The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The new cases of yellow fever in
Jacksonville on the LIST, numbered 80,
and the deaths IL.
-''Sheeny Morgan, white, aged &c
years. of Camden, New Jersey, and
"Sheky" Burford, colored. of New
York, were run over and killed in AL
legheny City, Pa, on the evening OF
the 18th ult. They were canvas mel
employed in Adam Forepaugh's Cir.
Gus, and were loading a circus car
when they were struck by a pass.
ing train. Casper Becker, 16 years
of age, was driving a wagon loaded
with fireworks, in New York, on the
18th ult., when, by some accident, the
fireworks were discharged. Becker was
so badly burned that he died in a short
time.
"A man, named Hendricks, while
digging about an old mill near Frank
lin, Kentucky, on the Goth, unearthed
a bag in which $2700 in gold was
packed.
-Seventy-nine new cases of yellow
fever and six deaths were reported in
Jacksonville on the Both uli. OF the
new cases only ID were among whites.
The weather is about cool enough to
suggest frost. Twenty-Five new cases
are reported under treatment in Fer
nandina. Two new cases and two
deaths are reported in Sanderson and
one new case at Callahan. At jack
sonville on the Goth ult. there were "a
new cases of fever and six deaths.
AT 9 o'clock on the evening of the
29th ult,, a dynamite bomb was explod.
ed in front of the post-ofiice at Shanna-
pin, Beaver county, Penna., and an
hour later another bomb was set off in
the rear of thel same building. The
only effect was the SCATTERING of win
lows and also the breaking of nearly
all the bottles in an adjoining drug
store. 1t is supposed the intention was
to blow up a disreputable house near
by.
"A freight train on the Cincinnati
Southern Railway struck a COW near
Spring City, Mississippi, on the 3Oth
ult., and was thrown from the track
and badly wrecked Brakeman viii.
liam Lannon was killed, and Engineer
Quigley probably fatally injured. A
train on the Oregon Short Line was
derailed on the morning of the 2Sth
ult., by running into a herd of cattle
neal Pocatello, Idaho. Daniel Hill,
engineer; j. Leonard, fireman; Charles
Walton, brakeman, and two unknown
men riding in a box car were killed.
"A passenger train and a freight
train On the Pennsylvania Railroad ran
into each other on the lst at Harrison,
New Jersey. George Skeem. engineer
of the passenger train, and his fireman.
saved themselves bv jumping, but sus,
tanned severe injuries. No passenger
was injured. A brakeman IS missing
and supposed to be killed. An oil tank
on the freight train caught fire, and all
the oil tanks and several grain and
lumber cars were burned. The passen
ger engine and tender were also des-
trOyed. A freight tram on the Texas
and Pacific Railroad ran off the track
at Mervllle, Louisiana, on the evening
Of the Both ult. Peter Hartman, the
engineer, was killed. A passenger train
on the Wabash Railroad was wrecked
near Mexico, Missouri, on the morning
of the LIST. Three persons were badly,
but not fatally injured. There was a
rumor that a rail had been removed by
parties having unsettled claims against
the company. An investigation is being
made.
William s. Darlington, a we'll
known young lawyer. was found dead
IN bed at his home in Delaware county,
Penna., on the morning of the LIST, he
having committed suicide by shooting
himself IN the head. He had been
charged with irregularity in connection
with the recent oleomargarine cases,
and this, 1t is believed, caused his sui
eide. Edward Greey, a prominent
dealer in japanese goods in New York,
committed suicide on the 1st by shoot
ing himself in the head.
The residents Of Plains. three miles
from Wilkesbarre, Penna,, are in great
alarm, owing to the subsistence of the
ground in their town, on account OF
cave-ins In the Mill creek slope mines.
The chambers in the mines were crush
Ing in all day on the LIST, and many
buildings are in danger. The surface
under the residence of Edward Clark
settled u feet, nearly overturning the