The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-28

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over gold and silver mining stocks.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hennigge threw her child
from the roof OF a three-story house in
williamsburg, Brooklyn, n then jumped
to the street. TIL woman was killed IN.
stant1y, but the baby's life was spared. 1t
fell In a coal box, whence 1t was taken, ap'
parently unframed by its terrible expert
ence. :
The boiler in a sawmill owned by Joseph
Haney. in Glen Hazel, Penn, blew up, kill.
Ing William johnson and a man named
Schaffer.
Mrs. George Kelsey committed suicide by
drowning near Antwerp, N. Y. She was a
bride of only n few months, and is sup
posed to have become Respondent, owing
to iii health. The place where she killed
herself recently has been the scene OF three
deaths by drowning, two by hanging and
one by shooting, while two men were acct
d~entally killed.
Axel Lawson, q travelling produce ped
der, was held up near Sinclairvllle, N. Y,
robbed and murdered.
james Raymond, whose body was found
of Randall's Island, New York City, was
the tenth member OF his immediate family
to be drowned, and frequently predicted
the manner OF his own death.
In New York City. with the aid OF an
electrical probe q bullet was located In the
brain of a Bellevue Hospital patient and
successfully removed.
The fishing schooner Joseph Z. johnson,
OF Provincetown, Mass, lost sixteen men
of her crew, whose dories became separ-
ated from the ship In a fog.
The Judicial Committee OF the Presby-
terrain General Assembly, In Eagle Lake,
Ind, ordered all Presbyteries to exclude
students Of the Union Seminary from their
care.
Elzer Murray, son OF George Murray, a
well-known Georgia farmer, accidentally
shot and killed himself. He and his brother
went to the river near their home, In Rome,
late in the afternoon to put in some set
hooks for fishing. Elzer attempted to hand
q loaded gun to his brother, keeping the
muzzle turned toward himself. He slipped
and fell, and the gun was discharged into
his body.
Gertie Fisher, aged sixteen. the first wo.
man In Ohio to be convicted OF horse steal
ing, was placed In the State prison, at
Columbus, by the Sheriff Of Clinton County
to serve two years, but she was immediately
pardoned by Governor Bushnell. She
crime, Irwin Shaw, then her lover, was mar.
ried to her in the jail at Wilmington and
then sent to a reformatory.
dwelling house In Burlington, Conn,
occupied by Henry johnson, was burned
and his father-in-law, an aged man named
Gill, lost his life. Two children OF the
johnson family were saved with difficulty.
President Mckinley granted permission
for armed men from the British warship
PallGs to take part in a celebration of the
Queens Birthday at Tampa, Fla.
The town of Granite, Col, one of the
oldest mining camps in the State n the
outlet for the Twin Lake district, was al
most destroyed by fire. The Ere started
in the Granite House. All the principal
buildings in town, except the Denver and
Rio Grande depots, were burned.
The dismissal by the United States Su-
preme Court of the appeal OF the Gypsy
claimants to the Blythe estate practically
ends the ten years litigation In San Fran
cisco, CAL, for the possession ofthe $4,000
900 left by the late Thomas Blythe. His
natural daughter, Mrs. Florence Blythe
Hinckley, gets what lawyers leave OF the
big estate. The share of the lawyers will
be 90. $50, 900. thus leaving u $50, 900 for the
daughter.
Albert NJ. King, the Ascending messen-
ger Of the Boylston Bank, Boston, Mass,
was, captured at Pennington. Me-, with
more than $780, 0 In his possession.
Otto Keppling, of Rochester. N. Y,
eighteen years old, while racing on his
bicycle with a train on the I~rondequoit
Bay Railroad, caught his pedal in the step
OF a car and was thrown under the wheels.
he was instantly kllleu.
Public feeling In Athens against the royal
family is so strong the Crown Prince dares
no. .sturn, and an Austrian cruiser has
been ordered to Phalerum to serve as an
asylum for King George in case Of need.
All news Of the belligerency resolution as
passed by the United States Senate is sup
pressed In Havana, Cuba, the authorities
fearing demonstrations against Americans
should the fact become suddenly known.
Richard NJ. scruggs, one of st. Louis's
leading retail ~drygoods dealers, and E. G,
Langhorne, also q St: Louis merchant,
were arrested in New York City, accused
of smuggling jewelry, which they claimed
was intended for Sunday-sohool prizes.
Foreign.
Charges OF dishonesty and Incompetence
in the administration OF the India Famine
Fund are made public in London.
The Norwegian town of Levander has
been nearly destroyed by fire.
General Horace Porter presented to Pres
ident Faure his credentials as United States
Ambassador to France. He made his ad-
dress in French, upon the insistence of the
French authorities.
The German Reichstag has voted 81. 500.
900 for the improvement Of field artillery,
A COMPANY OF Americans has Just pur.
chased 5000 acres Of coffee land ON the
Rio Tinto in Mexico. 1t will COLOMBO tht
tract with several hundred families Of
americans.
The Queens birthday was observed Off.
cially in London; the ceremony OF troopine
the colors at the Horse Guards parade was
witnessed by many royal ~personages.
A young artisan. armed with dagger and
revolver. was arrested at 1~sarskae-Selo,
Russia. the Cars summer residence; he
ayowed his purpose to kill the Gar.
A crowd o. poor people, expecting that
Consul-General Lee would distribute re.