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

The President on the 3lst ult.
made the following appointments: jas.
per Smith, of Washington, DC, to be
United States Consul at New Castle.
To be Collectors of Customs: Isaac b
Poucher for the district of Dswego, n.
Y; Joseph Mazofiin for the district OF
Paso del NoTte, Texas; Charles F. Bal.
ley for the district of Corpus Christi,
Texas. Alexander NJ. Wallace, of
Georgia, to be Surveyor of Customs for
the port of Atlanta, GA. Vim. X. Van
solver. Postmaster at Beverly, n. j.,
vice, j. w. Roberts; office become Pres.
idential. Horace r. Chase, of Peoria,
Ill has been appointed Superintendent
of the Industrial School for Indians at
Genoa, Neb., vice Samuel f. Tappan,
removed. John r. Wilbon. of Jack
son, Tenn has been appointed Super
intendent of the Indian warehouse,
New York city, vice II. w. Ste
phens, of OHIO, removed. The res
ignatiOn of Edward p. Champlin,
Receiver of Public Moneys at Dead
wood, Dakota, has been accepted.
Nicholas Carr, of Montezuma, Iowa,
has been appointed a special agent of
the Land Office.
-Maud s., the Queen of the Turf, -
on the Both ult., trotted a mile on the
Chenille track, at Cleveland, Ohio, in
2.0Sa. This beats Ler previous record
by half a second, and is one second and
a half faster than the best mile ever
trotted by any other horse" The trial
was for a cup and the time goes on rec
ord The ra0p Uos WifpaCcad hU IN n
people
The findings of the Daval Court-mar.
tial in the case of ex-Surgeon General
Wales were published on the 31st ult.
The findings and sentence are approved
by the Secretary of the Navy. The
Court sentences Wal s to suspension
from rank and duty for five years, on
furlough pay, and to retain his present
number in his grade during that period.
DR.. Wales was tried for culpable lnefli-
cheney in the performance of duty.
and for neglect of dnty. He was
found guilty on both charges.
The Secretary of the interior has
issued an order that leave of absence
on account of sickness will not be grant,
ed for a longer period than thirty days
in any calendar year. THE necessity
for such sick leaves must be fully estab-
lished by medical evidence to the salts
faction of the officers of the Depart
ment." The order does not affect the
annual leave of absence for thirty days.
Heretofore the practice has been to al
low sixty days sick leave in one year.
The Columbian Minister to Wash
ington, who is ct present in New York,
on the 3lst ult. received a telegram from
Panama announcing that Barranquilla
has been taken by the National forces
and is now open to commerce. Prestan
has been made prisoner and will be tried
for his crimes in Colon.
"A mixed train on the Boston an
Lowell Railroad was wrecked by
washout, near St Johnsbury, Vermont,
on the 3lst ult. Frank Place, fireman,
was killed, another train hand was
badly injured. Frederick Lawrence,
engineer, and Daniel Cotter, fireman,
were supposed to be under their engine.
On the 31st ult., the Teachers Re-
treat, at Ch%autauqua, n. Y, was
closed. The schools of languages and
speciaIities will continue for several
weeks. The departments of pedagogy
and practical science have had an I'M
usually large attendance.
The Secretary of the Navy has APP.
pointed a board of officers to investigate
the system of administering the Navy
Department, and make suggestions for
its improvement.
An agricultural station has been
established at Aurora, Illinois, IN con.
nection with the chronological Divis
ion of the Department of Agriculture.
1t has been placed in charge of Nelson
w. McLane, who has been specially
instructed to pay attention to bees, and
honey producing plants.
The Attorney General. to whom
the Secretary of the Interior referred
the question of the power of the Inte-
rior Department to authorize the In
dams to lease their lands for grazing
purposes, has furnished an opinion in
effect that no such power exists under
the law.
The Governor of Nebraska has is
sued a proclamation prohibiting the i'm
portation into that State of all cattle
coming from Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and the
District of Columbia unless such cattle
quarantined at the point of entry
into the State of Nebraska for at least
ten days, and retained there until they
shall receive a certificate of health
by the State Veterinarian of Ne
braska or an author eel inspector of
that State.
The jury in the case of Louis Rel,
on trial at Regina, Northwest Territory,
for high treason, rendered a verdict of
guilty on the LIST. The jury were out
half an hour. The foreman vert when
announcing the verdict and asked the
of the Crown.
"A large and apparently inexhaust-
ible bed of bituminOus coal Of fine
has been discovered within
three miles of Lampasas, Texas.
The Characterization Teachers
Convention in st. Louis, adjourned on
the LIST, after electing X. W. Tenteberg
President,
Inc PRESIDENT on the oULn ulI. APP
John Cadwalader to be collec-
tor of Customs for Philadelphia, and
p. Lenore Benny to be Appraiser at
New Orleans.
1t is rumored in Washington that
Mr.. Titcomb, Assistant Register of the
Treasury, has been requested to resign.
Rosecrans says the report is not
true, but that a reorganization of the
Bureau is contemplated.
The President at the request of
Mrs. Grant has designated the pall-
for General Grants funeral.
They are as follows; General Sherman,
Lieutenant General Sheridan, Admir-
al Porter, Vice Admiral Rowan, Gen
eral Joseph f. Johnston, General Simon
B. Buckner; Hamilton Fish, of New
York; George 5. Boutwell,. of Massa-
ehnsetts; George w. Chllds, OF Penn
sylvania; John A. Logan of Illinois;
George Jones, of New York, and Oliver
Hoyt of New York
"A IS burglar went TO the house
Of w. II. Merriam, in st. Paul, on the