The Penn's Grove record., 1885-11-14


Full returns from all the legislative
districts in Virginia show that the next
Ser ate will have 30 Democrats TO 10
Republicans, and the next House 20
Democrats to 30 Republicans.
The latest election returns from
New York give Jones, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
about 1000 plurality over Carr. This
shows that Carr ran about 1000 ahead
of Davenport.
The latest returns from Iowa indi-
cate a majority Of 1864 for Larrabee,
the Republican candidate for Governor.
The President on the 9th appointed
Leverett Saltonstall to be Collector of
Customs at Boston; Don Carlos Buell.,
Pension Agent at Louisville, and Col.
onel Robert Mckinley, Pension Agent
at Detroit. Don Carlos Buell. was the
noted Union General during the civil
war, who for a long time commanded
the Army of the Ohio. The President
also appointed s. G. Bennett postmas-
ter at Pittston, Penna., and T. G.. Bun
nell postmaster at Newton, New Jer-
sey.
The legislature OF Oregon met on
the 9th In special session for the pur-
pose of electIng a U. S. Senator to sue
coed James II. Slater, whose term eX-
PRED on the Sd of March last.
AT Chicago on the 9th Judge Prem
dergast, after an official canvass, decid-
ed the new election law adopted. The
vote in its favor was more than two to
one.
General Clinton B. Fisk. Erastus
Brooks, DR.. James +. Rhoads, Rev.
Lyman Abbott, ID. D., Hon. Albert K.
Smiley, Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson,
Mrs. l. e. Kinney, Mrs. a. S. Quinton
and Miss Alice G. Fletcher, memhers
of the committee appointed by the In
dian Conference held at Lake Mohonk,
last month, to present its views to the
President, are now in Washington.
The trustees of the Actors Fund
in New York on the 9th, adopted res
olutions on the death of John McCul-
Tough. The New York and st. Louis
Lodges of Elks have appointed CON-
mittees to attend the funeral, and each
offered a burial place for the dead ira
gedian.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was elected
President of the ST. Nicholas Society
in New York on the 9th.
Major Edward Mallet, of Wash
ington, on the 9th called upon the
President and made an appeal for the
interference Of this Government to pre-.
vent the hanging of Riel by the Cana
dian authorities. The President, after
giving the matter thorough considera-
ton, eoneurred with Mr.. Bayard's
opinion, previously given that it was
not a case in which the United States
Government could properly interfere.
The President on the 10th appoin-
ted Willilm Hyde to be Postmaster at
st. Louis. in place of RodneyD d. Wells,
suspended /; James Burns to be Survey
or Of Customs at Kansas City, Missouri;
Oscar Valeton; Assistant Appraiser at
New Orleans, and Samuel ]. Tilden.
Jr., Collector of internal Revenue for
the Fifteenth District of New York.
Mr.. Hyde. the new Postmaster for St,
Louis, is editor of the Republican news.
paper of that city. He was endorsed
by both Senators and all the Democrat
ic Congressman from Missouri, by the
President of the st. Louis Council,
nineteen of the city officials, by a
gers of insurance, steamboat and rail-
road companies, and by prominent
bankers. Samuel j. Tilden, Jr., the
new Collector for the Fifteenth New
York District, is a nephew, as well as
namesake of Samuel j. T1lden. lie
was at enc time IA member of Governor
Cleveland's stat, but has always here
tofore declined public office.
General Middleton passed through
st. Paul on the 10th on his way from
Winnipeg to Montreal. Being ques-
toned about Riel, he said there was
no question hut that Riel would hang,
and he did rot believe there would be
any hostile demonstration when the
execution occurred"
The North, South and Central
American Exposition, at New Orleans,
was formally opened on the 10th. The
ceremonies began with a civic and mill
tary parade. The programme at the
bu lding included music, prayer,
speeches by the Director General, the
President of the Exposition Associa-
tion, Commissioner General Pitkin,
Governor Emory, Mayor Guillotte, Sc
nor Romero, Rev. s. II. WerleY color
ed). and Major Burke. Only a small
portion of the exhibits are yet in place.
The Sth annual American Fat
Stock and Dairy Show opened on the
10th in the Exposition Building at
Chicago. Nearly all the famous herds
Of fancy cattle in the United States and
Canada are represented, and the dis
| play of draft horses is said TO be unus-
ually large and fine.
BY the fall Of a scaffold on a new
iron bridge i'll course Of construction
near Keithsburg, Illinois, on the 9th.
| four men we're killed and two others
were severely injured. The killed were
| Patrick Conway. James Nc Cam, John
| Olsen and Patrick Noonan.
Professor Wiley, Chief Chemist OF
the Agricultural Department, goes to
| Europe this week to purchase for h
the use of the government, in its ex
perimental stations IN louisiana, the
latest improvements in machinery for
| the manufacture Of cam sugar
The agreement for the reciprocal
crossing of the international boundary
bv troops of the United states and Mex
lco in pursuit Of hostile Indians has
been extended until November list,
1885,