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

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Mrs. James MulaIy was struck by q
train and killed at Sugar Notch, Penna.,
on the 26tb, while picking coal from the
tracks. While a party was returning
to GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, from a dance,
on the morning of the 26th, the horse
ran away. -Four girls, who were In
the carriage, Ieaped to the ground.
Maggie Halligan was killed, Ellen
Roherty fatally, and the other two
badly, injured.
Nathaniel Candy, Is years old
was stabbed and instantly killed on the
afternoon of the eth during a quarrel
at Broad and C.llowIlli streets, Pnila-
delphia, it is alleged by Harry Endy,
aged 10 years, who was arrested. Ben
jamin Baker. aged 30 years. and James
Whitney, % years, were attacked on
the morning of the 27ih by a party OF
men at Sixth and Lehigh avenue,
Philadelphia. Both were struck on the
head with il Trick, knocked down and
kicked. Emil g. Doersind was ar
rested and held to wait the result OF
Bakers wounds. which are believed TO
be dangerous. Samuel Wakefield, Jr..
colored, shot and killed James W.
Trainer, his employer, in New Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, on the evening OF
tht 25tb, and was IN turn taken from
the officers and killed by a mob,
"A freight tram collided with an
engine on the New York and Ohio
Railroad, rear Ontario, Ohio, on the
afternoon of the 9th. 1t is reported
that Engineer Buckley was killed and
a fireman badly injured. Near Gallon,
Ohio, on the oath, a double-header fast
stock train on the New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio Railroad collided on
a bridge with a light engine which was
out for a TRIAL Five men were dan
gerous'y injured and considerable pro-
perty vas destroy ed. During a fight
with four tramps in the outskirts OF
Scranton, Pa. on tile evening Of the
9th, a Policeman named Ellis was shot
twice i'll The abdomen and is not eXpec-
ted to recover. John FL. Tucker, aged
81 years, just released from prison, at.
tempted to shoot his father In Newark,
New Jersey, on the evening OF the
9th. He made a SIMILAR attempt on
the evening on the 18th.
Ellis ]. Ellis, a policeman in Scran-
ton, Pa, wat shot on the evening oil
the 9th, during a struggle with tramps
and died on the IS The surrounding
country is being searched for the
tramps, who have 1ed to the noun
tains.
"A boiler exploded In the saw mil,
of r. H. Perkins, at Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, on the evening of the 26th,
killing Judge J. r. Stramount. John
Cronester and John Moore, and fatally
injuring Robert Malcolm. Richard II.
Perkins and Richard Robins. Six
others received slight injuries. Lack
of water caused the explosion. The
boiler in Harvey's silk mill, in Scran-
ton, Pa, exploded m the morning O.
the 2Sth, killing the engineer, Nicholas
Chislel and iniuring a workman
named Anderson. All the water In
the boiler had been exhausted and the
engineer turned on a full stream. Two
hundred and fifty employees are thrown
out of work,
Threatening letters from White Gaps
were sent to u number of disreputable
houses IN Bloomington, Illinois, recent
ly, and on the evening of the 25th,
some of the houses were bombarded
with eggs. The police arrested Patrick
O'Conpell and three others, who are
now in jail. O'Connell was seen and
recognized as he delivered n Of the
threatening m~issives, and on being
arrested, confessed, duplicating the
rest of the gang. Two of the prisoners
are old offenders, each having a sus-
pended %penitentiary sentence hanging
over his head.
1t is reported that several levees,
80 to 40 miles above Shreveport, Louis
lana, gave way on the evening Of the
26tb, the river submerging a large area
of country. Sunny Point leyee, below
Shreveport, has also succumbed to the
force of the current. All lowlands on
the Red river not protected by levees
are under water. No loss Of life or
stock is reported.
While a number of people were
leaving a school house near Williams
burgh, Ohio, on the evening of the
Goth. a mischievous boy pulled the bell
rope, and by some means the bell was
thrown from the frame work In the
cupola, and fell IN front of the house
and on to the crowd iti,v, killing
William Wacker and seriru ly injuring
G. W. Mount and Spar Kidd.
Parks Pledges. living at Holly
Springs, Missouri, committed suicide
on the 25lh. He IA engaged
to marry two young women, and had
arranged for the marriage ceremony tC
take place In each case on the same
day. The body of William Harkins,
aged "a years. was found in the Sus'
quehanns river at Nanticoke, Penna.
on the 2Sth. 1t is thought he com
mitted suicide. Ira E. Tabor, a wealthy
farmer, near Plattsburg, New York,
was killed on the 2Sth, by a neighbol
named Joseph Chapleau, with whom
he QuarIelled over the poisoning Of tw
cows. Chapleau struck Tabor on the
head with a stake from his s'eigh. He
says he acted IN self-defence.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Danville,
Va, while In Greensboro, N. c., on
the evening of the Goth, was robbed
and had her skull fractured by an un-
known colored VILLAIN. Two men
named Arbuckle and Staley have been
arrested IN Indianapolis, Indiana, for
passing counterfeit coin. A complete
counterfelter's outfit was captured in
their room. Burglars entered the post