The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Eastern ana
fiddle States

Wagner Bros worsted mills in the
town of Pascoag, at Silver Lake, Rhode
Island, we're burned to the ground
The loss will reach from $4,000 to
$50, 600. 3
The Merton Worsted Mills, at West
Conshohocken, Pa, which have been
shut down since August /, 1898, will
resume operations on October l. Orders
have already been secured sufficient to
keep the mills running six months.
Nearly 200 hands will find employ
ment.
The trial of the q Cubans charged
with organizing a filibustering expedi-
ton was begun in the United States
Court at Wilmington, Delaware. Sem
ator George Gray was of counsel for the
defence and conducted the examina-
ton of witnesses.
Tie members of the New England
Cotton Manufacturers Association
have decided by the small vote recently
taken to hold the autumn meetlnglat
Atlanta, Ga, during the Cotton States
and International Exposition, and
October 24-24 has been fixed upon as
the time.
A representative of the Spanish Le-
cation has informed the Department
of State that the contemplated tilibus-
terlng expedition of the schooner Lark
was but a ''small part of a vast plan"
on foot to land arms, ammunition and
men in Cuba to assist the rebels.
Numerous claims to portions of the
Mora indemnity fund have been filed
with the State Department recently.
Mrs. Kate McCarty, a bride of only
II weeks, committed suicide by taking
morphine at her home in Brooklyn.
She left a note to her husband, con-
Tossing that she had been untrue to
him and asking his forgiveness. 4
1t is believed at Milwaukee that the
schooner Penokee has gone down with
all hands. The Penbkee left Buffalo for
Milwaukee with 564 tons of coal %
days ago. Since she left that port
nothing has been heard of her. She
carried a crew of about seven men.
George Ennis, the seIf-confessed
leader of a gang of burglars, who have
operated extensively in Arlington,
Kearney, Passaic, Paters IN, Ruther.
ford and other places on the lines of
the Erie and the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroads as far
as Port Jervis and Middletown, is In
the custody of the police of Jersey
City, 6
Found asleep on a table after bur-
glarizing Mrs. Ii. D. Aldrich's house,
in New York, and drinking wine,
Charles Creegan fed, but was later
caught with stolen goods.
The will of Edward B. Harper, late
president of the Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Association of New York, gave
$1,000 to be divided among all children
named after him. His estate was
worth over 800, 900.
The injuries to Rev. DR.. Lyman
Abbott, of Brooklyn, prove to be only
a fractured collar bone and bruised arm
and leg.
While hunting, A. B. Thompson, a
student in Amherst (Mass.) Agrlcul-
tural College, was badly hurt by the
discharging of a gun.
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber,
who recently achieved notoriety by
escaping from prison, attempted to Sc
cure liberty by a peculiarly ingenious,
vet horrible scheme.
He procured two needles, which he
placed in a stick in such q way that
when he placed the stick across his
nose he prodded his eyes. His optics
are now badly inlamed, and it is
only by administering anesthetics that
the prison physician is able to give
treatment, as Perry ~obstinately refuses
to yield. He says thai if he succeeded
in binding himself the Governor
might be convinced that he meant to
reform and might extend clemency. 1
The 81 Cubans on trial at Whining
ton, Delaware, on the charge of tilibus-
tering," we're acquitted by the jury,
and discharged by the Court. The
citizens of Wilmington joined with the
Cubans in celebrating their victory.
The buildings of the Rochester, New
York, Wulcanite Pavement Company
were burned. Loss, $50, 900.