Milford chronicle., 1883-03-02

The steamer Moro Castle, Of tn
! New York and Charleston line, was to
: tally destroyed by fire at her dock a
] Charleston, S. c. No lives lost.
! An aged colored couple nance
Townsend, who lived on their farm nea
+ Memphis, Tenn, were murdered in bee
on Tuesday night. Their coloreC
laborer, who is now under arrest, ii
accused of the crime.
The question of the successor o.
Lord Lorne as Governor General is agi
tating Canadian Political circles.
The Coroner's jury made some
wretched discoveries on their visit to the
Fourth street Catholic school in New
York City where the fire and panic oc-
Cured on Tuesday. Eighteen deaths
have occurred and one or two more
deaths arc expected among the injured
children.
The levee of Columbus, Ky, broke
on Sunday morning at daybreak and the
town is submerged to an average depth
Of ten feet. Business is suspended. The
loss is severe.
News from South America is to the
effect that the American, British, French
aud Italian Ministers at Lima had agreed
to write to their governments asking for
their Joint intervention to put a stop to
the war between Chill and Peru on such
terms as these ministers might deem
satisfactory.
"A slight fire in the parochial school
| attached to the Roman Catholic Church
| Of the Most Holy Redeemer, in f. 4th st.,
! n. Y, caused a panic among the 700
/ children in the crowded class rooms. In
| the frantic rush for the stairways a frail
balustrade gave way and precipitated
the children in a heap upon the first
floor. Hundreds crowded and fell down
upon those underneath, and trampled to
death or suffocated the children at the
bottom. Sixteen were killed and ten
seriously injured.
"A synopsis of Governor Morgans
will was filed with the Surrogate of New
York City Tuesday. By it nearly one
million dollars are given II personal lega-
cies and about three-que;ie iers of million
to charities.
The list of the dead at the Braid
wood colliery is increasing; eighty names
now appear on the fatal roll.
In the Lower House of the New
Jersey Legislature the concurrent reso-
luton providing for prohibitory amend
ment to the constitution was ordered to
a third reading.
The steamship Valencia, flying the |
American flag, was fired at with solid /
shot from one of the Dutch forts in the |
harbor of Curacao. Two United States |
consuls were on board at the time. It is
claimed that as the proceedings of the /
Valencia were in every respect regular
there is no excuse for the outrage.
"A deplorable story comes from Louis
vile, Ky. The floods have wrecked
lumber-yaTds and houses and swept
property away wholesale. Outside the
city farms are flooded, barns washed
away, crops destroyed, and implements
damaged.
The movement for uniting all the
Methodists of the Dominion of Canada
into one general body meets with general
favor in nearly all the boards.
There are fears that the great snow
fall in Manitoba may cause terrible floods
when the thaw sets in.
Eight men were overcome by the
black damp in Nova Scotia coal mine.
Five were rescued by a party Of volun-
teers.
William G. Smith, an express
messenger, fought robber on an Albany
md Susquehanna train, and though
twice beat off the thief and
saved the $40, 600 in his charge.
Eighty convicts in the shoe shop at
Sing Sing Prison revolted against work
md were locked in their cells. Iherl
we're at one time 152 rebeliious convicts
ocked up on a bread and water diet.
By the will of the late William E.
Dodge, of New York, over $500, 600 is
among charitable institutions.
WASHINGTON NOTES
The Mississippi River Committee
resented their report to Congress. It i
of the work of tine Commits s
ion and commends the Eads jetty sys- i
EN-. ],
The Senate passed the Legislative Il
appropriation bill
The President has approved the de- s.
ision Of Secretary Chandlerin accepting
he resignation of Lieutenant Com n
lander Gorringe, and he is consequently T
o longer in the naval service. The 4
fair between the Secretary ana the =,
commander has created quite a sensa- T
on. =
The bill to appropriate $40, 100000 A
year, for five Years from the National cl
reasury to assist the several States in a,
aintaining their common schools, was r
scUssed in the House. Southern Rep
who spoke, entered the plea
poverty as one of the considerations in
vor of the bill. They also demanded
as an act of justice for the older States, sh
cause they had never received National
d for education, and for all the South .
n States, because of the emancipation cb
the slaves. W
During a discussion on the Public W
rinting in the Senate, Mr.. Beck said 70
, understood that the Public Printer
as at the mercy of some outside asso- dil
alton, both as to the wages he paid and Pc
e persons he employed. Mr.. Anthony &,
ID Mr.. Rollins declared the same thing,
ID Mr.. Plumb said that the present sal
lblic Printer, when he came in, found
e Typographical Union absolutely yei
unning" the Office, and had since IN
lted that he did not believe it could be IN
II without the consent of the union. l
essrs. Voorhees,, Howley and others hog
clared that the printers had as much ,..
int to combine and protect themselves WIN WIN
other classes. /
William Il. Brown, a loember of the Y
st star route jury, has been indicted Xxx,
receiving money to influence his NJ.
ion as a juror. No
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