The Penn's Grove record., 1882-12-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK

t ""9 managed by nre TO the
extent of $4,000.
q. w. Clark, dealer In dry goods
and groceries, at Sandy Hill, N. Y,
has assigned for benefit of creditors.
Ex-Governor Benjamin @. Hamph.
reys dice suddenly at his residence i'm
Leffore county, Mississippi.
Mary Flanagan, aged 73 years, was
found dead in her house at Sanford
Vile, N. Y, with her clothing burned
off. She lived alone.
AT -. Johns, La, two old citizens.
named Coduin and Carson, quarreled.
when Coquin killed Carson by stab.
bipg him with a dagger.
Angelo Carnette, the murder of Dam
lei Cash, a fellow-convict at Sing Sing
prison, was at White Plains. N. Y.
sentenced to be hanged on January
25.
The libel case, at New Haven. Conn.
CT Alexander Troup, editor of the
Uaion, against the Register Company,
ended in a verdict for the defendant.
Northumberland Tabor, Acting
Governor, has committed The sent snce
Of Andrew Bigger, who was to have
been hanged at Odray, Col, to imprls.
onment for life.
Two slight shocks of earthquake
were ex oerienced at Santiago de Cuba
on the 18th inst. Another shock, very
/ "a but short. lived, occurred there
on the morning of the 12.h.
F. b. Gardner, lumber dealer at
Chicago, said t be worth nearly a
million dollar, has failed. Liabilities.
about 100000, and assets nearly as
much. Tnis Is his third failure.
+. N. Briggs, Superintendent of the
Letter Carriers and Chief Clerk of the
Post Office at Denver, Col, was ar
rested on a charge of a~bstracting
money from registered letters and
held ia $1,000 bail to answer.
George Bancroft, the historian, who
is a native of Worcester, Mass, has
signified his intention to give to the
city q sum of money for the foundation
of a scholarship to be called the Aaton
and Lucretia Chandler Bancroft SchoI.
arship.
The celebration Of the eve of Fore.
fathers day by the Congregational
Club, of b oston, was more largely at
tended than eve before, some 750 per-
sons being present, including nearly
all the prominent clergymeu of the
denomination in the city.
Captain Alexander Council, com
mander of a small schooner, was ar
rested at Baltimore, ebalged with the
murder of William Holden, one of his
crews several days since. down Chesa-
peake Bay. He is held for an exami-
nation.
A warrant was sworn out at Omaha
Neb., by Edward Rose water, of the
Bee, against Yost Il Nye, proprietors
of the Republican. charging them with
criminal libel in publishing an article
headed "Let the sinner live" which
denounced Rosew alter as a traitor and
a Confederate spy.
The Mansard Block at Oswego, N.
Y. owned bv the United States Life
Insurance Company Of New York, was
burned. 1t was oce4pied by Gllchrist
Brothers, groeers, whose loss, Is about
$50 600; jacob David. clothier, $500 /;
and Hunt & Williams, hardware, $15,.
900. The building was valued at So.
900. TIE building al lining, known
as the Union Hotel, was entirely
Quilted.
Washington.
Represen tatlve r Jbesop is MENTION
ed as the possible successor of Hon.
Hannibal Hsmlin as Minister to
Spain.
The Treasury Department purchased
1870, 600 ounces of silver for delivery at
the different minis.
The Ways and Means Committee
took up and completed the tariff seized
ules of sugar and tobacco and made a
beginning on the schedule of provi-
sions.
The House Committee on Agrlcul-
ture further discussed the proposition
of the German Government that
America send representatives to the
Hamburg Cattle Fair, but adjourned
without reaching any conclusion.
1t Is officially announced that the
Car of Russia has commuted to i'm
prisonment at hard labor for an ia
definite period the death sentence of
the woman convicted of wounding
the Governor of Tschita.
Prince Krspotkine has been arrest
ed at Thonon and taken to Lyons in
consequence of the discovery of inn
portant papers during a recent domi-
ciliary visit to his house, which prove
his completely in various anarchist
movements on French territory.
The Prussian Government inten6s
to replace Chambers OF Commerce by
Chambers of Economists, to comprise
artisans AMI representatives of manu-
features, agriculture and commerce,
who are to lie chosen by coustituea
cies. These Chambers are to choose q
council, which is to act as a central
association.
The President nominated Joel b.
Erhardt. OF New York, to United
state Marshal for the Southern Dis
trict of New York: w. f Rowland
Of New York, to be Consul at Nice,
and George F. Mosher, of New Hamp-
shire, Consul at ~Sonnebnrg.