The Penn's Grove record., 1889-03-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK

a serious cave ia o. VIC SUI apc
ground has occurred al Scranton.
Penna Eight chambers in the l4foot
vein aud those directly above 10 the rock
ven Of the Central Colliery Company
have eayed Ia. These chambers
are almost directly under the
eeutse Of the Hyde Park section.
TIE north wall Of toe Wash
burn street Presbyterian Church
building is much out Of plumb. The
residence of Rsy ID. j. Steafns, the
Pastor Of the church, aud that Of Mine
Superintendent Hughes are thrown out
OF shape by the crush, as also are the
dwellings Of Helen rGlYer aud Wesley
Lappin2.
Peter EeaIshalsky, the sixth Of
the miners imprisoned in TIE Back
Diamond ColIiery, al Noun; Carmel.
PeDna., and who, IT was stated, had
persisted, Was dug out on the afternoon
of the 18th, alive and suffering
little beyond eryoa pros,ratioh. He
had been half buried in debris and
shut IN for fifty hours.
-Edward swan. Of Lynn, Massa-
chasetts, paying teller Of the National
City Bank, was before Commissioner
Hallett, ia Boston, on the 18th, OIL the
charge Of being a defauitsr 10 TIE
amount of 49,. 595. He restored stock
valued AZ S33 450. Swan is IS years
old. He has a wife aud two children,
and has lived beyond his income In the
eadeayor 10 support them In style. He
speeulated in stocks. lie was placed
under $50, 900 bail. -Four masked rob-
bers bound and gagged II. J. Brown,
night Waterman al the Pittsbufg Sewer
Pipe Works, near New Brighton
penna., early on tie morning Of the
10Th, and then blew the safe open with
powder. They obtained about one
hundred dollar.
Blanche Gray, aged 40 years. d
notorious woman in Baltimore, died on
the evening Of the 18th. "Blli" shan-
non, In a bit Of jealous rage. cut her
throat on the evening Of the 10Th.
james Irwin, Superintendent OF
the Carnegie Gas Line. was arrested In
Greensbufg, Pa, on the evening OF tile
18th, charged with murder. During
the afternoon Irwin turned on the gas
Oh the new line III the nelghbOrbood OF
HARRISON CITY without, 1t Is alleged,
Notifying the wOfkmen On tue line.
Tie extremely high pressure burst q
pipe where half a dozen men were u
gagged al work, and a portion Of the
pipe struck one OF tho men, whose
name could not be learned. killing hin
instantly. Another workman was
seriously Injured. Irwin claims the
gas was turned On by accident. 1t II
now believed that the Flowers family
whose remains were found IN the ruins
OF their burned house at Hollow Rock,
near Huntingdon, Tennessee. on the
evening OF the 18th, were murdered
by 'MoonshineIs," with whom
Flowers had been ''meddling" OF late.
They feared that he would inform
upon them. Lawrence Brill was sboi
and fatally wounded at Cedar Lake,
Indiana, on the 18th by a man named
Hanson. Brill had made some remark
to lianson's sister. Deputy United
States Marshal W. A. Moody, WA
killed In Indian Territory on the 1911
by Two men named Bonner and Hin,
whom he was attempting to arrest.
Tue body OF a young man about nyS
fest six inches IN height and vel
dressed, was on the 10th found hanging
TO a tres In Rich lilll township, Greene
county, Penna. The face and skull
had been crushed out OF human seinb'
lance AZ though beaten with IA heavy
hammer. There was no clue 10 iden'
tiicatlon.
1t IL reported that IA freight tIaiI
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
backed Into an express train at Desh'
Ter. Ohio, on the morning OF the 18th
Killing the engineer of the latter train
and dangerously iniuriDg the fireman
George Leeman and John Peele wert
drowned by tho swamping of "A boat al
New Hamburg, on the Hudson, on thu
afternoon OF the nth. Thomas DOH
erty, a %stableman, who quit work dur
ing the late street car strike III New
YORK, and who has been idle since, wal
on the 18th sent to an insane hospital
The defeat Of the strikers pTeyed OF
his mind and he had made severa
attempts TO throw himself from the
window Of his residence.
The northeast gale continued OF
Massachusetts, coast, on the evening Ol
the 18th. with an occasional velocity o
lfty miles an hour No disaster 4
thus far reported. The damage dom
by the storm on the evening OF III,
10th ut Asbury Park and It's vicinity II
estimated at $4,000.