The Penn's Grove record., 1889-01-05

yard, and blew it open with dynamite,
securing over $6C0. -Four persons and
two dogs we're In the house at the time
the burglars were at work.
Amos ]. Stfllwell, a merchant, OF
Hannibal, Missouri, was murdered by
burglars at 2 O'Clock on the 30th ult,
The weapon wa an axe, which. with
Stillwell's pocket book and $35, wal
found III an alley in the rear OF thu
house. John Burns, manager Of a res
taurant IN Pottstown, Penna., has beer
arrested IN the charge of killing q maj
named Sweeney. Sweeney became
ob~streperous and refused to 60 out
when Burns hit him on the head will
q club.
in Craighhead county, Arkansas,
the wife Of William West. q rough
character, left him and went to live
with her mother, Mrs. Darcy. West
went to see his wife, who refused tc
See him, but her mother went out on
the porch with the young child OF the
couple. West abused Mrs. Darcy az
having caused the trouble between him
and his wife. Stephen Darcy went out
on the porch and ordered West away.
West drew a pistol and shot Mrs.
Darcy In the hand and Darcy In the
face. Diirey then got o rifle and the
men exchanged shots. West was shot
Through the heart and fell dead, and
Darcy was struck in the eye and died
within a few hours.
On the morning of the 30th, ult. near
Ripley. Ohio. Mrs. Turner and her
little daughter, also a daughter OF
George c. Lloyd, three Brooks brothers,
and a nan whose name Is unknown.
all colored, attempted to cross the river
from Kentuckey to Ohio in a small flat
bOttomed boat. At some distance
from shore the waves from two passing
steamers capsized their little craft, and
all seven were drowned.
The steamer Bristol. Of the Old
Colony Line, was burned at her wharf
at Newport. Rhode Island, on the Both.
The fire started near the kitchen. No
person was injurned, but several pas
sengers had a narrow escape. There is
an insurance of $4,000, which will
cover the loss.
"A passenger train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
struck a broken rail near Tama, Iowa.
on the morning OF the 31st nlt., and
the engine was wrecked. The ensi-
neer, Nichols. and fireman, Francis.
were killed. A boiler IN Dush's sa
mill, neal M%illbrook, Michigan, ex-
ploded on the 31st ult., killing W. w.
Dush. proprietor, and John Carr. the
night watchman, and fatally injuring
Bert Smiley. Patrick Redding, a DIRE.
man, was killed at a cOlliery. near
Shenandoah, Penna., on the 3lst ult,
by a premature discharge Of dualin.
Col. ]. M. Jones, a wealthy ranchman,
In Cheyenne county, Kansas, was
gored to death on the 39th ult., ny a
bull. He was engaged in work about
the stable when the animal suddenly
attacked him Ia the rear.
William Price. a prominent and
wealthy farmer who lives near Athens,
Tennessee, was shot and fatally
wounded by some unknown person on
the night of the goth ult. A policeman
named Seal was murdered by a negro
while on duty in Charlottesville. Vir-
ginia, on the evening of the 3lst ult.
The murderer escaped.
james Gilmore, of Boston, Indiana,
has recently been annoyed by persons
stealing and riding his horses at night.
On the evening of the 10Th ult., he
awoke and saw some n at the stable
door. He shot, and, going to the stable,
found his own 14.year old son mortally
wounded.
During a Christmas celebration in
the Lutheran Church. at Soughtstown,
in Cumberland cOun y, Penna., on the
evening of the 29th ,ult, the building
being crowded, a cracking noise was
heard and the floor began to sink. The
people rushed TO the doors and windows,
many women and children were tram.
pied upon, and a number of person,
were injured, two-Newton GoOdheait
and Charles Hill-perhaps fatally.
Many were severely cut by broken
glass in jumping from the windows.
An examination of t"e building snbse-
queDtly showed that the stills were
broken and the floor had sunk ten
feet.
"A slight fl,e In Zeller's Hotel, in
st. Louis, early on the morning of the
LIST, caused a panic among the guests.
during which three women jumped
from a third story window. These
were Mary Wesland. who. besides
being badly burned about the head
and body, had an arm broken and In
hailed fiames-she died at the hos.
pital; Mary Dawson. aged 80, had an
arm broken in two places, and received
scalp wounds; Lizzie Durham, 80
years, a widow with three children,
also received scalp wounds, and had an
arm broken. A FIRE In st. Louis,
early on the morning Of the LIST, des-
troyed the immense six.stOry brick
building of the Richardson Drug Com
pany, at the corherr of Fourth street
and Clark avenue, with a three-stOry
brick warehouse In the real belonging
to the same inn, The fire extended
to and also destroyed Woess's masque-
FADE goods store. q row Of three story
BRICK boarding houses and the livery
stable Of Scott & Lynch. The loss OF
the Richardson Company is estimated
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buildings. The stock was insured fol-
$3.50, 600; the building for 500, 900.
Andrew Gerherty, night Waterman In
the drug house. is missing, and sup
posed to have persisted.
Between midnight and 5 O'Clock In
New York on the LIST one man wa:
killed and two men and a boy woun.
ded by pistol shots fired to celebrate
the arrival of the new year. The
shooting is supposed to have been &C.
cidental IN each case. During a
drunken brawi In New York on the
evening OF the LIST Michael Crow, aged
20 years, was stabbed to death by 9
party of five men with whom he wal
qaarrelllng. His brother = in : law,
James Grow. and the other FIVE NE
we're arrested. Louis Schmidt, al
inmate of the Soldiers Home IN Mil.
waukee, Wisconsin, stabbed an6
killed W. F. Ruder, a fellow veteran
on the LIST. They q%uarrelled about
their war records.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania
met on the LIST In Harrisburg, and or
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