The Penn's Grove record., 1886-02-20
OF THE WEEK

dairy products during the nine months
which ended on January 3lst, was SS,-
977 ,3j4, against $l3, 2U0, $40 during the
corresponding period Of the preceding
year.
John Cokely, the s~elf-cOnfessed
murderer of John Sharpless, turns ont
to be a crank" He was serving a
term in the Delaware county jail when
the murder was committed, 1t is sup
posed that he Confessed the murder
at Allentown in order to get free trans
~portation to Chester.
The Senate Of Kentucky has
passed a bill establishing a whipping
post for wife-beaters; also a bill con-
demning all diseased cattle in the State,
| appointing a cattle inspector, and ap-
propriating $4,000 for the purchase of
condemned cattle.
The funeral Of general Hancock
took place on the 18th, the funeral SER
vices being held in Trinity Church,
New York. After the services the
body was taken to jersey City and
thence on the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
to Norristown, where it was inferred.
Everywhere thousands of people watch
tn lut DOlGilu DlOtNDDAOIs dhu III CD-
sequies were attended by delegations
from military associations and by DIS
tinguished citizens. The pall-bearers
were General w. 7. Sherman, SeCTe-
tary Bayard, Lieutenant General Sher-
idan, Major Generals Schofeld, Frank
lin and Smith, Brigadler Generals
Terry, Miles, Fry, Wilcox and Walker,
Major d. w. Miller. B. NJ. Hartshorne
and Colonel Finley Anderson. Among
those present at the services were sena-
tor Evarts, General Daniel L. Sickles,
Roger A. Pryor, Hamilton Fish, John
Jacob Astor, George w. Childs, A. j.
Drexel, j. W. Drexel, ex.Chief Justice
DAILY. General Lloyd Aspinwall, DR..
James McCosh, Jesse Seligman, Gen
eral N. p. Banks, John Jay, General
Henry w. Slocum, General Henry y.
Barnum, Henry Bergh, John Hoey,
Algernn 5. Sullivan and Rev. DIR.
Newman.
Dennis Mccarthy, State Senator
and ex- Congressman. died in Syracuse,
New York, on the 18th.
The condition of Henry Waiter
son, who is sick in Louisville, was re-
ported very critical On the 14th. His
allment is acute meningitis.
John b. ManDix, ex-assignee of
the estate of Archbishop Purcell, was
arrested in Cincinnati on the 18th on a
charge of having embe2Zled $3.50, 900 of
the estate. He was committed in de-
fault of $4,000 bail. Some time ago
an examination into MannIX's manage
ment of the affairs of the Archbishop's
pgtnta rpxrnnial tIn foot thDt a lNTrn
sum had Eeen lost IN purchase of stock
which afterward deprecated in price.
Disastrous floods are reported
throughout New England, in conse-
quence of the heavy rains. The total
rainfall at Boston was nearly six inches
in two days, and the Old Stony Brook
was swelled beyond its bounds, mum
dating a section of the city about half
a square mile in extent to a depth of
from three to nine feet. Six hundred
houses were damaged to an extent
estimated az over $1,000 600, and mill
and other property to an extent OF
about $l35, 600 more. The damage to
other portions of New England, through
the breaking of dams, flooding of streets,
etc, will reach hundreds of thousands
of dollars at the lowest estimate, and
may mount into the millions. In
Franklin, Mass, alone, there is a loss
of Owe $780, o0.
The U. S. Senate on the 18th con
lirmed a large number of nominations,
but determined not TO notify tn
President or make them public until
the following executive session, in
order to give an opportunity for recon-
sideratior." Among them were Rich
ard Sinnott, Surveyor of Customs at
New Orleans; S. Taylor. Naval Officer.
and Robert A. Thompson, Appraiser,
at San Francisco; A. {. Campbell, u.
S. Attorney for Wyoming; NJ. =. Jones,
U. S. Attorney for Western Louisiana;
and the following U. S. Marshals; Co.
lumbus Sehon, for West Virginia;
Francis II. West, Eastern Wisconsin,
Joseph j. Iylns, Eastern Tennessee;
Ii. Bum, Northern New York;
A. G.. Gibson, Western Louisiana;
w. G. Briggs, Northern Florida. The
following Pennsylvania Postmasters
were also confirmed Augustus
Canton; j. II. Moore, Mon
ongahela; James Mckinney, Sus-
quehanna; William McFarlan, Down
III IL AldAll4NO IttSOhb AtlAittAAOt
City; S. p. Vindt, Shenandoah; j.. II.
Hutchinson, Hazleton; W. +. Logan,
Willlamsport; Homer c. Balr, Punk
sutAwney; Isaac Horton. Northeast;
G. T Herman, BethlehemIJ II. Palmer,
Muncy; j.. e. Eichholdz, Sunbury;
James Drury, Bristol; j. II. Dobbins,
Bellefonle; F. II, Plat, Tunkhannock;
j. L. Ragen, Sandy Lake; Wm. c.
Schultze, Reynoldsville; J. b. Shole,
McKeesport, VIM. Strohmeier, Ash
land; J. Z. Taylor, Dubois; Il. 5. Wag-
ner, Bangor; Alex. Wentz, Mechanics
burg, John McWilliams, CoateSville,
A. NJ. Dick, West Newton; F. =.
Crotzer, Nanticoke; Thomas Chalfant,
Danville; ID. Z. Boyer, Tamaqua; ii. 5.
BenLer, Gettysburg; ). Il. Bennett,
P~ittston; NJ ID. Baker, Uniontown.
A number of Combinations were made
on The l4th, bat these remain under the
injunction of secrecy.
Great excitement IS reported among
the people on and about the cattle
range of the Kansas and New Mexico
Cattle Company, in northwestern New
Mexico and southwestern Colorado,
because Of the killing and wOunding OF
Mexican sheep herderS by cowboys en-
plo,ed by the cattle company. Cover
nor Ross, of New Mexico, has offered
rewards ranging from 500 to $500 for
the capture of the perpetrators of the
o~utrages. The Governor has replied to
a communication from E. Carlisle,
President Of the company, that 1.-The
testimony of Carlisle's W employees,
taken recently in a police COURT showed
conclusiyely that they were the
agpressors, " The Governor also Tecites
that in the trial of some of the COW
boys for murder their acquittal was
brought about By the terroIizlng of the
CONT and witnesses by their armed
companions. The managers OF the
company, two brothers named Carlisle,
are said to be unnaturalized English
men, and il is believed they VIII appeal
to the British Minister.
-ArchblshOp COTrigan, OF New