The Penn's Grove record., 1886-01-23
NEWS OF THE EEh.

Admiral Porter is reported much
better in health. and considered out Of
danger.
The Dauphin County Court at
Harrisburg, Pa, on the 10Th decided
the South Pennsylvania and Beech
Creek Railroad injunction cases. con
tinuIng the injunction as to the Penn
~sylvanIa Company in both cases, and
as TO the Pennsylvania Company and
Bedford and Bridgeport Company in
the South Pennsylvania cases. As to
all others in that case 1t is dissolved.
In the Beech Creek case 1t is continued
as to the Pennsylvania and Northern
Central Railway Companies, and dis
solved as to all others. The Pennsyl-
vania Company will appeal.
Miss Catharine L. Bayard, the
eldest daughter of the Secretary of
State, was to have assisted Miss Cleye-
land, the Presidents sister, at her
afternoon reception in the Executive
Mansion on the 18th. When Miss Anne
BayaId called Miss Catharine, about
two O'Clock, to prepare for this duty.
the silence of death was the response to
the voice OF that sister. The funeral
will take place on the 10Th at 2 p. NJ.
in the Old SWedes' Church, in Will
mington, Del. 1t will be attended by
Mr.. Bayard, his two younger Ons and
his s%On-in-law, Mr.. Samuel ID. Warren,
of Boston. Only the male members of
the family and male friends will be
present at the ~obsequles The burial
will be made IN the CemetaTy adjoining
the church
The revenue of the Dominion of
Canada for the first six months of the
present fiscal year amounted Sl4 49,
704, while tie expenditure reached
ST., $40, S54, leaving a deficit of S2,Sl5,-
$50. There was a surplus OF 81, 1885,
963 for the corresponding period of the
preceding year. The expenditures for
the past six months show an increase OF
s., 71O, O44, while the revenue has di-
minished 81, 300, 789.
The Postmaster General has re-
fused a Sunday delivery of the mails
in Baltimore, ''out of respect to the
moral sense of the commuI$. +" and
because she can see no necessity for a
Sunday delivery"
1t was said at the White House on
the 10th that the vacancy in the office
of Assistant Treasurer of New York
would be filled in a few days.
The Secretary of the Navy has d.
rected that a vessel of the Pacific Sta
tion be sent to the Samoan Islands.
1t is Tumored in Ottawa that Sir
| Tohn Macdonald an biS ratuTD tn IAN.
ada, Will grant a fnll and unconditional
pardon 10 all political prisoners in the
Northwest.
Shortly before half. past eleven.
O'Clock on the 18th, two distinct earth
quake shocks were felt throughout
Rockland county, New York. In Ny
ack the shocks were heavy enough to
shake pictures from the walls and break
the ice in the river along the shore.
The local election in Knoxville was
held on the 10Th. 1t resulted in the
re election of J. e. Luttrel, Democrat,
for Mayor, 10y 433 majority. while Is.
ham Young. Republican, was chosen
Chairman of the Board of Public
Works by 52S majority. Out of nine
Aldermen elected six are Democrats
and three Republicans. Rain fell al
day, and only 1850 votes were polled.
James Condor, brother of one of
the candidates, shot and dangerously
wounded John CLilds at the polls.
Both had pistols,
Rear Admiral Franklin, command
ing the European Squadron, reports to
the Navy Department that the Pensaco-
la, the Quinnebaug and the kearsarge
are under orders to proceed TO Naples.
He says that "a large number of res
ident and travelling Americans visited
the ships at Villefranche, and seemed
to be very much gratiaed at seeing the
American flag in foreign waters, which
is "A rather unusual sight in the present
low state of the American merchant
mMiue.n
The steam tug Modoc burst her
boiler at Pittsburg on the 18th killing
Joseph Davis, the pilot, and dangerous
ly iDjurlng Mattl ew Higgids, the fire.
man. and JEFF" Evans, the captain.
Peter Roth and his nephew, Abra.
ham Roth, were struck by an engine
while driving across the railroad at
SellerSville, Penna,, on the 1Sthi and
the young man vas killed. His I'M
Gle was dangerously injured. Abraham
was married ON the l6.h.s
The fourth game of chess in the
championship contest Uetweeu Messrs.
Zukertort and Steinilz was played IN
New York on the 18th. 1t was won
by Zukertort, who has now three
games, SteinitZ having won II
The safe in the office of the Trfa-
surer Of Lawrence county. Penna.. at
Newcastle. was blown open on the
18th. and robbed Of $500 IN money,
$4,000 in notes and $500 In county
warrants. The notes were the per-
,nnal property of Deputy Treasurer
Shaffer. payable to his order, and are
of no value to anybody else. The war
rants were signed. but, as they had all
been recorded, they also are worthless.
The Navy Department was on the
18th lnforme that Comm ander Hay
ward died at Alexandra, Egypt on
the 10th.
The New York Assembly ON the
18th adopted resolutions in favor OF the
passage by Congress of 1.-THE act grant
ing a moderate pension to every hon
orably discharged solder and sailor en-
gagged in the late war" The Assembly
resolved itself into Committee Of tile
Whole, and, after some eulogies had
been pronounced. adopted appropriate
r. solutions on the death of General
Grant.
The Legislature of Kansas met on
the 18th, in extra session, but many
members were absent owing to the
snow blockade on the railroads. In
the Senate, Miss Ella Miller, of Leav-
enworth, was elected Journal Clerk.
The Maryland Legislature on the
10Th, reelected a. T.. German, Demo
crat, to be u. 5. Senator. In the SEN
ate he received 81 votes TO 4 for Nc
Comas, Republican; in the House 79l
votes 10 10 for McComas.
The members of the Dakota de-
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