The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. William Lietter, OF Tioga,
Penn, were killed while driving across the
tracks OF the Delaware. Lackawanna u
Western Railroad at Corning, N. Y. Their
carriage was struck by an express train and
demolished. The horses escaped untniured.
The Schwartz Brothers Commission Com
pany, OF st. Louis, No., made an assignment
to Joseph II. Z~umba.en. The assets of the
concern are placed $500 900, and. consist
Of stocks, bonds, nott and accounts.
The power house at thirteenth and Mount
Vernon streets, Phllads phia, from which the
Union Traction Company operated half q
dozen OF its lines of trolley cars, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is about $500 geo,
principally on the valuable machinery in the
building, and Is covered by insurance. Dur
ing the progress Of the Ere August A. Bender
and a well-dressed, good-looking young man
were run over by a fire engine and killed.
The revenue cutter Manhattan returned to
New York harbor from Barnegat.N N. j. where
the Cuban flibuster steamship Laurada had
received arms and men, maly hours before,
and had steamed away.
A despatch from Frankfort, KY, says Gov
ernor Bradley has decided to appoint Major
AT. Wood, OF Mount Sterling, United States
Senator, to succeed J. @. s. Blackburn.
Uuder the carpet in the room where Isaac
II. Lewis, the Neponset Mass hermit, who
died n month ago. lived, there have been
lOnQQ DOQUS, ueouS VI pIOpOitJy q uhN
securities. the total value OF which Is said to
be between $50, 900 and 800, 000. A son will
succeed to the estate.
Paymaster Corwine, of the United States
Navy, who ran away from Newport, Rel,
with $4,000 of Government money, was ar
rested in Chicago. About $4,000 OF the
money was recovered.
A highwayman dubbed A. @. Clark, the
Northern Pacific Railroad agent at Aber-
-IoA, yUoal. .xaAtt ta xra tnnnndNinnl md
then robbed the safe Of $500. OAiclals are
in pursuit OF the man.
An earthquake OF several seconds duration
was reported from Schuyler, Saratoga Lake,
N. Y. Many houses were ratified and plaster
was shaken from the walls OF A. j. Willis's
residence. There was n perceptlble tremor
of the earth and n rumbiing sound. The
shock was felt at 6.15 a. m. II was local and
not felt In Saratoga Springs.
The directors of the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern Railway Company authorized
a mortgage 10 secure $50 ,0c0, 900 10O-year
80 per cent. gold bonds, and accepted an
offer for the whole Issue from Speyer & Co.
Richard H. CabeIl, United States Internal
Revenue Collector at Salt Lake City, Utah,
has been found short in his accounts with
the Government to the amount of over &c.
600. He has been removed from Office, and
as soon as the exact amount OF the defalca-
tion Is known his bondsmen will be required
to make 1t good.
The New York Court Of Appeals decided
the Percy-Gray Racing law and the act re-
moving New York's old Board OF Police
Justices constitutional.
Committees of the Massachusetts Lsgisla-
ture ordered adverse reports on a resolution
approprlating $4,000 for a statue OF Benia-
min F. Butler.
Four members OF the Louisville Common
Council were accused of accepting brlbes in
connection with the election Of u Mayor.
Wyoming, a pretty little Pennsylvania
mining town OF 1000 population, Is being de-
stroyed by a cave-in OF q mine.
The city elections in Iowa resulted III q
general reversal OF the Republican victohSpt
last fall. Citizens tickets or the Democrats
carried most OF the towns, the Republicans
being generally defeated In the larger towns.
One man was killg ( and several were seri-
ously wounded In riot over n street raii-
road franchise knoxville. Tenn.
The repair 81. he New Hft,o rail-
| rad system in M iavsn, ProviS nee,
| Taunton, Boston, and hartford began O. a
ten hour schedule. The shops have been
running eight hours since July last. Six
| thousand men are interested.
The Worlds Conference of Seventh Day
Bapiists has just been held at Lincoln. Neb.
Hot-headed land boomers are preparing to
fight for claims On the Colyille Indian reser-
walton.