Milford chronicle., 1883-01-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


outright or burned to death and nearl'
as many more severely injured. TIT
wreck is described as complete and th'
scene that ensued a terrible and heart
rending one, for nearly all of the Occu
| pants we're iammed in the debris anC
were slowly roasted to death before the
eyes Of those who had happily escaped
but were unable to afford any succor ol
rescue them. Cries and shrieks for helT
were heard, then faint groans Of pain,
and all was over. The brakemen were
absent from their posts when the loco
motive was mcoupled, hence the acci-
dent. Eleven bodies are so much burned
as to be unrecognizable.
AT the BROOKLYN Post Office last
year the aggregate receipts were S9S8,
545.2S. The pieces Of mail matter han
died numbered 32,676, ,OO1.
The Quincy House, a large hotel at
Quincy, H., was destroyed by fire. No
lives were lost. Many Of the sleeping
guests were aroused just III time to rush
to the street in their night clothing
Gen
Arthur Preston, negro, was hanged
Friday at Belair, Md, for the murder of
a colored woman.
II is charged that extensive stealing
has been going on in the Street Depart
ment of San Francisco by carrying more
workmen on the payrolls than were
employed.
The village of Richfeld Springs,
y. Y, was mortified and shocked by the
discovery of a triple tragedy about five
o'clock Thursday afternoon when Harvey
Layton, his wife and mother-in-laww were
all found dead. The former was found
hanging by the neck in the cellar Of his
house, and the two women lying
ON the floor above, bloody
pool about the head of each
Both women were regularly laid out as if
by an undertaken, their hands crossed on
their breasts, limbs Strengthened out and
feet tied together Mrs. Laytons feet
were wound with a skirt band, which
was neatly buckled. Layton had quar-
relied with his wife on several occasions
before the terrible crime.
Mrs. Emma Stillwell, of Mt. Yer
non, Ohio, who confessed to the murder
of so many of her relatives, is dead. To
the last she maintained the truth of her
confessions.
George Scheller, proprietor of the
Newhall House bar, of Milwaukee, was
arrested, charged with setting the fire
which destroyed the hotel. Scheller did
not seem very much surprised. He has
been drinking heavily since the fire. He
is known to have been in the room where
the fire broke out at 3 o'clock. His bar
was heavily mortgaged. Threats were
made of lynching him.
Over $50, OOhaving been subscribed |
for an equestrian statue of the late Gen |
1ral A. L. Burnside a meeting of the |
has been called to take steps |
10 secure the execution of the work.
The Republican National Committee |
lave decided to retain in the next ma
ional convention the present plan of rep
esentatiOn.
Miss Zeralda Garrison, the young
adv of St. Louis who disappeared so /
uddenlv. has been sent East and placed
u an asylum for the treatment Of nervous
diseases.
On the Joint ballot Governor Cullom,
senator to succeed David Davis.
In the Connecticut House of Rep
bills were introduced to
allow women to vote on school matters;
to compel hOtel-keepers to provide ropes
in rooms for escape from fires, and that
ballots shall be on white cardboard
provided by the State, and that nothing
Shall be printed on either side except the
names of candidates.
The Legislature of Kansas reelected
Senator Plumb to the United States
Senate.
The Pennsylvania Editorial Associa-
ion elected the following officers: Presi-
lent, W. U. Hensel, of Lancaster; Vice
Presidents, NJ. P. Handy, of Philadel-
lhia; William Kennedy, of POttsville,
md J. r. McAfee, of Greensburg.
A bill was introduced in the Penn
ylvania Legislature making it a misde-
neanor for the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and members of the Legisla-
ure to accept passes from railroad com
,anies.
The boiler of an engine OH the
Iansfeld Tap Railway, n branch of the
,ew Orleans and Pacific, exploded at
Iausfeld, La. Five persons were
illed.
Senator Hoar was reelected by the
Massachusetts, Legislature United States
senator on Thursday. The vote stood
N the first ballot as follows:-G. F.
Ioar, 14G; S. W. Bowerman, SS; John
}. Long, 30; W. w. Crapo, 4; Scatter
ng, 2.
A horrible accident took place at
he Grand Opera House. Milwaukee, on
thursday night during the performance !
{ the Lights O. London" The calcium
ght exploded and five stage hands were
adly injured A panic ensued in the
leatre but it was quieted before a rush
ccuTed. !
The small pox is said to be acceler-
led in Manitoba by the filthy condition
the French and half breeds in the in
'cted districts.
Mrs. Pettengill, of Bridgeport, !
onn.. bequeathed the major portion of
en- fortune to public and charitable !
,es. I
Eli Salisbury was elected for the
ird time U. S. Senator for Delaware /
] Tuesday. a
Receiver Williams, in a statement of e
e result of his examination into the \
fairs Of the Jersey City banks, says
y, ,64S 80 were taken by the officers in
ans, overdrafts and on unindorsed
ties. New complaints were made :
-ainst Boice aud Shaw.
"A keg containing 100000 in goll
Mt bv the United States Government to !,
e Pacific coast for the navy, was stolen =
1m the warehouse of Wells, Fargo :
Co., at Panama.