The Penn's Grove record., 1892-09-16
THE news OF A WEEK

lflE NEWS UF A WEEk
Eastern ana middle ststes.
George r. Forbes was arrested in
Bust0n fol- defraudlng Q Washington
i~ioteikeeper.
John X. Davy was killed and two
other men were fatally wounded, at
Cornwall, Ontario, by James Slavin,
who was intoxicated.
James Madden, Of Steelton, Pa, was
committed to the Dauphin county jail
70 answer a charge Of numbering bis
uncle, John Kennedy.
Charles r. Brooks shot his wife and
| child in Stamford, Connecticut, and
then fatally shot himself. The woman
Brooks came from England and found
his wife living with another man. He
had made complaint to the District
Attorney and said he would secure the
evidence on which to cause her arrest.
a man supposed to be Joseph Burke,
Of Philade lphia. committed suicide In
the Rochester Hotel, New York, by In
haling Illuminating gas. He had been
q guest Of the house since Sunday. 4
William Ebert, q well-to-do shoe
maker or Yorkville, q suburb Of
PottsvllIe, committed suicide by stab
bing himself in the heart. Sickness
had unsettled his mind.
During a dispute owe the amount of
a bill, John Davenport, Of Brooklyn
New York, struck Frank Bennett over
the head with a club, killing him.
Edward Goeghegan tired 1--WE shots
from q revolver at his wife in The
house Of her mother, in brooklyn.
Tho woman's wounds will probably
prove fatal. The couple had not been
living together.
A quarrel over an old love affair has
caused DR.. Vincenzo d. Ella to chal-
leng0 DR.. Louis Parascunolo to eight
L. duel. Both men now live in
New Haven, Connecticut, and are
graduates of the University of Ma
pies.
A staging on the Proctor Building,
corner Of Essex and Federal streets,
Poston, fell with FIVE men. John Van
Glider, aged 40 was killed, and John
Rhillips was probably fatally injured.
James Hart, Patrick Doherty and Nj
chael Gouerly we're badly bruised. 8
There is no likelihood of Miss L.zzle
Borden being released on bail.
After October l, Miss Liberty, OF the
New York harbor, will support q $4,000
search light.
Elliott Burris, a defaulting cloth
commission man Of New York, has
been found IN Paris and will compro-
miae with creditors.
Linda Myer and Annie Miller vera
arrested In Reading, Pa. charged with
passing spurious silver dollars.
James Healey was murdered on the
road neal Ashville, Cambria county,
IA. His body was found badly mutt
lated.
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Frank Shockley. a farmer of Milford,
Delaware. was stopped about . mile
from his farm, by two highwaymen and
ordered to hold up his hands. Shock
ley refused, and was struck on the bead
with a base ball bat. bis skull was
fractured. The highwaymen made
their escape.
Harris Blank aud C. Rosenweig,
arrested In Montreal, have been taken
to Towanda, Pa, to answer the charge
/ Of numbering LOUIS Marks In March
last.
Mrs. Maria Louisa ~CEorpenninR, ~
years OF age, walked Into q police sta
| tion In New York city and cut heI
throat. she said she was tired of life.
She only slightly wounded herself.
Rev. @. j. snepp, of Boston, who
| disappeared from Niagara Falls on July
26, has been found in Buffalo. where
he has been In q constant state oil IN
~toxication.
Three men, Foreman Volanskii
| Thomas Kane and Edward McNally,
! persshed by suffocation in the receiving
basin OF a sewer, In Jersey City. Voian'
| ski was Drst overcome, and the others
| died la trying to rescue him.
A broken axle caused a wreck on the
i! Cumberland Valley Railroad ut Middle
! sex, Pa. Three coaches left the tracf
aud two were overturned. No person
was killed, but several passengers vert
| i)adlv injured.