The Penn's Grove record., 1885-05-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK

in the vicinity we're idle, the breaker
boys being at church receiving conlr-
nation.
General Grant rested well ON the
18th. He took a drive on the 10Th and
subsequently suffered much pain,
which was attributed to the chiIiiness
of the atmosphere.
"A conference Of leading Democrats
of the Illinois Legislature Was held m
Colonel Morrlson's room at Springfield
on the 18th, at which il was UNANIMOUSLY
agreed that no aucus should be
called.
The municipal elections in Cuba
have resulted in favor Of the Conser-
natives.
The President has appointed JOS
eph NJ. Poe to be Appraiser of Mercan-
disc for the CuyahogO district of Ohio a.;
James Curren, Supervising Inspector
of Steam Vessels for the third District
and the following Collectors Of Inter
nal Revenue !: George l.. Spear, for
the District of Vermont, Charles T..
Hasbrook for the District of Missouri
10Th District), Edmund y. BIGGER for
the 23d District of Pennsylvania Ed.
ward G. Wall, for the LIST District of
Wisconsin ; Hugh Kinnard for the
9Th District of New Jersey.
There was a heavy frost in the in
terror of New York State on the 18th
and ice formed in many places. White
frOsts were experienced in the Carolinas
and Northern Alabama on the 18th.
-Swarms of grasshoppers have ap-
peared in Pamela county, Texas, destroy
ing the corn and other grain.
The count of the money in the
Treasury vaults has been finished and
the funds found to be correct.
Tile statue of Garfield, for the Hall
of Statues in the National Capitol, has
arrived in Washington from Rome. 1t
will not be unveiled until after the
meeting of Congress.
The large brewery of NJ. Brand Il
Co, in Chicago, was burned OF the
18th, to the extent Of S250,0OO The
mill of the Massachusetts Warp and
Yarn Company, at Parker Village,
Connecticut, was burned on the 18th,
Loss $780, 900. James BiChey's coffin
factory, in Cincinnati, wa burned on
I the 18th. Loss $4,000.
"A pay tram dashed INTO the rear of
a repair train on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad near Savage station,
Maryland, early on the l4th, making a
wreck which INSTRUCTED travel on the
road for nearly three hours.
In Pike county, Kentucky, on the
18th, while Merritt Clark was trying to
run away with a young woman named
Stratton, he encountered her brother.
They fought and Stratton was stabbed
and Clark shot, both fatally.
One hundred and ninety-eight
members attended the joint conven-
ton of the Illinois Legislature on the
18th, but no vote was cast for United
States Senator.
The President on the 18th appointed
Ferdinand Il. Dufais, of New York, TO
be Consul at lIavre. Also, Colonel
John M. Wilson, of the Engineer Corps,
to be Commissioner of Public Build
ings and Grounds for the District of
Columbia, in place of Colonel a. f.
Rockwell, whom he VIII relieve Oh the
1st of June.
The commission of Frederick Doug.
las as Recorder of Deeds for the Dis
trict of Columbia expired on the13th.
The Comptroller of the Currency
on the 18th appointed Robert Z, James,
of Easton, to be Bank Examiner for
Eastern Pennsylvania.
The tw~enty-sixth annual conveu-
ton of the Young Mems Christian As
%sociations of the United states and
Canada opened on the 1851 in Atlanta.
Major Joseph llardie, of Selma, was
elected permanent President and Geo.
T. Coxhead. of st. Louis, Secretary.
General Grant was not as well on
the 18th as the day before. HIS sleep
during the night had been greatly re-
duced by pain in his throat, and the in
creased swelling of the the throat was
noticeable.
The Military Order Of the Loyal
Legion of the United States has reel
ected General Grant rs its Commander.
The forces under General Middle
ton captured Batouche ON the 18th
driving Riels men from the position,
The loss of the rebels is unknown
that of the troops is reported five killed
and ten wounded.
Several ballots for u. S. Senator
were taken ON the l4th In joint session
of the Illinois Legislature. Fifty SEN
atOrs and 100 Representatives answered
to roll call. On the first ballot MOrrl-
son received 90 votes, and IN the second
and third ballots l0l. His name was
then withdrawn, and the Democratic
vote scattered on the next three ballots. |
Ballotting was resumed in the evening, |
and on the seventh, Free, Democrat,
received 81 votes to 9 scattered. On
the eighth ballot (the second of the ev-
ening), he received 1Ol votes, and as
Senator Kruger voted for Logan, Free
came within one vote Of being elected
After another Intellectual ballot the
joint Assembly took Il recess until tins
morning.
General Grant was better on the
Nth and was working on his book. Dr,
Douglas, speaking OF his patient, said:
''The disease is still there, of course, but
the increased pain Of the last two days
has been not so much the result of iu-
crease in the disease as it has been of
neuralgia complications, induced 10y the
frightful weather this week.
Inc SOllltTScL tlltullGdi " olhS, olt
mile from the townof Somerset penna.,
comprising nine buildings, were utterly
demolished at half-past six O'Clock on
the 18th, by the explosion of nitro-gly-
cerine and dynamite. There were 500
pounds of nitro-glycerine and 5000
pounds of dynamite in the different
buildings. w. Il. Beach, of New York,
one of the proprietors Of the works,
was blown to atoms, but his was the
only life lost, none of the twelve or
fifteen men usually employed being IN
the works at the time, the whole town
of Somerset was shaken by thetremend-
GUS conclusion.
"A three-story brick building m
Charlotte, North Carolina, occupied by
Hammond Il Justice, hardware deal
ers. tumbled down on the l4th. The
loss is 50, 900. An adjoining building
WAS damned about &1OOO