The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

A telegram from Blsmark ssys the
eports Of restitution in North Dakota
.re greatly exaggerated. There 10
,ome suffering In Rodney and Kelso
counties, shut, aside from these locali-
les, 1t is difficult to locate any one IN
actual want" and there Is nothing In
the situation to justify the report that
q famine exists 10 Dakota"
-GeoTse A. Bracket, who has just
returned to Minneapolis from an ex-
tended trip in Ramsay county, North
Dakota, says that he failed to find q
family that was really In need OF the
necessaries Of life. He believes that
the people In that section are suffering
nole from mortgage sharks than from
allure of crops. He says that they
are compelled to ray from 80 TO 100
Der cent. per annum for loans. He
proposes a trust company, to loan
money at 10 per cent. pei annum.
in a drunken brawl between Hun.
gsiian labOrers on the Central Rail.
road of New Jersey, on the outskirts Of
Wilkestarre, Pa, on the evening oil
the 3lst ult., knives e freely used.
A dozen Of the participants were
slightly wounded, and three or foul
so severely that their lives are despsired
of. A number Of arrests have been
made.
An attempt was made on the
evening Of the 31st slt., to wreck q
Grand Rapids and Indiana passenger
train near MantOn, Michigan. A guard
rail had been pIied up and blocked q
foot above the track, and the train ra1
into 1t at full speed. Every car except
the baggage car left the track and
ploughed through soft sand for . dis
lance Of several rods. The passengers
were badly shaken up, but no one was
dangerously injured.
Earthquake shocks were felt al
Cairo and Jacksonville, Illinois, VI Lie
o'clock on the morning of the %, and
at st. Louis at 2 O'Clock. Houses were
shaken and windows ratified, but nc
damage was done. At Cairo the vlbra.
was accompanied by "a low report. ,
The boiler In the new grist mill Of Il.
Phelps, ear Frenchburg, Kentucky,
exploded on the "a. killing three men
one OF them the son OF the proprietor.
Two others were injured. Julia Nc
Dewitt was suffocated by gas from q Goa
stove In Emmittsburg, Maryland. on
the ~. by the premature explosion
Of u blast In Barbour county. West
Virginia, on the %, George and Frank
Wiseman were killed, and Alexander
Oldacre was fatally injured.
"A statement issued by the Treas
ury Department shows that during tht
month OF October there was q net In
crehse OF 50, l03. 100 In the circulation
and a net decrease Of $40, 647 In thu
money and bullion In the Treasury
The increase In the circulation was Ii
standard silver dollars amounting Il
s2.64i $50; in gold certificates. "a 26t,
$50; In national bank notes, e3,oC8, 7b7
In subsidiary silver, S959, $40, and II
United States notes, $500, 900. Their
was q decrease Of $3.50, 844 In ths cirou
lation OF gold coin and q decrease o
S2.067 oil In the National Bank cIrcu
lation. The total circulation Novem
Der II is stated at $i,4tl. l2l. 100, AMI
tue money and the button 10 III
Treasury at s648, $40. l24.
While snslff r5polds, "
Holmes and Eun Midd1etou ~
taking eight A he Indians and On
Mexican 10 MI Yuma Penitentiary
In Arizona, on morning Of the "a
the two former pre- killed BY thei
n-ryso,ar. nanr q .rside and M,ddle