The Penn's Grove record., 1888-08-11

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age to corn will be light, but small
grain in many localities will be a total
loss. a rain storm. accompanied by a
high wind and Lightning, visited Du-
quion. ILL.,, on the 7th. The Catholic
church was unrOofed, trees were dam
aged and one building was struck by
lightning. Some stock is reported
killed. The crops, especially corn, suf-
fered.
Troops sent out by Governor
Martin, Of Kansas. to restore order in
Stevens county, reached Hugoten on
the evening of the 9Th. The soldiers
were ordered to disarm the inhabitants,
but were not very cessful, as few
arms could be found. The same
measures were taken by the troops on
the 9th, at Woodsdale, with about the
same results. On the evening Of the
9TH, a United States marshal arrested
Sam Robinson, City Marshal OF Hugo.
ton; j. b. Chamberlain, Chairman OF
the Stevens County Commissioners,
and six others. 1t is expected that the
prisoners will be taken to Topeka for
trial. The warrant charges them with
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lives and property of other citizens.
The Court has no jurisdiction over the
territory of mo Mans Land" hence
the murderers cannot be tried for
murder, but it is thought the fact OF
conspiracy can be established against
them under the United States law, the
penalty for which is Imprisonment in
the penitentialy for a term not exceed
ing 10 years.
james O'Neil, an employe of the
HobOken Electric Light Company. was
preparing a lamp In the City Hall, New
York, on the evening Of the It'll, when
the current was turned on, and he was
instantly killed. There was a long red
mark on his right side, and the flesh
was broken at the waist.
An east-bound passenger train on
the Sante Fe Road left the track near
Lawrence. Kansas, on the afternoon OF
the 9th. while running 40 miles an
hour. Several cars were demolished.
Engineer Martin Meyers was killed,
and John Harff, the fireman, was
badly scalded. A. broken rail caused
the accident, Two coal trains collided
on the Hooking Valley Railroad, at
Millville, Ohio, on the morning of the
It'll. Both engines were damaged, ten
cars were derailed, and William Fran
els and John Brady, train men, were
severely injured.
"A number of freight cars were
being shifted at the Vandervender
bridge, on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
near Mapleton, on the fth. when a
misplaced switch caused several of the
| cars to leave the track and fall over an
embankment. Over fifty carpenters
| and masons were at work on the new
bridge structure, and six of them were
injured by the falling cars, two of
them fatally. The names of the latter
are Edward Connors and A. Mullen.
| The injured men were taken to the AL.
toona Hospital. Jehn Costello, aged
| 80 years, of Philadelphia, had his left
arm broken, face cut and vas other
wise injured.
Adam Whitoskey was killed on the
7th in the West End Coal Company's
mine, at Moconaqua, by a mass OF
rocks and coal falling on him.
Rev. J. W. Hanford, Indian teacher
and missionary at st. Stephens Mis-.
| sion, Dakota. who married Chaska and
| Miss Fellows, was thrown from a now
ing machine on the 9th and bled to
| death before assistance could be pro-
cured. William Brown, aged % years,
| who was unable to swim, was drowned
on the 9th while bathing, near Quin-
ton, New Jersey.
Thomas Lilly, a hostler employed
by Singley Bros, confectioners, of
| Wilmington, Delaware. died on the
morning Of the 9th from poisoning,
attributed to dried beef, of which he
and three others Of the Singley house
hold partook on the evening of the
9th. The others were made very sick,
but are expected to recover. The beef
was of Western curing and wrapped.
AT the lockwood Pottery, in Gin
cinnati, ON the Sth. William Auckland,
of Dayton, Kentucky, who had been
acting strangely and is supposed to be
of unsound mind, without any appar-
ent motive shot superintendent Joseph
Bailey, ST., Engineer Albert Freyer,
and then himself. Auckland, 1t is
thought, Will ule.
S. NJ. Racket, a wealthy Cumber-
land county farmer, lost $4,000 at the
three card monte game" which he
PLAYED with confidence men who pre-
tended they wanted to buy his farm.
An inquest at Wilmington, Del,
in the case of Thomas Lilly, who, ii
was thought, vas poisoned by eating
dried beef, shows that death was caused
by ~arsenical poisoning, the arsenic pre-
sumably getting into the meat after il
left the grocery store. George Sheldon,
one of tile beef eaters, has been taken
alarmingly ill, but the other two, Mrs.
Hannah W. SlDgley and J. Markley
Singley, seem to be recovering.
The big lumber raft arrived in
good condition on the morning of the
Sth, at Vineyard Haven, Massachu.
sets, after a seven days. passage from
Joggins, and later in the day resumed
its v Constructor Robinson, who
accompanies it, reports an ordinarily
good passage. 1t has been detained by
La thick fog on the Nantucket Schoals
and stopped at Vineyard Haven for
coal and water for the tug. Mr.. Rob-
inson is confident that had the other
raft taken the inside route through
Vineyard Sound, it would have reached
New York safely.
The heaviest wind and rain storm
OF the season at Washington passed
over that city on the afternoon of the
Sth. Limbs were broken from trees.
signs blown down, and a number OF
small buildings were unroofed. The
day had been the warmest Of the sea-
son, the temperature reaching SO in the
shade, and Ave cases of sunstroke, one
fatal, were reported. A terrific wind
and hail storm visited Springfield, Ohio,
early on the evening of the 7th. Trees
were uprooted, and a large number of
buildings were unroofed. The high
chimney Of the Arcade building was
blown down, bricks going through the
entire building to the floor. One brick
crushed through the roof of. a cigar
store filled with people. A scramble
was made for the door, in front OF
which broken glass two inches high