Milford chronicle., 1883-02-02
NEWS OFTHE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

~ Canada. During the month of Noyen
Der, 1881, there were thirtY-nine brrne
IN the United States and six in Canad,
more than one for every day of th
. month.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, an imprompt
shooting affray on the street, in whic
IN iour Aentuckians participated, resulte,
D, IN TWO OF them being wounded, one per
haps fatally.
Incoming vessels report having gon,
through unusually severe weather
tn Heavy seas, hurricanes, snow storms anC
~ nan storms We're among the experiences
Of all the vessels
Fire Marshal Sheldon reports thai
2,OOl fires occurred III New York City
+, Last l.., year, involving loss Of S4.194, ,960.
The insurance was S21, ,352, 401.
Five boys were injured through a
3 coastmg accident at Shamokin, Pa. Two
OF them, it is believed, will die.
The accountant who had been ex-
amining tine books of ex-State Treasurer
Polk, of Tennessee, says the defalcation
Of that officer to be 1922, 1875
, In Colorado, Thomas NJ. Bowen, of
Rio Grande, was elected United States
Senator for the term of six years from
March 4, and II. A. w. Taber, of
Arapahoe, for the short term.
A fire occurred in the Milwaukee
Female College, when the sixty students
were compelled to escape in their night
dresses. The scene was one of terror
while it lasted Five fremen were
fatally injured.
"A freight train and passenger train
on the Connotton Valley Railroad col
llded near Canton, Ohio, resulting in the
death Of one man and fatal injuries to
another
George Traughber was hanged for !
murder at Taylorsville, ILL.,, on Friday. |
The execution was private.
Throughout the United States dur /
ing the past week there were 2S9 failures,
y less than the preceding week.
"A recount of the ballots in the
Seventh State Senatorial district Of Mas
sachusetts unseats Senator Crowley
(democra) and places Charles H. Allen
Fepublican) in his place
An election inspector who had a
wager on the result was sentenced in
Philadelphia to lose his franchise four
years, pay 500 fine and be imprisoned
three days.
Three OF the election officers
charged with making false returns of the
votes cast were convicted in Philadelphia
The Superior Court of Boston has
decided that any ordinance which re-
striets the easement of any individual in
the public streets is illegal and that no
municipality can restrict or punish
peddler dealing under State license.
--torty-three OF the victims Of the
Milwaukee fire were inferred with i'm
pressive funeral ceremonies on Thursday.
The service Of the Roman GaI o}te -
ta.i .nalen nj VE@ q OF Several, may be ma y
IDLY aide' aias celebrated over twenty "
If the dead and that of the Protestant ~
Church over the remaining twenty-three. r
The bursting of a steam pipe at the =,
exposition building during the service g
.reated panic, but no one was injured. e
The funeral procession was more than 4
wo miles long. u
In the Massachusetts, Legislature q
he proposition to make election day a
egal holiday was killed, but municipal
ullra9e for woman is favored. A
Two sharp confidence operators in .
ireinia were taken from the jail in Rus q
ell County few nights ago and lynched.
Fifty acres Of the town of Wilkes te
Barre sunk couple of feet, cracking Al
heets, shaking down ceilings and bulg- si
ng walls. The props of an abandoned W.
oal mine had rotted away or been stolen. Sc
Captain Pennafcather, Of. the schoon- Ne
t Pearl, reports that upon hearing OF St
he massacre by New Guinea savages OF 81
he crew, seventeen in number, Of an eli
,ther schooner. he burned their villages lc
nd canoes. th
Senators Mcpherson in New Jersey, WI
nd Plumb i'll Kansas, were reelected by 81 81
he legislatures of their respective States W
o the United States Senate. PiL
Arrangements have been made at u. a.
Pa, to cremate the body OF nv M
child 4,
The testimony of the night clerk of o6 5ll
he Newhall House, Milwaukee, Is to n,
he effect that if he had not his office ~
luties to attend to he could have had
ime to warn and save every guest In the
lOuse.
The Montreal winter carnival was a
Teat success. The formal opening and I'll
Illumination Of the ice palace, the snow
hoers' torchlight procession, the steeple- N
hase and the citizens sleigh procession W
we're notable features of the carnival.
"A gang of robbers attacked train ~
IN the Cantral Pacific Railroad, robbed NJ
he train hands, but were repulsed by NJ
he express messenger
-Advices from Matamoras, Mexico,
state that four customs guards and il
wcniy ranchmen attacked a body of Ill
hostile Indians, killing five of them and pl
younding several others.
Through an accident to a coal train II,
IN the Georges Greek and Cumberland IL
Railroad, in Maryland, four employees
we're killed ard others injured. re
In the Connecticut Legislature a sl
ill was introduced which provides that
yhen presenting their ballots at the hi
,olls voters shall remove their hats pl
A Bohemian woman at Milwaukee n
y a fit of religious frenzy murdered her Z
hree little girls. IL
Six fishermen are. reported lost IN
,ale from the fishing sch oner James A. I'll
fairfield, Of Gloucester, Mass. ;b
The accumulation of ice in the gorge Oh
{ Niagara Falls is the greatest ever az
,nown, and is already doing much Cd
amoge to property along the river. &C
The charge of murder against Frank
ames has been Withdrawn, and he IS hi
low looking for SO, 800 bail on a charge sa
f robbery. br
The mixing house and six packing fe
ouses of the Giant Powder works at
'oint Clement, near West Berkely, Cali p.
ornia, exploded Sunday, there being y.
even separate explosions. One white