The Penn's Grove record., 1886-03-13
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The Supreme Court of Ohio o the
4th affirmed the decision of the i wer
Court in refusing to grant a VIII. OF
habeas corpus in the case of Daniel j.
Dalton, Of Cincinnati, held for con-
tempt by the House of Representatives.
The third and last sale of the pic.
lures collected by Mrs, Morgan in New
York, took place on the 9Th. the so
pictures sold bringing S4S7, 925. The
total brought by the sales Turing the
three evenings was SS85,300, or about
$3.50, 600 less than the collection cost
their late owner. The highest price
paid on the 9th was for jules Breton's
'C0mmunicants"-S45, 600.
The chess championship game at
New Orleans on the 9TH, was won by
ZukertoTt, his antagonist resignlng ON
the seth move. The next game will be
played on the 18th instant.
The Governor of Massachusetts,
has written to the Attorney General
asking that the many open ~violators of
the lottery fraud be prosecuted. Or.
ders to that effect have been given
to the prosecuting officers throughout
the State.
The jury in the case Of Holland,
the Texan, charged with the murder of
Davis III New York, on the 9TH returned
a verde. of not guilty.
The Massachusetts, House of Rep
resentatives, by a vote of 100 to 80, has
passed u bill providing for weekly pay.
ments of employees. The Committee
on Woman Suffrage will report bills
allowing women to vote in all munich
pal elections and on the license ques-
ton.
The Legislature of Iowa on the 9Th
unanimously adopted a resolution c22
demning U. S. Senator Wilson's bill to
double fourth class postage
One hundred and twenty Chinese
who hoi been wood chopping and
grazing near Mount Tabor, five miles
east of Portland, Oregon, were driven
out before daylight on Friday morning
by a mob of over sixty masked white
men. The Chinese were placed on a
f~erryboat and sent to Portland.
Frank Humphreys, a respectable
farmer, has been arrested near Mill
~edgeVille, Georgia, on the charge of
having assaulted and murdered two
young women, one his niece, the other
his slster-in-law, on the 4th.
The lighthouse on Sand Point,
Michigan, was burned on the 9TH, and
the keeper, Mrs. Mary G. Terry, per-
ished in the flames.
The State Department has been In
formed ''Ihat affairs are quiet on the
Samoan Islands, and that the recent
report of an attempt on the part of
Germany to seize the islands arose
from a purely private controversy be-
tween the German Consul and the
local authorities"
Near Port Townsend, Washington
Territory, a few days ago, two rufians
attacked an inoffensive Chinaman,
and, after beating his head against the
rocks and fearfully m~altreating him,
tore his queue out by the roots and
eft him for dead"
Samuel Johnson, alias ''Mingo
jack colored, was taken from the
jail at Eatontown, New Jersey, on the
9th, and lynched by persons unknown.
He had assaulted and nearly killed the
daughter of a farmer in the neighbor-
hood. The dead rufiian was about 65
years Of age and had q bad reputation.
The House Committee on Levees
and Improvements of the Mississippi
River has agreed to report f~avorably a
bill approprlating 100000 for the
repair of the Mississippi levees.
The Senate of Mississippi on the
9th passed Il local option bill from the
House. with some amendments.
The trial of Samuel johnson, at
Media, Penna., for the killing OF John
S~harpless, resulted on the 9th in a YER
diet of murder in the, first degree. HIS
council moved a new trial, and the
motion will be argued on the first Mon.
day in April.
On the Sth the President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate
Samuel f. Wheatly, of the District of
Columbia. to be Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, vice James B.
Edmunds, whose time has expired.
NJ. o.. King, of Texas, to be Secretary
of Legation and Consul General of the
United States at Bogota. Rule
Letcher, of Missouri, to be Consul of
the United States at Rio Grande de
Sui.
Postmasters--Jsmes 7. Wall, at
Methuen, Mass; Charles j. Porter,
at Bethel, Conn; Henry Van Scoy at
Kingston, Pa, John T. Iron, at Paris,
Tenn. Albert IL. Seeley, al Rushville,
ILL.,; Henry w. Clendenin, at Spring
field, Ill; Frank A. Desert, at Macon
City, Mo; Andrew j, Shakespear, at
Kalamazoo, Mich; George A. j. Moss,
at Pawnee City, Neb.; Charles NJ. Will
son, at Tecumseh, Neb.; Joseph ;.
Booth. at Missoula. Mont.
The death, Of Senator Miller, of
| California, on the Sth, was not unex-
pected as he has been hopelessly i'll all
| winter. His successor will be a Demo-
crat, as Governor Stoneman, Of Cali
fornla, a Democrat, will have the power
of appointing his successor. The Call
fornia Legislature is Republican but
will not meet again unless called In
extra session.
News was received In Tombstone,
Arizona, on the It'll, of a recent attack
bv Apaches on a party oftravellers near
Nocosaia, Sonora. Two Of the travellers
were killed. The Indians then went to
William Browns mine and killed
Brown and James Moser. They then
stole eighty horses from settlers near
san Pedro and went towards the noun
tains. These Indians are believed to
belong to Geronimo's band.
when Baby was sick, we gave her Cntots,
When shs was . Child. she cried for Castoris,