The Penn's Grove record., 1889-08-24

were struck and killed by a train ID
Rochester, New York, on the evening
of the 18th. Miss Lillian Fe'lman, OF
Chicago, was drowned In the S..
Joseph's river, Michigan, on the 10Th,
while attempting to ave Mrs. Edw.
Napier, who had got into deep water
10 an effort to save a little boy from
drowning. Mrs. Napier and the boy
were saved.
"A heavy storm of wind and rain,
accompanied by severe electrical dis
charges. passed over portions of Min
nesota and Wisconsin on the evening
of the 10th. At st. Paul two inches
of water fell between 2 and 8 A. NJ.
Lightning struck the large agricultural
building on tie grounds of the North
western Fair Association. at Eau
Clair, Wisconsin, destroying the build
ing, together with several thousand
bushels Of grain and a lot of machinery.
Several houses In that vicinity were
struck and badly damaged. A despatch
from Parkersburg, West Virginia, says
that there is great suffering by reason
of the recent disastrous foods on
Tucker, Tygart, Slate. Little Sandy
and other creek valleys, and that the
local resources for the relief of the
people will soon be exhausted.
Albert Porter, aged 10 years. of
Dover, a student at Dartmouth College.
was accidentally shot and killed on the
evening Of the 10Th on Kenniston's
Island. rear WolfbOro', New Hamp
shire. He had been camping with some
friends, and a revolver which Herbert
e. Toule was cleaning was discharged
| inadvertently. Bert Miller and John
Olcott, 10-yeaI-old sons OF prominent
men at PomerOy. Iowa, we're smothere
to death on tie evening of the 10Th in
u bin of fax in the elevator at that
place.
The Coroner's jury in New York,
IN the case of Edward Quinn, foreman
of the Brush Electric Light Factory,
who was killed by acurrent of ele ,tri-
city while trying to close a circuit, on
the Goth ceDsured the company.
"A heavy rain, the first in over two
months, fell over South Dakota, on the
evening of the 18th, relieving the
anxiety of the farmers, who now say
''corn is safe for a good CROP" The
forest fires In Montana were checked
and at many points extinguished by a
heavy rain on the evening of the 18th,
which was general throughout the Ter.
ritory.
Gilman A. Kimball, aged 60 years.
OF Middletown, Mass, died on the
10th, of hydrophobla. He had been
accidentally scratched on the lip by the
teeth Of his dog about three weeks ago.
and the animal was subsequently shot
in q ft of rabies.
The Post-ofice Department was
Informed, on the Goth, that the stage
running between Canyon City anu
Baker City, Oregon, was robbed on the
18th and all the registered mail taken;
and also that the post-offiee at Moores.
vile, Mo-, was entered on the evening
of the 10Th by burglars and $50 in
stamps taken. A. s. Hooper, a letter
carrier In the Richmond, Va, post
office, was arrested on the evening OF
the Goth charged with robbing the
malls. A decoy letter was found in
his possession.
"A freight wreck occurred on the
evening of the goth on the Erie Rail.
road at Big Flats. An east-bound
passenger train ran into the obstruc.
ton, and one baggage and n express
car was burned. Engineer Andrew
Wallace and Fireman Charles Kiuball
were badly hurt and scalded, and two
passengers we're slightly injured. Rose
Cassidy, aged Is years, of South Bend,
Indiana, while asleep walked of the
platform OF a Vandalia express at
Bingham, Illinois, while it was run
ming at full speed. The tram was
stopped and the girl was found unhurt
walking along the track.
"A heavy storm of wind and rain
passed over Winthrop, Maine on the
afternoon of the Goth, lasting half an
hour. Corn and other crops were
seriously injured. I -
Two steam yachts, the Wide
Awake, of Bremerton, and Jessie Lang,
Of Phoenix, collided at the junction OF
the Oswego and Seneca rivers on the
afternoon of the 21st. The Lang sank
and all on board, about twenty-five
persons, went into the water. All were
rescued by the Wide Awake except
Miss Cara Van wormer, OF Phoenix,
who was drowned, Thomas Jones.
aged 10 years, fell Into the canal at
Lowry's Station. Penna., on the 2lst
aud was drowned. At Newton, North
Carolina, II. r. Kenyon, a young
banker, formerly of Rochester. New
York, walked out Of an upper story
window and was killed. He was de-
lirious with typhoid fever.
Three ladies of Portland. Oregon,
Mrs. George Bonar, Mrs. Frank NJ ~
gan and Miss Sallie Wiberg, became
separated from a party who were de-
scending Mount Hood recently and
lost their way. Searching parties were
formed and the women were found, at
8 A. NJ, perched upon a high rock for
safety from wild animals and huddled
together to keep warm.
Frank Morris, John He'll, James
O'Brien and Brodie Morris, miners,
were caught beneath a fall of slate
ana killed on the evening of the 10th in
the mines of the Cannellton Coal Com
pany, in Fayette county. West vir-
ginia.
Richard Hanlon was shot AMI
probably fatally wounded, 10 front OF
his home, in New York, on the morn
ing of the 2lst. by John MeCue, a
boarder whom Hanlon had ordered 10
cave the house. John T. hatcher, of
Pittsburg, a large painting contractor,
was shot and probably fatally wounded
in his office on the 21st, by Benjamin
Lee, a drunken journeyman who had
applied for work.
"A gasoline still at the oil refinery
OF IL. d. Miller & Son, in Allegheny,
Pa, exploded early or the morning OF
the 21st, and the entire plant took fire
and uaa dactrouad Tha anninaar Ia