The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-14
NEWS OF HI WEEK.

to be hanged on the 18th of May.
James Waltz, colored, killed Leroy
Smith, white, in Lexington, Ken
lucky, on the evening of the eth.
Waltz accused Smith of testlfving
against him to send him to the Peni.
t%entiary. "Belly" Gill, a desperate,
was overtaken near Woodward. Indian
Territory, on the 9Th, by a party of
men from the vicinity of Ashland
Kansas, and riddled with bullets. Gill
had six horses which he had stolen
from his pursuers.
-Adolph Finger, of Albert Lea,
Minnesota, has been locked up. His
wife died about a year ago, and he
now says she told him to burn his
property, kill their two children and
then himself. On the It'll he made a
bonfire of $500 of paper money, 1925 in
notes. a gold watch and other valu-
ables. The children were away from
home or he would doubtless have in
cluded them in his attempt to obey his
dead wife's supposed Instructions. He
is insane.
Thieves entered the post-ofice,
depot. and nearly every store in Fal-
mouth, Massachusetts, on the evening
of the 18th. Considerable plumber was
taken, but the robbers secured very
little money.
Floods were reported on the Sth in
the Minnesota and Des MONIES rivers,
doing mu1l damage. and causing ap.
%prehension Of much more.
IacpnfpI fro-n TN,-al~ Mo-,
land. says Thomas c. Bruff, Treasurer
Of the Baltimore County School Board,
Is missing, and Irregularities have been
discovered in his books. He has been
treasurer for fourteen years.
"A passenger train leaving Bellows
Falls, Vermont, on the evening of the
9Th, was wrecked one mile above Rock
ingham station by a washout. Engi-
neer Moses Pratt and Fireman John
Pratt were killed, and five passengers
injured. The baggage and express car
with their contents were burned. The
sleeper and passenger coaches did not
leave the track. A freight engine on
the Erie Railroad exploded at Craig
vile, New York, ON the evening of the
9th. Conductor John Clark. Engineer
John Bodlne and Fireman Joyce were
killed. A Burlington switch engine
pushing a train Of lumber cars was
deraIled by a misplaced switch in
Chicago, on the evening of the 9th.
The wrecker made his escape. Fire
mar Gerhardt was injured internally.
kilograms from all parts of
Kansas report heavy and continuous
rains on the It'll and Sth- The outlook
for all grain in that State Is said to be
magnificent.
Hans Stockreid and his wife Fanny
took poison at their home in New
York on the morning of the 7th, and
died within an hour Of each other in
St. VIncent's Hospital. Tie husband
had been out of work for some time.
A man giving the name of Marx Nor
g~anstein leaped into the Kansas river
at Kansas City, Missouri. on the It'll.
He vas rescued, and In a bag he had
thrown away was found S7425 in bills.
He said he was a sufferer from an in
durable disease. On the Sth Morgan
stein confessed to the police that he
was a defaulter to the extent of 26. 600
thalers. to the house of Bernard Ro-
seminal & Co., Vienna. A callegram
was sent to the Vienna police.
"A despatch from Bloomington,
Illinois, says thousands of cattle have
been dehorned in that section since
the outbreak of the craze, a few
months since, and with but few ex-
ceptions the animals rapidly recovered
from the operation. News has been
received, however, tina. catrle on farms
west Of Bloomington had their horns
removed March LIST, and the wounds
have not healed. Modification is re.
ported to have set in in the flesh Of the
head. A number of animals have been
affected this way.
Senior Galindez, a wealthy mer-
chant, was a few days ago Kidnapped
at his estate In Santa Rita, Cuba, by
bandits. 1t is reported that two
planters have also been kidnapped at
Remedies.
by an explosion in a coal mine at
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico, on the
evening of the Sth, John Coglan and
another miner, name unknown, were
hlltCus oOtCl lhuiCb nEkC Ioullu III luC
wrecked coal mine at Rich Hill, Miss
ouri. on the 9th. All of them were in
fine condition, having had access to an
abundant supply of grain and water.
This does away with the theory that
the explosion was caused by natural gas
or by ioul vapor of any kind, as such an
explosion is always followed by choke
damp, which would have killed the
mules. The Coroner's jury has render
ed a verdict %censuring State Inspector
" olfe. 1t was reported In Makato,
Minnesota, on the evening of the OH,
that four farmers had ATTEMPTED to
cross the Minnesota river on the ice
above that place on the 9th, and had
been overwhelmed by a portion of the
breaking gorge and crowded.
"A passenger train on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad crashed into the rear of
a freight train near Jersey City, New
Jersey, on the afternoon of the 9th.
The accident WAS the result of a tele-
graph OPERATORS blunder. He displayed
a white signal instead of a red one.
The injured were E. ii. Vanness, r.
A. Golding and James Brown, of New
ark; j. B. Kendlg, baggage master, and
A. Craig, brakeman. Two freight
trains on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad collided near
Rome, Georgia, on the morning of the
9th. Both engines and 10 cars were
demolished. Five men were injured.
but none fatally.
-Orestes Cleveland, Democrat, was
on the 10th, reelected Mayor of Jersey
City by a majority of about 5000. The
Democrats will have a large majority
in the Council, which Vas a tie last
year. The charter election In Albany,
New York, on the 10th, resulted in a
sweeping Democratic victory. Edward
d. Maber, and the entire Democratic
city ticket were elected by majorities
ranging from $500 to 1900. The new
Board of Aldermen will stand; Demo-
crate, 10; Republicans, 6. a Democratic
gain of 3. The majority for Mayor.
$500, Is n of the largest ever given
in that city. In the charter election in
New Brunswick, New Jersey. on the
10th, the Democrats and Republicans
each elected three members of the
Council, and that body 10Y stands the
same as last year seven Republicans to
five Democrats. The Board OF Com.