The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-12

hail storm in Chicago, II in the
southeastern district much damage
was done. In Hyde Park and Wood
lawn all Easements we're flooded with
water and many windows were broken
by the hail.
Indian creek, at Beatrice, Nebraska,
rose six feet In less than al hour, and a
number of people had to be rescued
from their homes in boats.
L. T.. Klein's dry goods store, in
Chicago, was robbed by h%ighwaymen,
who entered the store while it was open
and well lighted, and forced the cash
Ter 10 surrender her money, estimated
at $500, at the point of a revolver.
While riding in a street car in Mil
waukee, j. II. Thomas was wounded
in the leg by one of the five shots
fired at the car by unknown persona,
supposed to be sympathizers with the
striking street car employees.
AS the result OF a wind, hail and rain
storm, at Loup City, Neb., n person
was drowned, and two churches, three
bridges and many buildings were
wrecked, and railway tracks were
washed away.-A heavy storm at
Canton, o., caused great damage to
railroad and other property. A num-
Der of buildings were struck by light
ning, and at Westbrookfield a Roman
Catholic church was destroyed.-Gyp-
sum City and Brookield, Kansas, were
flooded by a cloudburst. Atthe former
place the water was two feet deep in
the main street.
NJ. j. Atkinson, OF Clear Lake; Yer
non Gait, Of Albert Lea, MINI, and
Roy G. Sosser, of N~orthwood, were
drowned at Nora Springs, Iowa. They
were all pupils of the Nora Springs
Seminary.
While two men were whitewashing
the top of an elevator shaft In Bethle-
hem, Penna., the scaffold upon which
they stood collapsed, and one man was
instantly killed, the other was fatally
injured.
Three buildings in Brooklyn, owned
by Howard & Nc Dermott, leather
manufacturers, were burned loss, $3.50
600. Five hundred persons are thrown
out of employment.
Max Fessler shot and probably fat.
ally wounded his wife, from whom he
was separated, in the street in Chicago.
Edward and Theodore Shotski, broth
ers, we're beaten and fatally injured at
their home at Shelbyville, Indiana, by
an another brother, Lee Shotski, as a
result Of a quarrel the previous night.
A large number Of persons who at
tended a supper given by a high school
alumni association at Frankford, In
diana, were poisoned by something
mixed with the food. Several of the
stuff erers are etill in a critical condi-
ton. 1t is believed that the poisoning
was Intentional.
Zera Reyburn, an officer of the Mis-
souri, ~Penitentiary, at jefferson City,
was shot and seriously injured by f.
Norvili, a convict, who had been re.
leased from the penitentiary the day
before. For some infraction of the
prison rules, Reyburn recently had
Norvill punished. Norvill threatened
vengeance and carried out his threat.
Stephen Shahamarian and his son
and daughter, aged is and 81 respec-
lively, Armenians employed In a vine
yard in Fresno, California, were muir
dered. A nephew of shahamarian's
Is suspected.
-Four of the bandits who a few
weeks ago attacked and robbed a mule
tram loaded with silver bullion, which
was on its way to Durango, Mexico,
from Rosale's mining camp, have
been captured and shot.
S. T. b. Cartwright, a wealthy young
Englishman, who was in Montreal on
a pleasure trip, committed suicide in
Mount Royal Park.
Miss Name Worrall, of London, who
was IN San Francisco, on the way 10
Australia, died suddenly. II is believed
that her death was due to %strychnine
poisoning. l
Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato
are giving attention to the mining
regions of British Columbia.
Dwight Steers, a life prisoner, and
William johnson escaped from tho
Connecticut State prison at Wethers-
field.
Thomas Fl. Swope, of Kansas City,
Mo-. has made a gift to the authorities
of that place CT a suburban park of
1900 acres.
Actress Henrietta Crossman Brown
has sued her husband for divorce at
youngstown, o., alleging non-sup-
port and intemperance.
Martin Murphy, tried for the murder
of his mother. in the New York Su-
preme Court, was found guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree.
Five tramps were run over, and two
of them fatally hurt, by a train at New
Haven, Conn.,; one gave the name of
Charles J. Albaugh, of Meadville, Pa.
United States vessels are ilIeg lilly
shipping Canadian Indians as seal
hunters in British Columbian waters
and the Dominion Government IL
after them with a gunboat.
An attractive woman who introduced
herself as "Mrs. S~tuyvesant, of New
York." to the residents of Portland,
Ore, where she collected money for
the Maybrick fund, is said to be an
:mpostor.