The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-04


Malvern, Carroll county, Ohio, on u
9th ult. HexsmeT, becoming ell
} ragged, seized a shot gun and sho
Charley Dickman in the head, inticl
ing a wound from which he soon ave
died. The Hexamer boy was knocke'
down and seriously injured by The Ut
ing of the shotgun. William Summer
was shot and killed ut West IIalns
Missouri, on the evening of the 20tt
ult. by A. Livingston, a lawyer. sum
mers was well known throughout th'
State. Both men had been drinklnA
and a quarrel arose over a bona
webber, editor of the Republican Da'i
' Ledfet, attempted to shoot Genera
Powell Clayton in a saloon In Llutle
: Rock, Arkansas, on the morning o! sne
9th ult. Both were arrested. a
political quarrel is said to be the cause
of the trouble.
Willis S. A. lyle, of st. Albans,
and Frank z. Collins, of Fairfield,
j Maine, were drowned at AroostooS
Falls on the 9th ult. The Lehigh
Valley Railroad had a washout, ~ feet
long and eight feet deep, on its east
track, at Pine Hollow, Penna., on tie
| 9th ult.
"A despatch from Portland. Oregon,
says that Peter Hanson, Peter Boomer,
! John Larsen and Lawrence Maelstrom
! were drowned, at the cascades, on the
Columbia river, on the evening or the
18th ult. The men were Ill employed
at the locks and the canal on G0vern-
ment work. Their boat wa caught IN
the whirl, and, despite all efforts, was
swept over the rapids. When about
half way down the boat struck on the
rocks, was thrown 20 feet IN the alr,
and the occupants were pitched Into
the roaring, angry waters. Three
of the men never rose to the surface
again. The fourth man chung to the
boat for some distance, but finally
persisted. None Of the bodies have
been recovered. The terrible accident
was witnessed by many persons on
shore who were powerless to render any
assistance.
"A dynamite bomb was exploded
under a wooden building in Wilkes
barre, Pa, on the morning OF the 29th
ult., SCATTERING the building and smash
ing the windows of neighboring houses.
Four of the inmates were Injured. The
house was occupied by Michael Voek,
! Hungarian, and a countryman OF
his, known as John Smith, has been
on the charge OF having placed
he bomb. Twelve Of the gang who
been depredating lea McClel-
midtown, In Fayette county, Penna.,
rave been captured. They were sur
ounded and captured by a Sherif's
,osse of forty men, and were taken to
somerset on the Goth ult., and lodged
n Jail.
John F. Hartt, Of Boston, Massa'
.husetts, who was injured in the wreck
m the Santa Fe road, near Lorenzo,
illinois, ON April 10th, died at Mercy
Hospital, in Chicago, on the 2Sth ult.
)ne OF the walls of Blocks Theatre,
Altoona, Pa, which was burned
about two months ago, fell at loon on
.he Goth ult and crushed to death John
". Keller. aged II years.
Nicholas Chick, an aged German,
was run over and killed In Cumber-
and, Nd, on the 30th., by an engine
while picking coal i'll the yard of the
and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. George Schultz, aged 6 years,
was accidentally killed on the Bslti-
more and Potomac Railroad bridge
Gwynn's Falls. on the evening of
the 10th ult. He was walking on the
outer rail and was struck by the steps
of a train and knocked of.
During an exhibition of fireworks
in Chicago, or the evening Of the Both
ult., about so people were badly in
jured, some by being crushed and
by a s%erpentine piece OF fire.
which struck a portion OF the
crowd and wormed Its way through.
While Nelson Battery was firing a
national salute In Selma, Alabama, on
the Both ult., Jessie Russell was dan.
gerously wounded by the premature
discharge OF a cannon. Floyd Rice,
co'ored, feel through the dome of the
Richmond Theatre In Richmond, Vir.
ginis, on the evening OF the Both ult.,
while hauling down an American flag,
and vas Instantly killed. The dis
lance was TO feet.
Jacob D. Shaulis, a wealthy far
mer, 90 years old, was found dead
hanging to a tree back of his residence,
in Jefferson Township, Pa, on the
morning of the Both ult. Lying In
the barDyari a few feet away was his
young wife, who was shct through the
body and fatally wounded. David and
George Shaulis, IONS OF the old man,
and stepsons Of Mrs. Shaulis, were
taken to Somerset and lodged in fail
charged with the crime. 1t Is alleged
that the old man committed suicide
6rst, and then David, his son. at.
tempted to kill his stepmother, who is
only % years of age. to prevent her in
lerlting the estate, the two boys hoping
by this means to secure the estate
The 29th ult. was the opening day
Df the Washington centennial celebra-
ton in New York city. Tie days |
principal events included the Presi-
progress from Washington
northward; his reception at Elizabeth
port, New Jersey; the embarkation and !
naval parade; the landing at Wall
New York; reception OF the
Club in the Equitable Build
ing, and the great centennial ball at
night. There was a succession of
splendid and picturesque spectacles.
New York is in q whirl of festivity
and crowded with a visiting mul ltude.
Michael Flynn aged 80 years,
Patrick Ratchford, aged Sc, and Mar
tin Regan, aged 90 were killed in the
Hyde Park shaft, at Scranton. Pa, on |
the LIST, by a fall OF coal. During a thun.
der storm in Birmingham, Alabama, on
the evening of the Both ult., an electri-
discharge ran along the wires into
the telegraph Office and struck an
operator, named Hudd, who was tax.
ing a message at the time. He died in
a few hours. A train on the Toledo
and Ann Arbor Railroad had Just
passed a point neal Howell, Michigan, !
On the evening of the 30th ult., when |
The track Immediately in the wake of
The train sunk fully five feet below Its
former level for a distance of half a
mile. 1t vas necessary to transfer
passengers around the sunken section
II track on the LIST, and freight tranlc
has been stopped. The sinking is at