The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-21
NEWS OFguE WEEK

NEWS OFYIIE WEEK
-.A.igreat fire in Galvessan. Texas.
on the 18th burned oveT 40 blOcks'
comprising 400 buildings coverhv an
area a 100 acres. Nearly all the btrs-
ed buildings we're dwellings, only afew'
being stores, and one a public school.
LManU of the dwellings were the resi-
dences of the Weather citizens, though
all were wooden structures. About
1000 families are homeless. The loss is
estimated at 1900, 900. The sum of
$31. 500 has already been contributed
for the relief of the homeless by the
citizens of Galveston. Jay Gould has
telegraphed from New York to the
Mayor of Galveston to draw upon him
at sight for $4,000 for the relief fund.
The insnrances reported on the burned
property aggregate $500, 730.
E. l.. Hedden, Collector of Gus.
toms, at New York. on the 18th re-
ported to Secretary Manning that he
had nominated for the position of
Weigher in the Custom House John w.
O'Brien, a disabled soldier, standing
highest in the list of those examined
for the place.
Senator Malone, of Virginia, is
said to contemplate a removal to the
Red River Valley, in Dakota.
Il telegram from Boston says that
Carl Schurz has withdrawn his offer for
the purchase Of the Post newspaper, and
is trying to buy the Advertiser. "The
Post will now be sold tothe parties who
have offered to subscribe $4,000 to
the capital stock.o
William Sharon, ex-senator from
California, died on the 18th in San
Francisco.
The jury in the case of Rev. DIR.
Hicks, the spiritual adviser Of the as
sassin Guiteau, against the Erening
Star Company Of Washington, ID. c.,
for $35, 600 damages for alleged libel
III the publication of the statement that
Hicks had negotiated for the transfer
of Guiteau's bones to the Medical
Museum for $1,000, ON the 18th rendered
a verdict for the plaintiff of n cent
damages.
The Grand Rapids Furniture Com
pany's factory at Grand Rapids Michi-
gan. tumbled down on the 18th, owing
to defective timber. While some men
were looking at the ruin the remainder
of the structure fell, killing Henry
Epping and dangerously injuring three
others.
Jacob Schellenberger on the 18th
brought suit in the U. S. Court at
Cleveland, Ohio, against the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company for $4,000
damages. He was twice badly injured
while employed on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago line.
The s'crest of the cold wave'' in
the Northwest was at Moorhead, Min
nesota, on the 18th, the temperature
falling to 5 degrees above zero.
Senator Stanford, at San Francisco
on the 14th, formally presented to the
trustees the deed of the property with
which he intends to found and endow
the Iceland Stanford, Jr., University
on the Palo Alto farm. The deed is
dated NnNemheF-11 SID IS signed by
Senatof4 Stanford and his wife. 1t pro-
[vides that a general plan for the con-
struction of the university building
shall be adopted by the trustees within
two years. The gift consists of the
Gridley, Vina and Palo Alto farms,
which comprise $1,000 acres, the pres
ent value of which is about $4,000, 0OO.
AS a result of the investigations
by a committee of the Senate of New
York, Mayor Grace on the 14th pre-
ferred charges to the Governor against
the Excise Commissioners OF granting
licenses to low resorts.
The Supreme Court of Illinois on
the 14th rendered a decision III the case
of Joseph Mackin, charged with COM
pllcity in the election frauds at Chicago.
The sentence of the lower Court was
affirmed. and Mackin will go to the
penitentiary.
"A great cave in took place on the
14th over the workings of the Laurel
Hill mine. at Hazieton, Penna. The
hole made in the earth Is right beside
the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks, and
is 800 feet in diameter. Two railroad
sidings ana a dozen coal cars, together
with a large dwelling house, went down.
The occupants of the house moved
away several days ago, fearing a cave
in. The damage to the railroad tracks
has been repaired and trains are run
ming as usual.
AT Brockton, Massachusetts,. the
Advisory Board of the Laster's Union
on the 14th ordered all the lasters en-
ployed in forty-two shoe factories to
cease work at night. This is the result
Of a recent manifesto issued by the
manufacturers, by which the rights Of
the union to dictate prices, etc., were
ignored.
The officers and stockholders of
the Chicago Exposition Company mel
on the 18th, and resolved in favor of
the holding Of a great worlds fair in
Chicago in 1892, the 400th anniversary
of the landing of Columbus in America.
The Secretary of the Treasury On
the 14th appointed John w. O'Brien
to be Weigher in the New York Gus
tom House, In the place of George b.
Bacon, suspended. This action is in
accordance with the recommendation
of the Collector of the Port, who NOM
mated Mr.. O'Brien for the appoint
ment.
A. j. Edgarton, Chief Justice Of
Dakota, has resigned, and it is expected
that his successor viii be appointed in
a few days.
Captain Ne4sen Spauldlng, recently
of Philadelphia, but nov in Boston,
on the lobby Fef;pa from President
Cleveland a CJnds6me gold medal.
struck ia COMMUNICATION of the heroic
rescue by the Chelmsford of the master
and crew Of the Wrecked American
schooner William HI Phare, adrift at
sea. December /. 1S8P.
"A stock train rubning at a speed of
thirty.lve miles an hour, on the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad struck
a sswildu train at hfontour, Iowa, on
the 14th, and 10th engines Q de-
molished. Michael Hogan, engineer
of the stock train, vas killed aud his
fireman was severely injured. The
loss to the railroad company IS estima-
ted at 100000.
The President Of the 10TH appoln-
ted WilliamsD. Bloxham, of Tallahassee,
toEDe Surveyor Ge3eral or FLORIDA, in
oh ce Of Jank S +. feCleIIan, resigned;