The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Frank Ryan and Harry Sa6ler. thu
young men arrested In Canton, Ohio
on the 18th, on a charse Of attempting
to wreck the New York and Chicago
limited vestibule train on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail
road recently, have confessed theil
guilt. Three other men will be ar
rested.
An earthquake was felt on tit
14th In the Mexican State of Guerrero
Tho oscillations were from north t
south and lasted four seconds.
Five tramps attacked jaime.
Burns In Altoona, Penna., on the
morning of the 14tb, and robbed hin
of $50. They also stripped him of his
clothing and left him for dead. Suisse
~quently a fight took place between the
city policemen and the tramps and foul
of the gang Q captured, maDacled
and taken to jail. A gang Of men sur
rounded the house Of a farmer named
Fhelton. at Rogersville, Kentucky, OF
the evening of the 18th, and attempted
to take him out. Phelton shot and
killed Two of the gang, and the other:
fed.
"A hotel in course of erection In
Tacoma, Washington Territory, was
blown down by the wind shortly before
6 O'Clock on the evening of the 18th.
Five men were killed and four injured.
At last accounts there were still some
laborers buried in the debris. A fall
of coal in the Huron mine, In Hough.
ton, Michigan, on the evening of the
18Th, killed two miners and badly in
jured two others. John Forester and
WIN. Nolan, residents of New Hamp-
ton, Iowa, got drunk on the 18th. The
former, In his drunken stupOr, laid on
the railroad track aud was killed by a
passing train. The latter, while OF hli
way home. drove off a bridge and broke
his neck.
"A wind storm at LumLerton North
Carolina, on the afternoon Of the 14th,
uuroofed the railroad warehouse and
telegraph office. A severe hail storm
occurred the same evening at Toisnot
Station, on the Wilmington and We'll
don Railroad, In the same State. "The
fast mall train had to move cautiously
and was delayed two hours" Some
panes of glass we're broken In the car
windows, a tree was blown across the
track, and much damage was done to
the crops. kilograms from various
points in Minnesota and Dakota give
accounts of heavy rain and snow fall
on the 14th. The crops have suffered,
hut the rain fall will save the crops.
One man was killed and three
others were fatally injured by q terrible
accident at the Michigan Car Works.
in Detroit, on the afternoon Of the l4th.
A gang of laborers were unloading a
carload of iron, when some part of the
brace holding the load broke and
several tons of IRON fel! on b men,
completely burying them. When the
victims were liberated, Joseph B-n-
scotte was dead and his three COM
panions were MORALLY injured. All
leave large families. An explosion of
dynamite occurred at Osceola Mime, at
lshpemlng, Michigan, on the 10th, in.
iuriug four Austrian miners, two. 1t is
thought, fatally. The accident &C.
Cured through the carelessness OF one
of the men injured.
Peter Matthews, aged 80 years,
was killed and George Kochberger ia.
tally hurt, on the 14th, by the fall OF an
old church In Plattsm0uth, Nebraska,
near which they were e~xcavating for "a
new hotel building. Two other work
men we're slightly injured. Mary
Weldon, a young girl, was accidently
killed in Rockford, Illinois, on the 14Lh.
A boy was playing with a revolver,
AMI the girl went to look into tie
barrel. when the weapon was dis
charged. James Kelly, a produce
dealer in Lexington, Kentucky. was
found unconscious in his room in a
hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey,
on the morning of the 10Th, the gas
having been left partially turned on.
He died in the afternoon.
The body of a well-dressed man,
about 80 years OF age, which had been
kept at the bottom by heavy weights,
lose on the morning Of the 18th In the
Harlem river. at New York, and wa
washed ashore. A piece Of iron, weigh
ing over 20 pounds. was tied to the
night leg with stout packing cord, also
a black silk umbrella, There was a
double case lady's gold watch IN his
pocket, and In his scarf a pin OF toid
representing an owl clutcting a cross
bar with a star on Its head.
"A telegram from Reading says that
letters have been received from Dr. J.
NJ. Brause, III Oklahama, showing that
he was not murdered. as reported.
"A deposit of tin has been dlscov'
erred about 20 miles from Topeka, Kan
Sas.
Tile Attorney General has author
lied the Marshal of Arizona TO offer =
reward OF $500 each for the arrest and
conviction Of the robbers OF Paymas'er
Wham.
Ferdinand Schroeder, a grocer ana
saloon keeper in Indianapolis. Indiana.
Killed his wife on the 10th and ther
icommitted suicide. He was insane.