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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-17
South and West.

John B. Register, coloTed, was hanged
at Suffolk, Va, for the murder Of
John r. Epps, in July, 1891.
A mob of Wheeling wv. Va.) street
railway strikers bombarded a car with
stones, iniu:ing motOrmaa and passen-
gers.
The boiler Of a locomotive exploded
at Tyler, Texas, killing Julius Rasp-
berry, fireman, and fatally %ip]uring
Bartholomew Wheeler. engineer.
Two stock trains were wrecked by e
| collision ON the Burlington Road, near
Osceola. Iowa. Eight persons were In
! jured and many of the cattle wer-
killed or crippled. B
DR.. Norv'u Green, president of tn
Western Union Telegraph Company,
died at his home, in Louisville, Ken
lucky. he was born In 1918.
Three pairs of twins In 81 years is
the record of Mrs. q. Carlson, Of Rem
| vile, MINI.
The frozen body OF a costly-clad in
| FAINT in u box Heated down to Washing
TN, Ind, on an ice-cake.
NINE. Dis De Bar has been indicted
rat G neva, ILL.,, for stealing $735 from
Irene Mitchell through spiritualism.
A. r. Walters, freight conductor of
the Union Pacific Road was arrested III
| Chicago, on the charge Of robbing
freight cars. Twenty other arrests are
to be made. It Is said the gang have
been operating for wo years, and that
their thefis will aggregate $4,000.
John Hsraldson, of bowling Green.
| Kentucky, was arrested charged with
| assaulting his 11-yeaI-old daughter and
| his S-year-old son. Heraldson says the
charges are false and were tnstigated
by his ~housskeeper.
A slide occurred In n ofthe tunnels
of the Orient Mine OF the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Co., at villa Grove,
Colorado, killing six men and severely
iD]uring as many more. J
Texas rust,ers and a Sheriff's posse
fought g FL Paso, and two rustlers,
Charles RoddIns and Henry Garfield,
we've killed.
For resisting the serving Of q war
rant by a posse, Thomas Johnston and
wife, of near Marshall, N. c., were
shot down.
Henry j. Spencer, once in the Mary
land Penitentiary for killing a mar,
committed suicide at Chicago, because
he Sc often lost employment through
the story OF his crime following him.
The dead body of Harry G. Wilson,
the defaultIng water works superintend.
ent, of Bellaire, o., was found neal
Wheeling, W. Va. be having shot
himself.
A riot occurred at a christening in
ST. Louis, as a RESULT of which six
persons were possibly fatally injured
and u others were seriously cut or ba
their skulls fractured. 2
Masked robbers hell up a freight
train on the Missouri Pacific Road, De
tween Little Blue and Pleasant Hill,
Me-, i'll mistake for an east-bound pas
senger train.
A freight train at Norton's SUNNI
Tennessee, on Monday night, jumped
the tack and rolled down the mount
ain side, q distance of 100 feet. En-
gineer VIM. Allen vas almost instantly
killed. Fireman Psttiiohn and SectitI
Foreman Parker went down with tn.
engine sni we're ser olsly, II mot fatal
injured.
Some Of the Oldest passenger con
ductors and pnrters on the Texas and
Pacific (colton belt), Missouri. Kansai
and Texas Union Pacific Railroads
have been discharged without expisps'
ton ;
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b. Rum.

Bay rum Is u 1ufaotured IN Do
ninica from the Tried leaves Of pt'
menta acris. BcSrum Is procured by
distillation, and his In q very simple
manner. The leaves are picked from
the trees and then dried; 10 this state
they are placed iIa the retort, which
is then filled With water and the
process Of distillatton is carried on
The vapor Is then condensed In the
usual way and forms what is known
as ..bay oil" a very small quantity
of which is required for each
puncheon Of ,ruu. The manufacture
OF Day rum Is carried on at the
northern end Of Dominica, and proves
q very lucrative business to those ~
gagged In 1t. as ths plants are 'plenti'
full In this district
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CABLE SPARKS.

