The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-11

Edwin Heidler was hanged'in the county
jail at Erie, Penn, for the killing OF his
brother-in-law, Levi Kreider, on May l,
1896.
Four men were injured, twenty-five cars
were burned, and two tramps were Killed
In Il wreck in tunnel No. 4 On the Cincln-
natl Southern Railroad near Louisville, Ky
A gospel wagon in charge Of Evangelist.
+. B. Benoit was stoned and driven from
the streets ut Millbury, Mass, by a
mob. The wagon was badly damaged,
but no one was hurt.
In lieu OF a suitable hall in Jackson the
Democrats of Mississippi intend to hold
their coming State nominating convention
in a big tent to be erected on the Capitol
grounds. 1t will be shaded by elms and
water oaks, and the natural slope OF the
hill will support the seats.
William Henry Jollne, a well-known
horseman of Long Branch, N. d. was
kicked by one of his horses and so severely
injured that he died almost instantly.
Three aged men, once partners In bust
ness, have just died within sixty hours.
John Gray died at Columbia, 5. G.; j. Il;
Cunningham Mt Abbyville. S. c., and
Colonel G. Med. Miller in Mississippi.
The Town Council of Montclair, N. J.,
has passed an ordinance prohibiting the
use OF firearms and toy pistols In the town.
The action was Inspired by the Number of
fatalities from lockjaw due to toy pistol
accidents on last Fourth of July. The
ordinance applies to the Fourth OF July as
well as to any other day.
1t was found tina two mistakes had been
made In the Identification OF bodies at Bar
Habor. Me. Mrs. O'Donohue was found
to be alive, as was Miss Louisa Bartlett.
The bodies mistaken for them have been
identified as those of Mrs. Marjorie Mower,
OF Wisconsin, and Miss Blanche Lewis, OF
Hamden.
On a charge OF numbering their mother,
Ellen Seery, on July 2, John w. Seery and
Joseph E. Seery, of Dedham, Mass, we're
held for the Grand Jury without bail.
An unknown negro attempted an assault
on the six-year-old daughter OF a Mr..
Bowman, who lives near Blakely, Ga. The
negro WAS captured and shot to death by
a mob near the scene OF the crime. There
was no doubt as to his identity. He was
chained to a tree and the mob poured bull
lets into him.
The body OF Miss Edwina A.. Pratt, a
Hartford sshool-teaeher living in Essex,
Conn, was foundi In her room at the Peter
son House. She had committed suicide
with chlorotorn. No reason is known for
the act. She was thirty-Ave years old.
The news from Dawson, in the Klondike,
Is not encouraging. Thousands OF men
are idle, loaGng on every street corner and
in every saloon. The Government mas al
ready sent many back to their former
homes.
Northeastern Colorado is the scene OF a
fight between sheep and cattle men. A
few days ago four horsemen, carefully
disguised both as to their persons aud
their horses, rode into some large focks Of
sheep which were being eraZed along Two
Mile Greek, about twenty-four miles from
Sterling. They shot and killed $50 sheep
and badly crippled twenty-five more.
Jack Holly, L. Priest and VIII Bobo, pris-
oners in the Federal Penitentiary at Fort
Lsayenworth, Kan, assaulted with shovels
T. Kniei, a guard, and after beating him
over the head and ne,k, almost severing
his head from his body with their crude
weapons. they made their escape. A few
minutes later Holly attempted to board Il
fast moving Santa Fe train. but missed his
foo.hold aad was Killed. Holly n the
other two men were Indian Territory out
laws.