The Penn's Grove record., 1891-08-14
THE NEWS OF A WEEK
Eastern and Middle states.

Eastern and Middle states.
Charles Carroll Sawyer, the CON-
poser of war songs and other melodies,
is dangerously i'll at his home in Brook
Ign N. Y.
Bertram g. Webster, who sbot Ed
win q. Goodwin at the Pc Ival fiat,
New York, is still at large.
While under the influence of liq-
uor, Patrick O'Leary, 81 years old, cut
his daughter-in-law In the breast with
a po~cket-knife in q New York tene-
ment.
George Williams, the colored Boston
lawyer, who died in England the other
day, was a native Of Bedford Springs,
Pa.
George d. Carroll, who lost his
wealth in devotion in Medium Fanny
Stryker, has secured a $4-a-day job in
the New Yerk Custom House.
Hattie and Llllie Dumas, aged respec.
lively - and 2 years, were drowned at
bennington, Ontario, by a carriage in
which they were sitting backing from
the wharf into the water. 4
Thirty-six Chinese "fan-tanners"
have been captured in a New York city
raid.
Palarina Rosa, a young italian
woman has been arrested in New York
for an attempt at suicide.
Patrick ON ell and his son William,
wealthy saloon-keepers of Corona. L. H.,
have disappeared, to escape the white
Caps"
Mrs. William Newlin, of Coatesville,
Pa, who eloped a week ago with Carol
Stokes, has returned to her husband and
been forgiven.
James Flynn died of hydrophobia In
Maiden, Mass. He was bitten by a dog
about a year ago.
Michael Confer, a well.to-do farm-
er of Franklin township, near Muncy,
Penna., committed suicide by hang
Ing himself to a cherry tree in his or
chard. 5
LOUIS Epstein saved $500, Intended
to return to Germany. He lost the
money on Chatham street, New York,
and then tried to kill himself.
Fred. NUM- is in st. GATHERINGS
Hospital, Brooklyn, with a broken leg
and rib. He climbed up a chimney to
see a ball match and fell sixty feet.
An explosion of gas in York Col
liery, near Pottsville, burned IL men,
John Carbors fatally, and James Tiddi.
book, Charles Sewers, scott Brubaker
and David Davis, seriously.
Mrs. Henrietta Wiley and Mrs.
Mary E. Corliss, of New York city,
were poisoned by drinking whiskey
from a bottle which contained carbOlic
acid. Mrs. Wiley is not expected to
recover.
Dovid Esh and his wife Rebecca
were killed at a crossing on the Penn
sylvan'a Railroad, near Lancaster, Pa.
They were on their way to market and
their wagon was struck by a train.
John Phillips was killed at the Hall
enback Co;i'ery, wilkesbarre, Pa, by
a fall of coal, caused by a premature
blast. His son, who was with him, was
badly hurt. l
Michael Dulko, the New York ga
loonkeeper whom Policeman Foster
shot, is dead, and Foster was arrest
ed.
Wolf Falk, charged in New York
with embezzling $50, 600 from Hermann
the magician, has been returned to San
Francisco on requisition.
The drunken crew of the schooner
George Bailey, except one Brown,
mutinied yesterday Just after leaving
New York for Baltimore and assaulted
the mate, whereupon Brown stabbed
Frank Larsen, and both were arrest
ed.
Matt. $. Reilly was arrested in
Jamestown, New York, aud taken to
Clean, charged with forgery and high
way robbery.
Burglars broke into the cottage Of
Hon. Edward Kearney, of New York,
at Saratoga, but were frightened of.
Miss X. Dykeman, who lived near
Willseyvllle, New York, committed
suicide by hanging.
Ida Reiber, aged Is years tried to
commit suicide at Harrisburg by TAX
ing paris green, but her condition was
discovered in time to ave her life. 2
SOath and Wesr
The smallpox is rerorted to be cpl
demic in Acapulco, Mexico.
Losses at the gaming-table drove
Pope N. Crouch, a drummer, to take
morphine at Paducab, KY. from which
he died.
Henry e. Barlow, for ten years a
letter-carIIer in Chicago, has bee n
arrested for systematically stealing let
tiers.
a portable saw mill engine exploded
near Winchester, o, killing Moses
Sewers and Martin Tracy, and seriously
iDjuring three others.
Samuel Latin died near Lawrence
vile, Ind, of blood poisoning, the re-
suit of wounds received In a fight with
muskrats.
Daniel F. Cornell, who was shot by
some unknown persons while lying in
his berth in a sleeping car, on a Chesa-
peake and Ohio train, died In Char
lottesville. Va.
A pin swallowed by Clarence John
son, of Indianapolis, is causing great
suffering.
The Moquie Indians, of Arizona,
are having their snake dance, which
lasts sixteen days.
Henry Lynn, a Livermore Uowa)
farmer, arose in a somnambulistic
trance and walked eighteen miles be-
fore he awoke.
Richard L. Tumbnll, Los Angeles,
Cal has filed an answer to the libel on
the arms, etc., seized on the State, stat
ing that he owns them in trust.
John Duckett, colored, said to be 100
years old, is dead at Washington, D..
O., leaving behind 100 buckets. Of
course the old man had 70 George
Washington.
Mrs. ]. D. Smith, whose son a