Nice had a tiutter over Marseilles'
choIers, aud officials requested the sup
preston of newspaper bulletins 10 keep
visitors in town.
Ths copy books from the Girls High
School in Trier, Ger Will be sent to
The Chicago FAIR to show methods Of
instruction In German high schools for
young women. l
TIE P~omeranian's cargo went unin-
jured through the tremendous seas that
snatched of passengers.
Comp ser Verdi telegraphed Itaiy's
Minister OF E1u.ation regarding his
new title Ct Marquis: "My gratitude
would be far greater hsd ! been spared
this honor.
Colonel Rselland. OF Mexico, re
gently married Miss BOSNIAN, of
Minnesota. The groom is seven feet
two inches In height and the bride six
eeet eleven.
"a Moslem fPenn.) farmer grew, II
Is said, an Irish potato. the stalk Of
which was i've feet seven inches in
height, and bore ct its roots = bushel Of
vqtstoess
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-17
PENIS GROVE, N. J.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1893

Brindisi and Athens and Eyypt and PaIest
tine went alone to the Coliseum. There
was not q living soul In all the immense
area. Even those accustomed to sell curios
at toe four entrances OF the building had
gone away. The place was SO whelm-
with the emotions aroused by the place and
hour. l paced the arena / walked down
into the dens where the hyenas we're onos
kept. | assembled to the placs where tue
emperor used to sit. climbed up on ths
galleries from which tbs mighty throngs OF
PEOPLE had gaz ID In ~snchautmsnt.
To break the silence l shoutsf, n that
seemed to awaken the echoes, c upon
echo. And those awakened ecaoss seemed
IS address me, saying: "Men die, but their
work lives on. eau lent Us, the architect
who planned this structure; the 90. 700 On.
shaved Jews brought by Titus from Jerus-
alem, and who toiled on these walls. the
gladiators who fought in this arena, the I'M
perors ami expresses woo had place on yon-
der platform, the IN ,llions who during cen.
turtles sat and rose in these galleries.. have
passet away, but enough Of the Coliseum
stands to tell the story OF cruelty and pomp
and power 500 years of bloodshsd."
Then, as | stoo ! there, there came to me
another burst OF echoes which seemed
~throbbing with the prayers and songs and
groaus Of Christians who had expired In
puso arena, auu euey sSom5iv say, 100
mucn ~ cost 70 serve oou ~ p.ss,
now tnankIul monern cencar.e' ouka. :
tuas tne persecuIion waicu HoH 4
shed"
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wings were moonens anu osnss. suS s ~
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went own uuaer tns PaMs uAsss
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Wedding frstoms.

In all civilized cBuntries the bride
contributes her sla,re of the house
hold goods. Here iithey follow the
cosy German custtan, although not
entirely, for whereof the "Fraulein"
begins to have tabYe-cloths, napery,
and sheets made UP for her future
wedding long before any bridegroom
makes his appearance and In fact
while she Is at her school-books, the
American girls purchases Of house.
linen are the first Sdication that the
wedding 10 near at land.
There is a great peal OF pride and
considerable money,to be expended in
these dainty PREPARATIONS, and the
poorest girl In th@t country much
prefers to furnish this part of her
| future home-stores tor herself.
In France, however, the e~xpectant
husband begins to pay his ~ladylove's
bills before marriage The BRIDE
groom-elect formerly sent unmade
! dress patterns of rich materials. He
now has to present them already
made up
The brides mGsaier usually fur
dishes three gowIh tho wedding
dress, the travelina-dress, and one
other, which is wopd at the family
! party preceding thtt1 wedding, called
the contract" patty. The future
| husband is expected to furnish all the
: others, the numbelfyarying from lou
TO twelve.
In England the husbands share OF
wedding preparations includes the
I, house-huen, which is, Of course, marked
with his family initial aud not that
of the bride.
What a diversity Of good taste, o.
J what is considered good taste, In diff
! ferent countries these wedding Gus
toms showl Though we take many
fashions from Frartce, 1t Is not likely
this will ever or . be adopted
/, here.
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THE NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States


