The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-15
NEWSOR TIE WEEK

A call for a meeting OF the Nation
al Executive Committee of the Irish
National League of America. consist
ing of one delegate from each State
and Territory, has been issued by Pres
ident Egan, the meeting to convene in
Chicago on August 18th. 1.-The exec
utive expects to be able to place before
the meeting a communication from Mr..
Parnell stating his views on i'm
portant Irish matters"
The piece-price system las gone
into operation in the New Jersey State
Prison at Trenton. Over 700 cOnvicts
will be employed under the new system,
which that prison is said to be the first
to adopt.
"A mob of twenty armed men en-
teTing Eureka Springs. Arkansas, on
the 9th, and opened a fussllade upon a
house occupied by a family of new
corners of unehvlable reputation,
named Young. One male member of
the family returned the fire, wounding
three of the assailants seriously and eff
tectually dispensing them.
Secretary Whitney las written a
letter to the assignees of John Roach
in which he says the contracts with that
gentleman for the construction of the
new cruisers 1.-THE Boston, the Atlanta
and the Chicago have been forfeited
and that the Government will COM.
plete the work at the navy yards.
The Canadian immigration returns
for July show a falling off as compared
with those of the corresponding month
of 1894 hTf fha daoroaSa re much lago
in proportion than the previous months
this year.
The body of General Grant continued
to lie in state III City Hall, New York,
on the 7th. 1t is estimated that 300,.
600 persons have visited tie Hall dur
ing the last few days. The interment
of General Grant took place on the Sth
in Riverside Park with the most i'm
posing obsequles ever witnessed on this
continent.
1t Is officially announced that the
President, since the beginning of his
term, has made ACT appointments of
PostmasteTs, of which 274 were to
vacancies caused by expiration of terms
or resignation and 1913 in place of sus-
pended officers.
Colonel a. G.. Sharpe, Chief POST
office Inspector, has resigned and his
resignation has been accepted. James
Maynard, present Chief Clerk of the
Division Inspectors, will temporarily
take Colonel Shapes place. Profess
scr j. E. Hilgard, the suspended Sup
erintendent OF the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, resigned on the 7lh and his re-
slgnation was accepted.
The members of the Grant family
who came to New York to attend the
funeral of General Grant will return to
Mt. McGregor in a day or two.
John E. Owens, the comedian, is
reported to be fatally i'll at his resi-
dence near Baltimore.
The Montezuma Hotel at the Hot
Springs, New Mexico, was burned on
the Sth. The hotel was owned by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road Company. 1t wa opened in April
last. The cOmpany's hotel on the
same site was burned eighteen months
ago. The fire is attributed to incen.
diarism. 1t broke out in an attic in
the servants quarters. The loss is es-
timated at nearly S250,000.
After five months of unremitting
labor the President has gone off to the
Adirondacks for a holiday, and every
one will agree that he has earned it.
-Drexel & Co. have acknowledged
additional subscriptions to the Grant
Memorial Fund amounting to Sl57,
making the total S2677.
The Southern Exposition at Louis
vile, Which opens on the 10Th instant,
is said by a despatch from Louisville to
be Tin a more advanced state than any
great exposition ever was o near its
opening. The floor is already covered
with the foreign exhibit that came
from New Orleans, and new displays
from foreign countries are arriving
every day"
The funeral o~bsequies of General
Grant took place in New York, on the
Sth in the presence of an immense null
titude, including persons from all parts
of the country. The funeral procession
from the City Hall at nine
O'Clock in the morning, and the cata-
was moved at ten The process.
sion, which wa about nine miles in
reached Riverside Park, the
place of interment, at haif-past five
in the afternoon. The process
sion was under command of Major
General Hancock. The military escort
included details from the regular army
and Navy, the National Guards of New
York and New Jersey, regiments aud
b~attalions from Pennsylvania, Virginia,
New England, Maryland and other
pncFo Af tho Gro,,. A 49, - I
the Republic and the Loyal Legions.
There were about 500 carriages in the
line. The religious services at River
side were conducted by Bishop Morris
and DR.. Newman, and a detachment of
Meade Post, of Philadelphia, performed
the memorial services of the Grand
Army at the tomb. The pal. bearers
were Generals Sherman, Sheridan,
Johnston and Buckner, Admirals Por-
ter and Rowan, eX-Secretary Boutwell, !
and Senator Logan, and Messrs. An
thony j. Drexel, George W. Childs, i
Geo. Jones and Oliver Hoyt. There
were present in the procession and at
the services, President Cleveland, ,
ce-PTesident Hendricks. the MEM
bers of President Cleveland's Cabinet,
ex-President Hayes and Arthur, com
of the U. S. Senate and House {
Of Representatives, members of the
New York Legislature. the Governors
of about thirty Of the States, the off, ,
Gals of New York City, and the May {
ors of about fifty other cities. The
military portion of the funeral escort
embraced several delegations of ex- -,
Confederate soldiers. =
The railway station at Wheatland.
Dakota, was broken open on the 9th,
and mail-bags vert stolen, together
with valises from the express office de-
partment. The pouches were found {
half a mile west, cut open, and the
contents missing. The pouches con-
aimed a large amount in checks and !
traits, and a small amount in money. 5
All the other mail matter was burned.