The Penn's Grove record., 1885-05-23

'AH W. .'aA'iA Nt''NH' .' A''AAA WV AhflfNlh
lean and Democratic State Conventions
that they VIII again submit the question
Of constitutional prohibition.
The President on the 14th appointed
Thomas II. SImms to be Collector Of
Internal Revenue for the District OF
Arkansas. vice Henry NJ. Cooper, sus-
pended; Charles Il. Staples to be COllec-
tor of Internal Revenue forthe Twelfth
District of Pennsylvania, vice Edward
II Chase, suspended; Richard f. Dodge
to be Collector of Customs for the Dis
trIct of Salem and Beverly, Massachu-
sets, and Richard n. Ruudlett to he
Collector Of Customs for the District Of
Weasel, Maine.
The sum paid for the Gj acres of
land for the new Catholic University,
Columbia, Mas SIS, 500.
In the session of the Knights of
Ilonor,at st. Louis ON the 18th the fol
lowing officers were reelected. Supreme
Dictator, General +. ID. Sloat; Vice
Dictator, Major l.. a. Graft; Second
Vice Dictator, John 4. Wilburn; SUI
preme Reporter, b. +. Wilson; Supreme
Treasurer, Joseph W. Branch; supreme
Guide, T.. J.. Davenport; Supreme
Guardian, J.. &. Carlton; Supreme
Sentinel, Louis Wilson.
No vote was cast for u. S. Senator
in Joint session of the Illinois Legisla-
ture on the 10Th, and the Joint assembly
adjourned over until Monday. After
the adjournment the House was de-
clared in session, and Weaver, the Re-
publican Representative elected from
tie ThIrty-fOurth District, was sworn
in.
The Secretary Of the Interior on the
18th, appointed seventeen special
agents Of the Labor Bureau, among
them j. II. Groves of Delaware; Henry
c. Wilson, Of New Jersey, and II. l..
Ihmsou and Gregor Fox, of Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is SAID that the sprecial
agents thus appointed were selected
without regard to their political atiilia-
tions-that they represent various
shades OF political opinion and all sides
of the tariff question" The Pennsyl-
yania appointees are ''mugwumps."
General Grant vent to sleep soon
after eleven O'Clock on the 18th, and
had "a good average nights rest"
The swelling in his neck subsidized on
siderably on the 10Th, and in the after
Don he took a ride in Il street car ac-
cOmpanied by a friend.
According to an Associated Press
telegram from Washington, ''it is un-
derstood that the President will appoint
General Rosecrans TO one of the follow
ing positions: Collector at the port of
san Francisco, Register of the Treasury
Register of Wills IN the District of Col
umbia, or Il vacancy oon to occur on
tile Mississippi RiYer Commission"
1t was reported from Santa Monica
California, OF the l4th that General
Sheridan's condition was not improved.
The General intended to 60 to Los
Angeles at once, and if possible, start
at once for the East.
The engine and eight cars of a Wa
bash freight train were wrecked by an
open switch near Hand Station, four
teen miles from Detroit, on the 14th.
John NJ. Humphrey, engineer, and
James III, Cook, fireman, were severely
injured. 1t is believed the switch was
opened by train wreckers.
Forty State convicts were employed
on farm in Brazoo county, Texas. On
the 14th, when work was stopped a mob
of armed men surrounded the guards
and demanded the release of the priS-
oners, The guards refused and a fight
eusued. the cOnVicts siding with the
mob. The result was a victory for the
latter who disappeared with the prison.
eTs. 1t is reported that several men
were mortally wounded.
In the Dominion House of Com
mons on the 10Th, the Minister of the
Militia read a report Of the fight at Bal
touChe, received from General Middle
ton, in which the latter says he is Gin
clined TO think the complete smash up
of the rebels will has pretty well brok-
en- the back Of the rebellion"
The usual Sundays consultation on
General Grants condition was held on
the l7th. DR.. Shrady afterwards re-
ported that there had been no change
the last three days. THE pa
general condition is pretty fair,
considering his local condition, but he
is no better.
The President on the 10th, made
the following appointments: Columbus
Sehon, u. S. Marshal for West Virgin
ia, and Joseph j. WINS, u. S. Marshal
for Eastern Tennessee. Also to be
of Customs: Jeptha V. Har-
ris, for Key West; WyEdham r. Mayo;
for Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia;
Richard l.. CrOpley, for Georgetown,
ID. G. To be collectors Of Internal Rev
enue: James L. Robinson, for the
Seventh District of Kentucky; Charles
II. Ilenshaw. for Rhode Island, John
4. McGraw, for West Virginia; George
NJ. Helms, for the Fourth District of
second District of Virginia, and Sam
lel KlotZ, for the Fifth District Of New
Jersey. in place of Hugh kennard, of
Newark, who declined the appoint
nent.
One Of the severest storms ever
known in Southeran Kansas visited
that region on the 18th, flooding the
Elk and Verdigris rivers and their trib-
a number of cattle and six
persons were drowned in Card Creek,
near independence.
"A fire at Oscoda, Michigan on the
18th, destroyed about 1000, 900 feet of
.Ahi'NA ahA AA'AhtH'lA ~ W. . h'1Aof
and the docks of the An Sable Lumber
Company. Five million feet of lumber
George +, Woods yard, ut Lake
side, Michigan, were burned on the
10th. Loss $4,000, covered by insur-
lnce.
-Riel, the leader of the Northwest
rebellion, was captured on the 10Th by
.hree scouts, a few miles north or Ba-
lie was taken To General
Middletou's headquarters. The rebel
ion is believed to he practically ended
" the capture OF Riel.
The 6lst anniversary of the Amer
can Sunday School Union was celebra-
ed on the 18th. in the Clinton Avenue
reformed Church, in Newark, New
Jersey, Morris X. Jessup, of New
York, presided,
Drs. Taylor and Edison and Inspector
Of the New York Health De-
lartment, returned home on the nth,