The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Governor Crittenden of Missouri Is
reported to be considering the question
of calling an extra session of the Legs
lature either to amend the Downing
Sunday law so that it will apply to st.
Louis, or to prepare and submit a pro-
hibitory amendment to the Constitution
at the next general election. -Repre-
sentative Blackburn, of Kentucky, was
in Frankfort, and said to the editor OF
the Yeomdn: 81 certainly have no
reservation when | speak TO the people
through the Yeoman. l can say that l
am not a candidate for Speaker. have
made my determination known to my
friends, and you are authorized to max
the announcement public" Mi. Black
burn added "After mature c%onsidera-
ton i have consented TO become a can
didate for U. S. Senator, and you are
authorized to announce me as SUCH"
An adjourned meeting of the Dem
ocrats dissatisfied with the organization
of the late County Convention, was held
in Cincinnati. The report of a commit.
tee appointed to prepare a plan of action
declared that the late Convention was
held contrary to the rules, and its work
was fraudulent, and made arrangements
! for calling another convention on Sep
| TENDER 9Th, to nominate a ticket to be
| called the Democratic Reform Tick
| et,'' and to be headed by the State
Democratic tieket.-The Western
Window Glass Manufacturers Assoeia-
ton met In Chicago to determine the
scale of wages to be paid employees.
| All the leading manufacturers of Mich
igan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania were represented.
The Committee on Wages reported the
following scale, which is the same as
| that submitted by them to the workmen
| at the recent conference in Pittsburg.
For blowing, 10 per cent. reduction on
the present list for single strength, and
| 20 per cent. reduction OIL double
strength. For gathering, IS per cent.
of a blowers wages for single strength,
and 52t to IS per cent. for double
strength.
Reports from oyer one hundred to-
bacco-growing towns in the Connecti-
cut and Housatonic Valleys indicate
that the crop for 1888 will be a full
average in yield and excellent in
quality.-The first bale of ley North
Carolina cotton arrived at Norfolk,
Virginia. 1t was classed as strict mid
ding, and sold for 10 cents a pound
| AT a meeting of the New York Metal
Exchange, an amendment to the by
laws was adopted making settlements
obligatory on the day of official notice
of failure instead of ''on any one of five
days succeeding" as was heretofore
the rule. After Saturday next the fees
for the initiation will be $1,000. At
present they are $500. The plans for
the new silver vault to be constructed
in New Orleans have been completed.
1t will have a storage capacity of 90
000, 900 standard silver dollars. Pies
ident Arthur was at Scamp Camp
bell" foot of Yellowstone Lake. He
went fishing and ''caught 30 fish weigh
ing As pounds" 1t is stated that ''the
head of an extinct species of rhinoceros
and the vertebrR of a large fossil saurian
in an excellent state of preservation
were found on the shore of the Lake
near the camp by the surgeon and natur-
alist of the party, W. I'll. Ferwood. The
specimens are interesting, and will be
sent to Professor Copes, of Philadel
phia. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge
has written to the Secretary of the
Committee of Arrangements for the
proposed Bar dinner to the Chief
Justice in Toronto, that his numer-
Gus engagements in the United States
will prevent him from visiting Can.
ada.
The fourteenth annual convention Of
the Fire Underwriters of the North
west began in Chicago. About 200
representatives of companies doing
business In the Northwest and Ohio,
Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Kansas were present.
A business meeting of the Grand
Army Of the Republic E~ncampment at
Gettysburg was held, when it was de-
cided that the encampment next sum-
mer should be held at Bellefonte, Penn
~sylvania. The Adjutant General re-
ported 81 Posts, 80, 500 members, and
S16 ,647 expended in relief and charity
during the quarter ended in June
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
New York is in session at Syracuse.
A Tuscarora Indian girl enlivened its
proceedings by ian exhibition of her
remarkable musical powers. THE
Freethinkers' Convention opened in
Rochester, about 800 delegates being
present.--The National Convention
of Deaf Mutes, in session at New York,
elected the following Executive Com
mittee T. A. Froelich, New York
j. T. Elwell, Pennsylvania Robert
Patterson, Ohio; d. W. George,
Illinois George T. Dougherty, Mis-
souri, 5. j. Vail, Indiana; T. A.
Holmes, Massachusetts w. II. Werk,
Connecticut ; Oscar Kusman, Rhode
Island ID. S. Rogers, South Carolina
Thomas Brown, New Hampshire
Hiram P. Hunt, Maine ; Thomas l..
Brown, Michigan J; Walter McDougail,
New Jersey, James S. Wells, Mary
land G. w. Steerod, West Virginia
and Rev. Job Turner, Virginia.
The Navy Department was informed of