The Penn's Grove record., 1889-04-27

tue z3d. He was picked up by a tug and
! placed nDder arrest. The safe In the law
I'll Q Of Hubbell Il CO.. In Elkhart,
lud,.ua, WAS robbed on the evening 0
tlie 2lAt Of notes and money amount
ing To $500. George Jones, q young
colured man, was arrested on the $50
and confessed his guilt. The house OF
Jacob Reichard, In Allentown, Ia,
was robbed OF $4,000 In cash, four gold
watches and other jewelry, during the
ABSENCE OF the family on the evening OF
the 22d.
AT noon, on the 23d, a man named
Mccarthy entered Collins y sons
bank, In Ventura, California. where
Jack Morrison was alone. Mccarthy
complained OF his poverty AID despei-
alton, which had drawn him to think
OF suicide. He laid a package on the
counter, which be said was dynamite.
and drew a six-shooter and demanded
thirty thousand dollars. Morrison
lodged behind the counter and ran out
Of the bank door. The rObber then
seized q tray containing about
and walked into the street. M0rr son
gave the alarm, and Mccarthy was
arrested and all the monAv recovered.
j. j. Scheepers, an employe in The
auditors office OF the Burlington Rail-
road, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, commit
ted suicide in Chicago, on the 23i oy
drinking two ounces Of carbolic acid.
The Morgantown Female Semi
nary, at Morgantown, West virginia,
! was burned on the 231, Loss. s25,oOo,
insurance. 5000. About 80 Of the
pupils lost their clothing and effects.
McGrory's bakery in Prescott, Ontario.
was burned on the evening Of the 22d.
Miss Gainsford persisted in the hameS.
While crossing the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
track In q wagon at Newport, Della
are, on the afternoon of the Path, John
Wade, aged ca years, his wife Ma
tilda. aged so, and James NJ. Under
man, aged IL, were struck by a train
and killed. The horse was also killed.
and the wagon smashed in pieces.
Wade and his wife lived on a farm at
Appleton. in Cecil county, Maryland.
An explosion OF natural gas In
McKeesport, Pa on the oath. wrecked
the Hotel Landmark and dangerously
Injured the proprietor, John Lund-
mark, and q little girl. who were stand
ing In the door and were blown ACROSS
the street. The building took Ere and
was entirely consumed, together with
the three frame dwellings adjoining.
| During the progress of the fire Chief
| McCalllster, of the Fire Department,
was painfully but not fatally burntd.
| The loss was $4,000, three-fourtbs
covered by insurance
Terrible land slides have occurred
in Peru from the perpendicular walls
through whic'i the tanpeis on the
| Oroya route we've cot In order 10 en-
able the verrugas bridge 10 he thrown
across the chasm from tunasi 10 tunnel.
A cioud-burst caused 9 IA OF rocks
ana earth to crash down and sweep
| away the bulge. Tt bridge, whith
cost $500. 600, was SIS feet long and
26O feet high, the highest IN the world
with one exception.
"A forest fire Is raging on wood and
timber lots near Auburn, New Hamp-
shire. Already $50 acres have been
burned over, and 800 cords OF wood
prepared for market and q large guam
tity OF timber have been destroyed.
Men are lighting the flames.
During an election on the liquor
license question at Bickley's Mills.
Russell county, Virginia, on the oath,
a difficulty occurred. and pistols were
drawn. William Porter was killed,
and Irwin Howell, Joseph Sargent and
Martin johnson it is feared are fatally
wounded. j.. G. Cowell was slightly
wounded. On the evening of the 21st
q cOlored man, named Dempsey, was
shot and killed on the farm of Isaac
N. Eason, near Hickory Ground, Vir-
ginia, by another col0red man named
Harding. while playing the White Cap
Joke and forcing himself into Hard
ing's house at midnight. Harding
was arrested and tried, but released, as
it was a clearly proved case of killing
In self-defence.
One of the heaviest rain and fail
storms ever known in Atlanta, Geor-
gia, began to fall at half.past -four
O'Clock on the afternoon of the Path.
The storm burst suddenly. At the
time the gust came on fremen were
inside the walls Of the jackson build
ing, burned on the 21st, flames having
again broken out among the tebris.
One OF the walls fell upon the mer.
killing W. z, Leach and Henry How
ell and injuring several others. The
wind also blew down the Ivy Street
Mission building and the fence of the
base ball dark and damaged buildings
In different parts Of the city.