Milford chronicle., 1883-02-16
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

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\ his father but turned his attention t
politics at an early day and become
prominent man in the Republican party
Mr.. Jewell had handsome face and
dignified manner, and was alway
courteous.
In Lamar, Barton county, Mo-,
dissipated son-in-law, whose cruelt,
drove his wife back to her fathers house
} shot the latter dead for protecting her,
The savings bank of Wyandotte
Mich, was entered by burglars, who
blew open the safe and stole 80, 500 il
cash and fifteen city bonds.
William E. Dodge, Sr., of the house
of Phelps, Dodge & Co., New York, dice
suddenly just before s o'clock Friday
morning, at his residence, 225 Madison
avenue. He had risen and ordered his
breakfast, and was dressing himself.
1t was his habit to put on in the morn
ing blue silk dressing gown, lined and
faced with red, and he said to his
wife: Melissa, won't you please
give me M Josephs coat p She
went into an adjoining room to get it, and
while there heard him cry " Melissa, in
a strangely altered voice She hurried
back and found him lying on the floor,
and very pale. He drew two long breaths,
and died without speaking again. DIR.
William II. Draper, DIR. W. Z. Lusk,
and DIR. L. L. Simpson, who were hastily
summoned, found him dead. He died
from heart disease.
The Ohio River is still rising at
Cincinnati. In other portions of the
State great damage has been done to the
l I'll, E,1Ie L. NTrrah IL.
tress prevails in West Virginia where
| hundreds of families have been rendered
homeless.
The sawmill of B. J. Grier at Char
lotte, Eaton County, Ohio, blew up Fri
day morning, instantly killing the pro
prietor and William Gordon, the engi-
neer
The Chamber of Commerce has
memorialized the President in behalf Of
the American hog products which Ger
many has declared unwhOlesOme and re-
fused to allow to be imported into that
country.
Five men were instantly killed and
two others fatally injured by the simul
taneous explosion Of two boilers in file
works at Taylorville, Ill.
A mob who desired to lynch negro
prisoner were repulsed from the Jail at
Paola, Kan, Friday, with a loss of one Of !
their number killed and several wounded. |
Five lives We're lost on Puget Sound |
during the burning Of the steamboat |
Gem.
"A hermit living in the woods Of
Michigan has been found murdered in
his hut
Some daring thief cut open the mail
bags and stole the registered letters at
the Union Depot, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Governor of Missouri declines
to surrender Frank James to Minnesota
or any other State until he has been dis
posed Of under the indictments pending
against him in the State of Missouri.
Notwithstanding the failure of the
last attempt, two different companies are
now trying to obtain a charter to build
ship canal across Cape Cod and each
is ready to deposit 100000 as a guar
antee.
The Western Nail Association, de-
spite a light stock on hand, have decided
to suspend operations again, thus keep
ing up the price of a necessity TO the
building trace.
The vote in the Maine Legislature
to engross the prohibitory amendment
to the constitution was 104 yeas to 81
rays, or more than two-thirds. The
passage of the resolution is therefore as
sued.
The driver and one passenger who
abandoned a stage coach in Wyoming
Thursday, were frozen to death. The
superintendent of the line lost both his
hands and his feet by the frost
The two factions of the Greek Ma
ton. now fully armed with the most
improved weapons and well equipped,
are getting ready for battle next week.
One party is entrenched and the other
will attack Both have spent their COR
phan money" for arms and ammunition.
Two boys, each twelve years of age,
were caught at Three Rivers, Mass, cut
ting open mail bags.
King Max, of a gypsy tribe, fed the
corpse of an infant to his tame bears at
New Brunswick, n. J.
Great alarm is felt at Pittsburg and
adjacent towns ON account Of the rapid
rise of the Monongahela River. An i'm
mense ice gorge has formed on the Sus-
1uehanna River near Deposit, Nd, and ,
las excited much apprehension. Valu-
able racing stock was destroyed in Shelby
County, Indiana. At Marietta, Ohio,
the floods drove hundreds from their :
homes. :
A minister in Illinois dropped dead
in the act of pronouncing a loving cou
pie man and wife. a
-Body-snatching has been reduced to {
+ science in Montreal, and is now con {
iidered as an ordinary business matter. c
Seven miners were horribly crushed a
md fatally injured by the falling of the I
lreast of a coal mine in Pennsylvania on :
Wednesday.
The main hall of Hamline Universi-
", Minnesota, took fire Wednesday
While the classes were in session. The
tudents saved both themselves and the I
library, each one taking out quota OF
looks.
The swollen rivers continue to cause
larm at some points. Considerable ex- !
itement prevailed at Port Deposit, Md, !
wing to the dangerous condition of the !
ce in the Susquehanna River. Many
,eople moved their goods from the river
ide to places of safety. It is estimated
hat the damage done to property in
,orthen Ohio by the recent floods will /
ggregate millions Of dollars. a
An Alabama post-ofice has been
obbed by burglars of about $1,000. I
- Mr.. Frederick de Belleville, the
sading actor of the Union Square The a
tire, New York City, is sued for divorce K
v Mrs. Edith de Belleville, who says e
lat she was married to him in Austria 0
a. She complains of cruel and inhu