The Penn's Grove record., 1882-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


A naval court martial met In Ports.
mouth, New Hampshire, for the trial
Of Chief Engineer weIls,on the chsrg,
OF sssaulting an enlisted man of the
navy.
The steamboat St. Francis Belle.
with q fall cargo Of cotton, sauk 10
Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana. No
lives were Lost.
The schooner John Floyd, from
New York, for Jacksonville, with
coal has been driven ashore and sunk
near Eatterss Station. Her crew Of
seven men and q passenger were
saved.
Sixteen timber thieves have been
arrested by Government land agents in
Dakota, and viii be tried at the next
term Of the u. s. Court. It Is said they
have offered to compromise with the
Government for 800, 900.
There have been very heavy rains
In Oregon and Washington Territory
and much dam age has been bone to
the ~fsIfroais bv floods. Houses, mills.
bridges and other property have been
swept away, but no loss Of life is re.
ported.
The Central and South American
Telegraph Company gives notice to
the public that 'despatches for Paua-
ms. Lima and Valparaiso will secure
prom pit aud correct Transmission If
marked via @ l~veston.n
A diff Guilty In the Meiicsl College
In Kingston, Canada, growing out of
the attendance Of the female stu
tents at certain lectures and clinics,
which caused the male students to
withdraw, has been settled by the Fac
u'ty. The females now attending will
he allowed to finish their course,
but no o Of the sex will be admitted
to the College.
The trial Of Theresa 6turla, for the
killing Of Charles stiles, in Chicago,
resulted In . verdict OF mansIaughter,
fixing the punishment at one years.
imprisonment in the penitentlsry. 1t
will be remembered that during the
trial, while the prisoner was testifying
in her W behalf. and giving a terri
bic recital of the brutal treatment she
received from the man she killed, she
suddenly become incoherent at the
climax Of the narrative, and, uttering
q loud shrek, fell to the ground in q
violent hysterical at. The defence
was insanity, superlnd uced by five
years cruel treatment.
The cotton crop report of the De
psrtment Of Agriculture for December
indicates q yield Of 6 ZOO. 600 bales of
AGO net pounds Of lint each. This is
$4,000 bales In excess Of the Noyember
estimate.
At q meeting of the rubber manu
~facturers In New York, it was decided
ITO close all the boot aud shoe facto-
ries in the country on December 23d,
and keep them closed for one week,
after which only one-half of the goods
formerly made will be manufactured"
1t Is said that this Is to be done to re-
duce the price OF rubber which is now
so high that that there is little profit
in working it."
The Hall block in Toledo, Ohio, the
finest hus:ness hlaak In that aitE-Eas
totally destroyed by fire. The fire Is
supposed to have started In Music Hall,
a room in the building used fr p1blic
entertainments. The total loss Is esti
mated at SOS 200, divided mainly
among q few Wholesale houses. Tay-
lor, Rogers & Co., Wholesale boot and
shoe and rubber dealers, lose about
5000, 600: L. 8. Baumgardner & c.,
wholesale fancy notion dealers, $751;
900; aud Wood & Ackiin. wholesale
grocers, $45, 900. The building was
erected In 1874, at a cost IF 1926. ono.
BY foreclosure OF = mortgage it became
the property OF the Connecticut Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company, upon
whom its loss falls. The total incur
ances are $500, 900, OF which $40 600 is
on the buIljiug.--rhe loss by fire at
Hickm man, Kentucky, is estimated at
500. 600. Three business blocks were
destr,yed.--The railroad spike mill
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