Taken insane In q street car, at Buff
falo, N. Y, fsev. Theodore Lyman, Of
Cold Springs, N. Y, began to preach
to the passengers.
Jane Kelly, a cook. was overcome BY
smoke and killed; Della Alexander was
fatally and two men seriously Injured at
o fire In Coles's hotel, OF Providence.
Rhode Island, on Wednesday night.
A stz story warehouse on Atlantic
avenue, Boston, occupied by I. X.
Remeck & Co. for storage of sh0ddy and
the Bartholomay Brewing Company,
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Tue lower branch Of the Massach u
setts Legislature defeated the bill abol-
Thing Fast day, and another making
April 10 a legal holiday.
George Apo, who Is said to be a
New York CROOK" was shot and
fatally injured In a hotel in Pougb-
geepsie, New York. Ira Hogshead
and Ephraim Cassie, Of Greenville,
South Carolina, the former OF whom
did the shooting, claim that they quar-
relied about '.green goods
Nine New Bedford (Mass.) cotton
mills last year paid S7l8, 900 In dlvi-
dends. averaging 7.B per cent. On the
capital.
Colonel Lewis L. Morgan, Bushes:
Manager OF the New Haven. Connecti'
cut, Register, and Secretary OF the
American Newspaper Publishers Ass0'
citation, died, aged Al years.
Princess Dolgorouky is to join Gil
mors's band at $500 q week.
Coasters at Oldtown, Me-, shot
through a plate glass store window,
and Fred Lovejoy received fatal jDjur'
les.
Jane Fordy and Frank Julien. her
Italian paramount, Killed Peter Burlin'
game, of nea Port Henry, N. T., wht
years ago bought the woman from heI
husband for $40 and q COW.
Three persons, names unknown,
| were drowned in tie Mystic river, ri
Charlestown, Massachusetts,. by tht
| breaking of the Ice on which they weIt
skating. John Blake and others mad,
heroic effort, to rescue Of the men,
but he sank before help reached him. !
Edward Ferris, q Bridgeport Conn.
| youth has confessed numerous burglar
les.
The Metropo'it an Opera House, New
York, WAS knocked down at auction
on a hid Of 81, 425. 600, made by J. A
Roosevelt for a syndicate.
Eastern piano manufacturers are in
disposed to exhibit At the Worlds Fail
for various reasons.
The steamer Bohemia, Of the Ham
burg line, sprang u leak In her dock a
Hoboken and came near sinking.
Burglars secured S12 In cash and
lot of cigars from the barber shop o
James Command, of Swedesboro. Ney
JERSEY. .
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Nearly 1900, 900 tons Of coal were
mined in Colorado during last year.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-04-22
GRAVENTHE ICY WATERS.
Fourteen Men Arc Swept 10
Their Deaths
DURING A TERRIBLE STORM.
Glib Al he Month 81 the lake Tunnel Swept
Ava Imprisoned in he ClS,s Pumping
Station, They Spend an Aw;aI Night.

MILWAUKEE April ~ Fourteen la
borcrs employed in Lake tunnel found
a grave in the ICY waters OF Lake
Michigan early Thursday morning.
The dreadful storm raging throughout
the night had dashed the lake into n
seething mass Of foam. Immense waves
were rolled toward tho shore BY furi-
ous Wind and carried away the house
built on top Of the crib az the mouth Of
the tunnel, about three quarters Of q
mile from the pumping works ut the
foot Of North street
The house on the crib contained two
stationary engines and the tools used
by the men. II was built OF heavy
timbcrs fastened with iron bands II
was swept into the roaring waters
however, like nm egg shell, and It's
parts were washed ashore. For
a mile or two the shore OF the lake is
strewn with timbers, boards tools and
articles Of clothing worn by the men
in the Inflated crib Tho catas-.
trophe Is supposed to have occurred
about o'clock Thursday morning. At
that hour the men at the pumping sta
ton noticed that the house on the crib.
had disappeared. They telcphoned the
news At once TO the police department,
which notified Capt Peterson, OF the
life-saving station. On account OF the
frightful sea, the tug Welcome took a
lifc-boat with crew Of five In tow and
headed for the tunnel
The battle OF the Welcome against
the angry waves was watched by thou
sands Of people on the shore, whom the
report Of the accident Ind drawn to-
gethcr. When Capt Peterson, after
almost snperhuman efforts, succeeded
In reaching the crib by means Of
rope and with life-prescrvcr around
his body he WINS met ny horrible
sight One man, James Miller, was stu
alive and clinging to q post About him
were the corpses Of two or three Of his
comrades Miller was rescued and
conveyed TO the Emergency hospital
He gives the following account OF the
accident:
1T was s o'clock In the morning when
I'VE found that water was filling the nir-
tight compartment Of the shaft where
we had taken refuge for the night We
took q vote TO decide whether we would
risk leaving the shaft 1t was decided
TO leave Only 1--WE Of us succeeded in
reaching the outside The nine mon
who were not strong enough TO get out
were drowned by the water coming into
the shaft, and four out Of the Ave who
got out were manglcd or drowned by
the tremendous floods which were
dashed over the crib At what hour the |
house was washed away Idon't know.
1t had disappeared when we got out Of |
the shaft 2
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wouLp-sE STATE


