The Penn's Grove record., 1889-04-06

house. More than an acre of ground was
burned over. James Nolan, "a years
OF age. WAS killed by a large quantity
of blazing oil falling upon him. The
losses aggregate Sl50,On0. The Ameri'
can Hotel and Christ Church, In
Corning, New York, were burned early
on the evening of the Both ult. Loss,
$50, 600. The Presbyterian Church at
Flanders, Morris county, New Jersey,
was destroyed by fire on the Both ult.
A fire at Camden, Arkansas, on the
Doth ult, destroyed business property
valued at $4,000.
Herbert Il. C~oddington, alias HERD
Parker, a Colorado cowboy, was ar
rested in Newark, New Jersey, on the
evening Of the Both ult., Oh a charge OF
larceny, arson and kidnapping. The
despatch on which he was arrested
came from Trinidad, Colorado, from
which place he abducted a 16-year-old
girl. In order to secure her he set lire
to her fathers rancho, and then fed to
| New Mexico, where he married her.
| They came to Newark and staid with a
relative of the girl The accused
denies all the charges except thai OF
larceny.
Two freight trains on the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad,
cullided heal jamestown, New York,
on the 3lst ult. Fifteen loaded cars
were wrecked. Engineer Hiram Free
man, Conductor Yocum and Fireman
p. Ii. Carney were injured, the first
named dangerously.
The Comptroller Of the Currency
on the Both ult., authorized the First
| National Bank of Harrisburg, Ill, to
begin business with a capital Of $50.
600. and Farmers and the Mechanics
| National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas,
capital s650.0O
"A freight train on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad broke through a
burning bridge over Harris Creek, "a
miles east of Wheeling, on the morning
of the LIST. The locomotive and IA
cars fell through, and were burned,
being ignited by the burning timbers.
The engineer, fireman and a brakeman
saved themselves by Jumping OF in
time, but two tramps went down with
the wreck and were burned to death.
The caboose renamed on the track
and the crew escaped. 1t was not
noticed that the bridge was on fire until
too late to stop the train. The tramps
killed are said to have been from
Philadelphia. Their names are not
known.
Scarlet fever is prevalent at Marl-
borough, a hamlet neal Newburgb,
New York, and the cases are prov
ing fatal. The schools have been
closed.
The public debt statement, issued
on the LIST, shows a reduction of $751;
6O5, 655 during March. Total cash in
the Treasury, S6l7, 591. 600.
Three cars loaded with logs jumped
the track at Jerry Run, Is miles above
Remove, Pa, on the ID, while going at
a high rate of speed. Two young men,
named Grastley and Smith, who were
riding on the first car, were killed by
flying logs. which struck them.
Michael Huff, As years old, was fatally
injured at Hellertown. Pa, on the I'd,
by falling under a train. Harry L..
Hogue, Superintendent of the electric
light plant in Fostoria, Ohio, was In
stantly killed on the evening of the LIST
by coming in contact with the current
while repairing a dynamo. Richard
Thornton, a well-known boat captain,
was drowned on the morning of the I'd
in the Pennsylvania Canal, at Beach
Haven.
"A mar of respectable appearance
was seen to steal a box of h%orseshoes
nails in Boston, on the I'd, and was
arrested. He gave bis name as Charles
Faulkner, of East Boston, and said he
could not explain the theft. He had
been seized with an uncomfortable
impulse to steal something. He had
never experienced the feeling before.
While speaking, the nan suddenly fell
to the floor, having been stricken with
paralysis. He was removed to a hos.
pital. A number of laborers on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, at
Shamokiu, Penna.. got into a fight on
the I'd, and several of the men at
tempted to escape by running on a
high trestle. Cusk Dulski lost his
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the ground seventy feet below.
Thirteen Thousand dollars worth of
struggled opium vas seized on the
morning OF the % In San Francisco.
1t had been lowered from a China
steamer into the water and taken to a
candle factory. Important arrests are
expected.
Investigation of the accounts of
Edward Deshler, Assistant Postmaster
at New Brunswick, New Jersey, shows
a shortage of $3.50. Thieves entered
the old State House in New Haven,
Connecticut, on the evening Of the LIST.
and, entering the rooms of the New
Haven Historical Society, carried
away the sword of Admiral Foote,
held by the society as a relic. 1t is a
presentation sword, studded with
Jewels and precious stones, valued at
$4,000.
"A big land slide occurred on Sec
Ond avenue, at the lower end of Lock
No. !, in Pittsburg, on the morning of
the I'd. A huge mass of rock and clay
stated at the top of the hill above the
railroad, opposite Pride street. and
slipped down, covering the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks and Second avenue.
Nearly half of Bluff street slipped
away, and it is thought some of the
property along that thoroughfare is in
danger. The debris covered the rail-
road and Second venue to the depth
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