The Penn's Grove record., 1895-10-25

Sixty stores, 20 dwellings, two
churches. two bank buildings and Odd
Fellows and Masonic Halls in Blan-
chester, Ohio, we're burned. Loss
about $3.50, 900.
In New Orleans Rice Mill B, for
merly known as Perseverance Rice Mill,
with other buildings, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, about $500, 900.
Fire swept over four blocks in the
town of Crede, Colorado, and destroyed
$3.50, 900 worth of property. In June,
1892, the whole town was burned.
A despatch from Memphis, Tennes-
see, says the forgeries of A. K. Ward,
manager of the Memphis Barrel and
Heading, Company, grow, and are now
estimated by Memphis bankers to be
not less than 5000, 900 1t is thought
he has gone to Honduras, and the
opinion prevails that he has the bulk
of the money with him.
Thomas st. Clair and Harris Hansen
hanged at San Quentin, California
for the murder of Morris Fitzger-
aid, second mate of the American bark
Hesper on the high seas, January Is,
1898.
Frederick Awe, ST., Frederick Awe,
Jr., and John Schmidt, died from the
effects of noxious gas, inhaled while
they were digging a well in Milwaukee.
st. Casimir Polish Catholic Church,
in st. Louis, was wrecked by dyna-
mite. The church had been aban-
doned for a new editice, although all
the decorations and pictures remained.
A trolley, car, while descending a
hill, in Burlington, Iowa, got beyond
the control of the motorman, and
jumping the tracks, was completely
wrecked.
The body of DR.. Abbie ]. Seymour,
the "most prominent professional wo-
man" in buffalo, New York, WAS
found on the tracks of the Central
Railroad. 6
Algiers, a town across the river from
New Orleans, was almost wiped out by
fire and 700 people are homlsss.
There were 220 houses burned and the
loss is $400, 900. The origin is sup
posed to be i~ncendiary.
George E. Swain, an engineer on the
New England Railroad shot and killed
W. I'll. Boyle and wounded his brother
at Hartford, Connecticut. He says he
was set upon and fired in self-defence.
The Grand Union Hotel, of Chicago,
caught fire and was slightly damaged
by water. The house is owned by
Chief Justice Fuller, of the Supreme
Court.
A despatch from Erie, Penna., says
a southwest gale brought a heavy
snowfall in the lake region, 10 inches
had fallen.
One inch of snow fell at Menominee,
Michigan. Two inches of snow fell at
Waterloo, Ontario.
The latest reports regarding the for
geries of A. X. Ward, of Memphis,
Tennessee, indicate that they will
amount to $500, 900. Ward and his
wife are on the way to Honduras by
steamer.
The village of Riverside, Michigan,
$50 inhabitants, was co mpletely de-
by fire. The loss is sec, 900.
The south half of the Northwestern
Fertilizlng Company's plant, in Chica-
go, was destroyed by fire. Loss $780,
900.
Nearly fifty vessels we're driven
ashore by recent storms along he
northern coast of Newfoundland and
many lives were lost. A church was
blown down at Trinity Bay.
To end a feud, Stephen Green was
shot and killed by Silas Browning, near
Ky.
Men cigarettemakers in New York
have begun a crusade against girls, who
work for low wages.
fremont Temple, Boston, is to be
furnished with 1000 perpetually free
seats by contributions.
Canada's copyright reform project
meets with the approval of Hall Game,
who crossed the ocean on behalf of
authors.
A Southern Exposition train, at At
killed A. E. Shoate, Georgia
agent of the Massachusetts, Benefit
Life Association.
In a fit of jealous rage James Nor
rison stabbed to death Mrs. William
Jones, the wife of his nearest friend,
at Birmingham, Ala.
For the accidental killing of her
husband, a railroad trackman on duty
at Lexington, Ky, Mrs. Mary Barr got
a verdict for $4,000 damages. !
Rear Admiral Kirkland, command
ing the European Naval Station of the
States, was detached from duty.
Several complaints by various parties
have been made of the Admiral's con-
The new b~attleship Texas is to be
locked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Five farm dwellings, with barns,
crops and implements, were swept
away by forest fires near Green Bay,
Wisconsin.
Destructive prarle fires have ravaged
Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas.
In Finney county, Kansas, four miles
of territory have been devastated, and
in Greeley county more than 200, 900
acres have been burned over.
Fire wiped out tine business portion
of the village of Fairchild, Wisconsin,
The loss is 5000.
Four men were killed by a train
while crossing the Pan Handle Rail
road IN a wagon at Miller's Station,
Ohio.
Manon II. Carr, accompanied by his
wife and two sons, went to Shaffer's
Mountain, West Virginia, in search OF
Gensing, building a camp at night,
they covered with slabs. Be-
tween 2 and 3 O'Clock in the morning a
maple tree 90 feet above the camp