Milford chronicle., 1883-02-23
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

o4A IylitiuDIQ lllllle, near bIdluWOOu. III
on Thursday The surface water frol
\ an old sink-hole broke through an
caused a general caving in of the shat
IN which seventy-five men and one {
two boys were at work, and sixty-nin
men and one boy were drowned
The water flooded all parts of til
mine instantly, and only three or fou
ont of the whole force escaped
The water quickly reached a depth 0
; sixteen feet in the mouth of the shaft o
ten feet above the top of the rooms il
which the miners were working
The scenes which followed the acciden
are almost indescIibable. Men, wo
men, and children were almost frantic
with grief over the disaster which robbed
them of those they held most dear. One
man is reported to have rushed into the
mouth of the mine TO save his little son,
and neither father nor son returned. The
sink hole that broke through is at the
identical spot where the break occurred
three years ago.
The Massachusetts, House Of Repre-
sentatives has rejected the bill abolish
ing the poll tax as n suffrage qualifca-
ton.
Whipping for wife and child beating
IS the penalty proposed by a bill intro
duced in the New York State Assembly.
All the principal business exchanges
Of New York City have appointed com
mittees to receive subscriptions for the
sufferers by the floods.
Mrs Vale, the wife of one of the
defendants in the Star-route conspiracy
case, committed suicide at her residence
in Independence, Mo-, ON Wednesday
night.
-Enraged by jealousy, a Frenchman
shot his rival near North Conway, N. II.
BY the derailing of an express train
near Gallon, Ohio, four persons were
killed and several injured.
-Promissory notes redeemable in cur
rency given to laborers in payment Of
wages are claimed to be liable to a tax of
ten per cent. The government has be-
gun suits against New Jersey glass man.
Utacturers to recover such tax.
The $4,000 beauty obtained a YER
dict of $500 against Forepaugh, the cir
Gus manager, in Philadelphia.
Six persons were killetfS in Cincin-
natl by the explosion of gas in cellar,
which destroyed the house.
Fatal railroad accidents are reported !
from Flint, Mich, Dundas, Ont, and |
St. Louis, Mo.
"A sensation was created in the New
Jersey Legislature by a member from
Newark charging a lobbyist with ap-
preaching him for purposes of corrlp-
tion, and the immediate appointment Of
srrr,7,skNoo So 4.
The bursting of seven mammoth
in Mingo Junction Nail
Works, Ohio, is reported with fatal
The Treasurer of the Altoona (Pa)
Young Mems Christian Association is
said to have absconded with nearly
$40, 900 of other peoples money.
The Massachusetts, Senate have by
vote expressed themselves in favor Of
biennial elections and sessions of the
Legislature.
The late ex-Gov. Edwin Dennison
Morgan of New York, was born in the
own Of Washington, Berkshire County,
'lass., on February s, 1911. In 1922,
lis father, Jasper Morgan re-
moved with his family to Windsor, ct.
lie become a successful business man in
,ew York City, and then went into poll .
les. He was Wing, and after filling ',
everal minor offices, was elected Cover
or of the Empire State. He repre-
anted his State in the United States
enate and was nominated Secretary Of
he Treasury but declined. He was
'orth about $1O,OOO,OOO.
There is a better feeling growing up f
! Pennsylvania between miners and mino t
perators. which speaks well for the az
itration of all differences in the future.
"A cable from Venice announces that 4
.ichard Wagner, the German composer, L
led in that city on Tuesday afternoon.
lie was born III Leipsic on the 22d of O
lay, 1873 j
The New Jersey State Senate passed t,
ills appropriating money to reseed the
yster beds of the State, and prohibiting O
lildren from working in factories. II
The Legislature of Pennsylvania are Al
a bill legalizing dissection n
Id for providing medical institutions
ith the needed subjects for the knife.
bill has also been introduced allowing b.
.nders Of the necessaries of life, news "
lpers and BARRIERS to carry on their ST
Isiness on Sundays. tr
The Dry Dock Department of New P'
DIX City is a defaulter to the city III a O'
rye amount. One item missing is over Ia
5, 900. The clerks did it. w
The State Senate has passed the
amendment to the constitu-
m of Maine.
"A fire Sunday night at No. IS Spruce sr
rect, New York, occupied by engraving
id printing companies, did damage to 8
e amount of SIS, 600 Il,
The members of the Oklahoma party W
invaders in Indian Territory not mad4 W
isoners are settling in other portions Of
e country. to
The difficulty between the factions dir
the Creek Nation existing since the Pc
3ellioa, it is reported, has been settled
thout blOodshel "a
The report of the pig iron makers sal
1882 shows a larger and more ex-
Ided business than they ever enjoyed ye,
lore thus contradicting the reports of 81
u trade which are given by individual sbi ii
The salt deposit in the Genesee no
Hey is so rich that it will be mined in wa
cks. VIII
WASHINGTON NoTs5 !
The new River and Harbor bill was xx,
'orted to the House Thursday. 1t /, (
poses to appropriate nearly S8,00O,- Ne'
J. The total amount of money unex- NO.
lded was, on the 1st of December,
=. 734, 944- nearly S1S,O00,00O. The =. !, ,
reported to the House appropriates AMI an,
)37, 000-a little less than IS, 900, 600 sc.
re. P
The new treaty with Mexico is favor "
Y considered by the Senate Foreign $40