The Penn's Grove record., 1888-01-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Edward Coffey, the condemned
murderer, who cut his throat in til,
| Pittsburg Jail on the 18th, is still liv
ing and may ec0ver. Minnie Ray
daughter Of a prominent citizen o
Colorado Springs, Colorado, threw
herself in front Of q train on the even
ing Of the 18th and was killed. Slit
left a letter to her parents saying Slit
was a great sinner and would ratheI
die than disgrace them. 1t is learned
| that a few days ago Minnie rented
cottage belonging TO her father for S2I
and spent the money. 1t is thought
this so preyed upon her mind that sh'
concluded to take her life.
"A despatch from Browns Valley
Minnesota, says: We have been block,
AIDED for three weeks. Unless a trair
comes in with fuel within two day:
there will be serious suffering here ant
all about. There is no wood or coal il
the merket. There is more suffering
as yet in the country than in town
The opinion is general that the rail
road!authorities have been very remis!
in thus delaying the opening of The
road. Men are working towards u!
from Morris, but none are put on al
this end of the line.
The latest reports of the storm o.
the 10Th, in Southern Dakota and II
Minnesota, indicate that it was muci
less severe than was anticipated. II
had the effect, however, of again filling
up the cuts and suspending railroad
traffic, just beginning to be resumed,
On the evening of the 10Th weather re
ports showed the following tempera'
lures below zero: st. Paul, 10; st. Vim
cent. 80; Huron, Dakota, 90; Yankton,
! l6; Bismarck, 26; Helena, IL; FOIt
Garry, So. at St Paul on the morning
of the 10th the temperature was q
below.
An East bound passenger train on
the Manitoba Railroad was thrown
from the track near Norris, Minnesota,
on the morning of the goth, by a broken
rail. Benjamin Prentiss, express mes.
senger, was killed and several passen.
gers were severely injured. A despatch
from Greensburg, Penna., says the day
express on the Pennsylvania Railroad
struck two men in Carney's tunnel on
the Goth, and killed them instantly.
They we're mangled beyond recogni.
ton, but 1t is supposed they were
tramps. A Canadian Pacific express
train a off the track at East Concord,
New Hampshire, on the evening of the
Goth. The locomotive was capsiZed
and demolished by being thrown against
the end Of a freight house. None OF
the passengers received the slightest
injury, and even the engineer and fire
man, who were thrown from the engine
and tender, escaped dangerous injury.
Two farmers living near Little
Rock, Arkansas, named Baker and
Hit, became engaged IN a quarrel on
the 10th while dividing their land be.
tween a son and daughter of each who
| were about to be married, and, coming
to blows, stabbed each other. Baker
died, and it is not thought that Hit
can recover. 1t is reported that a few
days ago two American ~prospectors
were killed and two others wounded by
q band or Apaches on the Yagui river,
in Mexico. Charles Parkhurst was ar
rested at Sullivan, Indiana, on the
morning of the 10Th, ~''ostensibly on IA
charge of drunkenness, but i'll fact on "a
charge of having killed the depot agent
at Marshal, Illinois, who was mystic
riously murdered two years age. Park
hurst while drunk, told a companion
that he killed the agent, and did not
care what was done with him A de.
spatch from San Diego, California, says
a year ago q rancher in MOosa Canyon,
named Lewis Stone, went East. During
bis absence a family named GOen, con-
sisting of a widow, two IONS and a
daughter, took possession of his ranch
and cabin. On Stones return he In
stituted legal proceedings to eject the
parties. On the 18th. when the Sher-
III went to take possession, the whole
family of GOens faced the officers
with revolvers. The Sheriff snatched
a revolver from Mrs. Goen, who was at
the door. She seized a gun and shot
him in the face. In the melee which
followed citizen Reed was fatally
wounded by Percy Goen. A married
daughter of Mrs. GOen was accidentally
shot In the neck by her brother and
fell dead. Percy Goen was shot through
the head and arm fatally. His sister
and brother were dead when the officers
reiterated With their wounded and Mrs.
GOen still holds the fort, declaring that
she will not leave the place alive. Two
families named Becker and Tapp,
hucksters, in Chicago, have been for
some time at feud, owing to rivalry in
business, they kerplng stands on op.
posite sides Of the street. On the even
ing of the 10Th, tie quarrel was re-
newed by abusive words from Tapp
against Becker, and a fight followed in
which the two men, Tapp's little
daughter, Becker's son, Jacob. a bar
Der named Huchhoeft and Peter Hoff,
Tapp's hired man. took part. a brick
thrown by Jacob Becker struck Hotf
in the head, killing him instantly. The
Beckers and Huchboeft were arrested
and locked up.
The body of Charles Wilson, an
other victim of the blizzard, vas found
In hamliD county, Dakota, on the Dist.
He left C~astlewood with snow shoes on
about a week ago Miss Little of Gen
eva, reported lost, has been found safe
and well with her school children at a
neigbboring farmer's; also Geo. Powell,
who went to her rescue. Two pas.
senger trains from Minneapolis, which
had been blockaded, reached Milbank,
Dakota. on the 21st, the first from the
East since the 10th. Conductors re-
port drifts as high as telegraph poles.
The body of Edward Dunn, a cattle
dealer, was found near Adrian, Michi-
gan. On the morning of tie Dist. He
had been buying calves and vas driv-
ing home, when his team became un-
manageable and ran away, capsizing
the calf rack, which in falling pinned
him to the earth. where he fruze to
death, being unable to extricate him
self.
Finley D.. Brown, aged 90 years,
member of the Board OF Trade in Chi
cago, was thrown or fell from a third
story window Of the Century Club rooms
in the Board Of Trade Building on the
evening of the Dist. He was severely.
If not fatally injured. Brown was
drunk at the time. He has a wife aud
children.
Policeman Thomas Jennings. who