Milford chronicle., 1883-06-22
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

entitic congress in August, 1884, at whiC
many distinguished Europeans are e,
pected.
Two colored men were hanged
Conway, S. O., Friday, for the murd,
Of white merchant for the purpose
robbing him. Both died protestin
their innocence.
The United States District Court a
Austin, Texas, decides the Civil Right
act unconstitutional as an infringement
Of State sovereignty.
George Morrison, clerk in the Toled
(Ohio) Post Office, was detected stealing
money from letters and held for examina
ton.
Warner, a sailor, accused of assault
ing and stabbing an eight-year-old gir
at Sheboygan, Mich, was taken from
jail and hanged by a mob. He asserted
his innocence to the last.
Secretary Teller says the captured
Apaches will not be allowed to return tc
the reservation, and that their leaders
should be tried and punished
The trouble between the factions OF
Greek Indians has been revived and
one man killed and two or three others
wounded
Thirty murderers are to be tried at
the present term of the County Court at
Llano, Texas. State troops are guard
ing the court officers.
"A little boy has been carried off by
bear in Kings county, New Brunswick.
Canadian Cree Indians are reported
fitting out for an expedition across the
line to make war on the Gros Ventres
and Assiniboines.
Miss Annie B. Crandell obtained a
verdict for $4,000 damages against
William G. Quin for breach of promise Of
marriage.
H. E. Mccall, while affected by the
the loss of three children, murdered his
wife and himself with razor in Boston,
Mass.
The jury in the Star Route trial
came into court on Thursday morning
and gave their verdict in the case, which
was not guilty. Immediately the de-
corum of Court of Justice was forgotten.
and cheers resounded from all quarters
of the crowded room. Mrs. S. W. Dor
sey sprang to her feet clapping her
hands, while the tears streamed down
her cheeks, and there were many ladies |
in the Court who were silently weeping
The gold fields of Lower California
are protected by government troops, and
no locations will be granted for the
present
Pennsylvania has abolished the con-
tract system in her prisons, prohibited
political assessments and made away
with ticket spectators.
"A member of the star route Jury in
Washington fell in fit while in the
,ourt room from the effects of prolonged
thinking.
AT the dedication of the soldiers
monument at Mystic Bridge, Conn,
Eighteen veterans were injured by the
arelessness of the troops firing the
alutes.
Two men were killed by an explo.
ion at the Trenton IN. J.) Rubber
Works, caused by their own carelessness.
The city of Beloit, Wis, was struck |
y tornado Monday evening, wrecking
he business portion of the town, killing
ne man and wOunding several others.
first struck the western portion of the
ty, wrecking a number of dwellings. o
ld then passed through the heart of
le place. The loss will be heavy. as
le goods in the injured buildings are n
lmaged by water. i
The total number of prisoners taken q
2 Gen. Crook in his late raid into b
exico will reach nearly four hundred. u
Secretary Teller announces his pur-
'se to buy cattle for the Indians as a
cans for making them self-supporting IN
One insane prisoner killed another ef
the jail at Fort Worth.
"A house In Missouri was carried 500 IN
It through the air by tornado; of the
o occupants one was killed and the
ler fatally injured. q
An Indian murderer, resisting arrest, ii
s shot dead by an officer at Spring
ID, Mo. wi
N. L. Dukes, the slanderer of Miss
lit and the murderer of her father, but
o was acquitted on his trial, was shot 60
l killed at UniOntOwn, Pa, by james
tt, the son of the murdered man. dr'
ur shots were fired into Dukes.
- British war vessels have sailed to u "a
/
Straits of Belle Isle. tru
= Detective Pinkerton testified before
Board of Aldermen Committee in 4
" York city that Carroll did not use pie
in committing the coupon tic
Ids, and that S35, 900 at least of the a. Dr
Sotten proceeds was lost in gambling. VIII
Philip Gormley, an Irish immigrant. niu
assaulted at sea by a steward Of the ira
. British Prince. Insanity followed. ?
his arrival at Philadelphia legal pro- trol
1ings were instituted against the
mship company. Gormley was taken 8
n the almshouse and dragged on orl
rd the British Prince, which sailed n
Ireland. This proceeding was author VIII
by the immigration Commissioners. c
mans case has been taken up with was was
II, and an investigation will be de- O1S ~
lded. ridi
A riot at Troy between non-union p
union moulders resulted in the kill BY v
Of one man and the wounding of two Pi
us. The mob also assaulted the DO
with view to lynch the prisoners. ,R
Mayor Edison does not think that hadl
sr New York or Brooklyn is legally A
e for damages resulting from the spol'
River Bridge accident, as it was p
ed by panic, and not by mob or .ucl
violation Of the municipal law. BEN
The United States Court, by Judge Nc
ngs, refuses to reduce the bonds Of uo''
Orleans (S2, ,5OO,O ,OOO in its appeal
nst Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines. may
A granite monument commemorat- ,,e nis;n i
the memory of the soldiers of
ic, Conn, who lost their lives in the Fo,
var, was formally unveiled at that aply