The Penn's Grove record., 1885-09-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK

He said the plural marriage in ques-
ton" was entered into before there was
any statue against it, in good faith, &C
cording to his religion, but be recog-
nized the supremacy of his adopted
country's laws and would live within
them henceforth." He was fined $500,
and was discharged upon payment of
that sum.
-Archdeacon FarraT, who is now In
Montreal, has accepted an invitation
from the Bishop and Catholic clergy to
visit the Catholic colleges and converts.
"A passenger tram on the Hannibal
and st. Joseph Railroad collided with
a special engine and pay car, near st.
Joseph, Missouri, on the 18th. Both
engines and the baggage car were
wrecked. Supply Agent Hamilton, of
the Rock Island Road, who was on the
special, had a leg broken, and Engineer
Black was dangerously, if not fatally,
scalded.
The race of the Commodore cups
over the ocean course from Sandy Hook
New York, took plae on the 18th. The
Douglas cup was won by the English
cutter Genesta and the Bennett cup by
the GrayIng.
tits announced that Imperial silver
medals will be conferred on the troops
recently engaged in surpresslng the re-
bellion In the Northwest Territory.
General Miles on the Goth. left
Sante Fe, New Mexico, for Leaven-
worth, after making the following
statement: 81 have put additional
troops in the field, equipped in such "a
way that they can go wherever miners
or Indians can, and 1t will be their duty
to hunt the latter in places where they
may seek shelter. Colonel Bradley
agrees with him in the belief that, with
the present disposition of the troops,
they will give protection to settlements
and make this Territory uncomfortable
for any hostile Indians. My object is to
make New Mexico untenable for the
Indian and restore confidence to its citi-
zens."
Andrew Coringe. a farmer, was
murdered near Marion, Indiana on the
10Th. A verdict of parricide was rem
dered on the Goth, and the two sons of
the deceased, Samuel and Ira, were ar
rested. Their mother was to have been
arrested in the evening.
The President on the 10Th appoint
ed Anthony f. Seeberger to be collector
of customs at Chicago. Nj. Seeberger
is a prominent hardware merchant of
that city, "a man Of wealth and high
social standing" and "a consistent
| Democrat who has never been promi-
nent in political affairs"
The Board of Naval Officers APP
pointed to confer with the Secretary of
the Navy regarding the new vessels to
be constructed finished its labor in
| Washington on the 18th and adjourned.
The report will probably be submitted
to Secretary Whitney this week.
The subscriptions for the Grant
| Monument Fund in New York up to
the 18th reached $685.. Madison
| Square Garden has been leased for
three months for the purpose of hold
ing a fair in aid OF the fund.
Princeton college VIII open this year
with about $50 students o. the roll.
- 1t is estimated that the losses by
| the prairie fires in Dakota Will reach
several thousand dollars. The loss by
the burning of the Smith American Or
gan Company's factory in Boston, on
the 18th, is estimated at 100000.
The Royal Netherlands Mail Com
pany's dock in Jersey City wa damaged
by fire on the 18th to the extent of about
$50, 900. A fire e Kildare Texas ,on
the same day, destroyed A. t. Ander-
sons saw and planning mill and $780,
600 feet of lumber, causing a loss of
about S25, 900.
1t is reported from Rock Springs,
Wyoming, that the Union Pacific is de-
termined to put the Chinese back ill
| the mines. Notice has been posted that
work will be resumed in four of the
| mines on the 2Sth, and that all the
| miners are expected to return to their
places, and will be protected by the Nv
il and military authorities both at their
work and at their homes. Ali the strik
ers who do not return to their work
| will be paid off and discharged. 1t Is
expected that the knights OF Labor will
retalIate by ordering a general strike
along the line of the railroad.
The threatened trouble in the Con-
| stitutional Convention Of Dakota has
been settled by the adoption of a bin of
rights which declares ''all political pow
Ell inherent In the people; all free gov
eminent founded on their authority,
and that they have a right to alter the
forms of government, and declares the
State of Dakota inseparably a part of
the Union. and the Federal Constitution
the supreme law of the land.
Generals Schofeld, Tompkins and
| Sanger passed through Omaha on the
Goth, on the way to Rock Springs, Wyo-
ming. General Schofield was met at
the depot by General Howard and sew
eral officials of the Union Pacific Rail-
road, with whom he had a long confer
ence. The Chinese miners and such
white men as were willing to work with
them were put to work at Rock Springs
on the 21st under military protection
| The white coal miners who declined to
work were paid off. No more trouble
is expected.
The President on the 21st, appoin-
ted James f. Giffen to be Assistant
Appraiser at New Orleans. The Sec
rotary of the Treasury on the same day
| appointed John W. Roberts to be SUI
perintendent of the Federal building at
Denver, Colorado, in place of Peter f.
Barclay, suspended, and Thomas Num-
ford to be Clerk of the local Inspectors
| of Steam Vessels at New York city, In
place of William Tobin. suspended.
The office of Chief of the Post. office
Inspectors has been offered to William
| A. West, a planter. living ear Oxford,
Mississippi. Mr.. West, who is now in
Washington, holds the offer under con-
sideration.
AT Bevier, Missouri, early OF the
21st, al air compressor, to be used in a
coal mine, was blown to pieces on the
car from which it was not yet unloaded.
1t is supposed dynamite was used, and
strikers are suspected Of the deed.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad is
about to call for tenders for the build
ing of a bridge across the St. Lawrence
river to connect its system with the
American railroads at st. Johns and
Southeastern Chambly. The length Of
the bridge will be 1000 feet and its cost
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