The Penn's Grove record., 1892-08-26
PENIS GROVE. n. j. FRIDAY. AUGUST IS. 1892

Frederick Smith, an employe of a
fire escape company, was shocked to
death while W. rklng on q roof 10 Pitts
burg. He took hold of an electric
light wire and could not let 60. A COM
panion pushed him from the wire, but
he died In q few minutes.
At an inquest In Pi,tsburg In the
Ease Of j. N. Cookies. who wasdrowned
a few days ago, the jury found that he
came to his death through the negll-
gence of the crew Of the towboat
George Shiras. 2
S0uth aBd wesf.
Logan Murphy, a desperate and muir
derer, was hanged near Mount Ster-
ling, Kentucky, by an armed mob Of
800 men, who took him from the
jail by force. He was dragged
to a ~trestle, a rope was put around his
neck and he was pushed of. He had
been sentenced to death, but was grant
ed a respite, pending an application for
q rehsatlnH
William Cuddy, q contractor, Of the
firm of Phillips s. Cuddy, at the Michi-
gan State Prison, in jackson, was killed
at that institution by a life convict
named Henry Black imam, who is doing
time for numbering his wife and fam
lily.
The mutilated body of Mrs. Matte
Looney, IN aged woman OF Marietta,
Georgia, was found near her home.
VIM. Ellis, an adopted son and heir Of
the murdered woman, ID suspected OF
having committed the crime. !?
Tram robbers were put to fight on
the Denver and Cheyenne Railroad by
a cowboy who refused to Re held up.
The Tudor Iron Works, Of East ST.
Louis, ILL.,, which distributes $40, 000
in wages monthly, has signed the Pitts
burg scale after an idleness Of two
months.
Discouraged by lack Of employment,
Engineer w. r. Cole shot bis wife and
child at Savannah, Ga.
The steamship Breakwater, at New
Orleans. from Livingston, brought a
report that ex-President Bogran, Of
Honduras, was killed near Puerto Cor
tez, while the rebels occupied the town.
Five negro children were burned to
death at Griffin, Georgia. They were
eft alone while the family went to
hurch.
Arthur Cooper was so badly injured
by an explosion in the mill of the Gar
negie Steel Company, at Homestead;
That ha dtod In q fam hnlra q
William w. Trailor has been arrest
ed at Minneapolis, MIMI, for passing
counterfeit dollars.
William H. Condor, one of Chicago's
leading lawyers, had a eight on the
Sound steamer Puritan with f. @.
Kray. a London art dealer, over a Miss
Webb. to whom both had been atten-
tive at Newport.
Four blocks in the business portion
Of Kendrick, Idaho, we're burned.
TIE loss will reach $S0. 900 6
NJ. C. Galley, q desperate Of the
neighborho0d, was shot and killed
while attempting to rob the railroad
freight office at Coal City, Ala.
While workmen were engaged In the
ruins Of q burned building at New
Dreams, q portion Of the wall and roof
fell, burying four persons. One, a
Sraniard. named Bresent0. Vas killed.
and two others we're seriously injured.
Through the capsizlng of a custom
house launch at Tonola, Mexico, three
merchants and one guard were drown.
ed.
During a recent absence Of the Sher.
liz of jackson county, Alabama, II
prisoners il the S~cottsboro Jail escaped.
Eleven Of them have been recaptured.
Among those still at large are two
murdereIs.
Max Fenner, known among pugiIists
as s'the Terrible Swede," Is in q dying
COZ dition in San Francisco. the result
OF Injuries received In a prize fight with
VIM. Ripgy, q private Of Company III,
First United States Infantry. Ripgy
is under arrest.
One night IN January last, Q. K.
Rogers, City Clerk Of Beaver, OklaEo-
ma Territory, left bis store for his
home, and was never heard OF after
wards. Two boys found In the woods
| neal Beaver the clothes OF Rogers and
his 81 eleton. There was o bullet hole
in the skull. Rogers had considerable
money with him when he disal peared.
Frank Torres, the murderer Of Cap
tain William McKelvey, foreman or
Madame Modjeska's ranch in Sar
Diego Cation, was taken from the j,i
at Santa Ana, California, by a mot
OF IS men and hanged to q telegraph
pole. /
A thousand saw-miil employees a
Eau Claire, Wis.,, have struck for II
hours and IL hours pay.
An engine boiler explosion at Mem
| phis, Tenn, cost Engineer Blunderield
and Fireman Prater their lives.
Count Guilio Valensin, who died al
| Cleveland, o.. left but 81 out of hi:
fortune Of $500, 900 to his son, Pit
Valensin.
Sheriff 8. A. Brlto, Of Canon Coun'
ty, Tex, long a terror to evildoers, va.
assassinated while returning from 8
fandango.
The skeleton of a mastodon ia being
| exLumed at Carl Junction, Missouri
! and Buck Lawrence, who descended
| the shaft in the absence of the work
men. was overcome by gas. Thoma'
| Wright, who went to Lawrence's as
sistance, was also overcome. Boil
meu died.
The barn of William Glass, neal
! Magnolia, Maryland, was struck b,
| lightning and destroyed. Mr.. Glass
who was In the barn, was killed.
E, P. Ellis, a blacksmith, of sar
| Diego, California, was shot and prob
! ably fatally wounded by George p
Schmidt, a rival blacksmith. There
J was a feud between the men, and
Schmidt is said to have stabbed ELI
INST prior to the shooting.
FOREIGN.
The French steamer st. Simon, foi
the West Indies, has returned to Hayr'
with her cargo on ire.