, 1881-10-02
HOME GATHERINGS.

| AN OUTRAGEOUS AND CRIMINAL ACTION.
Shortly before O'Clock yesterday morning
the steam barge Maine entered tho mouth o
| the river and started up for her dock on th,
South Branch When the Steam m-bargc 80
| through Rush street bridge it WINS 6 o'clock tth,
! morning hour for closing the bridge. The Cap
tain Of the Maine wild, by name, and. us cir
| cumstances shnw, wild by naturcl blew for thu
] Clark street bridge draw TO open. Tho bridge
tender paid no attention to the signal, the "rcl
| ball beng up and the city ordinance providing
! thnt he should keep his bridge closed till
] O'clock. When within few feet Of the
bridge the Captain OF the MIME stopped
! his boat, waited two or three minutes
! and thon called out to tho brtdgctender tc
know whethor he intended to open tho bridge
! aud let his bout through, The bridgetender re-
| piled that it was ten minutes pns1 O'Clock and
| the ordinance forbade him to do SO. Capt Wild
then moved his boat np SO that her bow rested
| against tho bruge and told tho hridgetcuder
| that il he did not open the draw and let him
pass he would push it open. The bridgctender
still refusing to open the bridge land 1t was his
duty to so refuse) Capt Wild rang tho stgua1 to
his engineer to go ahead. Tho result was
that both locks Of the bridge
were broken the draw commenced
to swing. buggy containing two
sons Of John McManon, OF No. JOS East Chicago
avenue, Il wcll-known contractor, were crossing
Tue prlugc III the time. Inc morse, n Spirited
one. pccate frightened, and began to plunge
and rcar. The young men, approaching their
danger, jumped out Of tho buggy, aud the frun-
tic horse reached the sidewalk Oh the south up
proacb Just us the bridge was clearing the abut-
1ncnt. The horse, further frightened, jumped
over the railing, hung moment. when the har
buggy, in II d!iapldutcd condition, remained OIL
tho bridge. The horse, after swimming up and
rc's1a "wn th9 h river YER for tine vas iinuliy
much SO that it hlu to he closed I'LL but foot
passengers The conduct OF tho Captain Of tho
Main: was most outrageous and criminal, aud
the authorities will be dcrclict in their duty if
they do not. i'll addition to making tho boat nay
fur tue ,ialnage to the bridge. prosecute him
luck ti,at the lives Of tho two McMahons were
not sacrificed by the criminal act Of tho master
81 th1 the Ssa,, nur$e; Accidents M enough happen
lnen receive tho blame uniust!y, without having
some stubborn nnd ldiotic Captain deliberately.
Capt Wild DC punished, and severely punished
too. for his reckless and criminal conduct. tIe
should be indicted for I'M attempt to commit
murder, tried, convicted (which DO would be},
Au1 sentenced to Il Term In the State Prison.
DEATH OF ANDREW MILLER
Andrew Miller, Of tho firm Of Miller Bros,
tiled Yesterday morning. Mr. Miller was Il,
County, ireiund, in it's. lie came a. % 10 america
IT the ,,gc OF Il. stopped for short in ST. Johns,
n g.. thenes went in to 0sweeo, n Y, where he
builder. In fs46 he removed to Cleveland, O.,
where he superintendent the building Of iout-
Ing dry dock, and in 1918 came to Chicago, with
whose interests he has since been identified. He
entered into partnership with E. N. Doolttlc
and built tho "boxcs.'' Or floating dry dock,
which did service so many years in the North
Bros. He leaves Wife and three daughters,
two married uud one unmarried. Mr. Mii1er was
very popular with all who knew him, aud his
death will be regretted by vast circle of
friends md acquaintanccs.
LAUNCH or AN IRON TUG.
Yesterday afternoon tho new iron tug built
by tho Chicago Dredging Company was SUCCESS
fully launched. She Is named the Alpha, and il
to bo commanded by Capt. Mike Drscoll, vet
eran tugHlnn, and long In the employ pf the
Union tug Line. he having commanded several
Of that company's best boats, the last of which |
was the Commodore. The Alpha Is built wholly
beam. and u feet hold. She has an s.: foot |
wheel and compound engine 20 aud 10 By x
inches. She draws as she stands in the water at |
present, without ner boiler. machinery, or up- !
per works, l0.4 feet oft unu feet 6 inches for
ward. She is splendid piece of marine arcbi- |
lecture. and reflects great credit on her de- |
signer. Mr.. John Il. Clutches, Superintendent Of t
the Chicago Dredging Company, who also per- |
sonafty supcrfnteuded her construction. |
DOCK AND OTHER NOTES.
fore. :. /
Miller Brothers are making new rudder-post I
Tor the big schooner 6. ": Adams.
The fine new steam-b barge Clyde is lyine near
Adams street bridge. She is worth visit.
The survivors Of the schooner Criss Grover.
6a9ca was released IRON the shore at Sister Bay |