The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19

refused to give his name and said he
took the money because he had a wife
n child starving TO death. DR.. W.
NJ. Tett and F. G.. Collins quarrelled
in Nicholson, Mississippi, on the 14th,
and Collins was shot and killed by
Tett. j. W. Turner then shot and
killed Tett. An innocent bystander,
Quitman Perton, was badly wounded.
David Mencia and his son Al
ph0nse, who had a ranch near San
Antonio, Texas, had a fight on the
18th, during which the son killed the
father, and received in return what
are believed to be fatal wounds.
Two murders were reported in
Loulsvill, Kentucky, on the 14th, from
the mountains in Bell county. John
Cawood was killed near the Harlan
Court House by an unknown person,
and Mllt Jones shot and killed his
cousin, James Jones, at his home On
Greasy Greek. They quarreLed about
a debt.
Judge Mckinney, of Tompkins
county, New York, was fatally injured
by a runaway accident OF the evening
of the 18th. He was thrown from his
carriage and the horse kicked him In
the head, fr~acturing his skull ia many
places. Ex.Congressman Steele, of
Marion, Indiana, whose name has been
mentioned in connection with the PEN
sion COmmissionershlp, had his arm
broken on the 18th by his carriage
breaking down. Mrs. Steele also had
her arm broken. A steam radiator In
the office Of the American Strawboara
Company in Boston exploded on the
morning of the 18th. Much damage
was done to the office and stock in the
basement, and two teamsters standing
outside the partition were injured, one
severely.
james Dawson, a well-known
sporting man, was found dead In a
gutter on Market street, In Patterson,
New Jersey, about 8 O'Clock on the
morning of tile 18th. There WAS a large
wound over the left eye, caused by a
fall or a blow from a club. In a diff
Guilty at Dothen, Alabama, on the
18th, seven men we're shot. Two are
dead and another is dying. The
trouble arose between the Town Coun-
Gil and tie draymen of the farmers
warehouse. the latter refusing to pay
the license required by the town au-
thorities. They were several times
arrested for violating the ordinance
/ and fined, and this caused the trouble
between the farmers Of the town.
Both Marshals were shot, and one will
die. Two draymen defying. the law,
were killed.
The schooner Laura laden with
/ iron ryoo rpcat In tIa Hast D;unr
New York, on the morning Of the
18th, and went adrlft, bottom up.
Her captain and a deck hand, James
Lawler. were saved. The rest of the
crew, William Jackson, Jas. Hughes
and Alexander Christie, are supposed
to be drowned. The two rescued men
are severely injured.
Anthony Helfrich, a miner, and
his two laborers. Thomas Quinn and
Patrick Judge, were burned on the 10th
by an explosion Of gas in the Stanton
NINE, at Wllkesbarre, Pa. The latter
two are thought to be fatally injured.
Two trains on the Burlin yton and MIS-.
souri, Railroad ran into each other at
Gibson Station, near Omaha, Nsb.,
on the evening Of the 10th. They we're
going in opposite directions. Both er-
gines and a chair car and combination
car were smashed up, and the chair car
caught fire, badly burning many pas.
sengers, In addition to those other wise
injured. About 50 persons altogether
were injured. One of them died soon
afterwards, and two others are in q
precarious condition. A train on the
Indiana Midland Railway was wrecked
i paor 4 ahonAn ON tho rpnrpip~ ~ ~.
10Th by collision with a freight car
standing on a side track. Sherman
Noon, brakeman, was Killed, AMI sev-
eral others were Injured, two severely.
The Secretary of the com pany
operating the Mount Auburn Inclined
Flame in Cincinnati, where the disaster
occurred on the 10th, says that a little
piece of iron, not more than an inch
long, became lodged in the cutoff
valve and rendered 1t impossible for
the engineer to shut of steam. How 1t
came there no one knows.
AT Santa Ana, California, on the
morning of the 10th, Mrs. Efie l..
Scholl cut her throat and the threats
of her two children. a 5-year.old boy
and 3.year old girl. The children are
dead, but it is thought the mother will
recover. Three years ago she was
divorced from her husband, the Court
giving her possession of the children.
Recently Scholl entered suit to obtain
custody of the children, and this caused
the tragedy.
"A large number OF farmers il
Miner county, South DAkotO, are re-
ported destitute owing to the failure OF
their crops through drought during the
past season. A relief COMMITTEES has
been appointed to solicit aid. Many
towns throughout the State ara re-
spending.
Michael SADIE was cut in thirty
places with a knife, and Anthony
Lostettsr was shot dead, In a quarrel in
Louisville, Kentucky, un the even ny
Of the 18th. Both were drunk. SADIE
had just drawn his wages, and 1t is be-
lieved that two men drew him into a
quarrel OIL the street, and then pulled
him into an alley with the intention of
rObbing him. LNstetter was in some
way drawn into the quarrel. The two
men escaped.
"A despatch from Helena, Mon
tana, says that the oficial returns from
every county but one show that the
Republicans have 50 members Of the
Legislature and the Democrats 80, with
me doubtful with Madison county.
The Republicans will have from five to
nine majority on joint ballot, but. Is
the decision of the Contrasting Board
In Silver Bow county is to be tested IN
the courts, there Is no telling when the
members from Silver Bow will get
their certificates of election. Without
that county the Senate would be eight
Republicans and sever Democrats and
the House rs Republicans and 20 Dem
ocrats.
-Faul Mcbride, son Of a well.
known lawyer Of st. Louis, shot and
killed Frank LOTUS, a fireman, at u
street corner in that city on the even
ing of the 10Th. Mcbride was DRINK
at the time and took offence at a slight
and accidental jostle from LOTUS,