The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Guilty now IS the rel uSal OF the strikers
whose places have already been filed.
The President on the LIST signed the
act for the appointment of an Acting
Assistant Treasurer.
Mayor Rhoads, of Wilmington,
Delaware, who has been suffering from
the effects Of a fall from his carriage on
March 4th, became worse on the 31st
ult, e~rysipelas having set in, 1t was
thought his end was near.
The base ball season at Washing.
ton opened on the I'd with a game be-
tween the National Club of that city
and the Metropolitan of Staten Island.
Score; Metropolitan, 8; National, 4.
"A caucus of u. S. Senators was
held on the ID to consider the policy to
be pursued in regard to nominations.
No action was taken, but it is said that
more than a majority Of the speakers
incidentally expressed themselves in
favor of open executive sessions.
The river at Chattanooga, Tennes.
see, reached a point 81 feet above low
water mark on the I'd. and a large por-
ton of the city was under water. The
number Of people driven from their
homes is estimated at 5000. a man
and child were reported drowned in the
morning. Washouts on the railroads
have virtually cut off the city from out
side communication, except by tele-
graph. The tributary streams above
began falling.
-Four inches OF SNOW fell on the
I'd at Cincinnati, and rains fell along
the Upper Ohio. Many cellars were
flooded, and men were busy removing
goods from threatened points. The
mills along the Licking river are closed.
The War Department on the I'd
issued a general order assigning Major
General Scholleld to the Division of the
Atlantic; Major General Terry to the
Division Of the Missouri, and Major
General Howard to the Division of the
Pacific. Brigadier General Crook was
on the Cd, at his own request, relieved
from comDland Il. the Department
Ief Arizona, and assigned TO Tine 'DepIfu'
ment of the Platte. Brigadler General
Miles has been assigned to the Depart
ment of Arizona.
John Baxter, Judge of the Sixth
U. s. Circuit Court, died on the I'd al
Hot Springs, Arkansas, after a few
hours illness. He was G7 years of age.
He was appointed by President Hayes
"A strike begun by the boys in the
dipping room of the Diamond Match
Works at Akron, Ohio, for an increase
of wages, has extended until rs en-
plOyes are involved and the works are
not able to run in all departments.
"A telegram from Youngstown.
| Ohio, says the engineers on the Pitts,
burg and Lake Erie Railroad have
asked that their pay be advanced from
1925 to 81 per round trip, and that OF
the lremen from $3.50 to 50.
Lieutenant Taison arrived at Fort
Bowie, Arizona, on the I'd, with 81
Apache prisoners, among them the
troublesome Chiefs chihuahua, Mana,
Kutne, and Josona. Chihuahua, at a
''pow-woW" with General Crook on
the Sd, said Il know l have com
mltted many outrages, but Geronimo
is to blame for all. He forced US OFF
the reservation by lies. | don't think
he will come IL now. | have thrown
away my arms and am not afraid :;
must die sometime. Ii you punish too
hard, you and your officers have fami-
lies and love them much. So have L.
Secretary Manning had much inn
proved on the 4th, that it was expected
he would be able to sit up in a few days.
Secretary Lamar and Attorney Gene
raj Garland are almost entirely recov-
cred.
Traffic was resumed on the 4th, on
all the street car lines in Pittsburg ex-
cept the Oakland, the officers of which
have not yet signed the agreement.
The Lieutenant Governor of New
Brunswick has approved an act confer
ring municipal suffrage on women who
pay a certain amount of taxes.
The Planters Hotel in st. Louis
was damaged by fire early on the I'd in
that portion occupied by the domestics.
Four girls persisted by suffocatiou.
"A telegram from Scranton says
that General Master Workman Pow
derby is in a precarious condition, and
will be unable to attend to any work
for Il long time. His physicians Ill
not permit him to know what Is gong
on in labor matters, and have give n
strict orders to allow no correspondent
to see him.
DIR. ". II. Boyd, in Jail at Cam
den, Arkansas, for horse stealing, is
wanted for other offences IN various
parts Of that State and Texas. L e
has confessed that he married eleven
wives since 1862, and given a list of
their names with the times and places
in which he espoused them.
The Metropolitan Base Ball Club
Of New York, again defeated the Nh
tional IN Washington on the Sd. Scol e,
6 to 2.
Recorder Smythe, II New York,
has called the especial attention Of the
new Grand Jury to the fact that, while
several persons holding public Offices
have been indicted for receiving brihes,
no one has yet been indicted for bribing
them. He thinks 1.-THE bribers We're
worse than those bribed,
The Supreme Court Of the United
States on the 9th, affirmed the constitu-
tionality Of the tax on tobacco intended
for export.
The President on the 9th noml-
mated Caleb w, West, of Kentucky, to
be Governor of Utah; Job IL, Lippin-
colt, u. 5. Attorney for New Jersey
Louis d. Beylind, of Pennsylvania,
Consul at Kingston, Jamaica; l.. j.
Dufore, Of Alabama, Consul at San
salvador; ], G. Legare, of Louisiana,
Consul at Tampico; Moses II. Sawyer,
of Connecticut, Consul ut Trinidad
Charles +. Young, Postmaster at
Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Thomas
fill, Postmaster at IIaddoniield, New
Jersey.
Governor Foraker ON the 5tl
issued q proclamation designating
April 25th as Arhor Day in Ohio.
The naval evolutions at Key West