The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19
NEWS OF Hi WEEK.


two colored men we're killed by the
explosion OF a boiler on McMillan's
place, in Ledfere county, Mississippi.
a few days ago. As j. G. Dawson
and his Is year old daughter were eros
sing the railroad tracks In Franklin,
Pa, on the evening of the 18th, theii
carriage was struck by a train. They
were terribly Injured, and will prob4bly
die. Mrs. Mary A. Barnett and d iniel
Murphy were found dead IN bed 10 a
hotel 10 Harlem, New York, on the
afternoon Of the 18th. They had been
III ffocated by gas. Both were drunk
on retiring.
George Horn. q storeket par, in
Carthage, Missouri, was murdered on
the evening Of the 18th, after he had
closed bis store, by some unknown per
SOD. His money vas not disturbed,
and the motive for the killing is a mys.
try. Four Indians from the Swino-
mish Reservati IN, Washington Terri
tory, have been lodged In jail In Seat
lie. charged with the murder of Big
Bob SattoO. an Indian. 1t 81 p,ars that
Big Bob was q prominent member OF
the tribe and claimed to be a doctor.
Things had not been going well with
the Indians for some time, and Big
Bob was regarded as culpable for it,
and at u meeting Of the tribe the
four men arrested were appointed to
execute him. Recently they way
laid and killed him. The body OF
q murdered man. supposed to be
Hans Hagen, Of Brainerd, was
found on the evening Of the 18th
10 miles north of Breckenridge, Mime.
sofa. 1t is supposed he was murdered
by a companion with whom he had
been threshing wheat. and that robbery
vas the motive. Henry Fritz, a black
smith. In st. Louis. notified his land.
lady on the morning OF the 14th that
his wife had just died OF hemorrhage
OF the lungs. 1t is said trat Fritz and
biz vito had been drinking heavily,
aud that the indications were that
they had quarreled and that Fritz had
thrown his wife against the stove and
killed her. Fritz was arrested.
1t is stated that T. NJ. Giblip, Of
Pratt, Kansas. who was connected
with the loan and investing company
OF Giblin, BIOwnell & Co., has alb
seconded. he ID believed to have taken
$40. 600 with him. He was Judge Of
the Police Court in Pratt.
-Dtphtheria 10 malignant form Is
prevalent In Gallitzin, Penna. During
the last three weeks deaths have aver
aged three or four daily, and ct least
thirty cases are reported in the town.
-Four families, with six or seven little
ones each q month ago. now are
chIldless.
"A misplaced switch in the yards Of
the Michigan Central Railroad in De.
tr0it, Michigan. onthe 18th, caused o
collision, and Engineer N. T. Palmer
and Fireman Pearce were fatally
scalded. Charles Tinbosk and John
Aravis, miners, were killed, on the
l4th, the former In the Moffett mines
and the latter In Kingston No. 8, In
Wilkesbarre, Penna., BY a fall of rock.
The boiler at Heinlein's sorghum mills
IN Bucyrus, Ohio, exploded on the
morning Of the 14th, killing j. How.
ard, Frank Raisor and Edward Helm.
lein. The e~xpSosion was caused by
cold water being pumped into the
boiler through q mistake Of Engineer
Howard.
"A gang Of tramps attempted to
rob the passengers on q train on the
Ohio and Mississippi Road between
Bridgeport and Lawrence, Illinois, or
the evening Of the 18th. The train
hands discovered q man In the act o.
uncoupling the last coach from the
train. He escaped, but his companion
on the top Of the a was captured. II
is reported that four or Eve men wert
on the roof OF the coach, awaiting the
signal, but escaped.
Nine negro men and three negro
women have been arrested In Charlotte
North Carolina, charged with robber
les extending over several months
Over one hundred residences ant
business houses have been robbed
and the losses aggregate nearly $780,
900. The arrests were brought about
by q Of the gang selling q gold badg,
which had been stolen.
H. E. Martin, manager of the
Hotel Delmonico, at Kansas City, i,
reported 10 have been disappeared after
collecting all moneys due and leaving
unpaid all debts owed by the hotel.
One months wages Is due the Ter
wants.
George and Richard Hankins,
brothers, while duck hunting on Cd.
yuga Lake. nea Ithaca, New York
on the morning Of the l4th and tryinl
to capture q tame decoy which had es-
capped, were dangerously wounded by
q huiQA >re who Cred twice al
the big e men. The man
who 81 rs that he did no!
pee III Na, break at the
lime" Johnson wa,
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