The Penn's Grove record., 1888-03-17

RiSNt' oh ht hilCl llopt VI hiNN fbh
shattering and setting fire to the build
ing, which, with its contents, was de
stroyed. James Marburger, in charg
of the machine. was badly, perhaps ia
tally. Injured by the explosion.
Peter Voelker. a well.known stone
contractor, in P%Ittsburg, was murdered
in front of his own doorway and in the
presence of his vile on the evening o.
the It'll, by an unknown man, who
made his escape. The cause of The
murder is IA mystery. Julius Quinn
William Antwerp and Joseph George
living in Indian Territory, were, &C
cOrding to q despatch from Wichita
Kansas, burned out of a log cabin on
the evening of the 4th, and shot dswI
by a mob of cowboys concealed in the
u%ndeTbrush. The land they squatted
upon was IN the range of cattlemar
George Ii. Delaney. The latter tried
many ways to get the squatters to leave
the country, but failed. People in that
vicinity charge Delaney's men witt
completely in the murder.
While playing with a gun neal
Attica, Kansas, on the sth, Charles
Parkhurst, aged IL years. shot and
killed Charles Sloppy and fatally woun-
ded George Sleepy. William Beury's
powder mills. III Trout Run Valley,
near Shamokin, PenDa.. blew up on the
morning of the Sth. The mountain
was fired by the explosion, and large
forest Ores were raging on the evening
of the Sth.
Another statement was issued on
the 9th by Chief Arthur, in which he
said that the rea! issue with the Chica-
go, Burlington and Quincy Railroad is
wages. He says the railroad officials
recognize tile lain issues, and,
In fact, the only issues of Importance to
be pay to be governed by the miles
run, an increase Of the existing rate.
and the abolition of classification based
upon length of service"
Louis Richter shot and killed his
cousin, Louisa Smith, aged II, in
Evansville, Indiana, on the afternoon
of the Sth and then killed himself.
Richter vas IN love with the girl, but
she did not seem to reciprocate his af-
fections, and it IS thought this unbal.
anced his mind. AT New Era, Tennes-
see, on the afternoon of the TN, Rufus
kittrell, Il merchant, and his son
quarreled with a rival merchant,
named Ferris Ernstein, and his son.
A fight followed, in which old kittIell
was killed and young kittrell was NOR
tally wounded. Ferris Ernstein was
also wounded. 1t is said the elder
kittrell has killed V men since the
war. Louis Blech, who was shot by
y. kimball the bank Iobber,
n Bradford, PENNSYLVANIA, died OH the
afternoon of the 9TH.
Henry G. Parker, a New York
provision broker, Went to his home, IN
Brooklyn, with All unknown eompan-
ION on the evening OF the 9th. Both
intoxicated. Later people in the
house detected escaping gas, and, upon
the door being forced, Parker and his
were 10th found dead in
bed.
"A heavy blizzard ragged OH the 9th
between Duluth AID st. Paul, and no
have arrived at Duluth since the
IN ;eling Of the Sth.
Photographic communication with
nearly all points outside Philadelphia,
Interrupted by the great stoim Of the
18th and 18th aud on the evening OF
he 18th had not been restored, and
a few news dispatches were lie.
AT Il.30 T.. NJ. the agent in
sent the following to the different Of
Ices. Trains s~noWbOund on ali The
'ailr0ads in Eastern and Central Penn.
'~ylvania, and the telegraph wires were
Town in all directions. Train wreck,
we're reported at Meyerstown and
The drifts were from eight
o twelve fee: i'll depth, and in the coal
the depth was Is inches on q
evel. 1t is sad that two ul
hree days Will be required to
clear the L.eligh Valley tracks.
At Shamokln snow drifted SO badly
IS to almost stop mining and railroad
AT Reading the storm blocked
Up all country roads, filled railroad
,uts, Frustrated Telegraph poles, and
vas unprecedented in its fury. In
he vicinity of that city houses and
BARNS were unroofed. George Christ
nan, a Reading Railroad signal tower
Waterman, walked into a drift, and
while blinded by the snow was struck
~ Il train and killed. A freight train
m the Reading Railroad was wrecked
It Gordon Station on sunday night,
,bOut 90 cars being piled W. The
could not be worked. West
Chester, Penna., had IL communica.
ion with OUTSIDE places yesterday. The
rains that started for Philadelphia
we're snow-bouEd on the Frazer branch
nd on the West Chester and Philadel-
,hia Railroad. On the evening of the
9th the trains were still fast. The
chools were without teachers and
A locomotive on tie Third Avenue
Elevated Railroad, IN New York, on
he mOrnin. OF the 18th, Ian into the
ear of Il crowded train at the Seventy
ixth Street station. An engineer was
allied and several passengers Were ill.,
ured.
Two NGnGaIlanS we've run owe by
train n"ar Shenandoah, Penna., Oh
he 18th. One was killed. the other
Injured.
WIN A.. Parker was arrested ia
Washington, North Carolina for drunk
mess and disOrderly conduct. On
he evening OF the 18th lie was taken
rom the jail and hanged to the bridge.
On the body WAS u placard with the in
eruption, Justice at last" Parker
vas tired for the ass ~,ssinatiun OF Gen
raj Bryan Grimes, seven or eight years
go. lie had been heard to boast Of
he deed upon several occasions when
liquor. AT Cottonwood, III the In
ian Territory, IN the l2th, W. Var
'oTough shot at d man named Massey.
art of the charge Strack his wife in
he breast. killing her. Massey then
illed Marlborough an 1 gave himself Up
o the authorities. An Italian named
)norato was Killed and two OILERS 5
erely injured on the 18th by the pre-
explosion Of a blast near Burg
ttstown, Pa.
In a wreck nea Huntington. |
'enua on the 18th, caused by a