The Penn's Grove record., 1888-06-23
NEWS OF Tile WEEK.

EARLY on the morning of the 10Th
a party of Hungarians who had got
drunk at a christening at Wilkes
| barre, Penna., started out to mob the
Irish inhabitants of Georgetown, a
suburb of the city. A battle with
| clubs and stones ensued, in which a
number on both sides we're badly used
| up. Two miners, John McGlinn and
Dennis HanlOn, are reported to be ia
| fally injured. six of the rioters are
under arrest. The ringleader and a
dozen others have fled to the noun
talns.
A telegram from Altoona, Penna.,
says: The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company officials conceived the idea q
few days ago that an entire To- engine
could be built in less than twenty-four
hours-the best time on record-whlch
was made at the Baldwin Locomotive
| Works, Philadelphia, and accordingly,
work was begun on the evening of the
| 18th. Twenty hours was the given
time for the completion Of the same.
| The engine vas completed and turned
out of the shops ready for use In six
teen hours and ifty-6ye minutes. 1t is
"Class a." an anthracite, weighing
| TIC, 600 pounds, and will be used on
lthe New York Division of the Penn
| sylvania Railroad.
The loss caused by the fire at Du-
| boIs, Penna., on the Is, is estimated at
81, 000, 900. Two thousand persons are
homeless, and Governor Beaver has is
| sued an appeal for funds for their re-
lief. The Governor will send tents at
once for temporary shelter. Diehlman
& Links, piano a factory in New
York, was damaged by fire to the ex.
tent of S25, 600 on the 10th. The flames
extended to the box factory of Links &
| Cooling, and caused damage to the
extent of $4,000. The entire loss is
covered by Insurance.
John Garvey, who stabbed and
killed his brother, william, at their
home in New York, on the evening Of
the 18th. vas on the 10th, held for
trial without bail. In the Circuit
Court at Winchester, Virginia, on the
10Th, Judge Turner Ridemour, under
sentence of death, a new trial, on the
ground that Judge Clark's certificate
OF facts did not state Broy, the MUIR
dered mans name, to be William An
drew Broy, but Andrew Broy. The
indictment charges William Andrew
Broy. The seventy bills of exceptions
taken by counsel for the prisoner were
| all decided against him. This will be
The third trial, the former trials result
ing in verdicts of murder ! n the first
degree.
An explosion of gas occurred on
the afternoon Of the goth, In the Nelson
| shaft of the Red Ash Tunnel, at
Shamokin, Penna. George Schmack
| was fatally Injured and FIVE others sus.
tanned dangerous burns. The cause of
the explosion is unknown.
The situation at Dubois, Penna.,
| was unchanged on the Goth. Appeals
for aid for the sufferers by the fire are
meeting with generous responses. and
provisions are being received In large
| Quantities. The homeless have found
| shelter In the rink building and in tents
| at tile fair grounds.
Captain Linden, of Plnkerton's
| force, has arrested Express Agent HUI
Der, Of Sunbury, Pa. for stealing 500
600 from the Adams Express Company
on August 20. 1886. The money was
shipped from Philadelphia to Shamokin
to pay the employees Of the Mineral
| Mining Company. Six thousand dol
lars was in gold and the remainder was
done up in packages of $1,000 each.
The money Yves found on the evening
of the 10Th in Huber's house behind the
parlor mantel. Eleven thousand dol
lars was missing, and what was left
had not been taken from the original
packages. Huber was an old employe
OF the road. For the past few months
he has been living, extravagantly and
this caused suspicion. While he was
away from home detectives searched
his house. Marks s& Weiss, jewellers
in New York citya have had their