The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-28

- -SN Mio Mai I'LL SulISItu tuo uOIIOln
of bydrophobia. She was % years old.
In Wilmington, Delaware, o n the
oath. Theodore W. beats, a railroad
employe, got caught between two cars.
James 5. Wrightiugton, a a builder,
at work near by, ran to Deat's assist
ance. and rescued him, but in so dong
he received injuries which caused his
death in a short time.
The Comptroller OF the Currency
has declared the first dividend of 25 per
cent. In favor of the creditors of the
First National Bank of Auburn, New
York, ipsolvent on claims proved
amounting to ~S762,454. This bank
failed January %, 1888.
Eleven ruflans boarded the west
bound express train at Ashtabula.
Ohio. on the evening of the 22d, and as
soon as it was under way attempted to
take possession of it. The cOnduc.
tor and several drummers prevented
the robbers from doing anything, and
when the train stopped at Geneva nine
of them were captured and lodged
in jail.
Carrie A. Dean, aged rs years, was
struck by a train and killed at Corn
wall, New York on the evening OF the
oath.
About a week ago A. Lund. with
his brother and four others lett San
Pedro, California, in an open boat for
a trip around the Catalina Island. On
the 23d the boat was found bottom up,
and it is thought that the whole party
was drowned.
AT Morley's station. twenty miles
from Reddlng, California. James
Mason, an old stage driver, committed
suicide on the 23d. He bought a fifty
pound box of giant powder, sat OH il
and touched the explosive off with q
match. The Coroner gathered up twenty
pounds of the body In a basket. Will
liam Steinbecker, employed In a book
bindery. committed suicide in Chicago
on the morning Of the oath, by shoot
ing himself in the head. He had been
turned out of his boarding house after
a spree.
Benjamin Dutton, a farm hand,
went to the house of John Lamont,
nea Dryden, New York, on the even
ing of the oath, and shot Mr.. Lamont
and Miss Roat, a young woman employ
ed in the Lamont family. the latter ia
tally. Dutton then escaped to the woods
and committed suicide. Dntton had
been paying attention to the Roat girl,
but Lamont considered him unworthy
of her, and upon his advice she re-
jected his suit. Michael Flaherty was
arraigned in Jersey City, New Jersey,
on the 25th. lie beat his mother in a
brutal manner about ten days ago
and she died on the 25th from the re.
suit Of the injuries he inflicted. A
party of seven persons went boat riding
at Quincy, Illinois, on the evening OF
the Dist. The ckiff was capsized and
Samuel Steel and Miss Jessie Kay were
drowned. Steel's body has been re.
covered, and a bullet hole was found
in the temple. 1t is now thought that
he was murdered and the boat upset &c
emOve suspicion. Miss Kay's body
has not yet been recovered.
In view of the loss of fruit tO
farmers and fruit growers in the north
ern counties Of New Jersey, by reason
Of destructive insects which have ap-
peared IN swarms the present season,
the farmers are appealing to the public
to protect moles, field mice and all ill.,
s%ectiverous birds, but the English
sparrow. The insects have wrought
fearful havoc this season, and the yield
of small fruits will be almost a total
failure.
"A gunsmith named Rudolph SeviG
was arrested in Chicago, on the 24th
on the charge of being the person who
furnished the dynamite to alleged con
spiratoIs who intended to assassinatt
Judges Gray and Grinnell and Inspec'
ted BontieId. Sevic acknowledged that
he had been dealing illegally in dyna.
mite, and vas placed under $1,000 bail.
In the afternoon Sevic, Hronek, Chapek
and Chilebonn, the four alleged
Anarchists, were indicted By the Grand
Jury for conspiracy to commit murder.
While John p. Anderson wa.
cleaning out a 150.foot we'll, at Johns
town, Nebraska, on the 10th, the walls
collapsed, imprisOning him. "He ha!
remained there aver since without fOot
OF water, and deriving his fresh all
from that part of the well below. An.
other well has been sunk beside the ole
one and the men have dug near enough
to him to hear him speak," An old
armOry, at Elm and hIte streets
New York. which. though still owned
by the city. has been used for com
mercial purposes for some years, wa!
the scene of a fatal disaster on the
25th. Part of the gallery on one sid,
Of the building collapsed under tn,
weight of two heavy folding machines
belonging to the Lowell Manufactur'
Ing company of printers, and the ma
chimes broke through to the ground floor
Six girls went down with the wreck, but
only one, Mary Bagnell, vas killed
Another one was bruised in one eye
and the rest escaped injury. Samue
W. Ingersoll, of Pleasantville. New
Jersey, aged So years, was struck anG
killed by a train on the Phlladelphi;
and Atlantic City Railroad on the 25tl
as he was crossing the track. Charlie
Miranda, a brakeman on the Cincinnati
and Muskingum Valley Railway, fel
from a freight train, near Bremen
Ohio, on the oath and was killed. 81,
of his brothers were killed on railroads
Sarah Kelley died on the 25th at Belle
vile, New Jersey, after having taste,
for AZ days. She was 90 years of age
When she began to refuse food sh,
weighed 1852 pounds, and at the time o
her death she weighed only 50 pounds.
John Bolton and Frank Mercuzie
were overcome by fire-damp In the
Nelson shaft, at Shamokin, Penna., OF
the 25th, and 1t is not believed tina
they could recover.
Great damage was done IN Tams
and Grundy counties, Iowa by a hal
and wind storm on the evening of the
22d. All the crops were destroyed In q
strip from two TO four miles wide and
eighteen in length. Many farm build
ings were leYelled, a school house WA
demolished, and many cattle were kill
cd. A house near Rough Woods, il
Grundy county, was destroyed Ly
lightning, and two children persisted in
it. On the oath hail fell to a depth o
five inches In portions of South Rich
e. Eo,1 norlyahira and Mnntuan,ar.