The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The dwelling house of Watson
Bownes, in Westches.er, New York
was burned on the morning of the Hl
HIS mother, his two children, aged :
and : years, and Kate Dunn, q servant,
and her sister perished in the flames.
MI. BOwnes and his wife, with one
child, escaped, although the parents
were badly burned. The business por.
tion of Waldron, Michigan, was de.
stroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss, $780,
900; partially insured. The woods all
around the city of Wausau. Wisconsin,
are on fire. Hay meadows. crops and
bridges have been destroyed. Forest
Fires are also reported from Ishpeming
and East Tawas, Michigan. In North.
ern Michigan no rain has fallen for
several months, and as a result forest
fires are raging In every direction,
threatening destruction to property
and heavy losses to lumbermen and
farmers.
Frederick Kinder, one OF the men
shot by Weir at Lykens, Pennsylvania,
| on the evening of the 4th, died on the
It'll. He was the second victim, Morris
Miller having died shortly after the
shooting. A telegram from Belyedere,
New jersey, says that since the con-
viction Of BoIak for murder, on the Sd,
it has been rumored that he was con-
nected with the Orange Mountain
murder some three or four years ago.
1t is said that the gold watch and chain
now in the possession of his wife were
taken from the body of the murdered
girl, Phoebe Paullin. a. G.. Douglass
was shot dead from ambush while chip
ping tuTpentine on disputed land in
Chesterfield county, South Carolina, on
the 9th. W. d. Merryman and three
others have been arrested for the crime. |
"A terrible wind storm began at st.
Cloud, Minnesota, on the evening of
the 9th, and continued on the It'll. The
air was filled with binding clouds Of
dust. In the surrounding country a
number of houses and barns were IN
rooted or moved from their foundation.
Forest fires are raging near Kimball
Prairie. A cyclone swept across Fargo,
Dakota, on the 9th, and unroofed num-
erous dwellings. The storm moved
from South to North, and was preceded
by a binding sand storm and roaring
sounds. A wind storm passed over
Buffalo, Dako a, on the 9th, damaging
crops and buildings. Rain fell in Da-
kota, on the 7th. 1t was the first rain
of the season, and farmers on the Mis- |
souri, slope now think the crops are
saved. The rain ex, ended pretty much
all over Dakota and Northern Mime
sofa. The Signal Service officer at
Chicago reports that storm southeast
signals have been ordered hoisted on
Lake Michigan, and that a severe
storm Is coming from the West.
Clara Graham. aged IS years, was
convicted of horse stealing in the Grim
inal Court in Kansas City, Missouri,
on the 9th, and sentenced to two years.
imprisonment. When placed on the
stand she confessed that February 18th,
while out she met Frank Mccoy, on
horseback, and he joined her and pro-
posed an elopement, she to go to st.
Joseph. She went there, and when he
did not come. she drove to Horton,
Kansas, and being out of money, she
sold the horse and buggy.
Three men entered McGoyern's
Hotel, in Cadillac. Michigan, on the
evening of tie 9th, and. overpowering
the proprietor. took $1,000 from tie
safe and escaped.
While out driving at Lawley,
Florida, on the It'll, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
M. Churchill, of Iowa, and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. ID. Burdette, were thrown from
the carriage against a barbcd wire fence
by the horses running away. MIR. Bur-
dette was killed, Mrs. Churchill was
badly mangled, and her left side and
both legs were paralyzed. Mrs. Bur-
dette's left shoulder was wrenched out
] of place and an eye was almost tom
| out. Mr.. Churchill escaped with slight
injuries. A portable boiler at Teasle's
saw-mill, near Freedom, Pa, exploded
on the 9th, killing Frederick Davidson
and severely injuring his father.
john Oleson was killed and Nelson
johnson fatally injured by a blast at
the Minnesota Mine, Tower, Mime.
sofa, on the 9th. Both men were at
the bottom of the pit.
While workmeD We're drilling holes
In rock in a tunnel near Ashland, Pa,
on the It'll. for the purpose of blasting,
one of the drills struck some dynamite
which had failed to explode in Il bra.
vioGs blast. An explosion followed.
killing James KeutZIer, of New York,
and injuring seven others.
George Lynn and his wife were
arrested at Youngstown, Ohio, on the
It'll, charged with inhumanly treating
their 1l-year-old daughter. Lizzie,
"The child's sides had been flayed until
the cuticleehad disappeared, and her
hands had teen held by the brutal
parents in boiling water until she Is
crippled for life. The mother had
filled an egg shell with cayene pepper
and mustard and forced 1t down the
chlld's throat"
Three masked men robbed tie
postmaster at Florisant, Colorado, on
the evening of the 9th, Of $500. An
alarm was given aud a party was
started in pursuit. The robbers were
overtaken and a fight followed, during
which William Brady. one of the pur-
suing party, was fatally shot. Tie rob-
bers succeeded in reaching the noun
tains, where they were overtaken by a
Sheriff's posse. Another fight ensued.
when nna of the rnbhara wac tuIad o,i