The Penn's Grove record., 1885-06-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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sioners on the 9th retired SuperinteHd.
ent Waning at his W request, and
appointed Inspector Murray 70 oil the
vacancy.
Pedro Sanchez, Indian agent atthe
Pueblo Agency, IN New Mexico, has
resigned.
General Crook, in a dispatch from
DemiDg, New Mexico, of the Sth inst.
urges that preparations to operate
against the hostile Indians should Et
made without delay, and adds: ''In
my Judgment as a rule the Indians,
thus far, have only killed citizens to get
arms and ammunition, but if, after
some of their number have been killed,
the Indians are driven back into the
United States there is no estimating
the damage they will be likely to do
The June crop report of the De-
partment of Agriculture estimates the
! total wheat erop Of the United States
at 800, 000, 900 bushels, Of which 2O7,-
900, 900 is winter, and 1873, 600 ,0OO
spring. The condition Of winter
wheat is lower than ever before in June,
being now 62 against 20 in May. The
condition of spring wheat is AZ.
The Conference of Charities and
Corrections, in session in Washington,
on the 10th, elected the following off
GERS President, w. II. Netf, Ohio.
Vice Presidents, ID. G. Bell. Minnesota
w. F. Beasley, North Carolina j. II.
Estill, Georgia. Secretaries, II. fl.
Hart, Minnesota f; A. o. Wright, Mis-
souri, o. c. MCCULLOUGH, Indiana.
Executive COMMITTEE, W. FL. Neff, o.;
Philip G. Garrett, Pennsylvania f.
B. Sanborn, Massachusetts, A. E.. FL
more, Wisconsin F. II. Wlles, Hi
nois.
"A telegram from the City of Mex
leo says: "Details of the terrible loss Of
life and destruction Of property by the
remarkable waterspouts near Lagos, in
the state of Jalisco, and at ~Guanajuato,
are still very meagre. All the despatch
es thus far received estimate the loss of
life in the Lagos district at over 200
souls. The damage by the flood in the
city of Guanajuato is now placed at
$500, O00.n
"A fire at st. Cesalre, Quebec, on
the 9th, destroyed Senator Chatfee's res
idence and a number of stores, hotels
and dwellings. Loss, $50 900.
The President on the llth, appoin-
ted William Stapleton to be Meter of
the U. S. Mint at Denver, Colorado.
General Grant slept well during
the 10th, and was quite comfortable on
the 18th.
Boyd Winchester, Minister to
Switzerland, and William w. Lang,
Consult General at Hamburg, sailed
from New York on the llth, on the
steamer WIeland.
Ex-senator John p. Calihan, a
prominent coal operator, died on the
18th, at his home in Ashland, Penna,
The Republican State Convention
of Ohio met on the 18th, in Springfield.
Joseph Is. Foraker, of Cincinnati, was
nominated for Governor on the first
ballot. The ticket was completed by
the nomination of General Robert p.
Kenney for Lieutenant Governor,
Judge George w. Mcllvaine for Su-
preme Judge, John G. Brown, of JEFF
ferson, for Treasurer; J. A. Kohler, Of
Summit, for Attorney General, and
Wells S Jones, of Pike, for Board of
Public Works.
Henry w. Blair was on the 18th
renominated for U. S. Senator by the
Republican caucus of New Hampshire
Legislature. The number of votes
cast was 1913. OF these Blair received
10S, and eX-S> cretary Chandler ~, the
remainder being scattered. The Demo-
cratic caucus of the New Hampshire
Legislature on the 18th cOmplimented
Harry" Bingham, of Littleton, with
the nomination for u. 5. Senator.
The sessions of the Grand Lodge
of Good TemplaTs were ended on the
18th, in Lewistown, Penna. The past
year was the most successful OF. the
Order. The following officers were
elected Rev. d. G. Babcock, Phila.
delphia, G.. w. G. T.; A. II. Leslie,
Pittsburg, G. w. c.; Miss Hannah
Mingle, Lock Haven, e.. W. V. T.;
Charles L. Steele, G. w, Secretary /;
William Uring, Philadelphia, q. W..
Treasurer; Rev. J.. S. McMurray, ID,
G.. W. Chaplain.
The interiorior of the Chinese The
atre and several adjoining buildings, III
Chinatown, San Francisco, were burned
ON the 10th. Loss $50 900,
"A shooting affray occurred at East
Bernstadt Kentucky on the IL, between
George, William and James Thompson,
brothers, and Wilkerson and Rufus
Lawson, cousins. Wilkerson Lawson
was instantly killed by George Thomp-
son, and Rufus Lawson received sever
al dangerous wounds. b. l., Poyntor,
a bystander was also dangerously
wounded.
Our total exports of breadstutfs
during the eleven months which ended
May 3lst, 1885, We're valued at SAC
431, 965, against S144, 500, S73during the
corresponding PERIOD of the proceed
ing year.
"A passenger train vas struck by a
cyclone neal Sioux City, Iowa, on the
18th, land every car was thrown from
the track and smashed to pieces A
large number Of persons were Injured.
In the Criminal Court at Washing
ton on the 18th, Daniel Carrigan, ex
chief clerk of the Naval Bureau Of Med
icine Surgery, who had pleaded guilty
on four incidents out of forty present
ing false vouchers on the Bureau Of
Medicine and Surgery, was called for
sentence. He was condemned to SIX
years in the Albany ~penitentiary.
A telegram from Guaymas says
news reached there Of an engagement
on the 9th, inst. between the Zaqul
Indians, under Cajima, and Mexican
troops. The Federal loss was severe.
but the number of killed and wounded
was not given. Many Indians are repor-
ted to have been killed; and 60 were
wounded.
General Grant rested well during
the 18th and was comparatively COM
Portable on the 18th. The large paint
ing Of the General and his family and
the bust and pedestal presented to him
by the working men Of Philadelphia
were on the 18th packed and taken
away. The General went down stairs
and for a time personally supervised