The Penn's Grove record., 1888-05-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The vicinity OF lTdtt, hdnSaS, was
visittd by "a hail storm on the evening
of the 18th, which destroyed fruit.
wheat and corn. Cattle and pigs were
killed in some places.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis and hei
three grandchildren. aged from Is
months to 6 years, persisted by the
burning of the house of William Lew
elIyn. III Cleveland, Ohio, on the even
ing of the 18Th. Llewellyn and his
wife were absent at the time Robert
smith. who was placed in the lookup
in Cairo, Illinois, on the evening of the
18th, in an intoxicated condition, set
fire TO the place on the 18th and was
burned to death.
"A Deputy Sheriff named Shipe
was shot dead by Hickey Martin,
colored, whom he was trying to arrest
for a murder, at the Powell Valley
Railroad Works, twenty miles north of
Knoxville, Tennessee. The murderer
escaped. George Reilly vas shot dead
during a fight about a girl, near Balti-
more, on the afternoon of the goth. 1t
is not known VINO fired the shot. The
jury in the IA s of Charles Ii. Reidel,
charged with the murder of his wife,
in Wilmington, Delaware, on the 10th,
returned a verdict Of guilty. Reidel
shot and killed his wife and child as
they lay asleep in bed, in September
last, and then shot himself, but not
dangerously. The defence was in
sanity. Henry Ebert, convicted of the
murder of his wife in Jersey City, New
Tarcay bau taap oapfapood fn ha bapUab
on July IS. Minnie Miegkourtz was
found IN the cellar of a house in Null
berry street. New York, on the morn
ing of the 10Th, with her throat cut.
She was married, but was deserted by
her husband In Philadelphia. Of late
she has consurted with tramps 1t Is
supposed she was murdered by Two
Italians.
Thomas Barrett, a private watch
man. was shot dead at his residence IN
Chicago on the morning Of the goth,
under mysterious circumstances. His
~sister-lu-iaw, Miss Pope, says she saw
Barrett a few minutes before the kill
ing, sitting in a room alone reading a
a paper. When she heard the shot and
Barrett's cry, she rushed in, and his
wife, who was supporting his head,
sent her out for help. On the Sidewalk
she met John Enright, the wife's
brother, who had been in the house a
short time before. He lives next door
and was hitchlng up his horse. He
returned to the house with her and the
police were summoned. They placed
Enrlght under arrest on suspicion,
although he professed innocence. So
far as known, Barrett's family relations
had always been happy. At Ashland.
Wisconsin, on the morning of the 10th,
William Andrews. proprietor of a res
taurant, shot and killed a woman with
whom he was living. and then commit
ted suicide. 1t is supposed Jealousy
was the cause.
Eight thoroughbred Clydesdale
stations, valued at $4,000, which were
shipped from Scotland by Thomas Me
Bey, have been seized in Montreal on
the ground that McBey who was ad-
judged a bankrupt after the ship left
Glasgow, exported them with the in
tention of deirauding his creditors.
Two Harvard College students,
Arthur Whiting, of New York. and
Samuel Dexter, Of Chicago, we're fined
500 and costs each on the 18th, for
maintaining a liquor nuisance at the
rooms OF the ''Dickey" Club, on Brat
tie street, i'll Boston, which was rai1ed
by the police.
The rulings of Judge Cunningham
in the Johnson county circuit, in Ar
kansas, on the 10Th, were unsatisfac-
tory to Attorney A. z. McKlnnon,
Who took exceptions TO them. He re-
fused to sit down, and when the Judge
fined him $50 dispute followed, during
which Mckinnon cut the Judge about
the face and neck with a knife, IT,
dieting dangerous wounds. Mckinnon
was arrested.
Edward Wilman and his wife, liv-
ing in st. Charles, Michigan, had a
quarrel recently. The wife wanted to
Join the Advent Church, but her
husband objected, and she left him and
went to her fathers house. On the
10th, Wilman shot and fatally woun.
ded her and then killed himself.
Frederick r.. Gordon, a railway
mail clerk, has been arrested at st.
Adams Vermont. for robDing the
mails. Marked bills, which had been
placed in a decoy letter, were found
upon him.
About 40 saloon keepers in st.
Louis were arrested on the both for
keeping their places open. In some
cases The saloon keepers defied the po-
lice and were arrested on a second, and
in Sc ,eral cases a third charge. One
man was persistent enough to subject
himself 10 five arrests. when he gave up.
A number of drinking clubs were
formed, and Concordia Gard N was
made the headquarters of several.
Fielder Carr, aged CO years. COM
mitted suicide In the presence of his
wife, at their home near Cockeysville,
Baltimore county, Maryland, on the
afternoon of the 2Uth. He blew the top
OF his head of with a gun.
-Lasu November Simon Hamburg
and an accomplish sold to a mar named
Parker, an Oregon farmer, certain real
estate in San Francisco to which they
had no title. Parker paid them S950U.
| When recently the title to the property
was found to be defective Hamburg
entered a plea that he sold under a be-
lief that the title was perfect, and
would not refund the money. Ham.
Durg's accomplice confessed that Ham
burg deliberately planned to rob Par
ker. The jury found a verdict ct
guilty. The Judge regretted that the
offence was only a misdemeanOr IN
California. but sentenced Hamburg to
n years Imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $40, 600, and that, in default of
payment of the fine, he be further i'm
prisoned at the rate of N day for each
dollar. If the fine is not paid, Ham
burg will have to serve altogether 53
years and 20 days.
Peter J. Quinn, chief b~ookkeeper
for G.. G. Dixon & Co.. contractors and
builders in P~ittsburg, Is missing, and
his accounts show shortage of SIS 900.
1t is supposed he has gone to Canada.
The great flood in the Mississippi
is slowly abating. Hundreds of faml-
lies have been rendered homeless and
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