The Penn's Grove record., 1888-01-28

ago, an Apache Indian was put in the
guard house for getting drunk. He
asked to see his wife and child. When
they were taken to him he cut theiI
throats. put them on the bed and set II
on fire. He then rushed at the sergeant
of the guard. but was riddled with
bullets and killed
In Pittsburg, on the 2lst, William
Murdoch, an old and well known citi.
zen, was met on the street by a man
who said he had drawn $4,000 in a
lottery, and showed a certificate to that
effect. Mr.. Murdoch vas induced to
accompany the swindler to an office
near by, and was there persuaded OF
the truth of the story. He then went
10 the Bank of Commerce and drew out
$4,000 in cash, and, in company Of the
swindler returned to the office, where
he was induced to take part in some
kind of a game and cheated out Of all
his money. The men made the old
gentleman believe that in order to get
the cash from the lottery he would
have to show that he was responsible.
Murdoch Is unable to give the location
of the building In which he was robbed.
A telegram from Chicago says that
Anton J~edlicka's story that himself and
family were chloroformed on the even
ing of the 10Th, and robbed of their
savings for eight years. nearly 5000.
was exploded by tho police on the 2lst.
"There were no footprints in the snow
at the door which Jedlicka said had
been forced open by the burglars. IN
vestigation showed that Jedlicka, who
was until recently a wldower, wished
his wife TO mortgage her property and
give him the proceeds to invest in a
business venture. lie had bound him
self to buy OF the 23d. for $4,000, a
third interest in a planning mill. The
police believe that the chlorOformIng
and supposed robbery vas a use to
force his wife TO execute a mortgage
rather than face a suit for n%on-fulfl-
meLt of contract. Mrs. Jedlicka, how
ever, has not yet signed any mortgage
"A passenger train was wrecked
near Oketo, Kansas, on the evening of
the Dist by a broken rail. Two coaches
and the mail and express cars were
tumbled down a fifteen foot embank.
ment and capsized. All of the occu-
pants were injured, four of them-J.
II. Voorhees,, Mrs. Lykens, Mrs. Liz
zie Conn and her little son-danger-
ously, if not fatally. a train convey.
ing railroad employees to the shops Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Road in Milwaukee,, on the morning of
the 21st, collided with all engine neal
Merrill Park. Four men were badly
injured, both engines being smashed.
Hugh Harmon, a brakeman, was
crushed to death between two cars Oh
tie same road just south of the city,
the same morning. Two trains COLI.
ded near the Fourth street tunnel in
st. Paul, Minnesota, on the morning OF
the 2lst, Michael Flaherty was killed
and ID. MEG ulness severity injured.
While driving across the tracks of the
Boston and Lowell Railroad, near
Tewkesbury, Massachusetts, on the
21st, Martin Donnelly and John Me
! loney, well-knOwn citizens, were
struck by al express train. Meloney,
who was over so years of age, was
killed. and Donnelly was badly hurt.
The police IN Montgomery, Ala
bama, on the evening of the 22d, at
tempted to arrest two men supposed
W NC OdLlCs anu ltCubCh bdllOW, Out
was captured, but the other made his
escape after shooting and fatally
wounding Neal Bray, n of the com.
p~esitors of the Advertiser. Bray was
passing along the street on his way to
work when Police Captain Martin
called to him to help catch the mar
who was running away. Bray started
to obey and vas heading Barrow of
when shot. The Barrows live in Lamar
county, Alabama, and are accused OF
train robbery near Texarcana, Texas.
The man arrested had al envelope In
his pocket addressed to James Barrow.
Saturday, the 21st, was the coolest
day ever known at Minneapolis, Min
nesota. AT 7 o'clock in the morning
a standard Government thermometer
stood 40 below zero, the lowest that
can be registered on It,. AT Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin, the Thermometer
marked 6S. below. The temperature
at Chicago on the morning of the 21st
was ten degrees below zero, and al
night it went two degrees lever. The
Signal Officer there, however. prom.
ised warmer weather, saying there
were no more cold waves i'll sight at
present."
Following are below zero tempera.
lures reported on the morning of the
Odd from New Hampshire: Keere, "a;
Swansey, IS; NARROW, 80; Hinsdale, IS;
Ashuelot, IS; Nashua. "a; Dover, 20;
Great Falls, %; Pennington, %; New
Durham, "A; Derry Depot, 26. Hav-
erhill, Mass, reports IA below and the
thermometer in towns on the south
shore are from 10 to Is below. In
Bloomfield, Connecticut, it was %
below and in Hartford, IL below. The
evening of the I'D was the coolest of
the season at Calais, Maine, and on the
morning of the 23d the temperature
there was % below zero. st. Andrews
Bay is frozen over for the first time in
many years. Tie 21st and 22d were
the coolest days ever experienced at
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the thermom-
eter indicating SO to So below zero.
Two men working in a logging camp
ON the West Fork OF the Black river
were found frozen to death neal the
camp on the 22a.
Reports from the wood districts
of Texas show that thousands OF sheep
and cattle persisted in the recent biz
card. 1t is estimated that 10000 sheep
persisted in tile counties of Lampasas,
Brown, Hamilton, Corvell and San
sabra.
In San Francisco, several months
ago., an attempt was made to kidnap
the youngest daughter of ex-senator
Far from the residence of her divorced
mother. Since tLen there have been
mysterious robberies In the ssme section
of the city. Early on the morning of
the 22d, a servant in Mrs. Fairs house
noticed a man turning out the light of
the nearest lamp.post, and secreting
herself in the shadow OF the house. she
notified a policeman, who approached
him and ordered him to throw up
his hands. The reply was a pistol
shot, which wounded the policeman in
the groin. The policeman returned the
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