VIII be Visited and Examined by y Com
gressionnl Committee.
WASHINGTON, April % The commit
mittee on territories will begin the in
vestigation OF the condition Of tho four
territories now knocking for admission
to the sisterhood OF states early In
juno. Chairman Faulkner has not yet
made his selection Of the sub-commit.
tee. but he has decided that the start
win be made from Chicago June 10, and
he will expect to complete the work
within one month from that date.
The committee will 20 direct to
Utah, whore they will look into the
condition Of affairs. and then pass
through the northern part OF New Mex
leo and Arizona via the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad through the southern
part Of the southern Pacific From
these western territories they will re-
turn by way OF Oklahoma The com
mittee will pay especial attention to
the mental culture Of the citizens, ar
chitecturc Of the schools and buildings
erected for educational purposes Tho
committee hope to be able to gather
sufficient information. upon which the
senate may act intelligently when the
question Of admission Is discussed dur
ing the next congress.
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rAs COURTS ACTION


Dtunr satisfy the mob. pndat uunE IN,
Prisoner.
SALtNk. kan. April - Ray Shout
tho union Pacific agent In this city,
was seriously. perhaps fatally. cut with
razor by Dan Adams. colored He
had been creating disturbances around
tho depot. and the cutting was tho ~.
suit Of shouts attempt 70 eject him.
Adams was immediately arrested,
taken before tho criminal court and.
after brief trial was found guilty Of
attempted manslnnghter and sentenced
70 seven years Imprisonment In the
penitentiary. lie was started for
Tho train handcuffed between two
deputies shouts friends woro not
satisfied with the verdict and a mob
Of fully 500 men quickly gathered
They took tho prisoner from tho officers
and without giving him chance TO say
a word threw n rope around his neck
and strung him up 10 tree The
crowd then dispersed. There is much
excitement here over the occurrence,
and some 81 tho lynchcrs will probably
be prosecuted
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SENATOR STEWART.


