The Penn's Grove record., 1889-08-10

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bad been weakened BY the heavy ram
Engineer Mitchell and Yard Hss,a.
ConSlln were fatally injured, and three
other train men were badly hurt.
"A staging on which we're ON man
at work on q building on Freemont
street, Boston, fell 20 feet to the
ground on the afternoon of the stb
Patrick 4. White and Steve Wallace
were killed, aud Pst,ick Connolly and
Michael Wallace severely injured. The
accident was caused by the breaking az
y rope. John Steele and George KENNY.
OF ConshOhocken, fell from the PENN
s~ylvaDia bridge at Stickler. Pa. early
on the morning of the 9th. and ans
tanned fatal injuries. Philip DOUGH.
erty, an engineer, was killed at Becb-
telsville, Berks county, Pa, on the
otn, being caught In betting and drawn
between two massive rollers. Thomas
A. Edison's new invention, On iron ore
separator, was being tested. Ollie
Martin and Maud Saylors, a betrotbed
couple, of Brownsville. Ind, were
drowned on the evening of the 4tb.
while trying to ford the Whitewater
river, with q horse and buggy.
"A despatch from Utica, N. Y.
says that hop vines Of that vicinity
have been seriously injured by the
blight, and that In many Of the late
varieties the crop will not pay for
picking.
"A telegram from Geneva, New
York, says that Professor Brooks OBJ
served his new comet on the morning
OF the 9Th, and found 1t much brighter
and the tail longer. While observing
1t a brilliant telescope meteor passed
directly over the head of the comet,
leaving a fine trail of sparks. lasting
several seconds. The comets position
now is right ascension, 0 hours, 6 min
utes, 20 seconds, ~declination south, 6
degrees, As inmates.
Harry Meyer on the evening of the
9th shot and Killed James Mccormack.
who entered mis- tent 1t Jo~hnstowp,
Penna-, and began to abuse him.
Meyer Is from Norristown, and Nc.
Cormack. who was q tramp. was from
Philadelphia. At Harlan Court House.
Kentucky, on the 5tb, an old feud be-
tween the Turner's and the Sowders-
Howard faction was revived, by several
of the Howards demanding Of young
Jim" Turner that he leave the State.
Turner refused, and one of the How
ards shot him dead.
"A heavy storm OF wind, ram, hail
and thunder passed over the northern
section of ROckbridge county, Vir-
ginia, on the evening Ct the 9th, doing
great damage. The wheat and grass
crops have been almost totally de-
stroyed by the continuous rains. a
tornado passed over Kansas City, Mo-,
on the morning of the 9th, but did
little dana ye in the city. 1t was fol.
lowed by a severe electrical storm and
by torrents of RAIN.
Two explosions occurred on the
TIN at Kensington Gardens, st. LOUIS
where the .Siege Of Sebast0pol" is
b-ing produced. While Richard Light
ner and John Smith were making rock
cts OF Flower potts." to be used in the
pyrotecbnic display, a small explosion
took place, and Lightner was burned
about the ace. neck and hands A
moment later some chemicals used In
making the rockets exploded, and one
end OF the little building, In which the
men worked, was b'own out. and John
Smith was badly, perhaps fatally.
burned. William Hartley and a ma
At Sterling, Nebraska, on the 7th wheu
IL was struck by lightning and set on
tire. Hartley was burned to death and
Mailer only escaped after being ter
ribly burned.
An explosion of naphtha occurred
at East Buffalo. on the afternoon of
the 7th, on the steam yacht Cedar
Ridge, which was about to start on a
pleasure trip down the river. Edith
aud Larney Croker were burned to
death, Howard Croker was drowned.
aud John Rubensteln, a carpenter, was
burned to death by his boat house
taken fire from the yacht. Three other
persons were injured. Two trains on
the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
collided neal ScottsvIlle, Virginia,
on the morning of the 7th. Both en-
gines and about Is empty coal cars
were smashed, and James d. Duval, a
train man, was ki,let. Two trains
collided at Washington. Penna., on
the evening of the 7th. Rev. J. D
Shanks, of Philadelphia, and a lady
passenger were painfully but not dam
gefously injured.
A heavy rain fell in the country
around Washington during the even
ing of the 9th. Great damage was
done in Virginia, especially along the
Washington and Ohio Railroad. There
is one bad washout between Falls
Church and Torrlsons, Virginia, about
800 feet in extent, and a bridge between
Falls Church and West Enc was also
damaged. No trains passed these
points on the It'll, and the clerks in the
Executive Department and others who
do business in Washington and live at
the villages along the road were unable
to reach the city except by means Of
carriages. All the streams in Virginia
are greatly swollen, and much damage
has been done to crops by overaOws.
j. Frank COLON, a young attorney
of Minneapolis, has confessed to t 9
forgery Of the name of John 7. Blais-
dell, whose attorney he was, to notes
and other paper amountin! to 1927 900.
"A report comes from Denver. Colo
RADIO, that the Rio GTande Western
train, known az the Modoc. was held
up'' by train robbers near Crevasse on
the evening OF the 6th. They forced
the fireman to attempt to chop through
the door Of the express a but, as he
Was unable to force the boiler iron
door, they gave it up, and went through
the train with drawn revolvers and
cole cted $500 and twenty watches.
john Richter and Adolph Whit
man, butchers. q%usrrelled at the stock
ward In Chicago, on the 7th. and
Richter plunged his knife into Witt
mans heart. killing him instantly.
John Mccain, a teamster. was shot
IN Chicago. on the 9th, by his stepson,
James Dolan. receiving injuries of
which he died on the 7th.
Francis Lyshen, 70 years of age,
was run over and gil.ed py cars in the
S anton mine, at WilkesbaIre, on the
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