The Penn's Grove record., 1888-09-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Jacksonville, on the 9th, numbered 81
ard the deaths Z. The new cases of
yellow fever reported at Jacksonville
for the "a hours ending at 6 L. NJ. on
the Sth numbered A and the deaths
for the same period 8. Physicians ex-
Derienced in the treatment of yellow
fever are needed. No unacclimated
persons will hereafter he allowed to
enter the city.
The rear part of John Robinson's
circus train was run into by a freight
train at the Waynesville water tank,
OIL the Little Miami Railroad, 81 miles
East of Cincinnati, at two O'Clock on
the morning of the 9th. Four per-
sons were killed and seventeen in
jured, IL of whom has since died.
-Despatches from Vera Cruz state
the cyclone stsuck there three days
ago. Three large vessels were driven
ashore and wrecked, and several
smaller craft were also lost. The wind
was blowing ''big guns" IN the Sth,
and a large freight bark, the Agricola,
was wrecked just off the shore. The
crew were in a perilous situation, but
were saved. Many houses were UNI
rooted and great damage done to prop
perty in the city. On the morning OF
9th, a freight engine was thrown from
the track OF the Long Branch division
of the New Jersey Central road in
Elizabeth. The engine ran up an EN-.
bankment anu fell on its side IN a yard
a few feet from a dwelling house. Tha
engineer and fireman escaped through
the cab windows, the fireman, John Il.
Vannessdale, being severely scalded.
"A heavy washout is reported on
the Mexican Railroad, between Vera
Cruz and the City of Mexico, and
trains are delayed. A freight train on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad was
wrecked by the breaking of a wheel
near Glen Summit, on the evening of
the Sth. The wreck took fire and
burned for several hours, causing con-
siderable loss.
While Andrew Zintel and Annie
Hass were quarrelling on the piazza of
a house In New York on the evening
Of the Sth, the railing gave way and
they fell to the pavement below. Zintel
was killed and the woman fatally in
Frederick +. Beardslee, a we'll
known electrician, was found dead on
the morning Of the Sth, in the rooms
of tine Dennison Auto Telegraph lab
oratory in New York, where he was
employed. He had evidently commit
ted suicide. James Dillworth, IS
years of age, committed suicide by
hanging, in Brooklyn, on the morning
of the 9Th. He had been i'll for some
time. Wilbur w. Carter, aged A, was
found hanging in his barn at Syracuse.
New York, on the morning of the oth.
1t is supposed he was Respondent ove
the recent death of his wifefrom whom
he had been separated a long time.
Mrs. DR.. Waters was killed IN
Bloomington, Illinois, on the 9th by a
bullet from a revolver which her
adopted 10 year old son was cleaning.
A trestle in course of construction Oh
the Huntingdon Railroad, near New
port, Kentucky, fell on the morning of
the 10th, killing John Conway and
fatally injuring Samuel SiDgee.
"A gentleman who refused to give
his name entered the mayors office in
New York on the 10th and left his
check for $12,0 600 for the relief of the
yellow fever sufferers III Jacksonville.
The fourth section of train carry
ng Grand Army veterans from Youngs-
town, Ohio, to the National Encamp-
ment. at Columbus, was wrecked on
the afternoon of the 10th near Wads.
worth Station. The connecting rod of
the locomotive broke, and, while wait
ing on a curve for repairs, q heavy
freight train following dashed into
the ear of tile special, wrecklng four
cars, two of them being demolished.
The e~xcursionists all left the cars be-
fore the crash, but as they hurried
down the embankment the wrecked
coaches rolled down upon them, killing
four and iHjuring 25 others, several
perhaps fatally. The freight train
vas signalled, but it could not be
stopped on the steep grade. A son of
b. q. Frost, of Phillipsburg, New
Jersey, was riding a pony on the even.
ing of the 9th, when the saddle slipped
and he fell under the horses feet. His
skull was crushed by the animals foot
and he died on the 18th.
james Fogarty was stabbed in the
eye with an umbrella by an unknown
person In New York on the evening of
the 9Th, and died on the morning of
the 10th of his injuries. Miles Finn,
80 years old, and his 19.year-Old son
John, got into a drunken quarrel in
New York on the 9th. John stabbed
his father In the arm. An artery was
cut, and the wounded man lost so
much blood that he died on the 10Th.
Hank Farris, a saloon keeper in Green
wood, Kentucky, shot and killed Thos.
Young on the 10th. Farris was drunk.
William Mahoney, who was shot by
William Horstman, at Cumberland,
Maryland, on the 9th, died on the
morning OF the 10th. Coleman, the
negro, who murdered his employer.
James Grant, In Norfolk county, Vir-
ginia, on the 9th, was arrested on the
10th near Cape Henry.
"A destructive ram and wind storm
swept over parts of Nansemona, Isle of
Wight and Southampton counties, in
Virginia, on the 10th, destroying
standing crops and blowing down Trees
and farm buildings. f. L. Cross, "A
prominent farmer in Nansemond
county, was killed by a falling tree. A
despatch from Danville says the Dan
river is higher than for many ear and
is still rising. Trains v the Rich
mOnd and Danville road have been de-
Iayed by washouts, and no trains have
been run over the Danville and New
River. The heavy rains, it is also
feared, will Injure the tobacco. 1t has
ralned al %Staunton, virginia, for II
days IN succession. The wheat in
stacks is sprouting, is much damaged,
and clover seed is also injured.
Heavy rains along the Savannah
valley, in Georgia. during sun
day, caused a rapid rise IN the
river. The rainfall during the 9th.
was three inches, and the streets of
Augusta In many places are covered
with water TO a depth of several feet.
All the mills stopped IN the 10th, at
noon. The river was then sc feet 81
inches above low water mark, and ris-
ing slowly. The highest previous
record, 1865, was 81 feet AS the
grades of the streets have been raised,
no serious damage is feared. In the
afternoon the westher cleared up. A
later despatch says the river was still