Milford chronicle., 1883-10-26

le for his persistent efforts to violate the
le treaties with the Indians, by taking set
I. tiers into the Indian Territory.
"A railroad train was wrecked by a
e cyclone near Sulphur Springs, Texas,
n and number of passengers injured.
!, 1t is understood that the New York
: State Railroad Commissioners have re-
quested the railroads to reduce the
+ freight in milk to New York city from
! thirty to twenty cents per can, and that
! it will soon be done.
Mr.. Dudley, Commissioner of PEN
siOns, reports for the fiscal year ended
June 30 that there were 3O3, ,658 pension
ers on the roll; 3S, 162 new pensioners
were added to the roll and 796
whose pensions had been dropped
were restored, making 38,958 added
during the year, an excess of 10, 645 over
the preceding year. The average annual
value of each pension was S106. Is and
the aggregate value of all pensions
was $50, 255, 1872, an increase of |
50, 904, 900. The amount paid for |
pensions was $60,O64, ,OO9, exceeding
their annual value by several million |
dollars. The whole number of claims
| filed since 1861 was SS6, 1877, of which
| 510, 1888 were allowed. During the same
time $621, ,073,297 were paid for
pensions and the costs of dis
bursements. The pensioners are
classified as follows: 198, CAB army in
valids, "a, ,373 army widows, minor chill
dren and dependent relatives; 2, ,46S navy !
invalids, 1907 navy widows, minor chill
dren and dependent relatives; 4,931
survivors of the war Of 1872 and 21 1886 l
widows of those who served in that war.
The pension list ordered by the Senate
last session is being printed in seven
octave volumes of $50 pages each. ]
The trustees of the Garfield National ,
Monument Association at Cleveland,
Ohio, invite an international competi.
ton, open to all artists, for a monument =
in honor of the late President Garfield ,
Judge Osborn delivered a long !.
charge to the jury, in the Sessions :,
bribery case at Albany, N. Y, and the n
Jury retired at seven o'clock, the
Court taking a recess until ten o'clock.
Long before that hour the jury had re- [
urned, and when the Judge arrived a n
7erdict of not guilty was rendered. Il
The coal operators, in order to pre-
Tent drop in the price of that neces- b
ity, state that no suspension of produc- S
ion will be arranged this month, but
hat a slight curtailment in the output 81
5 probable in the latter part of No tv
ember
The committee of creditors of F. of
haw & Bros, tanners, of Boston, etc.
Tho recently failed, reported at a meet -.
lg of creditors that it appeared that the
ssets of the firm were worth SO, $50, 900
nd that the liabilities were $5, 344. O0O ce
he firm, the committee believed, could su
ay seventy-twO cents on the dollar. M
An industrial league for the benefit te,
all classes of women who labor is to
? established in New York city by Mrs. a.,
harlotte Smith, president of the Wom- o-i oli'
Is Industrial League of Washington. ''n
"A gang of counterfeiters at Mobile. =
la., was surprised by law officers col
bile at work and arrested. mu
1t is reported that a considerable MAJ 1
Mount of lumber and wreckage have tTl 01n
ached the shores of Lake Michigan. Ine
the result of the late gale. can caI
"A train on the Denver and Rio -0'
ande Railway was wrecked by a land a.
de. Hl' 5ne
"A construction train, by jumping a Kal
ok in Louisiana, injured ten laborers. Iatt
Several persons were arrested at Slio
umbull, Conn, charged with tarring Oh
i featheriug a resident of that place a mir
' weeks ago. and
The election for Chief of the Greek -
tiOn has been declared in favor of pref
rTyman. Trouble is anticipated be-
lse of going behind the returns.
"A .colored man in Arkansas ap. npo
led to the President against alleged Ala,
luities of the State laws and was in
ned that the Federal Executive can 90.
rd him no redress. 1-bo
and the County Democ- laid
? Of New York city have united on
nty nominations. ,oaa
The remains of the North Carolina oor+ e0r,3
federate dead recently exhumed at
Arlington National Cemetery were D..
rred with impressive ceremonies at f,.o e.
eigh. Aie'
Captain Healy, of the Oorwin. re- D.
s to Secretary Folger that the catch III : u :
he whaling fleet in the Arctic has were
very small and gold prospecting in -
ka failure. Gun
At Hamilton, Ont, a young woman cons cons
sentenced to death for the murder OeiS,
r infant. =
.oror D Coss;or. the !
=, n. T., for an attempt to bible Deen ,Stl
mbl lyman Bradley, testified in his soI;' foat;,
defence, directly contradicting all ''To, ro9Sli
testimony of Bradley Faor' ~,
,thers. Ii e'
Four PHILADELPHIA firemen. who fell D