Milford chronicle., 1883-10-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

aggregating $50, ,072, ,S84, against 1900.
with liabilities of only about SIS, ,000 600,
for the corresponding quarter of 1882.
There were 3l4 failures in Canada, with
liabilities of So, 439, ,891, for the third
quarter of the year. There have been
J g., ,440 failures, with liabilities amounting
to $118, ,261 ,918, in the United States
since January l, against 1897 with
liabilities of $50, 100000, in the same
nine months OF 1882. The failures
since January l in Canada number .OO1
and the liabilities amount to $11, ,688, 95I.
: against 537 and S., 600, 600 liabilities in
] the corresponding time last year.
The T. F. Oa6es, an iron steamer
for the Oregon Steam Navigation Com
pany, was launched near Philadelphia.
This was the first launch at Mr.. Cor
ringe's yard.
In the Rose Amber murder case the
Coroner's jury, on Saturday, at STRAIT
ford, Ct, rendered a verdict: eve find
that the said Rose Amber came to her
death by being choked to death at the
hands of some person or persons to the
jury unknown. But from VIM. Lewiss
relations with her in the past, and from
his testimony and from his conduct since
her death, and from the evidence. we
think suspicion points toward him.
Reports from a large number of |
places In Texas indicate that the crop of !
cotton, with few exceptions, will be a
failure.
-Atabout two o'clock Saturday morn
ing three men attempted to rob the reg
ular east bound express train on the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
at Coolidge, Kansas, but were driven
off by S. s. Peterson, the plucky Wells.
Fargo d Co. messenger and train men.
The engineer Of the train was killed and
the fireman badly wounded.
-Jay-Eye-See defeated st. Julien in
three straight heats at the Driving Park.
New York, on Saturday. {
The general opinion among polite
ians in n. Y. city is that Tammany. the
County Democracy and Irving Hall will
unite on County nominations. Demo- a
Gratis claim that the Republicans will re- d
sort to every conceivable plan, even to Fl
the extent of using money freely, to S
prevent the union of the factions. t,
The people of San Francisco are S
much excited over the arrival at that Q
place of a vessel with yellow fever on q
board. 1
The propeller Colorado exploded her P
)oiler near Buffalo with loss of life. II
An explosion at the California Pow q.
Ter Works, at Steges Station, the scene q
II several recent disasters, resulted in ~
he death and horrible mangling of forty
jhlnese out of a working force of forty 10 4,
wo. One white man is reported injured. "
Astronomers at the Naval Observa- ~,
ory express the opinion that the comet n n
f 1912 will soon become visible to the +,
aked eye. ~ ~
1t is expected that the bodies of De RI
long and his comrades will reach the e.
'nited States some time in January So
ext. g.,
In Ontario a prize fight was pre- 58
ented by the arrival of priest on the
round where the spectators were as
,mbled and the principals had already
)ed the mark.
The cattle disease has broken out in Go
uba. ini
During a sham fight at a soldiers Sc
union of southwest Iowa and north OF
est Missouri, at Maryville, Mo-, a All
ember Of one of the companies was Tr,
tally shot by cannon ball while his see
mmand was charging a battery sup mis-
sing that the guns were not loaded. gin
Mr.. Prince declines to allow the use u
his name on the Democratic State
ket for rLieutenant Governor of Massa- adC
usetts. ella
In New York the act passed March has
prohibiting the manufacture of cigars abl
tenement houses will go into effect off
tober l. The Cigarmakers' Progress civi
e and International Union are taking the
ps for its rigid enforcement. The par
are determined to test its and
lsGtutionality. cur
Postmaster General Gresham has aoo
olished the Division of Postal Laws ernl
| Regulations, which had become es- tne
'lshed by usage. !ut
An Irishman named John A. Fee boel iao9l
y entered the British Consul Gener. Stot
5 office at New York on Tuesday, and rioL
er uttering violent threats fred two fnTTt
Dts before he left the building. He cor,
s arrested and taken to court, where c,11.t
was held for trial for felonious as. tbo
Ut. He claims that he has been per- offoi
uted by the British government. It tro+;
thought that he is insane.
is willing to row against the Con,
e it is said that Courtney made. or he Gov
,1;oI'o5 roI = series u nlIie races against the
usand dollars. oo,,n o'Sui'
"A furious storm Monday night to 4
sed considerable damage on Lakes their
and Ontario, wrecking several right
'els. Toe,
The hop crop of Prince Edward schoC
nd is almost total loss. ing 0