Milford chronicle., 1883-08-17

IN nef dying moments III DOSlOn, MASS. /,
that boy maliciousiy set her clothing
on fire.
BY the falling of scaffold four men
are reported to have been killed at Lex
ington, KY, on Friday,
San Francisco, CAL, has instituted a
rigid quarantine against cholera.
The citizens of Troy are startled at
the rumor that ten lives were lost at the
recent railroad accident instead of six.
Canada is alarmed over the report
of another conspiracy to blow up and
destroy the Welland Canal.
DIR. Robert Mofat, the father-in-
law of DR.. Livingstone, the explorer, is
dead.
-Advices from Newfoundland state
that many Of the vessels engaged in seal
catching have been very successful.
While the President and party were
at Fort Washallie, Wy. T., the Shoshone
and Arapahoe chiefs, together with
about five hundred warriors, called upon
President Arthur, when addresses were |
delivered ON both sides. A war dance |
was also given for the entertainment of
the party.
Two men were killed and three in
jured in a Pittsburg steel establishment |
while taking stock by the falling of a
rack of metal.
Sullivan, the Boston pugilist, and
Slade, the Maori giant, shook hands
Monday evening for the first time in
Madison Square Garden, New York city.
There had been so much told about the
men that excitement ran high and the
garden was crowded with sporting men.
Sullivan used the Maori as he did all the
rest of his competitors and the Aus
tralian was so badly punished by the
third round that he was withdrawn from
the ring.
The Vermont National Bank, of ST.
Albans, of which Mr.. Bradley Barlow is
president, closed its doors Monday
Mr.. Barlow is president Of !
the Southeastern Railway of Canada.
The st. Albans Trust Company has also
its president, Mr.. Lawrence I
Brainerd, who was heavy indorser on
Barlow's paper having made an assign
nent for the benefit of the trust com
oany. Brainerd's property, which has
)een assigned, is valued at $5OO,OOO.
Mime. Adelaide RistOri, the trage- )
ienne, has announced her intention of I
making a farewell tour of America. 5
Joseph Stout was hanged at Rock
lille, Ind, on Wednesday, for the MUIR
er of Taylor Dunbar, neighbor, whom t
e robbed, taking a few dollars and
'atch. He asserted his innocence, but n
9rgaYe everybody. ID
The Convention of Amalgamated 7
ron and Steel Workers at Philadelphia, :.
1Opted aresOlution to contribute $50 =,
DO in aid of the striking iron workers y
Bethlehem, Pa, and it was agreed to =
md them $100, 900 per week if necessary. II
Captain Emmett Crawford, Third u
lvalry. has been directed by General
rook to take charge of the Indians of q
IN Carlos reservation, A. T. u
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri. =,
,nies that he had any arrangement %iee
hatever with the Ford brothers. Al
Newfoundland advices announce the cr
IS of the British brig Vindet and u
luable cargo.
Lewis Lawrence Conrad, a promi- IT
mt lawyer of Baltimore, was shot and lei
lledin bed by his insane and invalid ma
fe on Tuesday. aD
AT Philadelphia the Coroners jury tI
the case of W. A. J. Fiss, a patient 70
the NOristown Insane Asylum, who
I'd after receiving injuries at the hands dy
an attendant, rendered a verdict tef
ainst the latter. fe
Alta Chicago boarding house twenty -
zen persons having partaken of a meal at
,luding roast veal, ice cream and gu
termelon, were seized with violent
lmps, causing cholera scare and a pr
neral stampede from the neighbor- wi
cd. po
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