Milford chronicle., 1883-11-02
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

-Ihe seventh victim of the dynamit,
explosion at Kingston, Pa, has died.
An angry son killed the murderer o
his father while handcuffed in the hands
of the police at New Orleans.
The Marquis of Lorne and his wife
sailed from Quebec for England.
Burglars entered a iewelry store at
Springfield, Mass, and carried away
property valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Grave robbers, while attempting at
night to steal the body of Mrs. Moses,
the fat woman who recently died at
Baltimore, Nd, were fired upon and
hastily left the cemetery.
The registration in New York CITY
this year was 182, IA, against 1876, 1S2 i1
in 1882.
Two more pension attorneys at
Washington have been suspended for
alleged frauds.
In the late campaign the Apaches
outwitted the Mexican troops, and went
off with two thousand stolen horses, a
large number of which belong to the
Mexican cavalry. The indians are head
ing for Arizona.
"A daring express robbery took place
at Atlantic, Iowa, Fifteen thousand
dollars in bag was cut from an express
agents neck in a depot and the thieves
got away with the money.
District Attorney Corkhill, of Wash
ingtOn, is in constant receipt OF letters
complaining Of the dishonest transac-
tlOns of pension agents.
"A passenger train on the Pan Handle
Railroad and freight train on the Mich
i3an Central road collided at a crossing
IN illinois. Three men were killed and
others injured.
Port Antonio, Jamaica, has been
destroyed by fire. The loss is over
81, 900, 900.
AS reward for long and faithful |
service in the Quartermaster's Depart |
ment the Secretary of War has decided |
that mule now stationed at Mount
Vernon Barracks, Alabama, shall be
yell cared for until he dies.
The Cape Cod Ship Canal is pro
crossing so favorably that its compile
tion IN 1885 is expected.
--APaches are surrendering to LEU
tenant Hunter at his camp near Bowie,
A. T.
The business in the Erie Canal since
{ has been made free has increased so
ar this season, as compared with the
asst season, over six hundred and eleven
thousand tons.
The acting Secretary of the U. S.
treasury does not know how Chinese
Who arrive in San Francisco with GER
iticates from their government as z
traders" can be kept out. {
The fat girl whose recent marriage
n a Bowery museum created such a SEN ,
alton died suddenly in Baltimore of {
atty degeneration of the heart.
The registration of voters in Boston :
as been very large. t
-Colored citizens of Chicago protest
gainst the civil rights decision Of the
United States Supreme Court. n
"A Mexican murderer was hanged to a
addle on the back of a horse and driven r
, horrible death.
"A young lady of Germantown, Pa.
led of hydrophobia superinduced by /
'ltiing bite from a pet dog six months
go.
The Naval Advisory Board recon-
-end the construction of seven new war q
sssels.
"A broken rail on the Louisville and
ashville Railroad near East st. Louis {
aused the wreck of two coaches and Y
le wounding of thirty-seven passen- '
ers. C
In the criminal court at st. Louis |
colOred man and woman were SEN t
need to death for murder, while an e
her prisoner was consigned to the [
for ninety-nine years for e
lving killed a man. L
Congressman Phil Thompson says =
r. Carlisle has the requisite number =
votes pledged to him to secure his = .
ectlon to the speakership. i
Lord Lansdowne took the oath Of II
ice at Quebec as Governor General
Canada, with impressive ceremonies ri
Id amid hearty demonstrations Of pop Fl,
ar welcome. -
- The strikers from the st. Louis roll D
g mills are fighting among themselves. -
ne man has been fatally shot. oy
Indians who have been on the war
tn are now seeking peace and winter ".
arters. W.
1t is reported that a Chatham. ;s9
ass, fishing vessel lost her captain and st,
elve men, who went out after shoal
mackerel. The cook and one man
re left on board who took the vessel ''i r
% port. u
Secretary Newman furnishes the =.
lowing totals of the vote for Governor dlf
the result of the late election: Hoad- tul
:, 359,593; Foraker, 347, 1854; Schu-
cher, 1851; Jenkins, 2,7S5; total vote. on
464; Hoadley's majority, 1888; ma n
ity for Judicial amendment, 33, ,413;
ond amendment fell short of major cid
80. .543: reonlatinn amandnnnnt rn col