The Penn's Grove record., 1888-05-12
NEWS OF Il W EEK.


Mrs. Annie Eisenbarth fell dead in
her home in st. Louis, on the morning
Of the 9Th. Her sister, who lived near
by, was summoned, and on arriving at
the house and entering the room where
the corpse was, fell dead. Both women
we're supposed to be in good health.
James Colsto and Leo Duplist were
drowned while breaking a jam of logs
at Point Wolfe, New Brunrwick, on
the 9TH.
Hiram Fields, a prominent wine
merchant of Toledo, Ohio. recently re-
proved his hired mar for getting
drunk, and the latter threatened to
"6x" him. Later, Fields found that
his wine casks had been tempered with.
and an examination showed that crys.
tails of blue vitriol were yet undis-
solved In the wine. Thousands of
gallons were thus poisoned. Tue mar
was arrested on the 9Th.
Nathaniel w. Hatch, a Wall street
broker, was found dead on the morning
of the Sth, with his skull fractured in
the yard of the residence Of Charles W.
Schufleld, at the Orn of Twentieth
Street and Sixth Avenue. New York.
1t appears that he went home with the
wife of Schofeld about midnight on
the It'll; that the pair were surprised
by the woman's husband; that Hatch
locked himself In a bathroom, and
that in trying to escape he jumped or
fell off a One-story extension under the
bath room and was killed.
Three burglars entered the house
OF Mrs. Mary E. Reynolds, at Gresham,
neal TitusvIlle, Penna.. on the evening
of the 9th. She was alone, but kept
the ruf1ans at bay with a hatchet. One
had his skull fractured by a blow from
the hatchet- His companions dragged
him from the house and fled.
Advance figures from the forth
coming Michigan monthly crop report
indicate but IS per cent. of an average
crop of wheat. The crop of 1887 was
y, S15, 600 bushels. The condition OF
this years crop is reported q per cent.
lower than one year ago, and the out
look is discouraging. 1t is stated that
the backward season reported IN Min.
DCSOld anu bdhOIt uOCo uOU VhltIlu W
the Northwest Territory in Canada.
The wheat on many farms is up and
there is every prospect for a good har-
vest.
"A team driven by George w.
Heard, in Erie. Penna., ran away on
the 9Th. Mr.. Heard was killed and
his wife was hadly injured.
j. II. Cla.k, aged about so years,
representing the firm vi Clark, Murray
u Co., of Chicago. was found dead ii
his bed at the Crawford House in Gin
cinnati on the morning of the 9th. HI
said he had taken morphine by mistake
for quinlne at Chattanooga, and was in
a state of prostratIon.
The Mississippi river, at Winona
Minnesota, on the Sth, had reached tht
highest point of this year, Is feet 2
inches above low water mark. The
saw and and -four mills, as well as tn,
elevators, will remain closed until tht
water falls. Owing to tie rains during
the past two weeks, the Minnesota river
has overlooked its banks at Mankato
Minnesota, and families on the low
lands have been compelled to move out.
The river Is still rising. The Galena
river continues to rise, and the post
office and custom-house Il Galena, Hi
nois. are nearly surrounded by water.
A number of railroad tracks are sub
merged. A number of business places
are inundated. On the afternoon of the
9Th a large section of the new levee
being built north of the habor at Du.
buque, Iowa, was swept away. Hun.
dreds of families are leaving their
dwellings,, and woIk at many factories
aud saw mills has stopped, throwing
about 1000 men ont Of employment.
james Milligan was kill d by light
ming III Chicago, on the afternoon OF
the Sth. Two stone masons, named
Joseph Kampfer and John Sherrick.
were at work repairing a house in West
Fourteenth street. The two men were
directly under a broken lightning roc
when the storm burst upon them. Be
fore they could seek shelter a bolt o
lightning passed down the lod and
struck them. One is fatally injured
and the left side OF the tther is par.
alyZed. Two school children were
Frustrated in the West Division and
M may not recover. During Il severe
storm in Dayton, Ohio, on the after.
noon of the Sth, lightning struck p
school house. The presence of mind
displayed by the teachers prevented a
panic. The shock was severe to many
Of the children, and two little girls
were fatally injured.
Jacob Morgan. an aged farmer,
living at Hebron, West Virginia, was
KILLED by tramps on the evening of the
Sth. The murderers then ransacked
the house. William Wright and James
Turner were robbed by highwaymen
at Mexia, Texas, on the Sth. A fight
ensued, in which two of the highway
men were killed. They have not beer
identified. W. Grinnell, living neal
Welllston, Dakota, has been in The
habit of getting drunk and beating his
wife. On the Sth he beat her over thu
head with a revolver, when she threw
aim down and choked him to dealt
with a watch chain he wore around his
neck. She is a halt-breed. He was a
farmer and kept a saloon and post.
office.
An elevator in Halls brewery, st.
Paul, Minnesota, gave way on the 9Th
while three men were upon it, and 1t
fell to the bottom of the o0-foot shaft
Joseph Robler and Charles Miller were
killed and John Hart badly injured.
The body of J.. 5. Cotton, of St.
Louis, who disappeared e five weeks
ago, was found on the 9th in the river
neal Chattanooga. He was gong
north on a train on the night Of Apr
ith, and it is supposed he iell off the
train as 1t was crossing a bridge and
dropped into the river. lie was 50 years
of age. Drafts amounting to $1,000
para fonn1 unnn him