Milford chronicle., 1883-11-09
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

including State and municipal officials,
politicians, legislators and journalists
for various offences.
Fourteen persons were taken safely
from two wrecks by the life saving crew
near Cleveland, Ohio.
"A riot was inaugurated by railroad
laborers near Reading, Pa, but was
quelled by a sheriff and posse, which
captured and lodged in jail twenty-one
of the rioters.
"A Coroner's jury at Camden, N. j.,
found that body floating in the Della
ware was that of q missing lawyer.
Subsequently the actual body of said
lawyer was fished up.
The creditors of the insolvent leather
firm Of F. Shaw & Co. met in Boston.
The report of the investigating commit
tee shows a reduction in the value of the
assets from $5,262, ,0OO to 81, ,664, OOO
The Shaws offered to settle in full by
paying thirty-three cents on the dollar,
cash.
AN insane man dubbed boy to
death in Chicago
Two children were suffocated during |
fire in dwelling at MiddletOwn, Ohio.
During a fire at Garfield, Col, the
explosion of 600 pounds Of giant powder
caused great damage. Several people
are rendered homeless by the disaster.
"A tramp was burned to death in a
barn at Nicetown, Pa.
The steamer City of Toronto was
destroyed by fire at Dalhousie, Ont.
In his annual report, the Third Au-
ditor Of the Treasury, deprecates the
present practice Of discussing public
funds by non-bonded officers.
Special advices from st. Johns, N.
F., report the loss of the barkentine
Jane Hunter, together with eight of
those on board.
Three hundred houses, covering half
square mile; a large cotton ware
house, containing 5000 bales, together
with other property are in ruins in Sa- {
vannah, Ga. Fully fifteen hundred peo- y
pie, mostly colored, are homeless, and
must sleep as best they can around wood
fires which they have built on the {
ground around the scanty effects which g
they have saved from the flames.
number Of lives were lost. G
In Arkansas circus show was fired {
into from the outside by unknown par I
ties and an actor was killed. p
The correspondence of General il
Sherman with the Secretary of War in II
cident to his retirement is made public. o.
General Sheridan assumed COM
mand OF the army on Thursday without r
pomp or circumstance. l
Secretary Folger appointed NIiflin .
Emlen Bell, of Des Moines, Iowa, Il
Supervising Architect d a
Two colored men and the keeper of L,
a morgue in Richmond, Va, have been y
for stealing corps es. -,
The Marquis of Lorne expresses =
fear for a civil war in Canada in the 7,
future. e. q,
Choke damp in a tannery well in sa
City, Pa, caused the death &c
Of three men-two in heroic efforts to
save the first. l..
Governor Cleveland has commuted re
ihe life sentence Of William Bvorne,
in Cattaraugus Co., n. Y, for Al,
murder in the second degree. in June. ~
1874, to imprisonment for l6 years. ''
Two Long Island constables were W,
oundly thrashed by woman. They nj
hink that their assailant was a prize Nh
lighter in disguise. ST,
Secretary Teller has informed the bu
OF the Navy that he will be
glad to adopt the 70 meridian time as tel
he local time Of Washington. 1t is ha
lbout eight minutes and eight seconds M,
aster than the pres ent time. M,
The surplus revenue of the Post tie
fice Department for the fiscal year end Hi
ng June Both, 1888, was s., ,691, 1892. bel
Governor Cleveland, of New York. arr
as issued a proclamation appointing
thursday November 29th, as day Of on
and prayer. dol
"A frightful explosion occurred at pol
'rook's tunnel, Pa, on the Baltimore & raj
lhIo Railroad. Twelve hundred pounds anC
dynamite exploded, killing five men gu'
he crew Of freight train side-tracked thi
short distance from the scene. The
len were walking along the track near sto
here the dynamite was stored. os', ~
Cyclones in Indiana, Kentucky and its
louisiana are reported, causing great mi,
llury to property and some loss of life. der
For some time past there has been Civ
trouble regarding the rela- Thl
ons between white and colored citizens TAX
Milan county, Texas. Riots have Thl
,curred and troops have been called sho
It, Five hundred negroes are under wei
ms. oar
During a collision Of coal trains at -
il City, Pa, one empty car was hurled Gre
,dily into the second story of a house ing
Joining the track. dire,
"A terrible explosion of fire damp is seV.
ported from coal mine near Wilkes and
lrre, Pa Two men were killed and rolu
yer al injured. witt