Milford chronicle., 1883-09-28
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

in Alabama, has been returned to hi
= father
-Four men were drowned in a shat
. at Kingston, Pa, through the miscalcu
= latiOn of the engineer.
The Western Union Company has
lowered its tariff
"A singular discovery of an ancient
document has been made at Erie, Pa,
involving a claim against the British
government for 80, 900, 900.
"A circus attendant murdered negro
boy at Norfolk, Va, for attempting to
steal a sight at the show.
The Circuit Court of the United
States, by Justice Field, will decide that
Cinnamon claiming to be British citizens
must provide themselves with passports
to land in the United States.
Two men were killed by the cave in
Of mine near Leadville, Col.
John O'Brien, who was found lying
beside the railroad at Adams, Mass, on
Friday night, with an ugly wound in his
head, died Sunday morning. He was
seen IN a saloon Friday night, and there
are suspicious of foul play.
| -Gardeicke 81 Co., of Philadelphia,
representing the owners of the English
steamship Alvah, of Aberdeen, which
sunk the fishing schooner Sarah Francis,
September 8, twenty miles southeast of
Cape HenlOpen, have compromised with
the owners of the schooner for 81, $50.
The full and corrected report of the
losses sustained by the French fishing
fleet on the banks of Newfoundland |
during the terrible gale of August 26 |
and 30 shows thirty-six vessels damaged |
and forty nine lives lost.
The assignment of Bronner & Co..
one OF the largest of New YOrk's clothing
houses, has been fled in the County
Clerks office. They give preferences to
the amount Of $165,S52.S2.
The station agent at Aurora, Ill.
was found robbed and murdered.
The bodies of the five victims of the
Red River boiler explosion were recov-
cred, some badly mangled
"A testimonial was presented to Cap
tain Murray, of the Alaska, by the pas
5engers for again beating the fastest
record. The steamers run from Queens
town to New York was made in six day. :
iwenty-one hours, and forty minutes. :
The new Guion line steamer on her
rial trip made twenty knots an hour.
Under the new law in Maine mur-
Lerer who pleaded equity" will be in O
in an insane asylum for II
erlod of time to inquire as to his sanity O
efOre sentence is pronounced upon him.
Owing to the prevalence of the foot Fl
nd mouth disease among cattle in Eng II
md, the Secretary of the Treasury has Il
'rltten letter to Collector Robertson II
citing forth the Importance of vigilance
the part Of customs officers in regard =,
cattle which may be imported into .,
us country. -
About one hundred prisoners in the ~
onnecticut State Prison at Wethers-
eld were poisoned, it is believed, by .
lnned meat. D TS
"A posse searching for horse thieves of
urdered two hunters and robbed their ta
IMP in Indian Territory. 90
The bark Shirley. which sailed -,
ON New York port on March z for Val vi
iraiso, South America. has been given "a "a
} for lost. III
The New York, West Shore and y.
ltialo Railroad Company has 10000 ~
en- at work, larger number than was m Iu
er before employed on a similar work. e. -
About $40, 600 worth of smuggled -0-
'es and Partisan fnery were found in =,
e baggage and on the persons Of five (I 3e
four of whom were passen- 10
RS from Paris on the Republic. Hol- =
Y bustles containing valuable point Sh
e and costly trimming was basted to Gus
dresses. anC
"A bank in Dakota suspended under
sudden demand for the payment of
000 .,
special advices an of CliI
lnce the loss of two fishing schoOners
n all on board, numbering fourteen -
rsons. wei
Naval Cadets James R. Tuggle of inot hot
ntucky, and G. E. Hawkes., Of Wis io'
lsln, have been dismissed for hazing. :
The Piegans at the Blaekfeet Agency Sns I,'o
willing to sell some of their land. re- i''i4
We cattle and implements and become :
ners. Wh'
Massachusetts Prohibitionists have 0iH
minated Charles Almy for Governor. ~
-Four persons were killed and ten INC uiio
lred by the bursting of boiler in the
20 Iron Works at Pittsburg. Pa.
"A new telegraph company-the In An An
and Northern-has fled ar Iii III
ss OF incorporation at Albany: capi- WIZ
70, goo, 900, with power to make it ~
100000. " that
The Central and South American y
9graph Company's lines to Brazil
formally opened for business Fri Am Am
President Arthur and the En- Oou
'r Dom Pedro exchanged greetings the
various commercial bodies of New -
and Rio Janiero sent MESSAGES Of plac
graduation. The new teleprapR linz and
important one. the
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