The Penn's Grove record., 1888-11-10

OF the ISL. Many houses were unr0Ofed,
and their contents damaged by torrents
of rain. One house wa completely
wrecked. No person is reported in.
jured.
james O'Conner, a section boss,
and Patrick Kinney. a laborer, were
killed by an express train of the New
Jersey Central Railroad, at Elizabeth,
IN the morning of the Sd. A Michi.
gan Central train which left Toledo,
Ohio, on the evening of the 3D. for De-
troit, collided at a suburban junction
with a pony engine and both engines
and the front of the baggage a were
wrecked. Five .persons-four train
men and Il pasSenger-were severely
injured. Three children of DIR. s. +.
b. Reid were playing OF the banks of
the Grand river in Gait, ontario, on
the Sd, when one of them fell into the
water. The other, in trying to rescue
her. also fell in, and two of them
(girls) we're drowned. Edward Ste.
venson was accidentally shot dead by
Thomas Whitlock while cunning in
the woods, near Meddy bemYs, Maine,
on the I'd. They we're cousins, and
ICdCh aLouJ ~ Yeas vi hBC. OuI
men employed in the factory of the
Henderson-So Manufacturing Com
pany, in Baltimore, were ascending In
Il small freight elevator to the fourth
floor, on the Sd, when the wire ROPE
gave way and the elevator descended
to the ground floor, a distance Of SO
feet. They were all badly hurt, but
no II was killed.
The United states Express mes
senger on a train on the New Orleans
and Northeastern Railway, which ar
rived at New Orleans on the morning
of the Sd at I O'Clock, was robbed at 8
O'Clock. when about 50 miles distant
from New Orleans. 1t is understood
the loss is between $40 UhU and S50,000.
The robber entered he Car and with a
revolver made the baggage master and
express messenger hold up their bands.
He then placed sacks over their heads
and ransacked the safe. He then
pulled the bell rope, stopping the train,
and left the car unmoIested. The post
office at Old Orchard, Maine, was en-
tered by burglars on the morning of
the Sd and robbed of postage stamps
and cash amounting to $500. Alfred
Berton, a mine agent in Montreal, was
arrested on the Sd on the charge of
passing a number of packages through
the Custom House by fraudulent in
voices, and abetting Joseph Beaulen in
passing "a packages through.
AT MIddletown, New York, on the
4th, a number of boys took a hand Car
of the Ontario and Western Railroad
from a switch out on the main line.
While going down a heavy grade, near
Sands's Station, the car became un-
manageable, and attained a high rate
of speed. 1t finally jumped the track,
and n of the boys, named McGreevy,
was instantly killed, his head being cut
off. Another boy was fatally injured.
A freight train on the louisville, New
Orleans and Texas Railroad was
thrown from the track, neal Vicks-
burg. on the afternoon OF the 4th, by a
COW, and the engine and Il cars were
wrecked. Three men were killed,
namely, Charles Seymour, of New
Orleans, and John Conway, of Vicks
burg, employees of the road, and an un-
known tramp who was steeling a ride.
The injured are j. l.. Martin, a boiler
hihhNls vi HOhpDuiR anu jill
Brown, colored fireman. They are not
expected to live.
William Parker, the Register of
Deeds OF Nelson county, Dakota, has,
1t is reported, gone 10 Manitoba. His
accounts are said to be $40, 900 short.
His property is heavily mortgaged.
-Twenty-six new cases of yellow
fever and one death We're reported on
the 9th, in Jacksonville. Total cases
to date, 1912; deaths, 397.
-Catharine Soxs, aged IS; Barbara
Arnold, aged AZ, and Lydia Fetrow.
inmates of the York County pa
Almshouse, were overcome by gas in
their room OIL the evening of the 9th.
Two were dead when found, and Mrs.
Fetrow is expected to die. There was
a leak in the gas pipe.
While four miners were down in a
pit some IS feet deep, on Hog Noun
tain, near Ashland City, Alabama, on
the Sd, the sides caved in, completely
burying them. A big rescuing force
set to work, but, when reached, John
Wheeler vas dead, James Jones and
Frank Smith In a dying condition, and
William Moore, the fourth man, was
struck on the head with a pickaxe aud
hurt.
While under the influence of
on the evening of the 9th,
Henry kOehler threw himself into the
NGrth Branch of the river in Chicago.
His wife Caroline tried to rescue him,
and was herself dragged into the river.
Both were drowned. Koehler was a
weil-to.do saloon keeper.
Robert Logan, coiored, shot and
killed his wife at their home in WASH
ingtOn, ID. e., on the 4th. 1t appears
that the shooting was the result OF
drink. Frank Fansler and David
gamblers, exchanged shots
in a saloon in Hastings, Nebraska, on
the evening of. the Sd, and Fansler fell
dead. They had %quarrelled about a
woman. Frank Martin, colOred, fired
al two officers in Cincinnati, on the
evening of the Sd, while they were TAX
Ing his wife TO the police station for
drunkenness. The officers returned
the Gre. and fatally wounded Martin.
Thirty nine new cases of yellow
lCfCl anu WV NtHlIa htlt ltpul iCi III
Jacksonville on the 9TH. Total cases
to date, 43l6; deaths, 36G.
George Haines, of st. Clair, Penna.,
was on the 5tb, found murdered on the
road between st. Clair and Port Car
bon. He was a civil engineer and %
years old. There is no clue 10 the muir
derer nor to the motive for the crime.
Kugler, a milkman, 81 years of
age, was killed at College Point, Long
Island, on the evening of the
4th. Seven men ton horseback,
one of them named Meyers, a cowboy.
were riding through the village about
7 O'Clock. Kugler was loading his
wagon with milk cans, when one of
the men rode owe him, and was fol-
lowed by two others. One man at
to shoot the persons who
made an effort to rescue kugler from
under the horses feet. No arrests have
yet been made.