The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-28

DR.. s. X. Race, editor of the Curtis
(Neb.) Courier, was shot twice on the
street by Simon Cary and dangerously
wounded.
James B~isanzin, at Toledo, o., de-
manded more pay for work and threat
ened to throw dynamite, which
exploded. fatally iniuring him. 3
The exposition Building at the
Buffalo New York; Driving Park was
burned involving a loss of 5000, 900.
The Nelson mines, near Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, in which twenty.six
persons lost their lives a few month
ago, are again on fire. All the miners
escaped when the fire started.
By the burning of their dwelling in
Huntsville, Ontaiio, Mrs. Beiaard
Phillips and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
5. QUITE, together with two children
of the latter, we're burned TO death.
The women persisted IN attempting to
save the children.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton Railroad shops at Lima, Ohio, were
damaged by fire. The loss amounted
to $50, 900.
Five French-Canadian fishermen
from Berchier were drowned recently
off Gros Isle, Gulf of st. Lawrence.
Peter Fisher, IL years old, shot and
killed his sister Elizabeth, aged IL
years, at their home in New York.
He was usi' G a Flobert rifle in the
kitchen, and said the shooting was
accidental. The boy was arrested.
A despatch from Fort Worth, Texas,
says: at is believed that A. w. Ter
reIl, United States Minister to Turkey,
has resigned, or soon will place his
resignation in the hands of the Presi-
dent"
More than 1900 knee-pantsmakers
went on strike in New York city as a
result of the resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Pantsmakers' Union.
The steamship Dessong, on which
the Egyptian obelisk now in Central
Park, New York, was transported to
this country, is being broken up at
Cow Bay, N. Y.
A woman, supposed to be Emma
Oswald, was found dead from the
effects of poisoning on the steamer &.
II. Northam, of the New York and
New Haven Line.
John Chamberlain, of Washington,
ID. c., who has been dangerously ill at
Saratoga, N. Y, but who was thought
to be improving, has suffered a relapse
and IS in a comatose condition. l
A collision occurred between two
freight trains on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad at Valencia, near
Pittsburg. Three cars of pipe were
hurled against an express tram that
was passing, forcing the coaches over
an embankment. Over twenty persons
were injured, several fatally.
A runaway trolley car dashed down
the Catochin Mountain, near Freder-
lex, Md, and jumped the tracks.
About thirty persons were injured.
An explosion of gas in New York
wrecked the house and destroyed the
furniture of NJ. +. Wynn. The loss Is
placed at $40, 600.
The Jumbo Mine, at Oakdale, Ath-
ems county, Ohio, is on fire. No
miners are shut in by the flames.
Nicholas jenkins, at work on the
New Brown ore hoists at Ashtabula,
Ohio, fell from a ladder to the dock,
so feet below, and was almost Instant
ly killed.
Lightning struck the North Beach,
Maryland, Life Saving Station doing
considerable damage and stunning
three of the crew.
Charles Jenkins, one of the burglars
shot while attempting to rob the post
office at Bedford Station, New York,
died at the Long Island College Hos
pltal, "Dick'' Byrnes, another of the
burglars shot at the same time, also
died in the Jail at Mount Kisco, New
York.
The son and daughter of Martha
Mccullough, living in MILAN county,
Texas, were assassinated. Only II
shot was fired, and the bullet passed
through the sons neck and lodged in
the daughters head. =