The Penn's Grove record., 1885-10-24
NEWS FTHE WEEK

n ndr days. Inc o iupOi-
fant bill passed was a general option
law, under which temperance elections
will be held in various counties.
The President on the 18th appoint
ed Calvin Page to be Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue for New Hampshire; D..
J. Laughlin to be Special Examiner of
Drugs for Philadelphia; G. Myer Zu-
lick, Governor of Arizona, and David
). Presson. Collector of Customs at
Gloucester, Massachusetts.
During the fiscal year which ended
on June 30, 1885, the Dominion Gov
eminent spent over $350,000 on immt-
grafton. Assisted immigration since
1880 has cost Canada about 81 800 900.
William NJ. Brown was, on the
18th, shot dead by Stuart Koiner, in
the Fair Grounds, at Staunton, Vir-
glnia. He is the second man killed by
Koiner. There was an old grudge be-
tween the men, and Kolner had threat
ened to skill Brown on sight"
The double-scull race between Han
Ian and Lee and Courtney and Conley
was rowed on the 18th at Albany. 1t
was won by Hanlan and Lee in Is
minutes Is seconds, the time of Court
ney and Conley being is minutes 244
seconds.
Lieutenant Allen, accompanied by
a sergeant and an officer of the Signal
Service, has returned to San Francisco
Since February the party have exp ored
the Yukon and Tannah rivers, in Alas
ka, about 1900 miles, having made a
northern journey said to be u%nexcelled,
if not unequalled, of the kind in his
tory.
HI. j. Aldr1ch was killed and Will
lam Chapman dangerously injured on
the 18th by falling from the roof of a
church which they were stating, in
North Adams, Mass.
The final obsequies of Cardinal
McCloskey took place on the 9TH in the
Cathedral in New York. The great
building was thronged and a multitude
stood outside. The Office for the Dead
was chanted by the priests and seminar
ians; a Requiem NJ ass was celebrated
by Archbishop Corrigan; the funeral
sermon was preached by Archbishop
Gibbons, and the final absolutions Were
given by Archbishops C0rrigan, Glib
bons, Ryan and Williams, and Bishop
Loughlin. The body was inferred in
the crypt under the chancel next to the
remains of Archbishop Hughes.
AT Hazelton, Penna., on the 10th,
IN overloaded gun exploded in the
hands of Edward Burnley, killing Rob
ert FIGHTER, blowing off Burtley's right
arm and dangerously, if not fatally,
wounding Thomas Scott. Five cars,
loaded with wheat, OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad, ran into a ditch near
Altken, Minnesota, on the 18th. Two
men, stealing a ride. were found suffo-
Gated In the wheat. From letters found
on them they are believed to have been
John r. Cochrane, of Volante, Penna.,
and Louis Dust, G2ssioplcTafflgn, ILLNESS.
Mhlle W. h ID y, narptrs i r soh 10 w mns
nlilng n iighT -ws paper, : stiesC ianPS
from a wagon al on the 18th,
one of the cans -S,AUd, burning up
the horse and wa. Ind dangerousl
burning the two CR-.Es.
-Archdeaeon Farrar arrived in WASH
ington on the 10Th and lectured on
Dante IN the evening to a large and
distinguished audience. He was intro
duced by Secretary Bayard, and among
ais auditors were the President and
Secretaries Endicott and Lamar
In Detroit, on the 10Th a posse of
officers raided the Arctic Restaurant,
a thieves resort. Several burglars In a
poker room above the restaurant resisted
arrest, and shots were exchanged. Two
of the burglars were wounded, ono fatal
ly, and a woman belonging to che house
was slightly wounded. Aiarge amouht
of stolen property was recovered, anu
burglars tools were found.
The President OH the 10th appoint
ed Ernest p. Baldwin, of Missouri, to
be Deputy First Auditor of the Treas
ury. aud the following Consuls: Ben
jamin F. Bonham, of Oregon, at Cal
cutta; William A. Goreche, of Missouri,
at Martinique; Charles Forster, of In
diana, at Elber6eld, and N }. Arbeely,
of Tennessee, at Jerusalem.
Foil unofficial returns from all the
counties in Ohio, including Hamilton.
which gives 800 plurality for Hoadly,
show a pleurality for Foraker, Repub-
|lican. of Ii, 6SS. The Legislative ticket
remains uncertain, owing 20 the lack OF
returns from Hamilton county. Omit
ting that county, the returns OF which
are not yet given, and a doubtful dis
trict in Stark c,unty, the Republicans
on the face of the returns, have ] ma
iority In the Senate and IL in the House.
The Republicans claim 4 Senators and
10 Representatives from Hamilton
county, while the Democrats claim the
whole delegation from that county, 4
| Senator's and 10 Representatives.
The President is said to be consid'
ering the question whether an engineer
officer of the army or navy may moi
properly be detailed to perform thu
duties of Superintendent of the Coas1
Survey.
DIR. J. William White, of Philadel
phia. was on the 10th commissioned b.
Governor Pattison as an inspector o
the Eastern Penitentiary, to succeed
George l.. Harrison, deceased.
The President on the 18th appoint
ed James N. Childs, or Maine, to b
CONSUL at Guelph, Canada, and Jane
II. Trumbull to be Consul at Talcahu
ano, Chill.
Governor Pattison on the 18th az
pointed James Gay Gordon Associat
Judge of the Court Of Common Pleas
No. 3, to fill the vacancy caused by th
death Of Judge Yerkes. MIR. Gordo
was born in 1855.
Indian Commissioner Atkins Wi
hold a conference In a few days at Mus
cogee, IN the Indian Territory. wit
Bushyhead and other chief of the Fly
Nations, in regard to the unlawfl
cutting of timber in the Territory b
white lntruders, and the removal of th
| latter.
About twenty thousand persons
including many roughs, gathered on tn
wharf at PIttsburg on the 18th to Jol
an excursion to Davis lslaRd Dan
where Paul Boyton was advertised I
give an exhibition, The crowd rushe
on the steamers and loaded them TO u
waters edge, whereupon, fearing Oh
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