The Penn's Grove record., 1888-05-05
NEWS OF TIL WEEK.


DIR. G. W. Merkley was waylaid in
Chicago, on the evening of the 9th,
and robbed of $1,000. which he carried
in a belt next his skin.
John Martin, q dissipated printer,
whose wife and three children were
compelled to leave him about a week
ago, killed an unknown woman in his
room on Hamilton street, New York,
on the evening of the 28th by plunging
q table knife Into her throat. He said,
when arrested, that he did not know
the woman, but she followed him to his
room from the street. DR.. I. j.
Hourigan shot and killed his brother
in-law, Samuel Hays, in a quarrel
about money, near Lebanon, Kentucky.
on the 28th.
"A telegram from Eau Claire, Wis
consin, says tine flood has driven about
$50 families from their homes. The ap-
proaches of three bridges are covered
with water and are impassable. Porter
| vile, below Eau Claire, is flooded ano
deserted. The inhabitants are camped
in sheds and warehouses. The greatest
loss thus far is to the Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railroad, and to the partly sub
merged saw mills. 1t was showing Oh
the Both ult, there being at the last re-
port four inches on the ground. The
Merrimac river, at Lawrence, Massa
chusetts. was "a feet above low water
mark, On the 30thult, and several of the
factories were compelled to shut down.
kilograms from various points inMaine,
New Hampshire and Vermont indicate
much damage by freshets. The lowlands
everywhere are flooded. many roads
are impossible. and bridges and rail-
roads have suffered. Near Benning-
ton the % is still three feet deep In
the woods. The new pulp mill, barn
and pent stock erected by j. II. Hub
bard, at Croydon Flat. New Hamshire,
was swept out by the high water on
the evening of the Goth ult.. carrying
with it the Excelsior shop and dam, of
Pittsburg, below, and 200 cores of pulp
wood; also the blacksmith shop and
other buildings. The bridge over a
branch of Sugar river was also carried
away. The Ice broke in the haIbor a
Cheboygan, Michigan, on the Both ult.
and moved up the straits. There was
a heavy northwest wind, and II
was showing heavily. Reports from
all parts of Texas tell of al
extraordinary rainfall Throughout
the State during the past three days.
doing much damage to RAILROADS and
farm property along the streams. Some
points in North Texas report the Rain
fall the heaviest since 1866. Through
out Southern and Southwest Texas the
rains are of inestimable value to The
grazing interest. The Rio Grande is
rising rapidly, and has overlooked its
banks for Il couple of hundred miles
above Brownsville.
Two Germans named Cline ana
Clausen were roomlng together in a
cheap lodging house in Hot Springs,
Arkansas, on the evening of the 2Oth
ult. The latter was murdered by his
room mate for his money, only $50.
The murderer is In Jail.
"A telegram from Bradford, Penna.,
says forest fires have been raging
in the Kane oil field since the
Afternoon of the Goth ult. They
were started by a spark from d
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raj tanks Of oil were burned on the
10Th ult, and a number of rigs and
over 1000 barrels Of oil were destroyed
ON the 30th ult. Swamp Lodge, IA
suburb of Kane, was completely wiped
out. Carpenters large saw mills, al
the Lodge, were also consumed. The
fred burned necessarily until 8 O'Clock
on the evening Of the Both ult, WHEEL
a heavy rain checked the progress o.
the flames, and it is now under con-
troll.
Mrs. kearney, an aged lady, pos
sesssd Of considerable property, and
her grandson, Eddie Hand, eight years
Of age. were found murdered on the
2Sth ult. at Mrs. Kearney's ranch,
near Edgerton, Colorado. The boy
was the grandson Of j. q. Hand. an
iron merchant Of Philadelphia, and
was to come into an estate OF $40, 600
at his majority. The mother of the
murdered boy is In New York. While
defending the honor of her ~13.year-old
stepdaughter against the Hendishness
of an unnatural father, in Chicago, OIL
the evening of the goth ult., Mrs. Meta
Nuremberg was beaten with an iron
bar by her husband and fatally injured.
The murderer then escaped and the
police have not been able to find him
as yet. A notorious horse thief known
as Captain Jinks. broke Jail at Ash
land, Kansas. on the 26th ult. A
sheriff's posse caught him on the 2Sth
ult. and shot him dead. AT Liberty
Village, near Rockland, Maine, on the
9th ult., Bethel Daniels killed his
! wife with an axe, and then cut of her
head and u leg. He had been ''for
years subject to 1ts."
"A lamp exploded in the apartments
of Mrs. Faist, in New York, on the
evening of the the Goth ult., and her
sons, Charles and George, were so badly
burned that they died on the morning
of tho 10th ult. A despatch from Lam
caster, Penna. says a spark from a 10.
lcomotive set fire to timber on the
Welsh Mountain on the 2Sth ult., and
hundreds of acres have thus far been
burned over. The fire is still burning
and the loss will be very heavy. A de.
spatch from Easton, Penna., says fires
are raging on the Blue Mountain be-
tween Wind Gap and Water Gap, and
at various places in the Delaware and
Lehlgh valleys. Part of the Inter.colo-
NAL freight shed at st. John, New
Brunswick, was burned on the goth ult.
The goods were at the owners risk and
were not insured. Loss about $50, 200.
The Leader building in Des Molnes,
Iowa, was burned on the Both ult.
Loss. $4,000. A fire in the South
Mountain. several miles from Carlisle,
Penna,, on the 3Oth nlt. destroyed over
5000 acres of woodland and vas still
spreading.
General Writ Adams, Postmaster
In Jackson, Mississippi, and John H.
Martin, editor of the Neto MissisStp
Ipian, met in the street on the afternoon