The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

A. nerlcan Bank. in Findlay, Ohio. was
s;atbed, probably fatally, by w.
Stokes, his father-in-law, on the even
Ing Of the 9th. Stokes has been act
ing strangely for some time. and it Is
thought that he was out Of his mind.
About two weeks ago a man named
Bsrnier killed his mother-in-law 10
Lexington, North Carolina, and OF
being captured he was ly1ched. Gov
ernor Fowle urged Solicitor Long to
d scover the lynchers, and, on Longs
4 fidavit, 20 OF the lynchers have been
arrested. Some of the ~ringleaders
have fed. Frederick Merrill, while
drunk. In Bridgeport, Connecticut, on
the evening Of the 26th, beat and chok-
| ed his wife In savage manner. She
died In the hospital on the morning
Of the 28th. Joseph Hoffman, q burg
lar, while trying to break into the
house Of William KOhns, in Mount
Joy, Penna., early on the morning Of
the 9th, was shot through the left lung
by KohDs and is in the hospital at Lam
caster supposed to be dying.
Edward Blunt, a well-known
young lawyer and owner Of racehorses,
was on the afternoon OF the 18th shot
aud seriously wounded in q saloon in
| Washington by George Mantz, a politl-
cal worker in Maryland. The men met
by chance. and Mantz called Blunt
away fromahis companions to the rear
end of the place. Here q quarrel arose.
and Blunt was seen retreating with q
large pocket knife In his hand, fol-
lowed by Maatz. Blunt's friends in
duced him to leave the place AS they
were going out Blunt glanced back and
saw that Mantz was still close to him.
He told Mantz II attacked he would
use the knife, and the next instant
Mantz had drawn a revolver and be-
gan firing. One shot took effect In
Blunt's right hip and another In hi:
side. The cause Of the quarrel is not
stated.
William Kennedy, Of C~atasauqus,
PenDa., was drowned on the morning
of the 26th while attempting to cross
the Lehigh river in q boat to the
Thomas Company's iron works, The
boat vas swept over q dam. Kennedy
was % years of age. While pulling
down walls In Selma, Alabama. on the
morning Of the 18th, a wall fell upon
Benjamin Taylor, contractor, and f0uI
colored laborers, injuring them &C.
verely. One Of the injured, named
Reuben Jones, vas In q critical condi-
tion at last accounts. The electric
wires of the Mt Auburn Street Rail-
way Company in Cincinnati, were
melted about noon on the 18th, and ftll
in a glowing stream to the pavement
along a distance Of several blocks.
Beyond the Washing away oil the
Cambria Iron Company's railroad
Lridge no damage has yet been dont
by the food at Johnstown. The only
public bridge Gro the C~oneniaugh il
In a bad condition and liable to go IL
the event Of an increase Of the flood
WoOdvale is considerably flooded, :
but no serious damage is reported. A
steady rain and high waters on tn,
2Sth prevented the continuance Of the
search for bodies In Stony creek.
"A train bearing the Railroad Com
missioners of Massachusetts collidet
with another going in the same direc-
tion, les B~allardvale, on the 18th
0tNtTdl Chi6 WcIO bLCChous Dut III
person was injured.
"A fast freight train on the Penn
sylvania Railroad jumped the track II
Railway, New Jersey, on the evening
Of the 2S.h. Several persons who wer,
waiting for the train to pass were in
ljured by the flying debris, three o
them fatally. One a ran down Mali
street and into the residence of JohI
Weldon, tearing it away, and stopping
when 1t reached the parlor. Mr.. Wei
|don's family narrowly escaped. FIJI
teen loaded carr we're wrecked. Tn
tracks and road bed were torn up. ani
the accident. 1t was said, would della,
travel for twelve hours.
john Clements and Andrew u,
Costa had a fight at Mendocino. Call
ifornia, on the 2Sth. Clements wa.
killed and Da Costa fatally injured
They were woodmen and useaaxes q
weapons. 10 a q arrel among railroal
lAborers, at Pottss lille, Pa, on the 2Sth
sJohu Attis was fatally stabbed b.
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