The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-08
NUMBER1

5000, and then coolly walked out of the
front door"
"A destructive tornado swept up the
Neck" Philadelphia. on the 81 be-
tween the 3 and 4 o'clock, crossed
the Delaware river, passed through
Camden, and, re-crossing the river, en-
tered the Twenty-ifth Ward and dis
appeared in the vicinity of KensingtOn
avenue and Harrowgate lane. Atleast
five lives were lost, and a large number
of persons were injured.
james II. Mulhgan, Independent
Democrat, was on the Sd, elected to
the Legislature of Kentucky from Fay
cite county. He received 1923 major
Ity in Lexington and 300i the county.
The total coinage of the U. 5.
MINIS during July consisted of 1,900,-
600 standard silver dollars.
General Sheridan has returned to
Washington from the Indian Territory.
He had an interview with the Presi-
dent on the I'd, but declines to make
public the tenor of his report on the
Cheyenne question.
The President on the Sd appointed
Frank +. Claussen to be Assayer, and
Leonard Magruder Meter and Refner,
at the New Orleans Mint; also Henry
G.. Ashmead Postmaster at Chester,
Penna., vice John A. Wallace, suspen-
ded. The commissions of Baker z.
Lee as Collector of Customs at York
town, Virginia, and Adelaid GuernOn
as Collector of Customs tor Minnesota,
were issued on the Sd.
General Hancock arrived at Mt.
McGregor ON the 3D. and will superiD-
tend the removal of General Grants
remains to Albany.
"A tremendous rainstorm visited
Chicago on the I'd, the fall, during the
twelve hours ending at midnight, being
5.5S Inches. The sewers were unable
to carry off the water, and great dam.
age was done, especially in the business
streets, by the flooding of Easements
and cellars.
Heavy rain fell in Maryland during
the I'd and Sd. The storm was Hspec-
tally severe in the western section of
the State, and great damage wa done
by submergence of the crops and wash
outs in the railroads.
The private funeral services over
the remains Of General Grant were held
on the 4th at the cottage at Mt. Nc
Gregor. There was prayer by Bishop
Harris, several hymns were sung, and
Rev. DI. Newman delivered a p~anegyric
on the dead soldier. After the services,
the remains were removed to the rail-
way and conveyed by train to Albany.
The people at all the stations along the
route turned out in large numbers to
see the funeral train, and emblems of
mourning were displayed on every side.
The train reached Albany at 3:40P.M.,
and the remains of the illustrlous dead
were taken to the Capitol, where they
will lie in state until the 5th. The re-
mains were viewed by thousands of peo-
PIE.
An election for State Treasurer
and members of the Legislature was
held in Kentucky on the Sd. A light
vote was polled. and the State went
Democratic by about the usual MAORI
ty. All the Legislative candidates Of
the Citizens League IN Louisville were
defeated. "The League is a reform
organization composed of men of both
parties, but owing to unfortunate selec-
ton of candidates and eXtraneous
causes, it met a decisive defeat" The
proposition to hold a Constitutional
Convention was defeated in tn State.
The President on the 4th appointed
Oliver Kelley to be collector of Gus
toms at Perth Amb0y, New Jersey.
John G. Thompson, of Ohio, has been
appointed a special agent of the Gen
eral Land Office, to investigate fraudu-
lent land entries.
The Sd, was the hottest day ever
experienced in the San Joaquin Valley,
California, the thermometer at MERGED
registering ia degrees in the shade.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
has perfected arrangements with the
Board of Health of Kentucky to CO.
operate with it IN the suppression of
pleuro-pneumonia in that State. He
has appointed W. II. Wray, of Yonk-
ers, New York, to go to Cynthiana, to
quarantine herds in which the
disease exists.
The French Canadians in Ottawa
are active in obtaining signatures to
petitions to the Governor General, ask
ing for q Communication of the sentence
Of Riel.