The Penn's Grove record., 1885-06-13
NEWSOFTHE WEEK

on the 1st, in Washington to hear dele
cations, but none appeared. The com.
mittee adjourned to meet in Chicago or
the 18th instant. The committee vii
visit st. Paul and Min eapOlls about
the end of the month, after which il
will probably take a recess until Octo
Der, when 1t will make a trip South.
The total coinage of the U. 5.
MINIS during May, including 81, 4Ol ,837
standard dollars, amounted IN value tc
S,055,437.
"A fight took place bewteen a squad
Of State Rangers, under Lieutenant
Sicker and a gang of Mexican horse
thieves, on the Rio Grande, thirty five
miles below Eagle Pass, Texas, on the
31st. Seeker was killed and a Ranger
named Riley MORALLY wounded. The
MeXicans escaped with a few of theil
number slightly wounded.
The examinations at West Point
began ON the I'd. The trustees organ.
lied by electing Governor Hoadly Pres
ident and Professor Holden Secretary.
General Grant slept seven hours on
the LIST, and awoke feeling pretty well
rested. DR.. Douglas reports that the
swelling in General Grants throat ''ha'
SO far abated that the parts are now Ak.
amlned with greater ease than at any
time since the Generals serious illness. -
The General has this week been able
to eat sparlngly of solid food. His
physician expects that he will be able
to leave New York for the Catskills
before the end of this month.
The President on the ID appointed
as Collectors of Customs, John G. ByX-
bee, at New Haven, Connecticut, aud
Charles H.. Robinson, at Wilmington
North Carolina.
Senator Sherman is in Oregon. He
arrived at Salem on the lst and was
the guest of Governor Moody. He
was to have reached Portland on the
d on the way to Vancouver.
Robert NJ. Reynolds, lately First
Auditor of the United States. Treasury,
killed himself on the I'd, in the South
ern Hotel, in St. Louis. He jumped
or fell from the railing of the ar shaft
over the rotunda, and was picked up
iifeless from the marble floor, three
stories below. The room he had occu-
pied was found full of gas, and the
theory is that, after falling to s%uffocate
himself, he took the dive through the
air shaft. Reynolds was about go years
of age. He quilted office about two
weeks ago, aud at the time of his death
was on his way to Kansas to buy land.
The Cathedral of the Incarnation
at Garden City, the gift of Mrs. A. T.
Stewart to the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese OF Long Island, was %coueecra-
ted on the I'd. Besides the Bishop of
the Diocese there were present Bishops
Stevens, Seymour. Gallagher, aowe,
scarborough, Paddock and Starkey, and
the Lord Bishop of Huron. The ser
mon was preached by Assistant Bishop
Potter.
"A heavy thunder storm passed over
Chicago on the I'd, which did great
damage In the outskirts of the city.
Several buildings were demolished, and
three hundred feet of the brick wall of
the new base ball grounds were leveled
by a stroke of lightning.
"A berry train and a freight train
colhded e Middletown, Delaware on
the I'd. Both engines and three cars
were totally wrecked. SIX others being
damaged. William Rushton, engineer
of the freight train, was killed, and
Brakeman Hitch, Of the same train,
dangerously injured.
The President has amended rule 9th
of the Civil Service Rules relating to
the examination of applicants to office
by inserting after the words mo person
dismissed from the public service for
misconduct and before the words
: shall be admitted to examination with
in two years thereafter" the following
words: ''And no person who has not
been absolutely appointed or employed
after probation"
The President on the Sd, appointed
William H. Welsh, of Maryland. to be
Deputy Third Auditor of the Treasury,
in place of A. M. GangeWer, of Ohio,
resigned bv request. Mr.. Welsh is a
native of York, Penna. He was AS
sistant Secretary of Legation to MI.
Buchanan when the latter was Minister
to England. Mr.. Welsh was one OF the
proprietors of the Age newspaper in
Philadelphia for two or three years, but
disposed of his interest in that journal
and removed to Baltimore, where he
was for many years connected edltori.
ally with several newspapers. The
President also appointed John II. Far
ley, ex-Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, to be
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Cleveland district.
Colonel Stephenson, Chief OF the
Middle Division of the Pension Office,
has been requested to resign, for rta-
sons not yet made public.
The members of the Cabinet have
adopted the Presidents rule and will
hereafter receive no visitors on Satur-
days.
Dr.. Douglas remained at General
Grants house all night IN the "a, and
vas called once daring the night to at
tend the General, whose sleep was TT
full. Colonel Fred. Grant said on the
Sd: II don't believe father will drive
any more; his experience lately while
driving has net been good, and think
he will not go out driving any more, at
any rate not IN the Park"
The Hessian fly is reported to be
ravaglng the wheat crop in Kansas.
SIN the great wheat valley of Kansas,
the gypsum, in Saline county, where
wheat never fails, entire fields are
being ploughed and millet sown. This
is repeated IN all parts of the State"
The Hessian fly has also appeared in
Frederick county, Maryland.
The Grand Jury at New York has
found an indictment against Ferdinand
Ward for grand larceny in che drst de-
gree sin carrying away from the Ma
rine Bank a short time before its sus-
pension a bag containing 81, 500, 600
worth of bonds and securities. A writ
of habeas corpus was obtained by the
Di trlct Attorney from the Court of
Oyer and Termlner requiring the pro-
duction Onward in Court.
AT the Cabinet meeting on the 4th,
the chief topic OF discussian was the
distribution of the $500, 600 appropr a.
ted at the last session Of Congress in
aid Of American steamships engaged