Milford chronicle., 1883-11-30

Everglades has been lost by an extensive
fire In the saw grass, but hopes are felt
that this is not the case.
Correspondents at St. Johns, n. F.,
and Halifax, n. s., send distressing ac-
counts of shipwreck and loss of life dur
ing the recent destructive gales. A
Norwegian bark was stranded on Green
Island. Out of a crew of twelve only
two escaped.
Steps have been taken in Canada to
prevent the further immigration of des-
titute people.
The paying teller of the Wall Street
Bank was held in 81, 900 to plead to an
indictment for violating the Beck law,
forbidding the oYercertifcation of
checks. This is the first attempt to
practically enforce the Beck law, and as
such excites great interest.
One man was killed and five men
injured by an explosion Of fire damp in
the coal mines at Streator, Ill.
The schooner James Wade is re-
| ported to have been lost on Lake Erie,
with seven lives, during the late gales.
Several lives were also lost on the River
St. Lawrence during the same storm.
Gov Waller, of Connecticut, who
took part in the Evacuation Day process
sion in New York on Monday, was a
New York Herald newsboy.
-District-Attorney John McKeon, of |
New York, died suddenly of internal |
hemorrhage caused by the rupture of
a blood vessel. He was seventy.six |
years old, and had been in public life for
half century.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Secretary Chandler testified in the
Proteus Investigation; DR.. Harrison said
the crew of the vessel were regular
pirates, and General Hazen offered to
tcOve they were not.
General Hazen in his statement be-
fore the Proteus Court of Inquiry insist
ed that all due care had been taken in
the selection of the relief vessel and in
her equipment.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1888, there was collected under the
internal revenue taxes the sum of S144,-
553, 1866.
The chief of the Secret Service
Division of the Treasury Depart
ment, says: cit is a matter for con-
both with the public and
this office, that for two years past there
has not been put in circulation a new
counterfeit note"
The annual report OF Register
Bruce of the Treasury shows that the
total tonnage of the country exhibits an
increase of 69,554 tons, the registered
tonnage having increased $500 tons, the ]
enrolled 81, ,349 tons, and the licensed,
under 20 tons, s, 8,404 tons that the sail {
ing tonnage has increased %, 305 tons, Z
the steam tonnage 81, 1868 tons, and the
canal boat tonnage 10, 1872 tons, while the
barge tonnage has decreased %; Oil tons.
The ship building during the past year I
was less by Is, S39 tons than that of the I
preceding year. The aggregate amount I
of tonnage employed in the cod and
mackerel fisheries is shown to be 95, OBS
tons, being an increase of about twenty :
two per cent. during the year. OF the
tonnage employed in the whale fisher I
les, 80, Ala tons, eighty-nine per cent.
belongs to New Bedford. 9
Commander Wildes, in his testi- +
mony before the Proteus Court of In
quiry, attributed the failure of the relief
expedition to insufficient preparations
and want of capacity in the commander C
of the leading ship. t
The new regulations governing the r
uniform of officers of the United States r
Navy has been signed by the Secretary. 4
FOREIGN ITEMS. o
Mr.. Ropstoff, the British superin- e
endent of the Nicobar Islands, in the
Indian ocean, while riding with his wife Fl
III the island of CamOrta was shot and n
killed by a Sepoy officer whom he had a
punished. After killing the superin- :,
endent the murderer committed suicide. u
In Egypt the army of Hicks Pasha
las been destroyed by the forces of Ell p
Iahdi, the False Prophet The battle Ii
asted three days. Hicks Pasha had tc
0,000 men with him and the False fc
Prophet had his whole army, including a.
Iervishes, Bedouins, mulattoes and regu- -
ars. The battle was fought near El ei
)beid. It is known that Hicks Pasha's al
rmy was annihilated and that only a I'll
ew sragglers are left of it. He had ten di
English officers and a number of news -
'aper correspondents with him. ~
-Four persons were found murdered - -
the residence of a wealthy farmer 'u
ear jackson, Mich. 1t is supposed the
!1ect of the crime was robbery. ie,
The star fish are said to be destroy an
lg the oyster beds in Long Island of
,mDd.
The Duke of Castelmonte, who was E
'cently captured near Trapani, Sicily, 60,
Y brigands, has been .ransomed for ~
30, 900. or
= The Mexican govern ment is de bl
rnined to settle the debt of the coun OF
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