The Penn's Grove record., 1894-07-27
PENNSYLVANIA items


A fund to buy ice and sterilized milk
for the poor has been started at Ches-
ter.
A hail storm cut to pieces the corn
and oats in the upper end of Bucks
County.
A heavy stick of timber fell upon
and crushed Christ McManus, a Shen-
andoah miner.
Four Reading lads were arrested for
an attempt to burn Steely & Vein
bnld's large planning mill.
Endcavoring TO dip a chain in a
boiler of hot water, f. A. Cassidy, of
Lebanon, tumbled in and was perhaps
atally scalded.
A. a consequence of the $100, 900
fire that swept Mill Hall, Clinton
County, the people there have appealed
to the Governor for aid. 3
While coupling cars at Quakake,
Solomon Fink, a Reading brakeman.
WAS crushed to death.
A mine mule kicked and fractured
William Muldowney's skull, at Taylor
Vile Colliery, Greenberg.
Lightning singed the hair off the
head of Postmaster Kline, of Mount
Etna, Terks County, and burned his
head and chest. But he is recovering.
Green DAVIS, of Newportville, near
Bristol, attempted suicide by gashing
his neck, at his mothers home. He is
at the Bucks County Hospital. 4
Aged Thomas Haigh was cut to
pieces and killed by a moving machine
at MELVILLE.
Allegheny City letter carriers have
been granted almost 200 per cent. in
crease of allowance for car fares.
A North Penn train killed Adelin
Wright, Il colored domestic servant, of
North Wales, who was walking on the
track les her home.
The Union Electric Construction
Company, Of Philadelphia, is pushing
the new Delaware Valley Electric Rail-
road into Pike County,
Five miners were crushed to death
ip the mine at Williamstown, Penna.,
me accident resulting from the break
ing of a portion Of the hosting ap-
paratus. D
The collieries of the Upper Schuyl-
kill coal region are threatened with a
water famine.
Five members of Mrs. Richards
family were mysteriously poisoned by
pork chops which they ate, at Scranton.
All will recover.
Mrs. Katrina Kolash died at Cork
Lane, near Pittston, as a result OF in
juries received in a stabbing affray
among miners to celebrate Andrew
Kolash's birthday-
Richard Reddick, of B~ridgewater, a
colored man who says he was born in
Richmond, Va, III years ago, insists
that he remembers having seen George
Washington, shortly after the Revolu-
ton. l
Stage Driver Jacob s. Frederick
hanged himself at Boyertown.
James Brown fatally stabbed John
Rujanish in a fight with knives at
Pittsburg.
Thieves entered the house of William
Meyer, at Schuylkill Haven, and Sc
cured a large sur of money.
An unknown Hungarian was found
dead on the Reading Railroad tracks
near Mahanoy City.
Mrs. Lavlnia Fleckenstein's body
was found in a mill race at New
Tripoli, Berks County, where she had
drowned herself.
An axle broke and wrecked IS empty
box cars on the Lehigh Valley Rail
road at Wellington. Three boys, steal
ing a ride, were hurt.
~Six.year-old David Wilson accident
ally shot with a gun and killed Nettie
Lee, colored, of the same age, at Red
town, Allegheny County.
In a fight over a stolen keg of beef
at Reading on Sunday, two amateur
base ball clubs almost wrecked the resi-
dence of Frank B. Steigerwald and in
jured several persons.
For an even division and deadlock
over patronage the removal of the
school Board of Cass township, Schuyl-
kill County, has been asked of Court. 2