The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-26

the 2lst, by B. N. Chambers. The
parties had trouble over the old Times
newspaper in ST. Louis. In which both
were financially i~nterested. AZ
Thomas Brennan, age1 IL years,
whose home Is at Sturmsrville, neai
Wilkesbarre, Penn, was returning
home from q store on the 2lst. several
Hungarians who were passing opened
Ere upon him. A bullet entered bis
abdomen, and he now lies at the point
OF death. The Huns were arrested.
"A vein OF natural gas was opened
on the 2Oth by workmen engaged In
sinking y shaft at the intermediate
caisson OF the Chicago water tunnel,
about two miles out 10 the lake. The
gas was igniled by the lamps on the
workmen's hats. There were fve men
in the shaft, and all Of them were
badly burned An explosion occurred
on the 18th in Q coal mine at Bryant
Switch, IN the Indian Territory, caused
by a miners lamp coming in contact
with a keg Of powder. The explosion
of the powder caused an exi losi0n OF
coal dust which set the mine on DIRE.
Sixteen men were in the mine and all
had beeh taken out alive On the even.
ing Of the 10th, though four were &C
terribly burned that they were no,
expected to recover.
The funeral Of General Hartranft
took place on the 21st At Norrist0wn.
the obsequies being conducted with
civic and military honors. Before the
nterment, the body was laid In state al
the Court House and was viewed by
thousands. Chaplain McCook deliver.
cd an eloquent eul02y OF the deceased.
A lamp exploded In the house OF Geo.
K~essler, near Van Vert, Ohio, on the
evening of the Goth, and set fire to the
building. Mr.. Kessler's daughter,
aged q years, perished in the flames,
and his sister-in-law was 80 badly burn.
ed that she died on the 2lst. 1t is re.
ported that in Western Montana the
grass is Materially withered away lie.
cause Of the want Of rain, and many
thousands or cattle have died Of starva'
ton. As high as $40 and $25 per tor
ID being paid for hay, and In some
cases water is being hauled a distance
Of 20 miles.
-AugustDu lmage, wanted by the
Canadian Government on the charge
of stealing $63, 900. is reported to be il
Minneapolis. He, was timber agen,
under the Government, his business
being to collect fees for stumpagt
from big numbering 1rms surrounding
the Lake OF the Woods. HE admits
taking the money, and says $4,000 o.
it was stolen from him by q Mime
apolis woman
Three times during the past montl
PeDnock & Putnam's notion house IL
Peoria, Illinois, has been entered BY
burglars, and ia all about $3.50 worth
of goods stolen. The last visit was
made on the evening of the 18th, when
5000 worth of cutlery and silver plate
was taken. On the 21st l.. f. Morse,
a detective, was accused OF the crime
and admitted his guilt. He promised
to return the goods II he was no,
prosecuted.
The quarantine restrictions imposed
on Key West, Florida. on account Ol
suspicious cases Of fever there, have
been removed.
1t was learned IN Allentown,
Penna., on the 21st, that Waldemal
Gr0ssman, charged With having EN-
bszzled $4,000 while b00kkeeper fol
johnson & Swartz, has spent most OF
his time during the past two years con.
cealed In his home In that city, and
not In Canada, ~ was supposed. Ii
Ii said that under the State laws EN-
ha11innno,rf % q mr. .domoouor fbar thx
statute of limitations becomes inop ,ra,
tive in Two years. and that GfosstnaI
cannot again be prosecuted, beceust
his home. was in the State that length o
time. Grossman does not seem to feal
arrest.
-Yardmaster r. L. Denmark on The
I'D entered u freight a with q Ian
tern at Wilmington, North Car, Ina
Almost Immediately y barrel .. gaso
line exploded, setting fire to the cal aue
burning Denmark to death. The boz
Ter Of n locomotive exploded in Wa
bash, Indiana, ON the 22d, killing en-
John Maddox. Low water caused To,
accident. A collision occurred on tht
22d on the crossing Of the Sante Fe ant
electric street railway In Wichita
Kansas, by Which fifteen persons wer,
injured, one of them, Mss Nellie Hen
dersoD, MORALLY. The collision oc
Cured ON o curve, q grove of tree
preventing the engineer from seeing
the danger, and the street a wa
hurled by the engine a distance of sixt,
feet.
-Wni.e a train of Cars was being
pulled up ut the Ashley planes, IA
w lkesbarre, Pa. on the I'D, the mai
whose duty it was to give the signal I,
stop forgot TO do SO, aud the force will
Which they came against the seconC
plane broke the rope, and they started
down al a terrific rate, crashing into /
truck OH which were three man-W
Il. Adams, john Roat and Hugh Fer
gusoD. Adams and Roat were adj
injured. Two passenger traias coilIdet
At Noiil, Kentucky on the morning o.
22d. Several passengers were in
jured, Vandike Heller, OF Mil
lsrstown, probably fatally. Som'
freight cara on u tram on tn,
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad
jumped tie track near Bangor, Ala
bsma, on tie 22d. Eugene Clrist
man, a coloied ~jockey, was Killed ant
three col0Ied tram hands were baul.
injured.
"A Leayy northeast snow storm
prevailed At East Tawas, Michigan, OF
the morning Of the 22j.
Two men broke INTO the post
office at Fargo, south Dakota, on til,
evening Of the 21st, bound aud gagge,
the night clerk, Henry Milton, place,
q red-hot poker OF the soles Of his feet
and compelled him to give up the o
b nation OF the vault door. In tn
vestibule of the vault were Az or 81
registered packages. Wuile The bur.
glars were opening these Milton re
leased himself, secured a rev Oliver AM
shot 1T the men, not, however, uni
they had bad time to blow cut tu
light They knocked him down will
4 blow on the head and escaped, secuf
ing about $l25 In currency. In thei
hurry they left over Sl50 In money oI
the desk.
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