Milford chronicle., 1883-03-09
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

morning, be waA born in Georgia in
1912. He Intended to study for the
ministry but changed his mind and
studied law. He entered public life at
an early age, serving in both Houses of
the Legislature of his State and in the
U. S. Congress, At the time Georgia
seeded nom the Union Mr. Stephens s
great speech at Milledaetilie in Novem-
Der, 1850, was the text of Unionists both
North and South, and it was not three
months from the time of its delivery till
he became the rebel Vice President. He
went with his State and returned with
his State to the Union, after the sur
render of Lee and was taken to Fort War
zen, where he remained five months a
prisoner, After he was released he was
again returned to Congress and was then
elected Governor Of his State, which po-
sition he held at the time Of his death.
The Mississippi overflow has as
sumed alarming proportions. Whole
tracts of country are under water. Ne
groes are leaving the plantations and
seeking refuge on elevated land. Many
deaths by drowning are reported.
Mr.. Murat Halstead says that the
general outlook in the Ohio Valley grows
more favorable as the waters recede.
But sickness is breaking out, and the
death rate in some of the towns is high.
He advocates the forming of a reserve
fund for the relief of prospective distress.
"A party of ranchmen raided an In
dian camp west of Chihuahua, Mexico,
and killed and scalped twelve Of the
aborigines.
AT Philadelphia, seventy one-thou-
sand dollar railroad bonds were stolen
1 from the office of safe deposit COM
pany during the forenoon.
AT Chicago it remains an open
question as to who fired the first shot in
the affray which resulted in the killing
Of Jimmy Elliott by Jere. Dunn.
Governor Cleveland vetoed the New |
York city Elevated Railroad Five Cent !
Fare bill on Friday.
Governor Pattison sent message to |
the Pennsylvania Legislature stating |
that 1t had been publicly asserted that |
officers Of the Standard Oil Company had |
paid person employed by the State, in
an action to recover certain taxes, to
suppress the testimony he had collected,
and suggesting that a committee Of in
vestigation be appointed.
"A constitutional amendment provid-
ing for biennial sessions of the Legisla-
ture and biennial elections of State officers
has been adopted by the Massachusetts,
Legislature.
In tle New Jersey Senate bill was
passed allowing insurance companies to
insure against storms and tornadoes.
james Elliott, the pugilist, was shot
and killed in a Chicago dining saloon by
jerry Dunn, a well known sporting
character. The stories as to the shoot
ing are Of the most contradictory charac-
ter, although the tragedy occurred in
the presence of n score of people.
The three naval cadets who refused |
to express regret for their conduct dur
ing the recent demonstration at the
Academy have been dropped from the
rolls.
Thomas W. Palmer was elected
United States Senator from Michigan on
the eighty-frst ballot, thus ending
prolonged and remarkable contest.
AT Canton, Ohio, the body of a man
who had been missing for two months I
was found in thereservoir which supplies
the inhabitants with drinking water. I
At Hawley, Pa, a sleighing party i
vas precipitated into the empty Della
ware and Hudson Canal, by which sew
cral Of them were severely injured, one 7
of whom died +
1.-Two young business men, at Sweet /
Wafer, Texas were shot and killed for v
some cause at present unknown. S
Special Treasury Agent Adams has {
discovered that certain fashionable tail /
0rs have long been in the habit of pay C
ing steamship employees to smuggle
cloth and clothing from the other side Of q
the Atlantic. G
Robert q. Cook, the teller of the 81
Fifth Ward Savings Bank Of Jersey City,
;1nfesses to having embezzled over $10,- rC
700 of the institutions funds He is in u
ALL Il,
There is much distress in the valley m
II the Ohio River that has not yet come 81
o light in the farming districts, and re- z
ilf will be necessary to save loss of life V'
" starvation.
The Judiciary Committee of the IN
'ennsylvania House of Representatives IN
eported favorably the bill to remove bl
he State capital to Philadelphia under IN
crtain specified conditions. ie
Gov. Cameron, of Virginia, is wag- lll
lg war against the alien oyster dredgers ye
d the Chesapeake. He chartered two PTS
Gamers, which sailed from Norfolk, II ~
He'd with armed men, for the scene of u
IS naval operations !,
Private intelligence reached Mil tb G
aukee that seventy lumbermen in the ~
ineries of Northern Michigan had been ~
tally poisoned through the cook of the no
mp using strychnine instead of soda in de-
aking biscuit. oh
AT Milwaukee the Grand Jury has Of
dicted Schiller, the saloon keeper of en-
o late Newhal House, for setting fire
that building.
- Typhoid and malarial fever and
eumonia have broken out in many of lea
g hamlels of the Southwest that have cm
en- flooded.
Miss Mary Daniels compromised GV
+ suit with the Hudson River Rail we
ID on her injuries received at the Spuy- the
J Duyvil disaster for S29, 900 cash. ,l.; sre
Gilbert L. Crowell, for years the o,i' -,
isted agent of the wealthy Tallman -. ~
ate in New York City, has confessed ~ ~
It he is defaulter to the amount of ,;o1
er $500, COO He was formerly cashier 70 ,
the Peoples Bank, and became in
we'd in an unfortunate mining specu-
on soon after becoming trustee for no no
estate. lne
William Helloram has been arrested
Philadelphia charged with personating ~
cad man for the purpose of obtaining Ss.ss
900 from q mutual benefit association. ~. ~
A laroa 0ntberinor Of Rocbaafar de .iioi