The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-08
OF THE WEEK

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the I'd. 1t is believed that the mother,
in a fit OF insanity, dragged the chill
dren into the river with her. Six sec.
ton men we're killed near Bonneville,
Wisconsin, on the LIST, by a freight
train jumping the track.
Early on the morning of the I'd
fire broke out in the toy warehouse OF
L. A. Prior 81 Co., on South Sharp
street, Baltimore. An explosion of
fireworks soon afterwards wrecked the
building and spread the fire to the
drug house of j. IL. Wlnkelman Il
Co. and the hat house of NJ. S. Levy
& Co. Scarcely had the iremen en-
tered the drug house when another
terrific explosion caused that building
to collapse and spread the flames
throughout the entire block running
from Lombard to Pratt street. Eight
men are known to have been buried in
the ruins of the drug store and of
those only one escaped alive. The
total less is estimated at $1,000 600; 1t
is nearly or quite covered by insur-
ance.
William A. Stewart, L. Fl. John
ston and Elijah Becker, respectively
President. teller and solicitor Of the
saving bank at Rosalind, Illinois, are
missing, together with all the funds OF
the bank, amounting to about $50 600.
The village Is a suburb of Chicago and
has a population of 1000, nearly all
Hollanders. Swart was one of the
young Napoleons of finance" a street
car line protector, etc., and offered high
interest for the use of his neighbor's
money. David Niblack and seven
others, n of them a woman, were ar
rested In Plttsburg on the morning OF
the LIST for robbing wholesale grocery
stores. The robberles bad been carried
on for nearly a year, and 1t Is estimated
that nearly $4,000 worth of goods were
stolen. The plan was Tor II OF the
thieves to secure employment as a
watchman in the store, and after DARK
the goods would be carried of
and sold to their customers.
James IL. Miller, a brewer, Of
Rawlin, North Carolina, was robbed OF
a wallet containing $1,000 In the Cole
man House, in New York, on the 31sl
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Reilly, a night porter, and Mary York,
a chambermaid. Arthur White, aged
10 years, who recently absconded from
Denver. Colorado, with $4,000 belong.
ing to the banking house of Kittredge
& Co., has been apprehendeu in Vic
toria, British Columbia, and $500 OF
the money recovered.
Thomas Churm, a colored burglar,
was shot dead by a policeman named
Oldham, while trying to escape arrest,
in Birmingham, Alabama, on the
morning of the I'd. William Schrader,
So years of age, attempted suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid and cutting
the arteries of his wrist, in New York,
on the I'd. He is not expected to re
cover.
A heavy storm visited Hot Springs,
Arkansas, on the evening of the 3Otl
ult. Several buildings were sweep
away, and Mrs. Matte Fletcher ant
her four children, were drowned, and
| woman named Harrison was killed by
the collapse of a building. Severa
| others, whose names were not learned
were lost. The victims were poo
people living in small cottages, whlcl
could not stand against the storm. a
| waterspout burst on the 31st ult. alone
the line of the Cincinnati and South
eastern Railroad in Kentucky between
! Flemingsburg and Hillsboro, washing
| out trestling and bridges and causing
| the discontinuance Of trains. Tit
tobacco planters along the track suf
fered great loss.
"A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oil
tank in Cygnet, Ohio, exploded on thu
| 1st, and the oil was scattered in all di
rections. Bert Weincke, who was hold
ing a lantern when the tank burst, wa
burned to death.
Heavy rains throughout Mckee
have greatly damaged the crops. Wash
outs on the Mexican International Rail
road interfere with the regular running
of trains.
-Twenty-four new cases of yellow
I fever and two deaths we're reported il
Jacksonville on the 81. Total cases t.
date. 25S; deaths. "a.
An explosion of gas In Packer Col
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on the Sd, badly burned Anthony Shaw
John and Martin Burns, Joseph Bosen
mis- and George Setback. Thomas Nc
Kenney was dangerously injured Of
the 80 by falling out of a third-stor.
window Of the Hotel Windsor il
Youngstown, Ohio, while intoxicated.
Henry Tanner, John Tanner ant
| orun Ounstl, oil nnInrad uynra fQk o.
from the jail in Oxford, North Carolina
on the I'd, by mob of masked me-
and hanged. The Tanners wer
charged with murder and Smith wit
burglary and arson, a capital crime il
North Carolina. Charles Rise sho
and MORALLY wounded Mrs. Elizabetl
Funk at Middletown, Ohio, on tn
morning of the I'd. Both were of baI
reputation. Richard Gordon was sho
and fatally wounded in John Lowell
saloon in Chattanooga on the mornin
of the 3D.. Those who saw the shoot
ing refused to say who did t.. Mrs
Maggie Collins was shot and killed b
some unknown person at her home
near Circleville. Ohio, on the evenin
of the I'd. The woman was eating he
supper, and the shot was fired throug
an open window. General Lopez Men
dosa was on the 3D.. shot by a youn
lawyer on a train at Vera Cruz
Mexico. Capt. J. s. Lewis and L
johnson became involved In a quarre
in WoodvilIe, Mississippi, on the Sd
which resulted in the fatal shooting Q
johnson.
John Schaffer, President of tn
Jewett County National Bank a
Agenda, Kansas, has disappeared, an
the bank has been closed by tn
Sheriff and Schaffer's property at
tached. 1t is alleged that he issued
quantity of forged paper. Receiving
Teller Audy, of the Bank Rationale
in Quebec, has been missing since til
LIST. His accounts are S12.00 short
Four men and three women, member
of a gang of thieves in Toronto, hav
been arrested in Rochester, New York
The gang has recPctly been OperatinI
in Buffalo, Rochester. Syracuse e.
Utica. On the LIST, Mr.. Chester, so
of a prominent citizen of Antwerp
Ohio, went to Fort Wayne, Indiana
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