The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

She held the baby firmly in her fall and
the child escaped uniniured, but the
mother was killed. Mrs. Frederick
Spittlebouse, aged 45 years, while in an
| epileptic fit at her home. in Elizabeth,
New Jersey. on the evening Of the 9Th,
overturned a lighted kerosene lamp,
and, her clothing catching fire, she was
burned to death. Charles Ccgue and
| Joseph Carruthers, masOns, were fatal
ly injured by falling from a scaffold in
Newark, New Jersey, on the afternoon
of the 10th. The body of General
| Duncan s. Walkers son was recovered
at Seabright, New Jersey. on the Sth.
Ludger Clerment and Edward Laponite
were killed by a railroad train in Mon
treal on the Sth.
"A telegram from Farkersburg,
West Virginia, says the floods continue
| all along the Little Kanawha and Ohio
| rivers, and are greater than in 1884,
when the great flood came. The farms
are flooded, and hundreds of acres of
growing crops and harvested grain are
| deluged. Millions of feet OF timber are
aflOat in the swift current, going to de
struction. The loss in this vicinity
will be $4,000, and in this and adioin-
ing counties will be more than $780,
900. Every stream is out OF its banks.
Big washouts are reported on the rail-
roads. A Mrs. Tracewell was killed
by lightning, and a boy was drowned
while trying to escape from the flood.
The Potomac river and Its tributaries
were greatly swollen on the 10th, by
the heavy rains. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad bridge at Rowlesburg,
West Virginia, and the trestle al Pied
mont are gone. Taains on the Balti.
more and Ohio road for Parkersburg
and Chicago are sent via Cumberland
Pittsburg, Wheeling and Columbus,
thus avoiding interruption to passenger
travel.
"A battle occurred at Laurel Fork
Meeting House, in Whitley county.
Tennessee, on the morning of the Sth,
between the Rose and Fusion factions.
After the shooting had ceased it was
found that Ewell Lawson and his son
John, aged IL. belonging to the Rose
faction, were dead, and that three OF
the Fusion boys, Tom, John and EDos,
and John Porter, belonging to the
other side, were badly wounded. A
dozen of others, whose names could not
he learned, were slightly wounded. On
the South Mountain, a Carlisle,
Penna., on the morning of the 10th,
Isaac Fishel's hogs got into the corn
field of a neighbor, named krysher.
Fislel's children went to drive the an
imals out, when Mrs, Krysher ran
after them with a gun and shot INT of
| than lnul NrJ EiShni nntnn fn fhn
rescue of her children, the kryshers
beat her in the head with a hoe, in
fllcting fatal injuries. The bodies of a
man aud woman, with their heads
crushed in, were found on the morning
of the 10th in the river at Louisville.
Kentucky. Each had a heavy stone
tied to the ankles. Their is no clew to
their Identity.
While Frank S. Livermore. his
wife and child, Of Bratt,eboro, Yer
mont, were being taken to South Lon
derderry Railroad station by his father,
Austin Liyermore, on the 10th, the
horse ran away, and tile wagon was
overturned, killing the child and prob
ably fatally injuring the senior Liver
more. Mrs. Livermore is thought to
be injured internally, but may recover
Her husband escaped, but with severe
bruises.
Lake Erie and Western Railroad in
indiana are alarmed over the appear
ance of Texas fever among the cattle.
A carload of Texas cattle passed over
the road a few days ago and several of
the animals died and were buried in
Upton county. Since then a number
of valuable cattle have died In the
neighborbood.
The rains in Central Illinois have
caused heavy damages. In Douglass
county it is stated that about 10000
acres of corn are under water, and that
the oat crop Is so badly damaged that
ii will scarcely pay to cut. At Deca-
tur, Oakland, Champaign, Monticello,
Lewiston, Paxton and Verona wheat
and oats were badly damaged. At To,
lanO nearly a quarter OF the town is
flooded and a number of the farms in
the surrounding country are wholly or
partially destroyed.
"A slight earthquake shock was
felt in Frederick Maryland, on the
morning OF the 10th. Three distinct
vibrations, lasting several seconds,
were felt, and a low rumbling sound
was heard.
Timothy Sullivan, aged 60 years,
and Mrs. Kate Young, aged 40, quar-
relied some time ago i'll New York and
remained enemies. On the afternoon
of the 18th, Mrs. Young was about to
enter a house while Sullivan was sit
ting on the stoop. She accused him OF
obstructing the entrance, and they
came to blows. The woman gave Sui
livan a push that sent HIM headlong
down the steps into a street. where he
fell. A truck WAS driving by. and the
wheels passed over Sullivan's chest,
crushing him to death. Mrs. Young
was arrested and so vas the truck
driver. Miss Hattie de Baum, aged Is,
was shot and fatally wounded by her
aunt, Mrs. Mary Junkins, at Tecumseh,
Indiana, on the evening Of the 9th,
The de Bauns and Junkins have not
been OH friendly terms for several
years. On the evening Of the 9Th, Miss
de Paun went to the Junkins orchard
with two other girls to get sOme apples.
iio OiAVAtu Z AAN
during a parley of words, Mrs. Jun.
kius's ~14-year-old boy raj out with
a nusket, which Mrs. Junkins
took and fred at the girl, intictlng
fatal wounds. Mrs. Junkins gave
herself up. She is 80 years old.
Dennis Mccarthy, a variety actor.
shot, and 1t is feared, fatally wounded
his wife, at their clearinghouse in
Buffalo, New York, on the 18th.
Jealousy is supposed to have been the
cause Of the shooting. Joseph II.
Chase, colored, convicted of man
slaughter in having caused the death
of Professor E. A. Paul, Of the CITY
High School IN Washington, was on
the 18th sentenced to 80 days i'm
pris -nment and payment of a fine of
5000. Professor Paul was riding a
bicycle on one side of the street neal
his own house. when he was run over
by Chase. who was riding a spirited
bnrea ap1 leading apnfhaT The all