The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-22
NEWS OF Fl WEEK

l4th, II several cars were thrown into
n ditch. The ties beneath the rail had
been burned by the forest fires. The
engineer, fireman and express agent
were thrown clear of the wreck and
ESCAPED with bruises and burns. The
fire OH the track Immediately commu-
nicated to the coaches, and the passen-
gers and crew had barely time to run
through the train and escape by the
rear coaches before every particle OF
wood work in the train was burning.
The business portion Of Florence, Wis
consin, was burned on the 14th. Fifty
six buildings were burned. Loss, 49,.
900.
Mrs. Warner, of Tyler county,
West Virginia, on the 14th, mixed a
large dose of rat poison in a glass, and.
after giving each of her children a
spoonful, swallowed the remainder her.
self. A physician saved the lives of
the children. but Mrs. Warner died.
Mrs. Smell, widow of the mil
lionaire, who was murdered In his own
home in Chicogo by IA burglar, offered
on the 10th, to double the amount OF
the original reward for the capture of
the murderer. This would make the
sum $40, 1000. William b. Tascott is
the supposed murderer.
Isaac Henderson,, a farmer, rs
years of age, while attending the Ber-
wick Fair, at Wilkesbarre, Penna., On
the 18th, was robbed of 5000 by bunco
men.
TNuYn man nnrnnd ~fnnln nnd
Mockabee, both drunk, boarded a train
at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, o the
afternoon of the 10Th. and fought all
the way to Stepstone, where the on
ductor, for the safety of those In his
charge, put the men off, and told them
to fight it out, They drew their pis-
tolls and exchanged five shots each.
The fifth shot from;Steele's pistol passed
through MOckabee's brain, killing him
instantly. They were cousins. After
the killing Steele boarded the train aud
proceeded home, the train having wal
ted until the duel was over. Another
raid was made by the McCoys on the
Hatfield settlement, "a Cattletts-
burg, Kentucky, on the 14th. They at.
tempted to arrest Richard Casey, .
person who never had anything to dc
with the trouble. Their action eIraged
the ne~ighborhood and a number of
men went in pursuit. They overlook
the McCoys at Paw Paw Mountain.
where a battle took place. Two of the
McCoys were killed and two were badly
wounded. None of the Kentucky
crowd vas hurt.
The ~14-year-old daughter of Byrd
Smith was sent by her mother on the
afternoon of the 18th to start a fire in
the stove in their home, at Devine
Station, Texas. She used kerosene,
and when the a exploded the burn
ing oil was scattered eve the girl, and
her two sisters and her baby brother,
all of whom were standing around the
stove watching her. All the children
died of their injuries in a few hours.
The mother was terribly burned while
trying to save her children. John
and Simon Firth, brothers, of Paterson,
New Jersey, were on the 18th III
over and killed by an express train at
Railway, New Jersey. While driving
across the Lehigh and Lackawanna
Railroad tracks at Bethlehem, Penn.
sylyania, on the morning OF
the 18th, Nathan Greenzwelg,
Mrs. l.. p. Cross and the
latter's three children were run
down by a shifting engine and severely
injured. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Springer,
20 years Of age, was run owe and
killed by a train at UniontOwn,
Penna., on the Nth. The body of an
unknown girl, about Is years old, was
picked up in the river at Jersey City,
New Jersey, On the 18th. The body
had been in the water about a week.
AS an express train, en- route from
Cincinnati to Chicago, was rounding a
curve near that city on the evening of
the 10Th, one of the coaches was
thrown from the track and on Its side.
A number of the passengers were
BADLY hurt. but none fatally. W. G.
and Andrew Tuhn, en-.
gagged in painting a building in Pitts
burg, on the 18th, fell from a ladder to
the ground, So feet below. Tuhn was
and Josenhand is believed to be
injured,
"A despatch from Vincennes, In.
says that John n. Hogan, aged
60 years, a notorious desperate, was
shot and killed on the evening of the
10Th by Constable Hall, Of Belmont.
Hall had arrested Hogan on the charge
of attempting to kill his own son and
daughter. In a dark place Hogan
turned sharply, and Hall, fearing vio-
lence, drew his revolver and fired.
Frank Heckart vas stabbed to death
by dip" Patterson on the morning OF
the 10th, near Heads Hotel, at Erwin
New York. In Trinity county,
several nights ago, a man
named iverson, who had shown symp-
of insanity, shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide. In
the case of Owen Clark, aged II years, |
who shot and killed a colored boy, in
Washington, on the 10th, the Coroner's
jury returned a verdict of accidental
shooting. Clark was released IN $1,000
bail. at Vile Platte Prairie, Lou!sl-
on the morning of the 10th, a
gang of armed men rode to the houses
of two negroes, named Salet and
Didere, and, taking them a short dis
lance, shot them dead. The only ex-
PLANTATION of the murders is that they
are supposed to have been brought
about by incendiary language recently
used by these two negroes"
AT kokomo; Indiana, on the
morning of the 18th, while an action
for divorce was pending between
Samuel Pruett and his wife, Pruett
drew a revolver and fred twoshots into
his wife's body fatally wounding her.
He then shot and severely wounded a
man named Blacklidge. Prnett ad-
mitted having intended to kill his wife,
but said the wounding Of Blacklidge
was unintentional, 1.-THE bullet being
intended for another man who had in.
vaded the sanctity Of his household.
AT Mount Sterling, Kentucky, on the
18th, a young nan named Bowen shot
and killed "a man named Estis and
wounded two of Estis's sons.
While intoxicated on the evening of
the 18th, Mrs. ]. Franeiscus, of Lam
Penna., threw a butcher knife
at her son, Emanuel, Killinger, lnlict-
ing a terrible wound below the groin,
which it is feared will prove fatal.