The Penn's Grove record., 1888-02-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

W.. H.. Less and his wife were in
jured, the latter fatally, by the explO-
sion of the water pipes in their kitchen,
at U%niontown. Ohio. on the morning
of the 10th.
William Novel; was 81 OF dead by
Charles Pinkley in a quarrel about the
possession as a watch, at Bessemer,
Alabama, on the evening of the 9th.
At Mechanicsburg, Indiana. on the
evening of the 9th, John Buttery shot
and killed Francis Moore, wounded his
step.sister, Eta McMullen, and then
committed suicide. Jealousy was the
cause. Moore and Miss McMullin
were to have been married within a
month. .
"A despatch from S%heDoygan, Mich
igan, says Louis Gerard, a young man
employed as a teamster, attempted to
cross the Straits on the evening of the
9th, and, when part way across, his
team broke through the Ice and disap-
peared. Gerard reached a fishing hut
on the ice with both feet and hands
badly frozen.
"A despatch from Toronto says A.
A. Allan, the Ascending cashier of
the defunct Central Bank of Toronto,
is o In Minneapolis looking for a
situation. Allan writes that he was
forced by the Directors to 10 what he
did In connection with the affairs of
the bank.
Near Philadelphia, in Jefferson
county, New York, ON the 18th, IS
packages. containing $50 pounds of
prepared opium, of the highest quality,
were found In the barn of Ephraim
Gardner, who was arrested at Redwood
on the evening of the 7th, and from
whom 1000 pounds of opium were
taken by custom officials at that time.
1t is believed that Gardner was one of
the chiefs in the ring of smugglers en-
gagged in the opium trade.
John Murphy was arranged In New
York, on the 18th, for having forged
about $3.50 worth of tickets to the
walking match in Madison Square
Garden. He confessed, and was held
for trial.
"A new counterfeit of the ive-dollar
silver certificate is in circulation. The
bill, as described, is about three-six-
teenths of an inch too short. ''There
are no distinctive lines in the paper.
The general appearance is good and
liable to deceive"
Two engines on the Erie and Wyo-
ming Railroad were demolished by a
collision, near Pittston, Penna., on
the afternoon of the 18th. and an engi-
nser named Siegel was killed.
DR.. William +. Thornton, a promi-
nent druggist IN Baltimore, died on
the 18th from the effects of a fall on
the evening of the 10th. In pulling
the door-bell of a house for admission
his hand slipped off and he fell back
ward into the area, a distance Of nine
feet.
The house of William Hull, at
Minden, Ontario, was bnrned on the
evening of the 18th, and his aged
mother persisted in the flames.
"A large frame boarding house,
Nos. 105 and 107 Clark street, brook
Ign, Was damaged by fire before day.
light on the morning of the 18th, to
the extent of about $4,000. Several
women jumped from windows in their
night clothes and W. men and two
women were seriously injured.
The storm which has prevailed for
three days has seriously interfered with
the navigation OF Chesapeake Bay.
The constant snow and the drift ice
have compelled most sailing vessels to
remain in port or seek safe anchorage,
while steam vessels more cautiously to
avoid collision. The oyster fleet is
almost entirely idle. A heavy storm of
sleet and snow paralyzed business in
Lynchburg. Virginia, on the 18th. 1t
was impossible to get vehicles UP and
down the hills.
w. L. Everett, a prominent far
mer of Nansemond county, Virginia,
committed suicide on the morning of
the 18th. Loss Of sleep from nu. sing
sick children is assigned as the cause.
"A party of Hungarians went to
the house of a man named Manlick, at
Silver Brook, eight miles south of
Hazelton, Pa, on the evening of the
18th, and INDUCED freely In whisky
and beer. They then engaged in a
fierce fight, during which a lighted
lamp exploded, setting fire to the roo
and the clothes of those present. They all
rushed for the door, which was locked
and the key could not be found. John
Elias, aged 20; John Seddo, aged Is;
John kobinko. aged So; Michael Yam
kovitech, aged 30, and Mary Manlick, I
aged 1G. were burnsd 10 Heath, and
four others were so badly burned that
1t is thought they will die. Mrs. Man
lick threw her baby ont Of one of the
windows, but in falling it was fatally
injured. Half a dozen others, whose
names are not known, we're badly
burned or injured by jumping out of
the windows. 1t was a frame house.
1t is stated that the story of the turn
ing over of the lamp Is not believed.
1t is the opinion of many that there
was a murder committed in the house,
and it was fired to hide the crime.
The bucket shops which were
raided in New York on the 18th were
ali open ON the 18th, conducting BUSH
ness as usual.
john G. Crowley, a lawyer of
| Boston, who abSconed some time since,
leaving from $75,Uuu to $780, 600 worth
of Indebtedness, has written a letter
| from Ionton To several of his friends,
asking tltm to take charge of his
property for the purpose of clearing up
| MS affairs. He states that he took no
money or valuables with him and Is
dependent upon a friend, who has
| aided him. He explains the cause of
| his present condition to be a laxity in
| collecting his legal fees and the fact
that for 10 years he has bdne the
liabilities incurred by his father and
~endeavored to pay them in full. The
| Treasurer's Office at Carthage, Pamela
county, Texas, was robbed on the
evening of the 10th and County Treas.
uTer ID. G. hill killed. The crime was
| not discovered until late ON the evening
of the 18th. The safe was robbed of
$1,000.
"A train on the New Hartford
branch of the New Haven and North
ampton Railroad was thrown from the
track neal KNOXVILLE, Connecticut,
on the morning OF the 18th, by the
! spreading of the rails. Two cars went
| down an e~mbankment forty feet high.
| A lumbar NJ tha DassanQprs were in