Milford chronicle., 1883-01-12
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The examination of General Com
stock, President of the Mississippi
River Commission, was continued. He
made further statements as to expendi-
lures, and, in reply to questions, ex-
pressed his belief that until the work is
put entirely beyond the experimental
stage it ought to be confined to one
reach instead Of divided up, as at pres
ent. He also further explained his
reasons for believing that levees are not
desirable in connection with the work of
improving navigation.
The House Committee on the Judi
ciary discussed the Knott resolution de-
claring all Northern Pacific Railroad land
grants forfeited, and on motion of Mr..
Knott laid it ON the table for consid-
Grafton at the next meeting Of the com
mittee.
In response to a House resolution
calling for information as to the probable
amount Of appropriations available for
the improvement Of rivers and harbors
which will be on hand at the close of the
current fiscal year, the President to-day
transmitted a report from the Chief Of
Engineers estimating the amount at
S5,0OO,O 900.
The Attorney-General has given an
opinion that the Chinese law applies only
to laborers and others intending to re-
main in the United States.
The Senate passed the Whisky in
Bond bill
The Army Appropriation bill was
raaeend ler7 fbt Hovren 4 Iopero l,-e
Of amendments were offered in Commit |
tee of the Whole all of which were rule d /
out on points of order. The bill as
passed contains the provision for the
gradual abolition of the pay corps Of the
army. The provision rs to the trans
portation Of army and army supplies
remains unchanged.
The Presidential Succession bill
came mp as the unfinished business in
he Senate, and was supported by
MessTs Hoar CRep.), Mass, aud Gar !
and (Dem.), of Arkansas. Several {
mendments We're offered to the bill. 4
"A Washington correspondent saws 4
he House Naval Committee will recon-
lend the construction of number of =
ew naval vessels as follows: One q
team cruising vessel, to cost 81, 700, 900; +
ne steam vessel of war, Of not less than
900 tons displacement. to cost ST. ~
rs, 854; three steam cruising vessels Of r
ar, not less than $500 tons displacc- =
tent each, to cost for all So, 093. .675: 0
lspatch boat or clipper, to cost $780, l
DO; one cruising torpedo boat, to cost q
}8,0 000 Il
The Committee on Ways and Means "a
/, x-a olp1pcA aorn,,1oAa1 fboir ,,o,-;.;.,-,
le tariff.
The report of the Mississippi Com
ission estimates the salaries aud ex=-lol =. =
ensas IF tlee commission for the next IL
'cal year at 5000. 900, the estimate for g
orks being S4, ,573,0 000. di
The Naval Advisory Board appointed La
report upon the unfinished iron-clad
Gamers Monadnock, Puritan, Amphi--
te and Terror, recommends that the
ssels be completed at once. Secretary
handler indorses the report and recon- st;
ends that an appropriation be made no
? the work. l.,
FOREIGN ITEMS. ~,
M. Gambetta's funeral was cele- -,
lted with great pomp in Paris.
M Joseph Reinach explains that ie5
Gambetta's wound was purely acci- a {
ntal, and that the lady whose name At
5 been mentioned had nothing to do ha
III it. oa,
The City of Brussels, of the Inman @ o"'
l> was run down in st. Georges pr
annel by the Kirby Hall. Ten people Off
reported as drowned from the CITY of dri
lssels-two passengers and eight Of his
crew. .oi,
There comes a report from Northern ,,la
eria that an American artist found a
It with two parties in it. One was wei
zen to death. and the other so badly run
zen that he died shortly after. 1t was abl
ught these two men were of Lieuten- roa,
Chipp's party of the Jeanette, but +ree
S now believed they belonged to an &c..
ciican whalcr. Iou
A priest in Donegal Ireland, says 'ro'
t he accompanied Mr.. Trevelyau, woJ
ef Secretary for Ireland, on a tour of on
lection in the parish of Glen vol,
mbkill. They visited twenty families and
found that there was not morsei of
in any house. iiI,'i L[
The Municipal Bank of Sapajok. L'
sia, has failed for some millions of and
les. The assets, exclusive Of the poo
lttre, are only twenty-nine rubles. pool
A Milan newspaper has been warned cam
nst publishing subscription list for was
to Overdank. -
On Sunday the Gar found in his H. II
room a letter from the revolutionary 'i'o
mittee demanding the commence next
it Of the promised reforms. Aim
A tenant farmer has been beaten to him
III near Claremorris, Ireland. he a
An unconfrmed rumor was current fact
iondcn that Germans resident there soles
I.i itIIiHe i'2.Ice 10 return 10 Germany have
body was viewed bv
dis of Parisians as it ley in state at ilcn
Palais Bourbon. His brain WEIGHED cost
, grams. tains
The inundations are taking the
of a great public catastrophe in
many The floods are reappearing
ance and the Danube has inundated An
burg. a Gel
Delaney has been found guilty of week
pt to murder Judge Lawson and tain {
cen sentenced to ten years penal inc a
ude. IL
81 600 III -: 'iie a iie''is 'cV he ex
~, loo' ~ -. lioi''i'iss' third
have foIIen beino om5 mn5arn';,e o q 'ne '5 sougl
pods and several VILLAGES are IL He fo
entirely under water to the roofs terest
houses. allege
II. Trevelyan has gone to inspect by inf
stressed districts in ireland. no cal
rince Bismarck hints that he viii fbem