The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-06

evening OF the 18th ult., killing Angus
| Multentour and fatally injuring hi
brother-in-law, Frederick Liebentour
Three children were badly hurt. A
passenger train o the Cincinnati
Georgetown and Portsmouth Railroad
went down with a trussel near Bata
via, Ohio, on the evening Of the 2Stf
ult. No n was Killed, but abouI
fourteen persons were Injured, Gen
eral Manager ). F. Hunt and Genera
Passenger Agent T. ID. Rhodes. it Il
feared, fatally. A passenger train or
the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad
was thrown into a ditch by a mis-
placed switch at Emmett, Michigan
on the morning Of the 10Th ult. NJ
person was killed, but six persons were
injured, Mrs. Hart, Of Lapeer, badly,
An express train on the Boston and
Albany Railroad was ditched Just out
side the city limit at New Haven. Oh
the Goth ult Three persons were
killed-Miss Mary A. Brigham, Of
Brooklyn, New York; Clarence May, q
drawing-room a conductor, and E.
Pfeiffer, a travelling agent, of New
York. About IA persons were injured,
including three train hands, but none
mortally. 1t Is thought the accident
was caused by either a broken wheel, a
broken journal. or the dropping of q
| brake beam.
John Cromwell, a bricklayer. was
run over and killed on the afternoon Of
the LIST, by q locomotive In Baltimore.
Mrs. Morris Rubens and her infant
were found dead In bed, in Albany. on
the morning OF the LIST. The cause OF
death Is unknown. The largest ferry
steamer on the st. Lawrence river, the
William Armstrong, of Ogdensburg,
New York, sank on the afternoon OF
the 1st, while carrying three railroad
cars loaded with coal from Morr'stown
to BrockvIlle. Ontario. AS far as
known no lives were lost. The boat
was valued at about $40. 900.
II. d. Oleson, who lived with his
s~0n-in-law on a farm near Clifton,
Texas. was abusing his daughter on
the evening OF the 9th ult., when her
husband ordered the quarrel stopped.
The old mar procured a shotgun and
chased the family out of the house,
and then set fire to the premises. He
kept the neIghbors out of the house
with his gun until 1t was almost de-
stroyed, when he leaped into the flames
and was burned to death. The body
of %welI-known man, about %
years of age was found on
the morning of the Goth ult., al
Spring Garden, Maryland, and besides
it was "a half emptied box of rat poi
son. He had a sandy m0ustache and a
full face and was clothed in u gray
striped suit. His pocketbook con.
tained a certificate stating that A. s.
Biggs had been appointed a school
teacher at West Liberty, Ohio county,
West Virginia. A letter addressed to A.
s. Biggs, 1708 Mary street, Pittsburg,
South Side, Pa" was also taken from
his p~0cketbook. The letter was signed
"lda," and was from West Liberty,
West Virginia. The writer was evi-
IDENTIFY his sister.
"A man who has arrived at Los
Cruces, New Mexico, from tho mining
camp of HermOsa. reports that a
cloud-burst flooded and washed away
over half of that prosperous settle
LhChVs xNo livCo WClO lOots 1lCll uOon
Is gu miles from a railroad, and nc de-
tails have been received. A very heavy
rain storm visited Washington, D.. c..
on the LIST, and the sewers became
choked. The lower end of the city
along the Centre Market and the pro-
duce houses on Pennsylvania avenue
suffered most. In some places the water
was three feet deep. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Station on Sixth street was
again surrounded by water, which came
up almost to the main floor Of
the building. A heavy rain storm on
the evening of the lat washed a big
rock out In a cut on the Pan Handle
track, near Hanover, Ohio. A gravel
train backed on 1t, throwing II cars
off the track and causing a wreck
which blocked the road both ways.
The steamer City of Rio de Jsneiro
has arrived at San Francisco from
Hong Kong and Yokohama. A de-
.struetive rain storm occurred at Hong
Kong on May 20 and so. The total
rainfall for 80 hours was 294 inches.
An estimate is not given Of the loss to
private property, but the loss to public
property Is placed at 5000. 900. Fifteen
| yes were lost.
William Schletz and Charles
Schroeder, boys, were drowned on the
Both ult., while boating, on the picnic
grounds. at Riverside, near Chicago.
BY the explosion of a boiler in the
works of the Asphalt Paving Com
pany. In W~ilkesbarre. Pa. on the LIST,
John Boyle. the engineer was killed.
John Boyle. fireman In the stone
crushing works of the Barbour Asphalt
Company, at Wilkesbarre, was on the
LIST blown through the roof Of the fire
house by the bursting of a valve. and
fatally injured.
Sixty cases Of typhoid fever are
reported In Wilkesbarre. and an cpl
demic 10 feared.
The public debt statement issued
on the LIST shows a reduction of $l6,255.-
929 during June. Total cash in the
Treasury, $643. 113.172.