The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18


The United States battleship Iowa was
placed in commission at the League Island
Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
o. D. Collins, q wealthy resident Of Ten
nessee, was assaulted int robbed near
Meramec Highlands, Mo-, by Martin Ensiey,
an intimate friend. Ensley is the son oil
Colonel Enoch Ensley, who was one OF the
richest and best men In the South.
Areport was current In Brooklyn that
Claus Spreckels intends to build q two
hundred-thousand -dollar coffee plant In
Brooklyn.
Fred Musbeck was pitching quoits with a
friend In the yard In the rear of his store
In Chicago, when a rainstorm cam up.
They were about to enter the store when
there was a fash Of lightning, followed by
a crash Of thunder. Musbeck was Killed
Instantly. The other man was unhurt.
Patrick Gallagher, owner Of o stone.
crusher at Alpine. N. j., had q pitched
battle with his workmen In which guns,
pistols and tones were used. He won, but
no one was hurt.
Dan Noble, the notorious bank burglar,
was arrested rs O escaped convict from
Auburn Prison with four years TO serve
He has been living in New YORK for more
than O year.
Millionaire W. r. Bradbury, who was
tWICb tUnNlcItu III bhu It FuuCl5GOs Ouf-s Va
splitting In street cars, must spend twenty
four hours in Jail for his second offence, as
the Judge refused to impose a fine. Brad
bury applied to the Superior Court for q
writ of habeas corpus, but Judge Wallace
denied the application, so the old million
aire will have to go to the county jail. His
ease was the first test case under the new
anti-expectoration ordinance, and his tate
will probably be a warning.
rI.a Tuu.o, rra.Io- n l-1Nha~ ~ Treffaa
Harlan, Of the United States Supreme
Court, was run over and killed. by q train
near the almshouse at Louisville. KY. where
he had been sent at his own desire on ac-
count of his drinking habits.
The National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law
Association was Incorporated at Columbus.
Ohio, by Samuel E. Huffman, W. II. Dick
son and other colored citizens OF SPRING
field. The purposes Of the organization
are to discourage moi and lynch law In the
United States and to arouse public senti-
ment against 1t.
The sensational fc; adfs-Ji sctostmony
taken before the Coroner at Urbanna. Ohio,
In the Bell and Baker lnquests, the men who
lost their lives the night of the lynching,
were the statements of three guards on the
witness stand that they had lost their
places because they had taken part In the
firing on the crowd at the county jail.
Tho jury at Austin, Texas, In the case OF
the Waters-P Pierce Oil Company, controlled
by the Standard Oil Company, charged
with violation of the antitrust law,
brought in a verdict for the State, cancel
ling the permit to do business in Texas and
in favor OF defendants Hathaway, Grlce,
keenan,, Austin and Friese, local district
agents Of the company.
A desperate duel with knives is reported
from the mountainous district OF Oconee,
South Carolina. No particulars are known
beyond the fact that the fight was pre-
meditated, and that James Turpin was
killed and his antagonist, J. Kelley Dunn,
mortally wounded.
The Dock Commissioners of New York
City approved plans for dock improvements
on the North River front to cost nearly
s12, 600, 900.
Howard A. Scott met death In the cleo
trie chair at Sing Sing On. " Prison for the
murder OF his wife in New York City on
October 90 last.