The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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pneumonia, on a farm near Masonville,
Lancaster county, Penna., were killed
on the 10th, by order of the authori-
ties.
The Boston Block, in Minneapolis.
Minnesota, was burned on the 18th,
The loss is estimated at about SO 5000
divided as follows: Building, $4,000
P~ost-ofice, $500; Miller Brothers, hard
ware, 500, 900; tenants in offices, S75,.
600. The total insurance approximates
$500, 600, of which $4,000 is on the
building,
Isaac T0mpkins, a prominent mer-
chant of Windsor, New York, hanged
himself in his barn on the 18th. He
was insane.
john Wagner, a farmer, of Lin
coin, Wisconsin, OF the 18th, killed
James Moe, with whom he quarrelled
about some land. A mob surrounded
Wagner's house and threatened to
lynch him, w%hereupon he committed
suicide. At Mahanoy City, Penna., on
the 18th, j. w. Brown, a painter, shot
and mortally wounded his wife and
then attempted suicide, but only slight
ly wounded himself. Jealousy was the
cause.
1t is reported from Portland, Oregon
that "letters were received by the last
Chinese mail by agents of the Six Com
panies stating that an English, Ger
man and Chinese syndicate had entered
into a contract with the Mexican Gov
eminent, whereby the syndicate agreed
to send 100000 Chinese to Mexico
within the next twelve months. The
Mexican Government agrees to give
each Ch1naman twenty acres of land"
Sixty Cinnamon left Portland last week
for Mexico, and Others are now pre-
pairing to leave.
Captain Crowell, of the steamer
Norman, at Boston on the 18th, re-
ports: april 10th, at s A. NJ, passed
a sunken wreck with spars six feet out
of wafer. The wreck bears n. E.
three-quarters L. As miles from Barne-
gat, and south 80 miles from Fire Is.
land.''
The steamer Europa, which ground
ed off Quogue. Long Island, on the 4th
inst. was hauled off on the 18th, patch
ed up and sent to New York.
The local option election at West
Point, Virginia, on the 18th, drew ont
the largest vote aver polled there, With
one exception, and resulted in a ma
jority of 46 against license.
"A diver who examined the sunken
steamer Oregon on the 1lth last ascer-
tanned that beyond question her sink
ing was caused by a collision.n Ten
feet below the main deck and about
twenty forward of the bridge there is
a hole in the vessels side, the iron
plates being crushed in. The hole
is six feet deep by three in breadth at
the widest point. The steamer is bro-i
ken IN two. Lightship No. 20 has been
placed to mark the wreck. She Is
schooner rugged, with day marks, and
will show a red and a white light
at night. She is about 600 yards to the
eastward of the wreck IN 20t fathOms
of water. Vessels should pass to the
southwark of her. as the wreck of the
Hylton Castle lies between her and the
shore.
The Senate OH the 18th confirmed
j. IL. Oberly, of Illinois, and Charles
lyman, of Connecticut, to be Civil
Service Commissioners; A. L. Gordon,
u. s. Marshal for New Jersey; John A.
McClernan, member Of the Board of
Registration and Election in Utah; S.
n. Stockslager, of Indiana, Assistant
| Commissioner of the General Land
Office; NJ. j.. Mccormack, Secretary
for Dakota, and the following post
masters for Pennsylvania: j. S. Nc
Kean. at Morcer; j. NJ. Hughes, at
Braddock; N. a. Elliott, at Mansfield;
Z. w. Macarthur, at Meadville, and j.
w. Brophy, at Mount Carmel.
-Genelal Miles arrived at Fort
| Bowie, Arizona, on the 18th. He says
he will pursue the hostile Indians until
they are killed or captured.
"A cream separator IN a butter fac
tory rear Harvard, Illinois, burst on
the 18th, killing One man and iniuring
three others. One Of the latter is not
expected to ecover. The centripetal
cream separator in the Big Foot Cream
cry at Elk Horn, Wisconsin, burst on
the 18th, killing one man, mortally
wounding a 10y, AMI causing severe
injuries to several other persons,
The Oriental Hotel and several aa-
dining buildings in Mcmillan, Wiscon-
n, were burned on the 18th, Tie