The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-06
SOUTH N WEST.

CaSsluS Belden an insane carriage
painter, entered the gallery of the Board
of Trade, in Chicago, and, drawing a
revolver, deliberately fired five shots,
two towards the ceiling, two into the
crowded pit below, and one into the
opposite gallery. A. NJ. Bennett, a
Board of Trade operator, was shot
through the neck; Charles w. Roswell,
a telegraph operator, had his jaw
broken, and Mrs. W. w. Lewis, of Ii
tusville, Penna., received a flesh wound
in the neck. Belden was quickly over
powered and locked up. He said his
soul and his children were being sold
on the floor of the Exchange,
Eighteen new cases of yellow fever
were reported at Brunswick, Georgia.
The large increase in the number of
cases is supposed to have been caused
by a southwest wind blowing from the
rice fieles.
Judge Reed, in the District Court, at
Wichita, Kansas, declared unconstitu-
tional the State lawmaking eight hours
"a days labor. Claims aggregating
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
overtime under the act are pending
against every county and city in the
State. 4
A St. Louis despatch says that the
frequency of the train robberies has
caused the railroad and express COM
panies there to arm their crews, and it
is said that not a train leaves the city
in any direction without a guard pre-
pared for action. "The guards are un-
der command of picked men from the
railway secret service, and are selected
for their nerve and ability to shoot"
Twelve persons indicted for partici-
pating in or arranging fer prize fights
in Portland, Oregon, have pleaded
guilty, and each was sentenced to pay
a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment in the
State penitentiary of 500 days. This
was the highest sentence provided by
the law.
A passenger train on the Mobile and
New Orleans Road was wrecked at Gulf
Port, Mississippi, by an open switch.
Three colored tramps were killed, and
one fatally injured. Six other men, all
train hands, were also injured. The
switch had been properly set, but had
been tempered with by some scoundrel.
The car department of the Valley
Route shops, at Vicksburg, Mississippi,
were destroyed by fire. Loss, $780, 600.
The extensive stables of the Stark
County, Ohio, Agricultural Association
were destroyed by fire, and with them
persisted 80 head of valuble cattle,
which were on exhibition at the county
fair. The fire was of incendiary origin.
The loss is estimated at $75, 900.
L. A. Cook, city clerk of McComb
Ohio, was arrested by the Postal author
site. He is charged with advertiser
to sell, for IS, 10 steel e~ngravings repre-
~senting different events in the discov-
cry of America by Columbus, and then
sending to his dupes in return for their
money a set of Columbian postage
stamps.
During a very sever gale on the
Lake Michigan the schooner Mar
Margaret Muir foundered off Ahuapee,
Wisconsin, and the sloop yackt May G.
was dashed against a dock at Chicago
and sunk. A mar named Miller is
supposed to have been lost on the latter
boat.
A. L. Wines brought suit at Louis
vile, for $40, 900 damages, against the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad and
Deputy Sheriff Hikes. The case grows
out of the recent strike troubles. Wines
claims hat he bought a ticket, but was
arrested and detained until after the
train had left. The explanation of the
arrest was that Wines bought the ticket
for the purpose of invading the yards,
which were under guard to prevent the
strikers from communicating with men
at work in the shops.
A despatch from Crystal Falls, Michi-
gan states that it is probable that the
bodies of the IS men who were drown
ed in the Mansfield mine will never be
recovered. To get the bodies out it
will be necessary to divert the current
of the Michigamme river, and this
would cost far more money than Iron
county is able to pay.
The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
recently addressed a letter to each State
Senator, requesting his opinion in re-
gard to the ACCESSIBILITY of holding an
extra session of the Legislature to make
an appropriation for the purchase of
seed wheat for destitute farmers in
. Western Kansas. The Senators were
unanimously opposed to an extra SEES
sion. l
George McFadden was lynched by a
mob, near Lake City, South Carolina,
on Sunday last. He had assaulted
a young woman, and the mob pinned
the following inscription to McFad-
denis body; 1--WE do not know any
better than to protect our wives and
daughters"
The Peoples Bank, of Louisville, one
of the oldest in Kentucky, went into
liquidation, because it is not making
any profit.