The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-11
NEWSOF THE WEEK

SIX II oil 1854 Inc ldDlllLleS lOI
the first half of 1885 are only s., 1GG, 600,
against $40, 742, 900 in the correspond
ing period OF 1884.
The President On the lst appointed
William Dorsheimer to be u. 5. Attor-
ney, and Martin r. Mcmahon to be u.
5. Marshal for Southern New York and
Wm. w. Rockhill, of Maryland, and
Charles DENLY, Jr., of Indiana, to be
First and Second Secretaries of Lega-
ton, respectively, in China. Also.
Benjamin F. Jonas to be Collector of
Hays, of Wisconsin, Chief Justice for
Idaho; VIM. l.. Cabell, u. ). Marshal
for Northern Texas; James M. Liddell,
u. 5. Marshal for Northern Missis-
sippi; Robert 5. Shields, U. S. Attorney
for Northern Ohio; and Chas. b. Pearre,
u. $. Attorney for Northern Texas.
Right Rev. VIM. IngTaham Kipp,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Dl-
ocese of California, on the lst celebTa.
ted the 50th anniversary of his ordina-
ton to the ministry, ''and his golden
wedding" lie gave a public reception
at his residence in San Francisco.
Two spans of the Western Indiana
Railway bridge over the Wabash river,
neal Delphia, Indiana, gave way on
the LIST inst, precipitatlng twelve lum-
Der cars into the water. Two brake
men were injured, it is feared, fatally.
The 18th anniversary of Canadian
Confederation was celebrated through
out the Dominion ON the LIST.
The Postmaster General on the lst
received a copy of the Postal Conyen-
ton providing for the exchange of
money orders between the United States
and Japan, ratified by the Japanese pos
tai authorities. The new treaty will go
into effect on October LIST.
The public debt statement for
June shows a decrease il the debt. ac-
cording to the old form. of IS, 1913, 1913.
This Is the last statement according to
the old form. Hereafter only the new
form will be issued.
The total coinage in the U. 5. MINIS
during June amounted in value to 81
9S6, sol. The number of standard dol
lars turned out was 2,375, $50.
The wheat exports of California
for the cereal year, ending June 30,
were 26, 230 600 bushels, and flour
1900, 900. bushels.
Very cold weather is reported in
the mountainous districts or South
western Virginia. On the Seth ult.
snow fell in TaZewell county, and dur-
ing the night ice formed in Wythe
county.
A heavy rain storm near Black
Hawk, Colorado, on the list did great
damage in the town andto the Colorado
Central Railroad. At one time the
water was three feet deep III the streets
of Black Hawk The public sampling
works, one mile from the town, were
greatly damaged, and a foundry was
nearly washed away. 1t was. expected
that railroad travel would be stopped
for two DAYS.
There was a double suicide at Glib
son, Illinois, on the first, the suicides
being Melissa Steepleton a school teach
er, and her aflianced, Edward Souther-
land. ThetwO had been for a long time
engaged, and the wedding had been
several times set and postponed, owing
to SOutherland's circumstances. Her
relatives ~strenuOusly opposed his suit
On the Both ult. he refused to marry
her That evening she bought rat poi
son afterward exchanging it for arsenic,
took a dose OF the latter In the morning
and died. When Switzerland heard of
the tragedy, he borrowed a rifle, went
into the timber a mile away, and shot
the top of his head Off"
The State Prohibition Convention
of Ohio, in session at Springfield, on
the I'd, nominated DR.. A. b. Leonard,
of that city, for Governor.
1t it understood in Washington
that Minister Kelley will not be re-
called. 'He will go to Vienna, and
should the Australian Government re.
fuse to receive him, it is intimated that
the United States Government will re-
main unrepresented at the Vienna
It is held that Mr.. Kelley Is a
man and in every way fitted to
fill the position which he has been as
The President on the I'd, appointed
James Tenner Lee, of Maryland, to be
Secretary OF Legation at Vienna;
Darius II. lngraham, of Maine, Consul
at Cadl2; Nathan B. Gatchell, Apprai-
ser at Buffalo; Joseph S. Gillespie,
Surveyor of Customs at Chattanooga,
and Edward Duffy, Postmaster at Ann
Michigan.
Mr.. KImble, the new Director o
the Mint, entered on the duties of tina
office on the I'd.
John ID. Biddis, of Milford, Pa.
was, on the I'd, appointed Chief of a
Division in the Eternal Revenue Office.
Joseph W. Howell, Of New Jersey,
Assistant Chief Clerk of the Pension
has resigned.
james McDaniels, head of ''the
most desperate gang Of hi8hwaymen in
Texas" who escaped from jail at San
a month ago, while under a
- years sentence was shot and killed
by officers while resisting capture near
san Geronimo on, the I'd.
The total value of our exports Of
mineral oils during the eleven months
which ended with May last was $40
j83, 0GG against $40. 345, 004, during the
corresponding period Of the previous
year.
At Gettysburg, on the ID, the
members of the Ninety-eighth Penn
Volunteers and their friends
dedicated a monument of Quincy Gran
&c III The rear of "WheatGeld." Mr..
godfrey Keebler, of Philadelphia, de-
ivered the address. and remarks were
llso made by Captain j. A. Smith, of
Philadelphia, and d. A. Buchler. of
gettysburg. On the Sd monuments
we're dedicated by the Twenty-ninth
pennsylvania and the Twentieth Con-
lecticut Volunteers.
-Deluging rains have fallen in por-
Ions Of Kansas, the quantity registered
It Gates Centre having been about ten
nches within the last t~wenty-four
hours from the 1T. At that place,
Parsons, and other points, washouts
occurred on the railroads, bridges
ave been swept away, and the crops in
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