The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-25
NEWS OF H WEEK:

Two freight trains on the thila-
deIphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad colllded on the morning Oh
the 2O,h, near Charlestown Station,
and eight or ten cars loaded WIN
dry goods and other mercnandise
were wrecked, and much OF their con-
tents we're destroyed. The loss is
stated at '.many thousand dollars"
William Strickland, engineer, was
badly cut In the face and head. IL ap-
pears that one Of the trains was COM
PEELED to stop ty the heating OF a box
and the other, which was following
ran into II.
"A severe hail and rain storm IN
Augusta and adjacent counties In VIZ
| ginia on the evening OF tie 2oth aa''-
| aging growing ri and fruit. -,
Donald Mcdonald, a Sergeant 10
| the United States Army statloii-u a!
| Presidio, California, on the 10th shot
| and killed Ethel Anderson, a young
| woman with whom he was living, and
| then committed suicide. Lewis BlTd,
| colored, aged As years, on the 2Oth
| fatally stabbed his 17-year old wire
and then cut his own throat, 10
| Chattanooga. He Is not expected to
| recover. His wife had left him De-
cause lie would not provide for her.
| William Newcomb, an aged citizen OF
| Columbus, Indiana, was fatally shot on
the 19th by Jesse LAWS. . young man
who has persisted in paying visits to
Newcomb's daughter against the WISH
| of the father.
-ShaYer & Sons iewelry store. at
Merrill. Wisconsin, was robbed Oh
$1,000 worth of valuables on the even
ing of the 18th. Xavier and Mary
Arnold, husband and wife, who can't
as passengers on the French steamer
La Champagne, were arrested in New
York, on the 10th, as suspected SNUG
glers. Nothing was found on the man,
but in the dress Of the woman wert
found 20 gold watches Of Swiss make
and several chains, bracelets and trink'
cts. The value Of the lot was esti
mated at $12, 1000. Their baggage wa:
taken away to be searched.
An earthquake ives felt at tht
Lick Observatory in San Francisco a.
nine minutes past three on the morn
ing of the 10th. The shock was no,
heavy, but an extraordinary feature Of
1t was the great duration which is reg
istered on the instruments. Fer tw(
minutes and twelve seconds the vlbra'
lions were felt. They were from nortf
and south.
Steve BrOdie jumped over the Pas
sale Falls, New Jersey, on the morning
OF the Goth, and came of without in
ury, The distance was 105 feet.
The Grand river, near C%hlllicotlle
Missouri, Is greatly swollen and TIT
bottoms are flooded. Great damage
and some loss of life Is reported. Al
the ferry boats on Grand river hav'
been washed away, and the bridges art
unapproachable.
The Ne,cs, of Galveston, Texas
has received information from 81,
points l n 1O6 counties, of the average
date Of May 18th, respecting the cottoI
crop. All of the information is very
favorable, and If the present conditions
continue a very large crop will b.
made.
Robert Kohn, 5 years of age, il
the absence of his mother from theil
home, In Westminster. Maryland, OF
the 10th, lighted q lamp and set fire tt
his clothes. He was fatally burned
Mabel Rice, aged 2 years, while playing
In tie yard OF her parents residence
at Carlisle, Penna., on the 2lst. fel
head foremost into the cesspoOl and wa
drowned. Her mother Jumped In aftel
her, but too late. George Fennel
agent of the Lehlgh Valley Railroad
was swept over the dam at Lehigl
Gap, Penna., on the afternoon Of thu
21st. and drowned,
Joseph Scheidhelm and Petel
G0etz, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wer,
drowned on the Goth while fishing il
the Milwaukee river. Their boat cap
sized. Warren Teuch, of Newark
New Jersey, died in the surf at Pabl,
Beach. Florida, on the 21st, while bath
ing. He was subject to fainting fits
he was % years old. About two week.
ago Miss Annie Dominic, aged IS years
left HillsborO, Maine, for a Western
trip, and has not been heard from since
Her trunk has been returned by thu
railroad officials. but no trace Of it
An explosion OF gas occurred il
the basement OF the Vanness House II
Boston on the morning OF the I'D. The
lower portion Of the hotel was wrecked
Edward Levere. Ellis Zardetzski, Her
bert Russell, Nicholas Emery ant
ST. fovr nn Ha;rm hvrnaS ou, W.
ntSs.. pa Ss,no c9t Nv oI,ss Th'
Ti,,iston Watar ana E,ant~;c cam
Dany,s reservoir. covering abomt eiub
acres of ground. and Situated ahou,
650 feet above the village of T1ttja,o on
New Hampsbire. burst On the evsn;no
of the 0Oth doing much DAMAGE Tws
hridCes and a harm were destrnsed an,
a dwelling was partially demolished
Fields were aiso flooded and treas nm.
rooted.
an ol1 nan VINO gave tle nam
Q ! .. w: lsonoon was on the "a pre-
venteo from Gommltting SUICIDE II
naitiulore. ne was JUST ABOUT u
swaiiow y poison anu Jump from
rahroad trestie Wnen ne was caught b!
stnrv of now he had bnrled four wivas
.sand now his fifth wlfs after ostt,n'
In a religious dIscnss,op had knooLai
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