The Penn's Grove record., 1889-01-12

than sugar was ever known tC
How many persons were in
crested IN the scheme is not known,
nor will the officers of the company tel
now much money was paid to them,
Although they admit that, adding the
cash and the proceeds from the stocH
together, they must have realized a sun
approxim,ating $250.0OO.
Reports received at the Office Of
the State Board Of Health. In Albany,
New York, on the 4th, showed thai
The smahl.pox scourge is spreading,
INSTRUCT lons were sent to the official:
Of AubuT M State Prison to lave all the
I~accinated. The smallpox a,
New Washington, Ohio, is spreading.
Two new cases we're reported on the
18th, making six bad cases, and foul
With symptoms Of the disease.
Business has been suspended. Trains
are not allowed to stop, and a rigid
quarantine is being established. Three
persons III the family of Mrs. Schrager,
N Newpdrt, Kentucky, are down with
smallpox. The Health Officer has
placed a\ yellow flag in front of the
house, AMI has ordered that school chlI'
1ren Do Vfccinated.
Tile bost.oflce in Grand Rapids,
Michiga4, was robbed Of $500 worth
stamps and q box containing a mum.
Der OF registered letters on the evening
# the ALL.
-Whiae Cans visited the dwelling OF
Clark SIf vers, near West Jefferson,
ohio, on the night of the Sd, and was
received Nv a load of buckshot. They
led, and lin the morning considerable
blood WIS found on the groutn. A
search is being made for the wounded
men.
"A mhn, supposed to be Tascott,
.he alledgIed murderer of A. j. Smell,
Chicago, has been arrested in Leo,
Indiana.
Two freight trains on the Pittsburg
md Western Railroad collided near
Carbon, Benna., on the 9th, and both
Engines We're wrecked. Engineers Nc.
Henry ard Jenkins were fatally In.
Iured. The firemen, Condo and Molz.
sustained severe injuries, the latter
having beth shoulder blades and several
ribs broktb. One freight train ran III
10 another on the Union Pacific Rail-
road near Carbon, Wyoming Territory,
On the 4th, James Hughs was killed
William Nattage and James lsom
injured.
"A valuable coal deposit is reported
n hAva - -~- --IIN,
north OF Centreville, Dakota, by a
drilling for a well. One vein
Eight feet thick was first bored Into at a
iepth OF l2S feet, and going through
'audstone and slate, another vein was
in which the drill is now work
ing. Active efforts to deyelop the find
ale now being made.
"A passenger train ON the Illinois
Central Railroad was wrecked on the
evening of the 9th. two miles south of
Mississippi. The train
While going at a speed of 80 miles an
hour, ran Into an open switch, ~telescoped
A box car, loaded with lumber, and
completely wrecked the engine. The
baggage, mail, smoker, ladies' car
Ind sleeper were all defailed. Tie
smoker was turned bottom up. The
mail, baggage and ladies cars were
at right angles across the track,
Engineer garvis and the fireman were
shaken up and somewhat bruised,
md one or|two passengers were slightly
scratched.
Eleven lives were lost by the
sinking OF the steamer Paris Z. Brown,
near Hermitage, Louisiana, on the
evening Of the 9th. The victims were;
MIR. Miller, cabin passenger, of Vicks-
burg; william Mitchell, cabin crew,
G~alllpoils, Ohio; also a cabin boy,
not ascertained; William Mar
shall, OF Cincinnati, ladies' cabin man
the porter And barber, both Of Cincm-
natl; James Harrison, second pantry
man; William Taylor, night watch
man, OF Memphis; John Bolan,
OF Cincinnati; Samuel Gray,
fireman, and Abram Mitchell, fireman,
both OF Cincinnati.
"A courier who reached Fort Shaw,
Montana. from the Blackfeet Agency,
on the evening of the 9th, brought
OF a duel with knives between
two G~rosyentre and two Crow In
dams. THEE OF the contestants we're
killed outright, and the fourth died
after reaching camp and telling
the story. The trouble arose over the
OF Spotted Dog, a Grosyentre
brave, TO d River Crow squaw. MT.
Z. Carney the outgoing County Clerk
AshMIid, Wisconsin, committed
on the 7th. He was about
S25, COO short in his accounts.
"A seveEe sleet storm visited Rut-
land, Massachusetts,, on the 7th.
Huge treesl were broken down and q
large number of telegraph poles pros.
Thousands Of fruit, shade and
forest trees IN Jefferson and st. Law
renee counties, New York, were de-
stroyed by y sleet storm on the 9Th and
It'll. Telegraph and telephone wires
are down, and many poles have been
broken py fhe heavy weight of ice and
snow. Gfeat' damage has been done
along the st. Lawrence. A very
heavy sleet storm prevailed east OF
Napanee, ontario. on the evening Of
the 6th. at Kingston great damage
was done 10 telegraph wires, and
many orchards were wrecked. Tele.
graph communication with the east
was cut on. Six inches OF snow has
fallen throughout the Wisconsin pine
ries, "and tle lumbermen are happy il
consequence"
"A telegram from Port.au-P Prince,
Hayti, says that three battles have
been fought and lost by the Legiti
mists in ths past 10 days, Hippolitt