The Penn's Grove record., 1888-10-13
NEWS OF THE E X.

John Miller and Alfred Gross jagged
respectively IA and 10 years, were shot
and killed at Hyndman, Penna., on the
9TH, by the accidental discharge of
shot gun in the hands of Albert Lobb,
| AS several miners were descending d
shaft of the Kingston Coal Company,
at Wilkesbarre. Penna., on the morn
of the 5th, on the cage, some heavy 90
Iject fell and struck Richard Hook,
miner, killing him instantly. lie wal
| about 30 years old, and leaves a family,
A capsized sail boat, containing the
body of a man dIifted ashore near Osh'
kosh, Wisconsin, OF the 9th. The boat
was seen on the evening of the 4th witt
two persons in it, but 1t is believed
that more than that number persisted.
Mrs. Kinneman, her infant, and tive
children of Mrs. Phillips, all OF
Dorchester county, Maryland, were
drowned on the 4th by the capsizing OF
a boat in the Wicomico river. All
an agricultural fair at kutztown.
Berks county, Penna., Oh the 9th. a
span of Texan ponies al away and
dashed into a crowd of people, causing
a panic. David Levan, aged 90 years.
was fatally, and Miss Anna Barto Sc
yerely injured. a little boy II CIR
were also hurt. Three persons drank
embalming fluid at "a wake in Racine.
Wisconsin,, on the evening of the 4th,
installing it for beer. and it is believed
that one of them, James Payton, viii
not cover. Five workmen were Sc
| verely injured by an explosion OF &C.
cumulated gases in q new water work.
tunnel now being excayated in Cleve-
land, Ohio, early on the morning OF
the 9th. The tunnel is lighted by cleo
! tricity, and the clruit of lights was be.
ing extended further into the passage,
| when an electric spark from n OF
the wires ignited the gases. 1t is
thought all the injured will recover.
The body of Mary Doliinger, ageG
about % years, the wife of Il farmer
near Lancaster, Penna.. was found OIL
the evening of the 9th, on the banks OF
the Little Conestoga creek. he ap-
pearance of the body and all the sur
roundings indicated murder. in d
quarrel ove IA will IN pittsburg, on the
evening OF the 4th, Daniel Leahy shot
and fatally wounded his brotheT-in-law,
Thomas Miller. Aaron Bean, a negro,
was killed by a mob neal Jasper, Texas,
on the Sd. He was caught in an at
tempt to assault the young daughter OF
John Lee. Giovanni Il DenderO sur
rendered himself to the police in BostOI
GU the 9TH, stating that he had killed 3
relative named Giovanni DendeTO, il
the hamlet of Sara, near Genoa, Italy.
IN May last. He says lie will return to
italy without Il reuuisition.
1t is said that the entire popula.
zion of Ramsey county, Dakota, Is Oh
he brink of starvation. Mayor Smith
If st. Paul, Minnesota, has receive
IN appeal signed by county officials II
prominent citizens, urging Thai step
be taken to alleviate the distress. l.
IS stated that recent frosts destroyea
thousands of bushels of wheat and lef,
destitute the residents Of all but Il OF
the townships.
-Fifty-two new cases Of yellow feve
and six deaths were reported i'll Jack
sonville, on the 9Th. There were three
new cases of yellow fever at Decatur,
Alabama, on the 9th
AT Lynchburg, Virginia, on til,
evening of the 9th, James Scott, d
colored rough and eX-convict, shot an
probably fatally wounded three younI
men, named Spencer, Burns and Floyd
who were on their way home to Madi'
,on village, opposite Lynchuurg. Thu
shooting is alleged to have been un-
proved. Scott escaped to the woods,
bnt a posse OF citizens, armed witt
shot guns, are looking for him.
Just as a Reading Railroad tran
eft KutZtown on the evening of the
4th, four men seized Daniel Geist, :
wealthy farmer, who was seated in :
car in which there were a number OF
other passengers, bound him with 9
rope, rifled his pockets, then jumped
from a train and escaped. Geist waS
too much frightened to raise an alarm.
and the work of the thieves vas ovel
so quickly that the passengers were not
aware Of the crime until the men ha
escaped. The robbers evidently eX-
pected to find a large amount of money
On Geist. but they secured only SIS.
William Winstanley, 90 years o
age, assistant agent of the Northern
Central Railway at Monkton, Mary
rand, was probably fatally injured OF
the morning Of the 9th, by an expires,
train while crossing the track t,
deliver the mail. An unknown ma
who was killed on the Lehigh VALLEY
Railroad at Wilkesbarre, Penna., OF
the 9th, IS thought to have arrived tha'
day from Philadelphia. Two unknown
men were drowned i'll the breakers Oh
the lake shore at Chicago, on the even
ing of the 9th, during IA storm. Theil
sail-boat overturned. Samuel e. Prat,
was found lying upon the bank of the
springs in Hot Springs, Nevada, recent
y, literally %parboiled. and he died IN =
short time. 1t is thought that he e
to take a bath and jumped into the
spring. not knowing the temperature OF
the water.
There were but 80 new cases OF
fever in Jacksonville on the 7th.
There were nine deaths. In Jackson
vile on the 9Th, there were eighty-Ont
new cases and five deaths. -Four new
cases of yellow fever developed in De.
catur, Alabama, on the 9th.
"A heavy thunder shower broke
over New York City at $50 on tht
evening OF the 9th.
During the laying or the corner
stone Of St. Mary's Polish Catholic
Church in Reading, Penua., on thu
afternoon of the eth, part of a tenn
porary floor laid upon the wall of the
building, which had been carried VI
one story, gave way, and about 2Jt
men, women and children were pre-
cipitated to the ground, fifteen to
eighteen feet below. About 100 per.
sons were injured, % dangerously.
Several children were reported missing.
Archbishop Ryan, who was on the plat.
form, escaped Injury.
"A Cincinnati and st. Louisexpress
train, ran into a freight tram, neaI
Dickerson Station, 81 miles west oi
Washington, shortly before midnight,
on the 9Th. Both engines, two express