The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-29
'NEWSOF TIE WEEK

vile, Pa, on the 2lst. Lightning
struck the residence of Samuel Cham
bers, on the outskirts of the city, in
stantly killing Mrs. Chambers aud seTi-
ously burning a year-Old child. 4
storm at Scranton, Penna., on the 2lst,
blew down trees, small buildings and
fences in the western part Of the city.
The rain fell in torrents.
General Middleton has recommen-
ded that "a medal be struck for the vol
unteers who took part IN the Northwest
campaign. The recommendation has
been applov by the Minister of Mill
tia and forwarded to England through
the Governor General.
The opening session of the first
convention of German-American Jour-
nalists was held In Milwaukee,, Wiscon-
sin, on the Dist. A National %organiza-
ton was formed. The following Off
GERS were chosen I: Chairman, DR..
Emil PretoIious. st. Louis Vice Pres
ident, George Koeppen, Milwaukee;
Second Vice President, Carl buemeleiu,
Cincinnati , Secretary, Emil Klaessig,
Brooklyn n. Y.
The subscriptions to the Grant
Monument Fund in New YORK, now
amount to S51 1926.
Adam FOrepaugh's show arrived
in Peoria, Illinois, on the 2lst, and was
seized by the Sheriff on a writ of at
tachment ON account of Indebtedness
to a ran Dad company contracted last
year. The bill was paid and the prop
erty released.
W. II. l.. Maxwell, the alleged
murderer of G. A. P%reller, appeared
before Acting Judge Fauntheroy in the
Court of Criminal Correction in st.
Louis ON the Dist. He was not asked
to plead, as Judge ~Fauntheroy, who is
temporarily filling Judge NOonan's place
in this court, is one of Maxwell's coun-
sci. The case was set for a preliminary
hearing on September I'd.
The United States man-of- wal
Yantic, which has been in quarantine
at New Orleans since the 14th instant,
is still under detention. The captain
refused to submit his vessel to diSinfec-
tion and fumigation, and in consequence
DR.. Holt has given orders not to let her
proceed to the city, Colon from whence
she came being at present infected With
yellow fever.
Another attempt was made to
wreck a train on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railway on the 22d.=@A watch
man found on the outskirts of Denver,
Colorado, about the place where two
locomotives have already been blown
up, a quantity of dynamite placed upon
the track and so arranged that it could
not fail to be exploded under the loco
motive of the incoming express. The
dynamite filled the watchman's hat.
The second of the trial yacht races
took place on the 22d and was won by
the Priscilla. The yacht Oracle beat
the Bedouin.
The Cunard steamer Etruria, which
arrived in New York on the 22d, made
the fastest western trip on record. her
time of passage from Fastnet Light to
Fire Island being six days and two
hours.
State Treasurer Maxwell, Of New
York, has decided not to appoint a suc-
cessor to the late Deputy Treasurer,
Edward X. Apgar.
"A violent storm passed over Gin
cinnati on the 22d. The rain fell in
sheets, flooded Easements in all parts of
the city and temporarily suspended
street traffic.
On the oath, Counsel for Carter
Harrison submitted an answer to the
bill filed by citizens about two months
ago, disputing Mr.. Harrison's title to
the Mayoralty of Chicago, by reason OF
numerous miscounts stated to have
been made In the vote, and innumera-
BILE frauds alleged to have been commit
ted at the polls in the interest of Har-
rison. The answer is in the nature of
a demurrer, generally denying the allie
cations of the bill and giving fifteen
reasons why, in the opinion of the de-
PENDANT, the case is not entitled to a
regular trial in Court.
The publicity given to the fact that
the United States Treasurer had re-
sumed the transfer of gold coins from
San Francisco to New York by regis.
tered mail has again caused a suspen-
sion of that mode by transportation.
1t is not expected that any more gold
will be sent through the mails for some
time.
The Signal Service at Chicago re-
ports that heavy rains have fallen in
Northern Illinois, Iowa and Indiana,
and eastward through the lower lake
region. The iall at Chicago from
seven o'clock on the 23d TO three
O'Clock in the afternoon, OF the oath.
was 3.S9 inches. During the storms
ON August 2 last, there vas a fall of
{. 33 inches, SO that thus far during the
present month there have been over
ten inches of rain fall, the greatest
amount yet recorded in n month in
Chicago.
Mr.. Longworthy, Deputy Comp
troller OF the Currency, who has been
acting as Comptroller in the absence of
Mr.. Cannon, was taken sick on the cath
and it is thought will not be able to at
tend to his official duties for several
weeks. Mr.. Cannon was notified and
Is expected to return to Washington at
once.
In the third and last trial race
between tie yachts Puritan and Pris-
ella, to see which shall defend the
American cup against the English cut
ter Genesta, the Puritan won by twenty
seconds.
In the United States Circuit Court
in San Francisco on the oath, Judge
, Sayer rendered an opinion in the CHI
nese habeas corpus cases of Sun HUM
/, and 81 zee, allowing them to take an
appeal from the United States District
Court to the Supreme Court If the
} United States. The effect of Judge
Savers decision, it is said, will be TO
: give every Chinaman who wants TO get
into this country the right to appeal TO
/ the Supreme Court of the United States.
|, -Adjutant General Drum on the
oath received a dispatch from the officer
: commanding in New Mexico saying
that the Southern Utes in that Terri
|, tors were starving; that they had no
supplies and were unable to procure
: any, and that unless food was immedi-
: ately secured for them they would go
. the war path. These are the same
: Indians that. a few weeks since, were