of endorsers and obtained the
money at high rates of interest. Drew
says that within 80 days SIS, 900 worth
of paper will come due. Drew says
his employer is innocent, but that the
names lie has forged for endorsers are
so numerous that he cannot remember
them all. Monroe has also been ar
rested.
The steamer Alps, at New York
from Jacnel, lIayti, reports that on
the I'd instant she encountered "A hur-
%ricane, which swept everything o
able from her decks. r. Meadows.
the c--.9f steward, was washsd owe
board and lost.
Twelve new cases of fever were re
ported at Jacksonville for the Is hours
ending at noon on the tlth, and no
deaths. Two hundred and forty refu-
gees left on the Government train for
Hendersonville, North Carolina. They
will be quarantlned there ten days.
The little dory. Dark Secret, which
started on its voyage from Boston to
Queenstown some weeks age, was aban-
doned at sea by Captain Anderson, who
arrived at New York Oh the 11th OF
the Norwegian bark Nora.
The secret service officers report
that a large number of counterfeit sil-
YER dollars and quarters are in circula-
ton in New York city.
1t has been definitely learned that
the embellishments of Joseph Breed,
the assistant cashier of the Hartford
National Bank, in HARTFORD, Connecti-
cut, who recently committed suicide,
will aggregate sos, 500, instead of
81, 600; as at first reported. Breed lost
the money i'll stock speculations. The
estate of Daniel Goodwin loses $780,
600, $500 is due the DR.. Taft estate
and SIG, 900 was placed in Breeds
hands for investment by a Hartford
man, whose name is withheld.
The west-bOund express train was
stopped at rarker's Mill, Arizona. by
three men on the evening of the 10th.
They did not get anything. A reward
has been offered for their capture.
The assault on bill broker Ben
nett, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Is
still a mystery. He does not know or
has not told who dealt the murderous
blow. He intimates that he was
asleep when the - was struck.
While resisting arrest at Muskogee, In
dian Territory, on the 18th, Daniel
Barnett, a noted desperate, was shot
and killed by Marshal Tyson and
posse. A telegram from Jennings
burg. Kentucky, says William Phelps,
a prominent citizen, was on the 18th
shot and killed by James Routt, an ex-
convict.
Lawrence Hervert, of London,
England, So years old, was found dead
in his bed at the Hoffman House, in
New York, on the evening of the 18th,
with a bullet wound IN his head. He
is supposed to have shot himself on
tine evening Of the 9th.
Ten men were killed and five dan
gerously injured on the morning of the
18th by the premature explosion OF a
blast in the Weeks tunnel on the Mon
tana Central Railway, near Helena.
The disaster was caused by the con.
cussion of a giant cup, fired IS a warn
ing. Mrs. Givens and Miss Ina Tucker,
injured by the railroad wreck near
Ritman, Ohio, on the 10th, died on the
morning OF the 18th, making eve
deaths in all. The rest of the injured
are expected to recover. w. II. Rass-
mussen, late Principal of the District
School at Richfield, while on a pleasure
tour in Monroe Canon, in Utah, fell
from a precipice so feet high and was
killed.
Louis Schloss, ex-salesman in a
clothing house IN Pottsville, Penna., in
jail there ON a charge of forgery, was
found Unconscious in his Cell on the
10th, apparently suffering from the
effects Of a narcotic poison. Despite
the efforts of several physicians, he re-
manned IN a comatose state until the
18th. when he died. The poison was
discovered to have been morphine. He
was 35 years of age and respectfully
connected.
The flood at Augusta, Georgia,
continues to subside, and as the
waters recede the extent of the damage
is disclosed. The damage to the
canal is estimated at 5000, 600, the
banks being broken in many places.
The Mayor estimates the entire loss to
the city and citizens at 81, 000, 000.
The Journal, of Lewiston, Maine.
has returns from 45O towns, which
give Burleigh 1927; Putnam, $685.;
Gushing, 2S99; Simmons, $40. Repub-
lican plurality, 1852, majority IA ,S43.
The same towns two years ago gave
the following vote: Bodwell, 67,242;
Edwards. 52,627; Clark, 1923. Repnb-
lican plurality, 14,6l5. Republican
majority, 1882.
There is no abatement of the floods
in Mexico. Railroad travel between
Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico re.
mains suspended. The town of Medil-
lin is completely under water and aban-
doned by its inhabitants. These and
the inhabitants of Jalapa, Soledad and
Boca del Rio are in a state of destitu.
tion. AT the Paso Soils de Soledad
ranch, 10000 animals were drowned.
AT Tlacotalplan thirty.one houses have
fallen and railway travel is stopped.
The towns of Simgolca and Tequilla
were destroyed on the 18th, and those
of Orizaba and Jalacingo are over
flowed. Many lives have been lost
throughout the State of Vera Cruz. but
the number is not yet known. The
losses by the late cyclone were: At
Vera Cruz. n French brig, four
American schooners and 81 lighters.
At Campeche one schooner went down