The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-01
NEWSO OF THE WEEK

The Mexican editors, who are nov
in Washington, we're on the 23d intro
dueed to the President in the White
House. They also visited the State.
War and Navy Departments. The ban
quet which was to have been given then
in the evening was abandoned on ac'
count of the death of General Grant
Judge Moran, in Chicago, ha!
granted a stay of two days in the cast
of JosephC G. Mackin, under sentence
of five years. imprisonment for perjury
In connection with the Eighteenth
Ward election frauds. The stay is
granted to enable his counsel to argue
a petition for a supersedeas beforea Su'
preme Court Judge.
The President on the 23d appoin.
ted Samuel II. Buck to be Postmaster
at New Orleans, in place of w. B. Mer'
chant, suspended. Mr.. Buck is a mer,
chant of that city, and is at present
Director of the New Orleans Exhibi'
ton.
The resignation of William NJ.
Bum as Governor of Idaho has beer
accepted by the President.
Captain J. NJ. Lee, of the Ninth
Infantry, has been appointed Indian
Agent at the Cheyenne reservation.
The question Of General Grants
final resting place has been decided by
his family in favor of New York, Cen.
trail Park having been offered by the
authorities of that city for the purpose
The body of the dead heroI has been
embalmed and will remain at Mount
McGregor until Tuesday, August 4,
when the national ~obsequies will begin
These will be preceded by private flu
neral services, to which only the family
and immediate friends will be admitted.
The following programme has been ar
ranged for the public funeral: On
Tuesday, August 4th, leave Mount
McGregor at l z. M. and arrive lat
Saratoga at 2 ?. NJ, and in Albany at
4.30: leave Albany at noon, Wednes-
day, August 5, and arrive about 4.3O
p. NJ. in New York, While at Albany
the remains will lie in State in the
Capitol, and from the time Of arrival
in New York on Wednesday af-
ternoon, August 9TH, until Satur-
day, August 8th, they will lie
in State in the City Hall. The in.
teTment will take place i'll Central
Park on August 8th.
Robert B. Kellar has been appoin-
ted Inspector of Hulls for the District
of Albany, New York.
The Democratic State Convention
of Virginia will meet in Richmond on
the Doth inst. 1t is believed that Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee has the best chance for
the nomination for Governor. The
Ohio Democratic State Convention will
meet in Columbus on August 10Th.
II. G. McRae was nominated for
Congressman by the Democrats of the
Third Arkansas District ON the 23d, on
the 172d ballot.
Senator Plumb called upon the
President on the oath and presented a
protest from Governor Martin, of Kan
sas, against tie immediate withdrawal
of troops from the Kansas border. Gov
ernor Martin asks that troops be allowed
to remain at three different stations on
the border until winter. sunless this
is done, ) he says, $4,000 people will
continue IN fear of the Cheyennes. who
are allowed to retain their arms"
The fire IN the North Ashland,
Penna., colliery, is still burning. The
mine had been flooded, and it was
thought the fire had been quenched
several days ago. On the oath, how
ever, while the water was being pump
ed out a volume of smoke suddenly
issued from the mouth. The pumping
was stopped, and the NINE will be re-
flooded.
The prolonged drought is proving
disastrous to vegetation in Lancaster
county, Penna. Unless abundant rains
fall 10 the crops, it is feared, will b
a total failure.
The President on the 25th nominal
| ted Daniel j. Moore to be Assistant
Appraiser at New York; Truman II.
Allan, Pension Agent at San Fracisco,
in place of Henry Cox, suspended: and
the following to be Customs Collectors:
Peter +. Coghiil, for Petersburg, Vir-
ginia; Benjamin r. Tate, for New Lon
don; Bradley B. Smalley, for Vermont
Oliver Kelley, for Perth Amboy, New
Jersey; and Theadore d. Jervy, for
Charleston, South Carolina.
General Miles left Camp Supply,
Indian Territory, on the Goth for Fort
Leavenworth. Eight troops of cavalry
will be stationed along the Kansas bOr-
der for some time to come to give con-
fidence to the settlers. Four troops OF
cavalry and three of infantry will re-
main at Camp Supply. The garrisons
of Forts Reno and Elliott will be REIN
forced.
"A telegram from Chicago reports
that William Starr, treasurer of the
Bricklayers and Stonemasons' Union Is
missing and $4,000 short in his accounts.
He was reelected two weeks ago.
John Fangman, his wife and three
year-old son have died of trichinosis in
Baltimore. A daughter is in a danger
GUS condition from the same disease.
The infected pork was eaten on the 10th
of May. A ~five-year-old daughter of
DR.. u. K. Wiley, of Baltimore, died on
the 25th from the effects of morphine,
put up by a drug clerk in a mistake for
quinine.
In New York on the Goth, the
highest marking of the thermometer
was ninety-four degrees, at $50 IN the
afternoon. Twenty-one cases of heat
stroke, including tour deaths, were re-
ported. A thunder shower in the even
ing cooled the atmosphere.
The President contemplated leay
ing Washington August LIST upon his
vacation, but the death of General
Grant has changed his programme. He
will not begin his vacation until after
the funeral.
The charges made against Post
master Jones, of Indianapolis, haye been
referred by the President to the Civil
Service Commission, and Commissioner
Thorman and Chief Examiner Lyman
have gone to Indianapolis to investigate
the matter. Jones was appointed at
the instance of Vice President Hen
bricks.
Sunday nights storm, the Goth,
was very severe in Lancaster county,
Pa. Corn and tobacco fields were bad
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