The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07
domestic.

The crew OF the battleship Iowa, which
is now on the Pacific Coast, have presented
to Captain Robley D.. Evans q handsome
sword, accompanied by a letter. The sword
tain Robley D. Evans, u. S. N, by the crew
Of the o. s. s.. Iowa" On the reverse side
are the words: "To our hero--Too just to
take a fallen foe's-We give this sword In
stead" Captain Evans has acknowledged
the receipt Of the sword by a letter:
Lily Post, the opera singer, is dead OF
heart failure. She was taken to the insane
asylum at San Francisco, CAL, by her SOD;
who had trouble In restraining her. On the
day after she was stricken with heart
trouble and died peacefuH.
Lieutenant N. G. Tw1spe4g, of the battle
ship Iowa, was m in som st. Stephens
Church, San Frst get III. to Mrs; Caro- arc:
BRIDE ohied > was I given "a fifte her brother-in:
law, B. W. J. Fox, Jforak York.
The State election n Rhode Island re-
suited in a general victory for the Repub'
lican ticket. Governor Elisha Dyer Is re-
elected, with a decrease OF about 5000 IN
his plurality as compared with last year.
The body of DR.. Gideon J. stivers was
found floating In the river at the foot OF
Seventh street, Louisville, KY, and the
Ooroner's jury rendered a verdict of suicide
by drowning. The suicide OF DR.. Stivers
was the elimination OF a train of mis-
fortunes that left him a wreck financially
and socially.
The mutllated body OF Joe Choung, a
Christian Chinaman, was found under an
oil tank In st. Louis; Mo. Pinned to the
clothing was a note in Chinese characters;
and near by an empty opium pot, both
trademarks of Hlghbinders: A cousin OF
the lead Monaghan identified the body,
and said that he had been pursued by
HighbinderS for a year, going from New
Orleans to San Francisco, and from there
to st. Louis.
Hannah Gafey, aged twenty-five years,
the Oldest OF the two Gafey sisters. who
ave been afflicted with leprosy for the last
seventeen years, died at her home, three
miles from Junction City, Mo. About two
months ago the Gafey sisters were exam
ined by q specialist, who diagnosed their
disease ms genuine leprosy. The family
live on an Isolated farm, which Is stunned
by all the natives.
George A. Marden. OF Lowell, Mass, has
taken the oath Of office as Assistant DIS.
trict Treasurer OF the United States at
Boston.
George Ferina. sixty-h years old, Of
Elizabeth, N. j., was killed by a fast east
bound freight train on the Central kall-
road at Aldene. He was run Town while
crossing the tracks. A widow and SIX
children survive him.
Neil B. Shaw, ffty-ave years old, com
mitted suicide at Buffalo, N. y, by taxing
| carbolic acid. Shaw had been for several
years employed by the Delaware, Lacka-
wana and Western Railroad as a clerk.
Bad health and impaired eyesight, inca
pacitating him for work, were the causes.
Five men working in a narrow ditch at
Joplin, NO., lost their lives by a cavern
that caught them from both sides. -Four
of the men were buried under eighteen
feet of rock. One, named Neigbarger,
was covered to the waist and died from
his injuries before he could be dug out.
Henry Weidman, Tai Collector OF Eliza
beth Township, Penn, committed SUICIDE
by hanging himself. He was lorty-hVe
years OF age.
W. b, Bryant, manager Of the Southwest
.rn Telegraph md Telephone Company, at
| Hillsboro, Texas, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart. me
auditor Of the company was checking up
he office accounts and discovered a short
age in the cash for which Bryant was re-
,ponsible. Bryant asked to be excused Tor
moment, stepped into an adjoining room
ind killed himself. A young vile anc IT.
.le baby survive him.
While Dennis Bannon, OF North larry
own. N. Y, was at the cemetery a lew DAYS
tgo. at his wife's funeral, his youngest
LAUGHTER. who had been Ill only lew days,
lied. 1t is believed that her grief Tor ner
mother and a little sister caused her deatni
Her little sister was drowned IN John ~
Rockefeller's pond last fall' ,
LIQUOR dealers in Indiana paid In fees
md Ines last year s94s, 525.