The Penn's Grove record., 1888-11-17

touched a match 10 some
material, afterwards cutting his throat.
Two kegs Of powder exploded, but Ia
spite of this and the knife wound,
Brown, 1t Is thought, will cover
His family had lett him because of his
dissolute habits.
The total number of killed by the
mine disaster neal Pittsburg, Kansas,
Is now placed at 50, that being the
number OF bodies recovered up to the
evening of the 1lth. 1t is believed
that no more bodies remain in the
mine. There are twenty injured, of
whom FIVE may recover.
AT Pittsburg, Kansas, on the even
ing of the 11th, Mrs. BerlhuDe, widow
Of one of the victims OF the mine
horror, having been craZed by the
calamity, set fire to the cabin i'll which
she and her five children lived, and all
persisted in the flames except the eldest
girl, aged 0 years, who escaped with
severe burns. The insane mother,
after sending her children to bed,
poured coal oil over herself and the
bed clothes on the children, and then
set it on fire. The eldest daughter,
who had kept awake, managed to
brake away from her mother and get
outside the house, where she fell ex-
hausted.
The Governor of Massachusetts,
on the 18th, committed the sentence OF
Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, who was to
have been hanged or the 18th, for the
murder Of her brother-in.law, Prince
A. Freeman, by poison, to solitary con
inement for life. Henry Rowe and
Sallie L~ogsden, living in Rowletts,
Kentucky, were engaged 10 he mar
rled, and, while out nuttlng, Rowe
asked that a day be named for their
wedding. The girl replied that she
would name the day when he took his
last drink of liquor. Rowe said he had
done so. and, stepping off IA few PAGES,
drew a revolver and sent a bullet
crashing through his brain. Miss
Logsden fell to the ground in "A swoOu,
and when she recovered her reason had
lied. She is under medical care, but
as yet shows no sign OF recovery. A
band of outlaws from "No Mans
Land" visited Norton county. on the
Indian Territory line, Of the 9th,
and stole a lot of horses. The
band vas pursued by farmers,
and in Ia skirmish George Hill,
one of the thieves, was mortally
wounded. The rest of the band got
away, taking about % horses with
them. Timothy Donovan shot and
killed Joseph Howard in Buffalo, New
York, on the evening of the 1lth. a
Chinese laundryman was SHOT, and pei
haps mOrtally wounded, iii Ills laundry
In Chicago, Oh the morning Of tie
18th, by Il woman named Annie Nc
Kay.
"A despatch from New Orleans says
detectives employed in the case of the
express robbery of 10000, which took
place a few days ago on the NortheaS-
tern Railroad, on the 10th, arrested }.
Leon Pounds. Upon being questioned
Pounds said the man who robbed the
train came to his house at st. 1amany
Parish every few days. lis name Is
E. f. Bunch, alias Glrard, of Texas.
several detectives have gone to arrest
Bunch.
Thirty new cases of yellow fever
and three deaths were reported on the
18th, III Jacksonville. Total cases TO
late, 45ll; deaths, 3SS. A suspicious
death Is reported in Elmyllle, on the
une of the Florida Railway. There
was a white frost at Decatur, Alabama,
III the morning OF the 18th, with ice In
many places. Five new cases of yellow
ever were reported on the 18th.
"A passenger tran Was thrown from
the track by IA broken wheel nea Toe
Goa, Georgia, on the 18th. The cars
rolled down an embankment and were
burned. Several passengers were hurt,
out none fatally. The purifying tank
Of the Sharon Gas Works, at Sharon,
Penn, exploded Oh the evening of the
18th, wrecking the building II fatally
,Djuring Charles Smith, an employe.
The aged father of Professor w. D.
Youmans, OF the Popular Science
Monthly, was killed by "a railroad tram,
IN Mount Vernon, New York, OF the
morning of the 18th. He was 81 years
old. While Charles Benson Vas thaw-
ing dynamite, near ketner, Penna., on
the 18th, 1t exploded ana blew off his
mead. Two men, who were several
hundred feet distant, suffered severe
"A short time ago Il number Of
Swedes were engaged to take the
place of strikers at the coal mines at
Bevior, Missouri, and bad feeling re-
suited. On the evening of The lDlii
there wa a pitched battle, i'll which
A. j. Anderson was killed and three
other Swedes slightly wounded. \
number of houses were pierced by stray
Thomas Wardell, owner of
the mine, was shot and killed by a
mob of strikers about SIX months ago.
Dispatches from Lower Quebec
that two feet and a half OF SNOW
fallen all along the lower st. Law
renee. The Government teaIner Ma
poleon has been sent out to patrol the
coast and aid wrecked vessels.
Daniel Kersten, Sc years old, II
dealer in shoe and leather findings iii
New York, committed suicide on the
18th by shooting himself. His wife
and children left HIM some time ago.
The post-ofice at Fort Smelling,
Minnesota. was ''cleaned out" by
burglars on the evening of the l2tE.
One hundred and eIglty-seyen dollars
N cash was taken, with postal notes
and registered letters of value UNI
Mig" Lee, one of the supposed
murderers OF Robert Mcclure. who wal
killed seven years ago by the McCon-
Key gang of robbers, near MekeespOrt,
has been arrested at Norris
town. McConkey, the leader, was
hanged for the crime five years ago,
but the rest of the gang have hereto
fore eluded arrest.
Seven new cases OF yellow fever
and two deaths were reported on the
18th In Jacksonville. Total cases to
late, 457s; deaths, 800. Three new
cases of fever and one death were re-
ported at Gainesville. -Four new cases
and one death are reported III Enter
prise. A despatch from Decatur, Ala
bama, says the heavy trosts of the past
few mornings have dispelled all feals
Of yellow fever, and refugees are re-
turning in large numbers. No cases Of
were reported on the 18Th.
William Mess, II years old, was
killed Oh the Leligh Valley Railroad,
near Bethlehem, Penna., on the even