The Penn's Grove record., 1889-02-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


AT Tecuuseb. Michigan, on the
morning of the 17th, Frank L. Silvers
shot and killed his wife and Two
daughters, aged IL and 8 years. res
pectively. and then shot himself in the
head. He was alive, hut unconscious,
when found, and not expected 10 re.
cover. No cause Is known for the
deed. Joseph Chemeleke. 10 years OF
age, got drunk on the evening OF the
18th and shot and killed Mrs. Philip
ChemeIeke, his sister-in-law, her sister
Mary, and their mother. Chemeleke
then committed suicide by shooting
himself In the head. He had been on
bad terms with his brothers. family
for some time. Michael Mangan. the
tramp, charged with shooting and kill
ing Officer Ellis, In Scranton, Penna.,
about a month ago, was arrested In
Ashley on the 10th. The reward offered
for his capture was $4,000.
i'm Scranton, Penna., on the 18th,
30 feet of the surface over an aDand-
oned mine on Mulberry street, between
Monroe aud Quincy avenues, caved In
during the afternoon, breaking off the
gas and water pipes and stopping street
cars. The gas from the broken pipe
ignItcd and before 1t could be turned
OF exploded several times with terrific
force, the conclusion knocking people
down and endangering surrounding
property. The residents of that Sec
ton of the city are nov without water.
Frank W. Baden, a telegraph opera.
tor in the employ OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Company, was thrown from a
tram In Baltimore on the 18th I'M
killed.
The Owin2s Block, In Chicago, IA
stories high, collapsed on the 18th. 1t
was situated just opposite the Post
Office, In the centre Of the business
section. The ~ lower stories fell in
enc after another, leaving the walls,
the four upper foors, and the roof
standing in a decidedly shaky condi-
ton. In the tenth story the tile floor
Ing was defective or was damaged by
the natural settling of the building.
Without the slightest warning, the
great mass OF tiles and girding forming
the injured floors crashed to the story
below, carrying that with it, and the
two together. acting like a huge pile
driver, pounded a way for themselves
to the bottom. No person wa
injured.
"A despatch from Columbus. Geor-
gIa, says the steamer Aid was burned
on the Chattachoochee river on the
evening of the 18th. The crew and
passengers escaped.
james G. Harding, of Mlddletown,
New York, has lost three children by
death from scarle. fever since the
morning of the 18th. Two died on the
18th the third on the 18th. Their ases
range from 3 to 8 years.
AT Lansing, Tennessee, on the
18th, Dock and John Burns were shot
by G. A. Quinn, a merchant. A slstss
Of the boys went -to-QsAuff's store to
purchase spound Of green coffee. A
package of roasted was sent instead,
which the boys took a. an insult. They
called on Quinn and began abusing
him. Dock cut him in the neck, when
Quinn opened fire, fatally woundlng
both of them. Dock is dead. and John,
it is thought, will die.
james Eiliston, a prominent cattle
man in Western Kansas, was shot and
killed OH the evening Of the 18th. by G.
l.. Badly, his superintendent. EllistOn
accused Baldy of being On familiar
terms with Mrs. Elliston. Walter
Scott shot and killed Luther Reynolds
In Chicago, on the 18th. They were
both cOlOred, and quarrelled Over IL
gambling game.
"A tornado passed over Banks
county, Georgia. Oh the morning of the
18th. Much damage was done to
property, and four persOns-Thomas
| Stevens and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
MeadOws-were killed. Another son
! of MI. Stevens was injured. 1t is re-
ported that a clycone passed through
Bibb county, Alabama, on the evening
| of the l7th, doing great damage. Sew
eral persons are said to have been
killed and many injured.
All the factories In Augusta.
Georgia, were closed on the afternoon
of the 18th. on account of high water.
The river at 0 O'Clock on the evening
OF the 18th was 33t feet above low
water mark and about at a ~standStlll.
The barn Of Levi Herr, in York
county, Pa, was burned on the 18Th
by incendiaries. Three other farmers,
in different parts of the county, have
been notified to remove their stock, as
their barns will be burned.
"A suburban passenger train on the
| Wisconsin Central Railroad was
wrecked on the evening of the 10Th In
Chicago by an open switch. Two
train men we're killed. Albert Johns
ton, aged 0 years, and David Fleming,
aged 10. whose parents reside In Edge
worth, Massachusetts, boarded IN
express train in Boston on the 10th,
thinking that it stopped at Edgeworth,
but as the train dashed past at full
speed the boys jumped of and both
were killed. Further particulars of the
cyclone in Shelby county. Alabama, on
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