The Penn's Grove record., 1885-09-05

Rear Admiral Francis A. Roe, now
on duty as Governor of the Naval Asy-
lum at Phi adelphia. will be retired on
October 4th next. The retirement will
cause the following promotions: Com
modOre 5. b. Luce to be Rear Admiral,
Captain ID Is. Harmony to be Commo-
dOre, Commander A. I. Mahan to be
Captain, Lieutenant Commander +.
w. Dickens Il be Commander, and
Lieutenant w. T. Bidwill to be Lieu
tenant Commander.
According to a telegram from Bos-
ton the aggregate exchanges of 81 lead
ing Clearing Houses ending 29th ult.,
were S644 Sl8, 5S4, against S649, 1867, 901
the preceding week. Chicago gained
III per cent, indianapolis I6t, Detroit
10, Boston 8, st. Louis 3, Kansas City
Is, Memphis S34 and Philadelphia l.
New York decreased q, San Francisco
8, Baltimore 10, Cincinnati 81 and
Pittsburg 20 per cent.
The annual meeting of the Domin-
ion Rifle Association opened in Otta-
wa, Ontario, on the 31st ult. There
were 420 competitors, and the aggre-
gate number of individual prizes is 827.
The Governor of Alabama on the
31st ult. reappointed E. G. Beltz to be
Commissioner OF the state department
of Agriculture.
The White House was reopened ia
the public on the 31st ult. The build
ing has been cleaned and renovated
during the President s absence, and is
now in condition for his return.
1t is said the cattle men incline to
the belief that the Executive orders of
August 14th for the removal of all
fences from the public lands will not be
enforced. 1t is said at the Interior De-
partment, however, that the order will
be carrid out to the letter, and with
the full force of the military if neces-
sary.
The census of Dakota shows that
the population of the entire Territory
is about AGO The population of
that part of the Territory south of the
46th parallel is 263.465.
President Cleveland and DR.. Ward
were at Lake Placid, in the Adiron-
dacks, on the 1st.
An election on the local option
question in McLennan county, Texas.
on the 31st ult., resulted in a majority
of 1900 for the Prohibitionists. The
Prohibition Convention of Ulster coun-
lty, New York, met on the LIST In Kings
ton, listened to an address from Neal
Dow, and nominated a full county
ticket.
in Hill county, Texas, on the 31st
ult., the ProhIoitionists were defeated
by 500 majority.
The public debt statement, issued
on the 1st, shows a decrease of 81, 879,-
l052.
The cornerstone of a statue in
memory of Commodore Perry of Lake
Erie fame, was laid on the LIST, at
Newport Rhode Island, with Masonic
ceremonies. The Governor of Rhode
Island and the Mayor and City Coun-
cilmen of Newport were present. The
statue was placed in position IN the I'd.
The base is of granite, and the entire
height Of PEDESTAL and statue will be %
feet.
Inspector Armstrong, just returned
to Ell Paso. Texas, from an inspection
of the Indian agencies in Arizona, re-
ports that the residents of that Terri
tory have no further fear of Indian de-
pradatlons The Apaches at San Car
los Agency have raised a large crop Of
grain this year, and are peaceful and
c~ontented.
William M. Given, ex-U. s. Sena-
tor from Cali ornia, is dangerously i'll
in New York. He is so years of age.
Theodore d. Jewey, the new Col
lector of Customs of Charleston, South
lCarolina, ON the LIST took charge of the
Custom House in that city. Deputy
Collector Ostendorff resigned, and
Captain Legare j. Walker took his
place.