The Penn's Grove record., 1889-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

in the bobbing races IN Albany.
New York, IN the %, Charles O'Hare.
aged IA years, was killed. He was one
of a crew On a bob that became uncon-
trollable and dashed into q crowd.
Several persons were injured Walter
Ivers, aged 10 years, fell from the top
Of a nlne-story building II Denver,
Colorado, on the ID. He first struck
the telephone wires, then rebounded TO
a horses back In the middle or the
street, and then fell to the pavement.
Both his legs were broken, but he will
recover.
MASKED burglars chloroformed a
vicious bulldog, in John Forshner's
jeweIry store, in Wlkesbarre, Penna-,
on the evening Of the I'd, and took
clocks and jewelry valued at 5000.
Burglars entered the post.office at
Warren, Ohio, on the evening Of the
list, and stole 5000 worth OF stamps.
"A drunken policeman named Far
ley fred five shots from bis revolver
into a crowd who were watching IRE
men ut work In New York, on the ID.
One shot grazed a lreman's wrist and
another entered the side of a bystand-
er. The policeman vas arrested.
George W. Clark, colored, butler for
z. F. Munger, in Chicago, shot and
killed Title Hylander. a Swedish girl,
about % years of age, On the morning
Of the I'd, and then committed suicide.
They had been lovers. but quarreled.
"a car Of the Berkeley Motor Line,
in Denver, Colorado, became unman-
ageable on the afternoon Of the Sd,
while going down a long and steep hill,
and dashed to the bottom of the hill.
When near the bottom the "a ran of
the track and was smashed to pieces.
The car was filled with people, all of
whom were injured, several danger.
ously. John Berry, a passenger, and
William Greenman, conductor, are not
expected to recover
"A large section Of the wall Of Max
Meyers's brick building in Omaha, Ne
braska, which was recently burned,
was blown down by the wind on the
afternoon of the 4th. Two buildings
on the east side were wrecked, and
Edward Oleson, Mrs. Hincher, Michael
Martin, Thomas Houston, Peter Boyer,
Thomas Lombard and Rudolph
IuAtCuCll WCiC hiiiCus anu GOWN othSAo
were injured.
The safe In the po~st-ofice In Ed
wardsville, Illinois. was blown open by
burglars on the night OF the 9TH and
robbed of $500 In money and the con-
tents of registered packages, amount
unknown.
in the Mohawk Valley, In New
York, on the 9th, the thermometer reg.
istered from IS to "a degrees below zero.
The thermometer at the Signal Service
Station at Saranac Lake, New York,
registered 80 degrees below zero on the
morning of the 4th. A temperature OF
80 degrees below zero was reached in
Rome, New York. on the evening OF
the I'd. Reports from various parts OF
New England show that the thermom.
eter registered from 30 to 40 degrees
below zero on the morning Of the 4th,
In the district surrounding Ottawa
Ontario, on the 4tb, the thermometer
ranged from "a to 81 degrees below
zero. The first day of the carnival
festivities in Montreal was ushered ir
by the coolest weather experienced In
three years. In the morning the mer'
curry touched 30 degrees below zero,
The American visitors, many OF whom
came completely ~unprepared for sucl
temperature, suffered terribly, and
noses, ears and hands have In many
cases been badly frost. bitten. Owing
to the recent mild weather, the Ice pal
C is not so picturesque as In formel
years.
"A heavy wind storm prevailed
throughout Nebraska on the morning
Of the 4th, doing much damage In the
western part of the State. Building
were unroofed and trees leveled A
Hastings a school house was wrecked
and one Of the pupils was killed, an