The Penn's Grove record., 1886-01-30
NEWS OFTNE EEK

-Dorman b. Eaton on the 23d sent
to the President a letter offering his
resignation as Civil Service Commits
sioner, TO take effect on the 9th Of
March.
james T. Farley. ex.U. S. Senator
from California, died on the 21st, aged
So years. He was a native of Virginia,
but removed with his parents to CALI
fornia, where he adopted the profession
of the law. He was elected TO the
State Assembly IN 1854, and became
Speaker the following year. He was
State Senator from 1860 to 1868.
1t is reported from Monterey that
General Trevino has been appointed
Mexican Minister to Spain, and ex-
President Gonzales Mexican Minister
to France.
Joseph Rankin, Representative in
Congress from the Fifth District of
Wisconsin, died on the oath in Wash
lngtOE.
The annual election for directors of
the Baltimore Corn and Flour EX-
change, held on the 25th, resulted in
the choice of the following Edison M.
Schriver, Henry A. l'arr, Robert 5.
Fowler, George T. Kenly, Samuel r.
George, Hiram G.. Dudley, George w.
Titlow, Charles d. Reid, Joseph b.
Foard, Edwin Reese, A. Henry Nelker,
Edward G. Head, Alexander J. Godby,
George Frame, John IL. Girvin.
President Cleveland, accompanied
by Secretary Whitney and Senator Cor
man. went to Baltimore on the 25th,
and attended the Charity Ball in that
city in the evening.
The Senate IN executive session on
the 25th, confirmed Charles J. Canda
to be Assistant Treasurer at New York;
John S. McCalmont, of Pennsylvania,
Commissioner of Customs, and William
NJ. Kimball Postmaster at Lebanon,
Penna.
The President on the 25th nomin-
ated William II. Parker, of the District
of Columbia, to be Minister and Consul
General to Corea.
The tosal collections of interna
revenue during the first six months of
the fiscal year were sos, 549, GIL. an IN
crease of 81, 1929, 464, compared with tie
collections during the same period of
the last fiscal year. There wa an in
crease of S676,57 on spirits, an increase
of $3.50. SOS on tobacco, and an increase
of S437,S01 on fermented liquors,
and a decrease of S74,475 on miscell-
aneous items. The receipts during
December, 1885, were S556,24 greater
than the receipts during December,
1884.
DR.. Weber, Inspector of Diseased
Cattle in York County, Penna., on the
18th visited the herd of Samuel G..
Hoke, of Spring Grove and found 10
head of cattle suffering from pleuro-
pneumonia. The held from which the
cattle were Lought came from Baltii-
more, and the remainder. were sold in
Adams Comfy.
The Deputy Attorney General at
Harrisburg on HE 25th submitted to
Judge Sim0Htau a form of decree of the
Court's" judgment in the Beech Creek
and South Pennsylvania Railroad cases,
with the exception of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The matter is in
the hands of the Court, and it is inn
possible to speculate on its conclusions.
Governor Lloyd, of Maryland, was
installed on the 2lst in presence of both
Houses of the Legislature. He said
in his address that he believed in the
appointment of men of capacity and of
the same political views as the admins
tration under which they serve"
The Senate on the 2lst confirmed
Lambert Tree to be Minister to Bel
nj ~. MIN r1ag II tnoah AIfn;nfnp 20
Columbia, and Edward II. Strobel, Sc
cretaTy CT Legation at Madrid.
One Of the severest storms ever
known On the Pacific coast began on
the 18th, and reached It's height on the
10Th. There was al almost continu-
rus fall of rain and snow, the storm
crossing the country from the northern
boundary of Washington Territory to
the southern boundary of California,
and from the ocean to the Rocky noun
tains. The wind at San Francisco
reached a maximum velocity of eighty
two miles per hour. Fences, trees,
awnings sheds, signs, smoke stacks
and church steeples were blown down
and houses were unToofed. Some build.
ings were partly demolished, and two
women were dangerously, perhaps fat
ally, injured by the fall OF a dwelling.
Telegraphic communication was inter-
rupted, and there were washouts on
the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The State Agricultural Society in
session at Harrisburg on the Goth elec.
ted the following officers; President A.
Wilhelm; Vice President, William NJ.
Singerly; Secretaries, D. w. Searles and
Elbridge McConkey; Treasurer, j..
Il. Rutherford.
The State Fruit Growers Asso.
citation, III session at Reading, Pa, on
the 2lst, elected the following officers {:
President. Calvin Cooper, of Bird IN
Hand, Lancaster County; Vice Pres.
idents, Josiah Hopes, of West Chester,
II. NJ. Englo, of Marietta; Edwin Sat
terthwaite, of Jenkintown; Recording
Secretary, E. b. Engle, of Waynes-
boro; Corresponding Secretary, w. z,
Brinton, of Chrlstiana; Treasurer,
George b. Thomas, of West Chester.
Judge Harry White was arrested
ON the 2lst in Indiana, Penna., IN the
charge Of forgery preferred by his
brother, who Is contesting his mothers
will, of which the Judge is executor
and principal beneficiary. Judge White
served two terms in Congress, was a
member of the Pennsylvania State
Constitution.
AT Youngstown, Ohio on the Dist
all explosion of melted metal in the
mills of Brown, Bonnell & Co. scatter
ed debris in every direction and hurled
iron through the roof. John Wallace
a blacksmith, was badly burned and
will probably die. Two other men
were slightly burned.
Nine cowboys visited Burlington,
Texas, on the Goth. got drunk and
amused themselves by ''fring into
windows and acting like savages."
Finally a deputy sheriff, with a posse,
drove the rullans from the town after
killing four of them, named Jackson,
WImms, Tumble, and Hartley.
The Supreme Court of Missouri on
the 26th, rendered a decision which pro-
hibits the Circuit Court in St. LOUIS
from trViup the contested M~aVoraltv