Milford chronicle., 1883-10-19

1t Is understood that upon the re-
tirement of General Sherman Major Gen
,, eral Hancock will succeed Lieutenant
General Sheridan in command of the
Division of the Missouri; that Major
General Pope will succeed General Han
cock in the Division of the East, and
that Major General Scofeld will remain
in command of the Division of the Pacif-
ic. General Hancock was rendered
Lieutenant General Sheridans com
mand, and Is understood to have ac-
cepted it.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statis-
tics reports that during the month of
September, 1883, there arrived at the
ports of the United States 64, ,507 passen-
gers, of whom 5,719 were immigrants,
1888 citizens of the United States re-
turned from abroad, and 5, $50 aliens not
intending to remain in the United
States.
While President Chandler, of the
Fuller Electric Light Company and
Superintendent 7. r. Robbins were MAX
ing tour of inspection in the rain at
Cleveland, a lamp went out, Superin-
tendent Robbins, in lowering the lamp, |
to examine it, took hold of the conduct |
ing wire where the insulation was worn |
off and fell as if shot. Before he died, |
which was three minutes later, he said,
"The life is burned out of me-
"A tornado struck the little town OF
Arcadia, IN Trempealeau county, Wis,
doing much damage to property and in
Jur1ng several persons at that place and
in the country adjacent.
The exports of petroleum from the
United States during August were valued
at $4, 229, ,292.
"A section boss on the Milwaukee
and st. Paul road, was riding on a hand
car with his wife and baby, his
her husband and
child, when near Wausau the hat
Of the elder lady blew of,
and in attempting to grasp it her baby :
slipped out of her hands in front of the !
,ar. The child was caught in the gear I
If the wheels and was instantly killed. !
The car was thrown from the track and :
vas hurled some distance. Both women Z
re fatally injured and the other child o
viii die. 5
AT the Wisconsin State Saloon e
Keepers Convention resolutions were o
assed that, as heavy taxpayers, they
re entitled to the same privileges as
ny other business men; that drunken Z
ess is not due to the saloons but to the
ok of education in youth. Sc
The necessary security having been IN
.pOsited with the State Treasurer, the III
ape Cod Ship Canal will now be rapid is
excavated.
The National Cotton Bagging Man to
acturers' Association resolved to de- B1
ease production more than forty per he
nt. on account of the cotton crop be- 81
9 shorter than was anticipated.
An election riot took place in sh
Ourb OF Cincinnati, in which both cr
licemen and members of the mob
ere injured. AT
Six children were poisoned in Lig- FL
ier, Pa, on Wednesday, by eating to
RIBS.
Twelve criminals escaped from the pli
ncaster, Pa, County Prison on We'd Pl
iday through the negligence of the
cials.
-Four men were smothered to death
Minnesota barn by fallen grain on
dnesday. YET
Returns from Ohio, though not fully In
lplete, indicate the election of Judge
ldly, the democratic candidate for Sel
7ernOr, by from eight thousand to tly'
I've thousand majority. The Legis- 4
re appears to be democratic by a no
liar majority on a joint ballot. in tur
ng that party the successor to Mr.. n
dleton III the United States Senate. Lle
prohibition amendment to the State Ire
5titution is believed to be defeated. and
majority being placed as high as n
ty thousand. Lle
-Tbo o,D,ol no.4 e A. Ire
ION Telegraph Company claims the nv, nv,
earnings for the year ending June IT,
S $I, ,OOO,OOO, of which 1857, 900 was a. ~
IN interest and sinking fund.- and oEso sllo
99, 600 IN dividends to stockholders. tI,o4 t.b.9
The Chiriqui Improvement Com and
have applied for a mandamus to two
pei the Secretary of the Navy to buy wear
r lands on the Isthmus. {{bo
The chairman of the Canal Com prer
ee OF the Board of Trade announced Dist
meeting in New York that the State M
is are IN neglected and diIapidated N,
lition, and charged the Superinten- SUP
of Public Works with serious mis- Univ
agement. Nc
Senator Edlnunds is reported as of it,
lg he will resign the presidency of resel
senate on the opening of Congress. Ne
A severe shock of eartbouaEe of Cont
francisco on Wednesday created Engi
raj alarm. BRAN
An epidemic of typhoid fever is upon upon
d at Waterbury. Conn. IaDol
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, of oraI : I.
and, was enthusiastically received ",
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