Milford chronicle., 1883-02-09

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If The Senate made the duty on potat,
Is and corn starch in its Tariff bill TIVE
cents per pound, while the rate on rice
and other starches was left at two and ,
!, half cents a pound, as in the bill.
; Orders have been issued to Genera
. Pope, commanding the Department of the
Missouri, to take vigorous measures tc
4 prevent Captain Payne and his followers
I from invading the Indian territory.
The motion offered in the House by
& Mr.. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, to increase
/ the duty on tanning bark from ten to
twenty per cent. ad valorem was adopted.
In the course of the debate on his motion
Mr. Curtin said he did not propose to
hand over the small tanners and the OWL
ers of hemlock forests and the multitude
Of persons connected with these interests
to the tender mercy of a monopoly in
Boston which had purchased hemlock in
Canada.
The Senate passed the Morroll sub
stttute for the sugar Schedule. 1t pro-
vides that all sugars not above No 13
Dutch standard i'll color, testing by the
polariscope not above 759, shall pay
duty of II cents per pound, and for
every additional degree or fraction
of a degree shall pay 100 cent
per pound additional sugars above No
ID and not above No. Is, Dutch standard
2 65-l00 cents per pound sugars abo7e
No. Is and not above No. 20, Dutch
standard, 15-l00 cents per pound; all
sugars above No. 20, Dutch standard,
| 65-l0O cents per pound molasses test
| ing not above 56 degrees, shall pay
cents per gallon; above Sc degrees,
cents per gallon.
! in the tobacco schedule the Senate
! fixed the duty on cigars and cigarettes at
| $3.50 per pound and 25 per cent. nd
/ valorem; tobacco in leaf, ,rnmanufactured,
when the greater portion is suitable for
wrappers 70 cents per pound all other
tobacco in leaf, mmanufactured and not
stemmed, 80 cents per pound; tobacco
stems, 10 cents per pound tobacco man
ufactucd, 40 cents per pound.
The Society of the army Of the
Potomac will hold its fou. teenth annual |
reunion in Washington ON May Is and !
II, 1888. This will lie the first meeting |
Of the society at the national capital and !
it is desired to make the reunion more |
successful and interesting in every respect
than any that have preceded ii.
The bill to provide for the purchase
of the house in Tenth street, in Wash
ington. in which Abraham Lincoln died.
was reported favorably TO the House
from the Committee ON Public Grounds,
with the recommendation that S12,0OO
be appropriated for the purpose.
In the Senate, Mr. Logan reported
the Army appropriation bill. The bill
as it came from the house was $24, 696,
800. This has been increased to S25, All.
500 in round numbers, a net increase Of
$775, 900.
In the House a bill was introduced
by Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, directing
the Commissioner of Agriculture to set
apart for distribution among the sufferers | ]
by the late disastrous floods in the Valley
Of the Rhine, Germany, such quantities
Of seeds, plants, vines, saplings or grains
as may not be required for the ordinary
uses Of the Department of Agriculture
ut the present time, and to receive such
of grain, ETC., for the same
purpose from private parties, and to :
make proper provisions for their storage,
and delivery. Mr. Deuster !
said he had no doubt the German steam !
ers would carry the contributions free of p
charge.
FOREIGN ITEMS
The London and Southwestern Rail
way Companys steamer, Hilda, plying
between the Island Of jersey and South
lmpton, ran into and sank a French ship S,
N Saturday. The name of the ship is il
unknown. A boat containing two officers Il
nd three seamen was launched from the v
1ilda toattempt the rescue of the French d
rev, but the rescuers as well as the en- fc
ire crew of the ship We're drowned. ri
The trials of sixty Nihilists and as
socialists, it is reported, will take place al a
b Russia during the next two months. t..
Nearly 1851 900 Germans came to W
.merica last year. II
A new planet has been discovered by th
y astronomer at Vienna. m
"A British schooner Is said TO have tn
cen saved from wreck by throwing over an
oard kegs of oil during a storm. ac
1t is said that the Ranger of Phoenix no
ark will identity two Of the men con.
7rned in the murder of Lord Frederick en-
avendish and Mr.. Burke.
The British Government has refused l..
, lend military aid to execute processes
the Isle of Skye.
The gunboat Redwing, with provs- Alb
ms for the starving people Of Innis- on
urray, was prevented by heavy seas dee
ON reaching the island.
The panic in the Bombay wool fac Ga 5El
,ry by which so many lives were lost
as caused by an alarm of fire. The
omen and children were crushed to
sath in the rush to escape. I
1t is feared that more lives were lost She
7 the wreck of the Ansonia than were 90
first reported. I
The date of the Gar of Russia's che
ronation has been fixed for May u. We
1t is believed that the Powers in c
nd making an effort to preserve the to z
ace of Europe E
Cuban deputies in Spain want the Pen Per
vernment to renew treaty negotiations F
th England and the United States. s4t
The Turkish army is to be reorgan- soIHt n
d on a more economical basis. '' II
Tweuty-three persons were killed yeai
d tweuty-eight injured. during a panic +
a wool factory at Bombay, caused 10y I'll III
st blowing into one of The rooms. Z,
The President Of the German Reich hog
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~ S,'iH Vi 'O'UvV Hl'Ihs rom new whit
rk for the relief Of sufferers by the in RI
iations in Germany. W
-Cetewayo has been reinstated as XXX,
lg of Zululand A.
American exhibitors are asked to No
ct a separate building at the Cork In
itrial Exhibition FL
An italian steamer has been wrecked 1877!
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