The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-08

from ~ to ~ per cent.
A cyclone swept v Boone, Au
drain and Monroe counties, Mo, de
stroying valuable crops and orchards
Four Thousand miners have quil
work in the coal belt of Indiana, and
the strike against tue reduction il
wages is extending.
Francis J AIvany, better grown al
"lIungry Joe, King of the Buncc
Men," will be liberated from a Balti
more (Md.) prison in a few days.
The paymaster's clerk of the United
States steamer Detroit shot and fatally
wounded Mrs. Watson, of whom hi
was jealous, while i'll China.
Daniel Levy, who had been perse.
cutting Mrs. Lehman, of New York
city, with his attentions for Is years,
and had been INDUCED sane, made his
escape from the Supreme Court room.
Patrick Dillon, a Washington I'D,
CO. bartender, has been surrendered to
the New York authorities on a requisi'
ton charging participation in a felon'
ious assault last summer near Newburg,
Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, and heI
daughters-SadIe, aged %, and Mamie,
aged-25 were seriously injured al
New Haven, Conn, by being thrown
from n light carriage when its Wheel
caught in u car track. {
A Cleveland. o., undertaken proposes
TO use electric motors in place Of teams
in conducting funerals.
The will of Carl Feigenheim, the
recently executed murderer, at Sing
Sing, N. Y, will be probated in Gin
c%innati, o.
A Mohawk Indian, calling himself
Chief W%hirlwind, is under arrest at
Srdalia, Mo-, on charges of cruelty to
a child and burglary.
Anthony j, Comstock has been sued
for $40, 900 damages by Dr. NJ. X. le-
| verson, of Staten l. land. N. V, for
| alleged false arrest and imprisonment.
Walter Dygert, Of Woodstock, ILL.,,
who was recently released from a
Cuban prison, is collecting evidence at
| Tampa, Fla, for use in his suit against
Spain.
Mrs. Minnie >Huelsman was burned
to death and her infant son fatally in-
jured by n fire at their home in st.
Louis, Mo, caused by an explosion of
gasoline.
The treasurer of the Cuban Junta in
New York city says that a syndicate
of Western capitalists has agreed 10
take all the Cuban loan bonds ut 60
yer cent. of their face value.
The pIucky daughter of Captain
Nielsen, whose sinking bark was res
| cued 1t sea, kept up the waning
courage of the crew by singing merrily
| while a severe storm ragged.
Mrs. Eleanor Calhoun, who repre-
sents the contestants for the estate of
| the late Millionaire Andrew J.. DAVIS,
! of Montana, says that the proposed
I compromise has been rejected.
BICYCLES are much interested in the
proposed whee,men's track should the
| New York elevated roads be made
''double ~deckers," but Russell Sage
says the company won't invest a dollar
in the doubling up scheme unless the
company is granted exemption from
damage suits.
Elk President Banigan, of the United
States Rubber Company, at Providence,
K. l., propose TO fight the Rubber
l uN.,ak ,rI =. t.Jarnf agatinn inward nj
Il million dollars will lie erected in
East Providence, where 1t will be ex-
| empt from taxes. About 1000 opera
tives will be employed.
George II. Osborne, aged 30 years,
| agent nj Watertown, N. Y, for tie
| Equitable Life Insurance Company of
New York, committed suicide ny shoot
| ing himself through the head in his
room at the Broezel House, Buffalo.
| Losses in oil speculation are thought to
have rendered HIM temporarily insane.
Journeymen plumbers and gas and
| steam filters are on strike i'll Kansas
City, Mo.
Counsel for the Iron Hall will apply
| for a license To do business in New
Hampshire.
Horseman Joseph Martlu, who was
| assaulted on a Toronto ace track, has
died of his injuries.
The will of George w. Munro, the
| New York publisher, leaves his estate
| To ms widow and children.
Will Bendy, the Texas desperate,
was captured, strung up to a tree and
| riddled with bullets.
John 7. Jones got eight years in
prison and $4,000 fine for stealing gold
bullion from the Carson (Nev.) Mint.
The jury in the case of Martin Hay
ken, charged with bribing the County
Commissioners of Salt Lake City, tailed
to agree.
A travelling man, representing the
Standard Shoe Company. OF Cincin.
natl, is believed to have persisted IN the
Cripple Creek fire.
Miss Clara Barton cables from Con
stantinople that she is making RAPID
progress IN work for the relief OF Arme'
mans and needs more funds.
A fall from a third, story window OF
the Planters Hotel, at st, Louis, fatally
injured Samuel Bissell, a salesman fol
the IL. b. Clafiin Dry Goods Company.
of New York.
Elsie Kreglo, aged l6, daughter of
farmer living in the northwestern sub
urhs OF Washington, ID. C., was KILLED
near her home by an unknown maj
who escaped. The girls throat wa
cut.
William Kostetter shot and instantly
killed his wife ut Stonington, Pennsyl
yania. His mother, shocked at thu
murder, fell dead at his feet. Hi
sanity will he made the subject o
inquiry.
At Clayton, Massachusetts, Edga