The Penn's Grove record., 1885-05-16

of the Army of the Potomac was held
on the 9th in Baltimore. In the absence
of the President, General Grant, the
meeting was called to order by Genera
ii. J.. Hunt, Vice President. 1t was
voted to hold the next reunion III san
Francisco. The election Of President
being in order, General John c. Robin
son moved that the Secretary be author
lied to cast one ballot, on which he it
scribed the name of General L. >,
Grant.
"A cold wave swept oven the North
and West on the 7th. Ice from halt an
inch to an inch thick formed through
out Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Dakota, the temperature ranging from
2 to IL degrees below the freezing
point. There are eve reports from
Northern Minnesota of " water pipes
freezing"
Later returns from the election in
the Thirty-fourth Senatorial District
of Illinois, to fill a vacancy, show that
Weaver, Republican, has been elected
by a majority, conceded by the Demo
crats, of $50 to 200. This will give
the Republicans one majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot, snd, II Sit
tig "a dlsaffected Republican shall fall
back into the traces, will probably en-.
sure the reelection Of General Logan
as u. ). Senator.
The Democrat State Committee of
Virginia met on the 9TH at Richmond,
and issued a call for a State Convention
to be held in that city on July -, to
nominate a Governor and other State
officers. The Republican State Con-
ventiOn has been called for July 10TH
for the same purpose.
The President on the It'll, appointed
another batch of POstmasters, among
them |. Parker Veazey at Baltimore, to
succeed Adreon, whose commission eX-
PRED on Tuesday The President also
appointed Nelson +. Acers, Collector
of Internal Revenue for Kansas, in place
of John G. Carpenter, suspended, and
Eugene Il. Sykes, Collector for MlSSlS-
supp, IN place of James Hill, Suspended.
The late Plenary Council of the
Roman Catholic Church in the United
States referred general matters Tor dis
cussion and disposition to a council OF
church dignitaries. Among these mat
tiers was the location of a National
Catholic University which it is intended
10 establish. The Council met IN Bal
timore on the 18th, and is composed Of
Archbishops Gibbons, Of Baltimore,
Carrigan, of New York; Williams, OF
Boston; Ryan, of Philadelphia; Ireland,
of st. Paul; Bishop Spaldlng, of Peoria,
and Mrgs. Farley and Quinn, OF New
York.
"A landslide occurred one mile east
of Thompson's Falls, Montana, on the
4th inst. the damage from which has
not yet been repaired. Water oozes
from the ground Il thousand feet along
the track OF the slide, and lit is feared
that the entire mountain side Will he
precipitated."
Thus far fourteen bodies have been
recovered from the ruins of the col,
lapsed building III South Brooklyn. 1t
is believed that seven more bodies are
still III the wreck. All the injured per
sons are expected TO recover.
"A fire at Hampton Beach, New
Hampshire, on the 9th, destroyed the
Atlantic House, the Ocean House, the
| sea v uCh Sbtld6C AHA btNNAol bbliRA
cottages. The loss is estimated at SJO,-
600. The Eagle Hosiery Mill at Bel
mont, New Hampshire, was burned on
the 7th. About thirty persons are
thrown out of work.
Tile President on the Sth, appoin-
ted George V. N. LOthrop, Of Mlchi-
gan, to be Minister to Russia, Boyd
Winchester, of Kentucky, Minister to
Switzerland; John l.. w. Thompson
(colored), of New York, to be Minister
to lIaytI, and A. p. Swineford, OF
Michigan, to be Governor of Alaska.
William b. Council, of Fargo, has been
appointed Associate Justice for Dakota,
to succeed A. A. Hudson, whose com
mission has expired.
Governor Pattison ON the Sth ap-
pointed Samuel Moore, ST., "A tobacco
dealer, and Francis b. Reeves, Paryin
q Co., wholesale grocers, both of Phlla-
delphia, to be Delegates-at-Large TO the
National Convention to be held AT
Atlanta May 10, 20and u, for the pur-
pose of viewing the unsettled condition
country.
Under a decision of the Supreme
Court of Appeals of Virginia, to the
effect that the joint resolution creating
Electoral Boards passed 10y the General
Assembly did not require the signature
of the Governor, the registration books
of Petersburg, which have been in the
hands of the Republican registrars, who
refused to surrender them until the
1Ag1oTAY, uyag panlaVal uraVa nm thA 9Th
given up to the Democratic registrars.
The Catholic council in Baltimore
closed on the 18th, after having decided
upon the location of the University.
Nothing, however, has been dIVulged
of the proceedings, and nothing IS
known as to the site,
The crop reports of the Agricul-
tural Department for May indicate a
very backward season. The general
average of winter wheat in the princi-
pal wheat growing States IS 70, a
reduction of 8 per cent. since April, in
dicatmg a production of 100000, 900
bushels.
-Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen contm-
ues very weak and unable to swallow
n%ourishment. For several days he has
been unable to speak, and he was I'M
conscious on the Sth.
"A fire in the pine lumber yard dis
trlct of Chicago, neal the southwestern
limit of the city. on the Sth, destroyed
about As, 000, 600 feet of lumber, causing
a loss estimated at 100000.
The wife of Congressman Bynum
had a terrible experience with a burg
lar at her residence, in indianapolis, on
Il 7th. Mr. Bynum is absent at
Washin1 ton, and the family at home
includes Mrs. Bynum, two children
and a domestic. AT half-past two o.
clock a burglar awoke her and told
her to search the house for money, and
upon giving him S. he attempted to as
sault her. Alarmed by her screams he
fed, and she took refuge in a neighbours
house. Meanwhile the scoundrel es-
capped.
-GeneTal Grant worked on his book
on the Sth debating to the stenOgrapher
and to Colonel Fred Grant, although
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