Raid on snver 4 what ne Sec. In the
Policy Of tho Administration.
WASHINGTON. April % Senator VIM.
~ Stewart Of Nevada. Is very indig-
nant al the expressions 81 New York
bankers who favor the issuance Of
bonds 70 replenish the gold reserve. and
who oppose the estoppel 70 the the ISSUE
ance Of gold certificates senator
Stewart Is one Of the leading free coin
age advocates In congress, and he sees
In the distance n raid upon silver by the
present administration with a view 10
forcing tho repeal Of the silver pur-
chasing net. fIe does not relish very
naturally the way Secretary Carlisle re-
fers to silver as belonging to the cate
CORY Of lead. iron, or any other com
modities."
Senator Stewart quotes tho law and
declares that there Is no authority for
issuing bonds under the present condi-
lions. that tho resumption act only
authorizes the secretary Of the treasury
10 issue bonds "a buy coin lsilvcr Or
gold) TO an extent necessary TO redeem
outstanding greenbacisS lie expressly
declares that there Is but one outstand-
ing obligation which must he redeemed
In gold and that is the goid certiflcate
The greenbacksare redeemablei In silver
or gold
In the opinion OF Senator stewart
and Secretary Carlisle also there can.
not be bonds issued at this time, as
there are plenty OF silver dollars with
which to redeem tho greenbacks and
there is an abundance OF gold IN the
500, 000, 900 reserve to redeem outstand-
ing gold certificates The inevitable,
and the only thing In his mind, Is TO go
right into the gold reserve and pay Ii
out upon the presentation Of gold Ger
titicates.
II IL now plain TO everybody that
there will be no bonds issued. Senator
Stewart reminds the administration
that there Is no authority for issuing
bonds under ANY condition. merely
replenish the gold reserve Coin, says
Senator Stewart rs the phrase or
term used in describing the redemption
method for grcenbacks and Il was who'll
" unnecessary 10 pay out gold for them.
When there Is not sufficient coin In the
treasury for the redemption Of other
grcenbacks or treasury notes, the secre-
tary has the power to make up the de-
ficiency. When there Is not sufficient
coin In the treasury to rodc0m green
backs he may sell bonds and buy coin
for the purpose under the resumption
act
when there isn't sufficient coin for
the redemption Of treasury notes Is
sued under the act Of 1890. he must
coin silver for that purpose When
there is sufficient Of either gold or sill
yer coin in the treasury for tho purpose
of redemption. no has no right to sell
bonds. There Is no possible authority
or excuse for a bond issue now, and
none will be made sstsas r
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NEw York, April % After . linger-
Ing illness Of many months Mrs Almina
Hancock, widow Of Maj Gen. Winfield
s Hancock. died Thursday afternoon
At tho residence Of tho generals niece.
Mrs Eugene Griffin. Gramcrcy park.
Mrs. Hancock's strength had BEEN
slowly wasting away under the subtle
influence Of a succession 81 sorrowa
that had subducd her naturally
cheerful disposition. and withdrawn
her from society during the later
years Of her life. Her only daughter.
Ada Elizabeth. n remarkably beautiful
and accomplished girl, died In this city
on the 18th Of March. 1875. al tho ago
of eighteen Her mother. Mrs. Adelino
Russell, died at the generals ofIicial
residence on Governors island ON the
cath OF April. 1888 Her only son. Rus
sell, died in Mississippi on the soth 81
December. 1854 These bereavements
were followed By tho death 81 her hus-
band at Governors island on. the 9th Of
February, 1856.
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ThE DISCOVERIES FLEgT

Anchored In the Roads, and All Nations
salute the Columbus Caravels.
FIT. MoNRoE, Va April "a Tho three
Columbus caravels arrived here at 1890
o'clock Friday morning, In tow OF three
Spanish warships and were received
with great thunder Of salutes and q
display OF the flags Of the countries rep
resented by the fleets, and dropped
anchor at the end Of the American line
Of vessels
The day could not have been more
beautiful or the scene more impressive
as they came in the Roads decorated
from jibboom to taffrail with tho flag
Of Castillo and Aragon and Of Queen
Isabella standing out and fiuttering in
the gentle breeze.
The little feet was tumbled about
OFF the Virginia coast Thursday IN q
lively fashion by the northeast wind
that blew al day. but managed TO
make the capes early Friday morning.
and. after taking pilots aboard, pro-
ceeded in.& At the head of the fleet was
the unprotected cruiser Infanta Isabel.
towing the flag ship Santa Maria,
which displayed the Gag of an Admiral
Behind and a mile astern came the
torpedo vessel Nulva Espana, with the
Nina a. her charge, and In the iatters
wake was the big black protected
cruiser Regina Regente, with the Pinta.
They were towed by at least a quar-
ter of q mile Of hawser and looked
like so many ducks sitting ON the
water with the feathers OF their tails
pluclxed.
When of the fort the stars and stripes
were flung out and saiuted by the lead
er, the fort quickly responding. Before
the Santa Maria was abreast Of the
Philadelphia tho Dutch frigate Van
Speyk ran up the Spanish colors and
salnted them with thirteen rounds.
Then the Russian ship Gen. Admiral
commenced to salute, and later every
flagship in the lharbor honored these
notwithstanding crafts and the country
they came from
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another Heavy can Tor cold.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.--A call for
four millions in. gold for shipment Sat.
urdAy from New YorlrSwas made to the
treasury Friday morning. Secretary
Carlisle left the treasury shortly after
10 o'clock and went TO the white house
70 talk with the president before the
cabinet meeting. He had received 4
number Of offers Of gold from the west,
but they were in such remote places
and Of such small amounts that they
could not be availcd Of At the present
time. Nor was the total 81 sufficient
amount to relieve the situation When
the secretary left the treasury for the
white house the free gold above the
500, 1000, 900 reserve amounted 10 81, 25O,-
NO -.lI ..l So