The Penn's Grove record., 1888-06-16

shot Mrs. louisa Mari, in her own
apartments, and then blew out his own
brains. 1t is thought Mrs. Mari is
fatally wounded. They lived in the
same building. and Guartoni broke into
the apartment of Mrs. Mari during
her husbands absence. Peter Alt,
proprietor of the Arlington House, neal
the Pimlico Race Track, i'll Baltimore,
was shot and killed by his son, " lillian
aged 10 years, on the evening of the
18th. Ats wife says the shooting was
done In her defence ard while her hus
Oand was beating her. A man named
GlasgO, a resident, of Glasgo, Cambria
county, Penna., shot and killed his SON.
in.law, named Tornado, on the 18th.
aud then shot himsalf IN the head. He
is still alive, but 1t is thought he can
not recover. The tragedy was caused
by family trouble.
"A telegram from Duluth says the
recent heavy rains have caused the
greatest flood ever known in Northern
Minnesota. Along the TANKS of log
giDg streams tributary to the st. Louis
river millions of acres OF land are over.
flowed, and loss of life is feared. Part
of the village of Cloquet is completed,
submerged. The immense saw mills
are flooded and abandoned, and in tht
booms so 600, 600 logs were jammed Oh
the morning of the 18th, and by
night the number had been swelled t.
over goo, 900, DOC. All county bridges
were carried away. The village OF
Fond du Lac is under water.
Swans of seventeen-year locusts
have appeared in Northern Iowa and
Western Illinois. Professor Riley.
United States Entomologist, says that a
well-known brood occurs this year, and
this periodical visitor may be looked
for in wooded portions of Illinois and
Iowa, also in portions of Wisconsin,
Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Henry Frazer went into a store ip
Cincinnati, on the 18th, and bought q
revolver for So. giving a $40 bill in
payment. While the clerk was getting
the change, Frazer shot himself in the
head and died almost instantly. John
Zinke, a young man employed in a
book store in Cincinnati, committed
suicide on the 18th by shooting himself
in the head. He had complained OF
illness. His brother committed suicide
a few monthsago. Frank II. Wheless,
junior member of the firm of Wheless
Il Co., of Augusta, Georgia, commit
ted suicide on the 18th by shooting
himself in the head. Miss May Eys-
ter. aged % years, committed suicide
York, Penna., on the 18th. 1t is re-
ported that a young man ruined her
and then refused to marry her.
Barclay Peak, who murdered Katie
Anderson, at Mount Holly. New
Jersey, was on the 18th sentenced to 81
years. imprisonment. the full extent
of the law. John Mccullough shot and
seriously wounded his wife and then
committed suicide, on a street corner.
in st. Louis, on the morning of the
10th. She had refused to live with her
husband because of his d~issipated
habits. During a fight at Portland, In
Llama, on the evening of the 18th. be
tween CHARLES Williams and James
Cole on one side and Jerry Moore or
the other, Joseph McClelland was killei
by Cole with q dirk knife, while the
former was endeavoring to separate the
combatants. Williams stabbed Moore
in several places, fatally injuring him.
Cole made his escape. Three men
have been arrested in Sacramento
California. for the murder of John
Lowell, an old and wealthy far
mer of Eldorado county, whose body
was found in a well on his rancho last
week.
nlnNr 1anb - IN hrtnb word In
Menomlnee, Wisconsin, caved in on
the 18th, burying seven men. Two
brothers named Jansen were taken Out
dead, and it IS thought that the others
are fatally injured. Hans Tidge and
August MichaelSon were boating at
Fullerton, Nebraska, on the 18th,
when Michaelson, to frlghLen Tidge,
who was unable to swim, tipped the
boat. Both lost their balance, fell
into the water and were drowned.
Lightning struck the house of Pro-
lessor M. G. Connert. in Georges,
South Carolina, on the 18Th. and killed
Miss Annie Brown, aged %. She was
sitting in a chair in the middle of the
room. While a young man named
Mosher was working on an old gun
barrel at his home in Groton, New
York, on the 18Th, the weapon was
discharged, and the charge, striking
Mosher's sister In the neck, killed her
almost Instantly.
"A telegram frem Duluth, Mime
sofa, says the st. Louis river continued
to rise on the 18th, and, leaving its
regular course, is sweeping through
tla ,TIJ.-n f IsnnI I'm on IL xrnc
raining on the 18th.
"A rabid dog in Chicago on the
evening of the l2Lh, bit several chill
dren and men, BESIDES a number of
dogs and horses, before the police sue.
ceeded in killing him.
Nineteen persons were poisoned at
kasola, Minnesota, on the 18th, after
eating cheese made in Wisconsin, but
1t is thought all will recover.
"A disease called by the veterinary
surgeons azotama, a mlasmatic trouble,
has been raging among the horses III
stamford, Connecticut. causing a large
number of deaths. Horses, apparently
well, drop down and die in a short
time, and the back and legs of the ami
mails swell to enormous dimensions.
Giovanni Recchione, keeper of a
saloon and lodging house, Philadelphia,
and an agent for the American Steam
ship line, reported on the 18th, that his
house had reen entered, and box con-
tanning $3.50 in money, and jewelry
valued at $3.50, had been stolen.
Thomas Vormilles and Basili Spiese
we're arrested on suspicion of the theft.
About $500 worth of jewelry was
stolen on the 18th, from the house of
George Janney.
Dispatches from several points in
Illinois and Iowa say that the locusts
which are making their appearance in
such great numbers are not mOlesting
fruit, grain or vegetables as yet. The
only damage done is the killing OF
young and tender trees many of which
die from the missions made by the in
sects in depos ting their eggs.